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AJ McLean explains why solo projects never divided the Backstreet Boys
“Every factor goes hand in hand. If I’ve a profitable album, it solely displays on my success with the group, the place I began and the place I’ll all the time return to,” McLean informed CNN en Español through Zoom.
The music trade has witnessed again and again how bands like *NSYNC or One Course have gone their separate methods for good after a number of members pursue their very own endeavors, breaking hearts worldwide. However McLean stated with regards to BSB, going sturdy since 1993, “even when I’ve essentially the most profitable interval solo, I am nonetheless not going anyplace.”
“That’s my dwelling,” he stated. “That’s the place I belong. However I do not see there being an issue with having the very best of each worlds.”
This unity and understanding they’ve one another’s again has given them the boldness to discover different avenues. Kevin Richardson, who left the group for six years interval from 2006-2012, has achieved Broadway; Brian Littrell did a Christian album and Howie Dorough launched a kids’s document. In the meantime, Nick Carter has been in films, launched a number of solo albums and teamed up with Jordan Knight from the New Children on the Block for his or her duo Nick & Knight.
“The primary precedence amongst the 5 of us is Backstreet Boys, which is on the epicenter,” he stated. “And, a few of us, not all of us, are aspiring to do issues exterior of the group.”
Earlier this month, McLean launched “Smoke,” the primary single of his upcoming album “Intercourse and Our bodies.”
The tune attracts inspiration from Prince and George Michael and incorporates funk falsettos that distinction with the singer’s signature raspy voice. The tune celebrates love and the way a relationship ought to really feel “as straightforward as blowing smoke,” McLean stated.
“No pun supposed, however I lit a cigarette and I used to be like, you recognize, generally relationships may be as straightforward as blowing smoke,” he stated. “Like, that is how straightforward it’s if this particular person is the one. That is sort of what impressed the title.”
“Intercourse and Our bodies” can be McLean’s second solo album and is about to launch in early 2023.
“I maintain saying it is an unimaginable document. I am so pleased with it. And regardless that ‘Smoke’ is an incredible document, it is nonetheless not the very best document on the album.”
McLean is at the moment touring the USA with the Backstreet Boys. The profitable second leg of the DNA World Tour is displaying how sturdy the Backstreet Boys are after three many years.
“The remainder of the tour is offered out. Europe is offered out. Latin America is offered out,” McLean stated. “It is a testomony to one another. It is a testomony to our followers, and it is a testomony to the music.”
He added: “I am honored to say that I am a Backstreet Boy, and I am proud to be a Backstreet Boy in 2022.”