AJ McLean & Howie Dorough caught up with Billboard's Rania Aniftos at the Billboard No. 1s Party 2024.
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00:00We are here with the Backstreet Boys, there are two of them.
00:04My favorites, well my favorites are here and that's why all that matters.
00:10Well what is the key to, you know, this long time success?
00:14It's very rare to have what you guys have, that you're still having fun together,
00:18making music, going on stage, what's the key?
00:21Therapy, no. We did it once, we actually did that once, years ago.
00:26It is crucial.
00:27We only had to do a day or two of it.
00:28We're good, we're all set. It's communication.
00:31I think communication has been our key of keeping us tight as a unit.
00:35Also, hopefully it's a testament of music that we've been constantly trying to push the envelope,
00:40every album to get better, and of course it's our dedicated fans.
00:44I mean they honestly drive us, they really keep us kind of reinvigorating ourselves
00:51and just kind of reliving, you know, 31 years of just awesome, awesome times.
00:56Look, we've had ups and downs but, you know, the future's bright for us.
00:59We have so many amazing things planned.
01:01It's true, I mean you guys are non-stop and obviously a lot of shows right now
01:06are delving into the magic of boy bands.
01:08What do you think it is about boy bands, in your own words, that have stood the test of time,
01:12like no matter what decade, you know?
01:14I mean we're the only ones left.
01:16But, you know, I'm just saying.
01:19No, I mean look, again, each of these groups that have come, whether they're back or they're gone,
01:25they've all had great, you know, fans, great music.
01:30To be honest, I would say the ones that have really stood the test of time,
01:34hats off to Mr. Max Martin because he is really the genie in the bottle for not just boy bands
01:40but just music.
01:41Good music, yeah.
01:42In the last 20 years, you look at any artist, probably 90% of the artists here
01:47have worked with Max Martin.
01:48It's true.
01:49So, I mean, he is, and he's, you know, family.
01:51He's one of our friends.
01:52Takes a team.
01:53Takes a whole team.
01:54I love it.
01:55And lastly, who has been you guys' number one artist in 2024?
02:01Wow.
02:02Hmm.
02:03Well, my, not that I wasn't already a Swiftie, but my daughters have pushed me over the edge.
02:10I feel like I've been hearing that a lot.
02:11Like, so now I have the bracelets, I have Taylor Swift pajamas.
02:14Yeah, I've got the whole thing going on.
02:17But you know what?
02:18There's so many great new artists.
02:21You know, I was a big, big fan of, like, Jungkook.
02:24Sabrina Carpenter.
02:25Sabrina is fantastic.
02:27I mean, there's so many great new young artists.
02:30And even artists like us that have just kept on going.
02:33Coldplay coming back out with a new album.
02:35It's true.
02:36It's going to be good.
02:37I mean, pop is, like, here to stay.
02:38I love it.
02:39It's right.
02:40It ain't going nowhere.
02:41It never goes.
02:42I love it.
02:43Well, thank you guys so much.
02:44I'm a lifelong fan.
02:45I love you both so much.
02:46Have a good night.