Pop super group NSYNC gave fans hope last year that they would finally be reuniting when they released their first new song in two decades.
Now one of its leading members, JC Chasez, 48, has said that there is always a chance they could reform, and that “the door is always open,” although he was clear that nothing had been set in stone.
NSYNC dominated global charts in the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits “Bye Bye Bye,” “It’s Gonna Be Me” and “Tearin’ Up My Heart.” The group, consisting of Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, and Chris Kirkpatrick, has sold more than 70 million albums worldwide and remains one of the bestselling boy bands of all time.
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The group took what was supposed to be a temporary hiatus in 2002, but eventually disbanded.
While they have made occasional appearances together in the years since, including to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018, they had not made new music until last year.
NSYNC got fans’ hopes up when they recorded the song “Better Place” for the Trolls Band Together film soundtrack, released in 2023. They also reunited to present an award at that year’s MTV Video Music Awards and gave several interviews as a group, but disappointed fans when it did not amount to anything more.
But now Chasez has opened up on the prospect of NSYNC getting back together to record new music and go on tour.
“Justin’s on tour, and I’m doing this, so at current, there would be nothing past basically us just chatting and checking in with one another,” Chasez toldPeople.
“The door is not closed by any means, if that’s the question, but there are no concrete plans for anything right now because everyone’s got something on their plate at present.”
He added: “That’s not to say down the road that it’s going to happen or not going to happen. We just don’t know yet. But look, the door is open on the discussion. I can say that.”
Chasez is on the promotional trail for his latest album Playing with Fire, a musical theater concept released on Friday. He collaborated on the musical with songwriter and Golden Globe winner Jimmy Harry, and it is based on a script of the same name by Harry’s late mother, the dramatist Barbara Field.
The musical reimagines Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Frankenstein, and follows a conversation between protagonist, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, and his creation, The Creature. They speak at the grave of the doctor’s wife, Elizabeth, 10 years after her murder by The Creature.
“At the end of the day, when it comes to music in general, everybody’s waiting for that lightning bolt, looking for that lightning bolt or working for that lightning bolt,” Chasez said about trying his hand at musical theater.
“I’m using this horrible metaphor because it’s part of the Frankenstein-sphere, but when it hits, you have to react and you have to get the song down—or you’re going to miss that opportunity.”