‘Larger Than Life’ With NSYNC, Backstreet Boys Drops Trailer, Date

NSYNC isn’t saying “Bye, Bye, Bye” this time. 

Key members of boy bands are opening up within the Paramount+ documentary Bigger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands, which is ready to premiere Nov. 12. 

The documentary, from director Tamra Davis (Crossroads, Billy Madison), highlights boy bands and their rise — and fall — to fame, from The Beatles to Jackson 5 to the Jonas Brothers and One Route, in addition to the Okay-pop group Seventeen. Bigger Than Life will present the attitude of what it was prefer to be a member of a boy band throughout their prime. 

The trailer opens with Donnie Wahlberg of New Youngsters on the Block saying, “I really like boy bands. I’m proud to be in a boy band.” 

Bigger Than Life additionally contains commentary from AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC and Nick Lachey of 98 Levels, who all replicate on their impression and expertise of being in teams. Acclaimed music supervisor Johnny Wright, who managed Menudo, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, will even share his insights. 

Lachey admits that 98 Levels “took discover” in the place they had been on the countdown on TRL day-after-day. He additionally hints on the difficulties they confronted saying, “While you’re in a boy band, you undergo actually, actually exhausting instances.” 

The documentary can be an ode to the loyal followers that observe boy bands. “One Route followers are just like the CIA,” says one fan of the group within the trailer. “We had eyes on them.”

McLean acknowledged how essential the followers of boy bands are to their careers: “We’d not be who we’re with out the followers.”

Bigger Than Life is produced by Wright and Van Toffler for Gunpowder & Sky. Barry Barclay, Floris Bauer and Joanna Zwickel for Gunpowder & Sky and Bruce Gillmer, Vanessa WhiteWolf and Michael Maniaci for MTV Leisure Studios are govt producers.