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

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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.

Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands | Official Trailer | Paramount+

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Lil Dicky Performs Las Vegas Poolside Concert With ‘Dave’ Star GaTa

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Lil Dicky shared loads of private ideas — together with these concerning his fireplace and his personal want — throughout his set at Ayu Dayclub in Las Vegas.

The star, aka Dave Burd, took the stage with frequent collaborator GaTa at a Saturday live performance from the Resorts World venue to carry out an array of his personal crowd favorites and a pair covers. Lil Dicky and GaTa share a protracted historical past and seem collectively on the FX comedy collection Dave, which provides a fictionalized model of the satirical rapper and is at present on hiatus after the season three finale aired final 12 months.

Lil Dicky carried out the poolside present in entrance of an enthusiastic Vegas crowd, singing such signature tunes as “Save Dat Cash,” “Freaky Friday,” “Pillow Speaking” and “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.” Lil Dicky often interacted with the viewers, which included his stunned response to a fan’s request that he reveal a sure physique half. (In commonplace Vegas trend, males had been charged extra for admission than feminine attendees.)

“I’ve by no means had a gaggle of girls chant ‘present your tits’ at me, however I find it irresistible,” Lil Dicky advised the gang. “Let’s take a ballot: Who desires me to indicate my tits? Who desires me to indicate my dick? Who desires me to indicate my asshole?” Upon listening to the reactions, he replied, “Oh, my God — Vegas! I’m not going to indicate any of that — not but. Can we construct in the direction of it? Can we create the suitable momentum?”

Lil Dicky carried out a canopy of the nationwide anthem, which has been a stay staple for him, and he additionally belted out a principally a cappella model of Backstreet Boys‘ boy-band traditional “I Need It That Means.”

“I used to be singing this track within the bathe,” he defined to the viewers whereas introducing the 1999 hit. “I’ve by no means sounded higher singing in my total life, and I believed, ‘I’ve to sing this for the folks.’”

Lil Dicky and GaTa carry out at Ayu Dayclub in Las Vegas.

Courtesy of Resorts World

Lil Dicky opened his set with a heads-up: “I’m not taking requests. Don’t ask me to sing a selected track. It can make me not play the track.”

He added, “I’m from Philadelphia, and I need you to know, there’s a Phillies playoff sport occurring proper now, and I’m not watching to be with you. And I’m getting paid, so each of these issues in tandem are why I’m right here proper now. I like you a lot.” (The baseball workforce may have in all probability used the help, as they misplaced 6-2 to the New York Mets.)

In Might, Lil Dicky carried out at Seth Rogen’s Hollywood Bowl present that additionally included Snoop Dogg, Publish Malone and Invoice Burr as a part of the Netflix Is a Joke competition.