The five members of the group—Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Joey Fatone—joined the Prudential Center stage in New Jersey to give the best pop award to a famous longtime fan: Taylor Swift.
Last night, NSYNC, the iconic boy band behind such hits as “Bye Bye Bye”, reunited on stage for the first time in 10 years
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“Over 20 years ago, we were just kids when we won Best Pop Video for ‘Bye, Bye, Bye.’ It was our first VMA, and it meant the world to us,” Timberlake said. “That award validated our hard work.”
Minutes before he presented the award, Timberlake shared a video onTwitterof himself and his fellow bandmates in the elevator getting ready for the ceremony.
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Swift couldn’t contain her excitement whileaccepting the moon-man trophyfor her single, “Anti-Hero”.After hugging all five members of the group and receiving beaded friendship bracelets from Lance Bass—a swiftie code and a nod to the fan-favorite song “You’re On Your Own Kid”—she expressed her shock about the special moment. “I had your dolls!” she told the group, who laughed in unison.
The 33-year-old singer even speculated about a potential comeback of the band.
The band formed in 1995 with members Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Joey Fatone, and took a hiatus in 2002
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“They’re going to do something and I need to know what it is. You’re pop personified, so to receive this from your golden pop hands…it’s too much,” she carried on.
In 2018, NSYNC got its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
The last time the band was on stage together was at the same awards ceremony in 2013
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Other nominees in the best pop category included Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” Ed Sheeran’s “Eyes Closed,” Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night Away,” Demi Lovato’s “Swine,” Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire,” and P!nk’s “Trustfall.”
The last time that NSYNC had been together on a stage was during the 2013 Video Music Awards, when Timberlake’s former bandmates joined him for a nostalgic performance. The quintet began with Timberlake’s single “SexyBack”and continued with their famous hits like “Bye Bye Bye”and “Gone.”
Before that, in 2019, Kirkpatrick, Bass, Fatone, and Chasez joined the Coachella stage alongside Ariana Grande to perform “Makes Me Will” and “Tearin’ Up My Heart” with her.
One of the highlights of the event, however, was Taylor Swift accepting her award from NSYNC’s “golden pop hands”
While it’s unlikely that the band will get back together, NSYNC fans suspect that the quintet may have recorded a song for the “Trolls Band Together” soundtrack, the third installment of the franchise that features Justin Timberlake.
You can watch Taylor’s adorable reaction to seeing the famous boyband below
taylor fangirling over nsync she’s so real for this…#vmaspic.twitter.com/1KbJKkiHTb
— marley 🩵 (@marleyharper)September 13, 2023
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In true Taylor Swift fashion, the singer’s schedule for the following months will be quite busy. Some of her upcoming projects include the release of “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” the start of the South American leg of the Eras Tour, and the premiere of the nearly three-hour-long “Eras Tour”concert film across North American theaters.
Of course, Taylor wasn’t the only one fangirling about this
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