We had no idea people were going to respond that way. We just thought the songs were good, so we stuck them on the record. Besides, we had no idea the records would be that successful. JC: It didn't feel risky-it just felt natural. Was it scary to unveil yourselves so publicly? I did "Celebrity," "See Right Through You," "Gone," and "Something Like You." You've made your songwriting debuts on some of the best-selling records of all time. But on the new album I co-wrote "Up Against the Wall" and "Pop," the first single. Justin: I've been writing for a while, but not with this much quantity at one time. But the more you do it, the better you get at it, and we felt like our stuff was good enough to put on the record this time. We just weren't comfortable in that skin yet. It was just a matter of waiting until our songs got good enough to put on the records. JC: We've actually been doing it since the beginning. You didn't have to start writing your own material. so we're at a point where we can definitely call ourselves artists, because from here on out, everything is going to be our call. We pick the directors and tell them what we want. They've put a lot of trust in us, and we haven't disappointed them so far, so they're willing to let us run with the ball. Ever since we signed with the new label, Jive, they've been taking us seriously as artists. JC: We've grabbed the reins for everything at this point. What are some of the other ways you've taken control of your careers? Anyone who criticizes us for making fun of ourselves, well, they're missing out on the sense of humor in it. JC: If you can't make fun of yourself, who can you make fun of? Some of the stuff we do is corny, and some of it is cool. Some of your songs and videos make fun of the idea that *NSYNC is a plastic band. But we want to be respected someday for doing a good job at what we do. And we're never going to get respect from rock-and-roll guys because we're not rock-and-roll. Not today-those artists have earned that respect by doing what they do for years and years. We want to be treated like the artists we look up to. Do those misperceptions bother you or just amuse you? But we never lip-sync at all in the States, and we only do it sometimes on TV in Europe because some of the shows are only set up for playback singing there. JC: Some people think we lip-sync everything. That we don't write our own material, even though we wrote all but two or three songs on the new album. Justin: That we don't do anything ourselves. What are the biggest misconceptions about *NSYNC? The two first worked together as children on the Disney Channel's The Mickey Mouse Club. We recently spoke to *NSYNC's JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake, whose musical partnership predates the group's 1994 debut. the group wrote and produced most of the album themselves before launching the gargantuan PopOdyssey venture. But Strings was a mere warm-up for Celebrity, the quintet's third disc. The presence of four strong songs by band member JC Chasez on No Strings Attached proved the boys could do more than sing and dance. The group parted ways with their original label and management out of a desire to control their own careers. As the band has humorously pointed out in their songs and videos, *NSYNC is no puppet troupe. *NSYNC are, in short, the most successful entertainers of the new millennium.īut the staggering scale of that success sometimes overshadows the talent, craftsmanship, and sheer hard work that generated it. Their stage show is the biggest in pop history (the current PopOdyssey tour will entertain more than eight million fans, with the production traveling between arenas in an 88-truck convoy). They're the world's best-selling band (their No Strings Attached album has racked up over $300 million in sales). It's tough to talk about *NSYNC without overusing the words "best," "biggest," and "most".
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