Tearin’ up our hearts. 98 Degrees’ Drew Lachey could respect his fellow boy banders — however that doesn’t imply he loves all of their music.
“There are some ‘NSync songs and I’m like, ‘OK, I don’t need to hear that one again,’” Lachey, 46, solely instructed Us Weekly on Thursday, December 1, whereas selling his upcoming vacation tour. “It was a great song, but I’ve heard it so many times. ‘Bye, Bye, Bye.’ I think we’ve all performed it in concert multiple times. We’ve performed it with guys from ’NSync. We’ve heard it ad nauseam.”
“That song could go bye, bye, bye, I think,” he quipped of the 2000s pop anthem.
The “Because of You” singer is presently touring the nation with 98 Degrees bandmate Justin Jeffre, Ryan Cabrera, O-Town’s Erik-Michael Estrada and All-4-One’s Jamie Jones. The millennial icons have joined collectively for A Boy Band Christmas — a particular night of traditional vacation songs and unforgettable hits.
With over 80 million albums offered, a billion on-line streams and numerous awards between the 5 of them, Lachey stated the tour is a “can’t miss” night of pop music and good cheer for any millennial.
“We have quite a few hits amongst the people on the stage, so you’re gonna hear those,” the “Still” artist instructed Us. “But we are doing a nice blend of hits and holidays. So you’re gonna get a lot of great music. What people might not know is you are gonna get a lot of personality. You’re gonna get a lot of fun. You’re gonna get a lot of banter.”
The boy banders are positively not afraid to “bust each other’s chops.” While Lachey has a distaste for ’NSync’s hottest jam, Estrada, 43, had a number of selection phrases a few well-known Backstreet Boys tune.
“‘Drowning’ by Backstreet Boys — the opening core progression is exactly like [O-Town’s] ‘All or Nothing,’” the New York native defined. “And they [released it] about three months after us. We were like, ‘Guys, have you not heard the radio the last three months? You guys still went forward with the song?’”
While the “Liquid Dreams” crooner stated that Howie Dorough has claimed “until he was blue in the face” that BSB “recorded [the song] way before they heard ‘All or Nothing,” the state of affairs nonetheless will get below Estrada’s pores and skin.
“Every time that song comes on, I almost think that we’re getting a radio spin, but we’re not,” he quipped.
“Drowning” is probably not on his playlist, however there may be one Backstreet Boys tune the vocalist needs O-Town had nabbed for themselves — even when he doesn’t perceive the lyrics.
“‘Tell Me Why.’ I don’t know what the song means. Nobody knows but I love every single line of it,” he instructed Us. “And it is one of those songs that even if you don’t like boy bands, you can’t help but want to sing along. … It kind of came out right around the same time [O-Town was] coming out. We were like, how come we didn’t get pitched that song? It went number one.”
Jones, in the meantime, revealed that All-4-One virtually recorded a very well-known pop hit, nevertheless it went to 98 Degrees as an alternative.
“’Invisible Man’ … we found out 15 years later that our manager turned the song down,” the 48-year-old defined. “I love the melody, I love what it says.”
While there could also be some light-hearted teasing between the teams, Jeffree, 49, stated there’s nothing however love and respect for one another on the finish of the day.
“All these guys have a tremendous amount of hits. It’s an honor for us to get up and [sing with them],” the “I Do” crooner gushed to Us. “We’re all in awe of each other and have such a tremendous amount of respect for each other. And it’s, it’s an honor to be on stage with all of them. ”
Cabrera, for his half, agreed, telling Us it’s an “honor” to carry out alongside such gifted musicians. The 40-year-old additionally famous that followers shall be each glad and shocked whereas attending their metropolis’s A Boy Band Christmas present.
“I get goosebumps just hearing these guys sing,” he stated. “We’ve been rehearsing for like three days now. It’s been incredible just to get to hear all of them take on their parts and everybody’s kind of doing different parts that they normally don’t do on certain songs. So that’s what’s kind of making it, I think, really unique and special and just fun to watch.”
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
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