“I just think that sounds change every so many years or whatever,” he says. What’s behind the rise of bubble-, er, pop music? “And then some people say ‘bubble gum,’ and they’re like, ‘That’s all right, cause it’s got a good energy to it.’ It just depends on who says it and what context it’s used in.” “Some people say ‘bubble gum,’ and it makes them cringe because they’re like, ‘Ew, it’s cheesy,’ ” says Chasez. If it gets ‘N Sync branded as bubble gum, as it did recently in Entertainment Weekly, so be it. Their single, “Tearin’ Up My Heart,” tore up the charts late last summer. Like the Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync became popular first in pop-friendly Europe before a youth market awakened by the Spice Girls and Hanson took notice. At the core were Chasez, 22, the straight-ahead R&B vocalist for the group, and his friend Justin Timberlake, 18, who worked with him on “The Mickey Mouse Club” Joey Fatone, 22, their pal from nightclubs Chris Kirkpatrick, 27, who was trying to organize the group and Lance Bass, 19, suggested by a vocal coach to round out the quintet. The ‘N Sync style began just three years ago, after the group was formed in Florida. “The core of the show is the same,” he says, “the same old singing and dancing, ‘N Sync style: a high-energy, very personal performance.” ![]() Speaking from West Virginia, Chasez (pronounced Sha-say) says bigger stages warrant bigger shows. (Their similarly Orlando-based predecessors, the Backstreet Boys, by contrast, have seen their debut sink to No. Their latest single, “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You,” is steady at No. ![]() ![]() 5 after 5 million in sales and a high mark of No. Why should they be? After nearly a year in release, their debut album is a solid No.
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