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  • 6/19/2025
A behind-the-scenes look at the popular boy band, Backstreet Boys. | dG1fQ2RPYWZkNVVmeUU
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00:00Transcription by CastingWords
00:11From 1999 to about 2002, we're the biggest band in the world.
00:16Nobody thought it was going to be as big as it was.
00:19The best-selling boy band in history.
00:23Then it just stopped.
00:26What do you do when you're a full-grown man in a boy band?
00:30I had this idea to go to London, just the five of us, and record an album.
00:34No families, no girlfriends, just us.
00:48Lou Pearlman was one of the wealthiest men in Orlando at the time.
00:51Lou had seen the success of Boyz II Men, New Kids on the Block,
00:54and he was like, well, I can do this.
00:56I can put together a group.
00:58At that time, radio was playing Nirvana and Snoop Dogg.
01:01There was no room for boys like us.
01:04I think you guys should go to Europe.
01:06It just became this whirlwind.
01:08We sold 14 million albums off of our first CD.
01:12And it never came out in America.
01:15Are you telling your friends and family, yeah, we're huge in Europe?
01:18Really?
01:20I'm having a blast.
01:27This is not just a regular tour.
01:29This is a big deal.
01:30We're all older now.
01:31So much has happened.
01:35300 million dollars he stole or was missing.
01:38We've seen the best and the worst of each other.
01:40I'm not afraid of you anymore.
01:4220 years is a long time.
01:43For anybody.
01:44Let alone a five bunch of dorks jumping around on stage singing and dancing.
01:49That's she's that.
01:51All right.
01:52That's me.
01:53That's me.
01:54That's me.
01:55That's me.

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