‘N Sync reunited on the 2023 VMAs to announce the winner of greatest pop.
Nicki Minaj launched the band, which consists of Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone, in the course of the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday night, calling their reunion an “iconic second.” As they took the stage, they left the viewers and different celebrities like Taylor Swift in utter shock.
“Over 20 years in the past, we had been simply youngsters after we gained greatest pop video for ‘Bye Bye Bye,’” they mentioned. “It was our first VMA and it meant the world to us. That award validated our onerous work.”
They continued, “Lots has modified prior to now 20 years however one factor stays fixed, a artistic boundary-pushing video leaves a long-lasting mark for many years. Now we simply wished to say, thanks, MTV and particularly all of you guys.”
‘N Sync proceeded to present out the primary prize of the evening for greatest pop, which was awarded to Taylor Swift for “Anti-Hero.” Different nominees for the award had been Demi Lovato for “Swine,” Dua Lipa for “Dance the Night time (From Barbie the Album),” Ed Sheeran for “Eyes Closed,” Miley Cyrus for “Flowers,” Olivia Rodrigo for “Vampire” and Pink for “TRUSTFALL.”
As Swift approached them on stage, she nonetheless couldn’t imagine what she was seeing. “I’m not doing nicely pivoting from this [‘N Sync reunion], to this [winning best pop],” the singer mentioned. “Like I had your dolls…. Like are you doing one thing? What’s going to occur now? They’re going to do one thing and I have to know what it’s. You guys are pop personified, so to obtain this out of your golden pop arms is actually an excessive amount of.”
NSYNC dominated the music business within the late ’90s and early 2000s with hits like “Bye Bye Bye,” “It’s Gonna Be Me” and extra. Additionally they scored one No. 1 music and 6 High 10 Hits on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart.
The band additionally reunited in 2018 for a recreation of “By no means Have I Ever” on The Ellen DeGeneres Present.
The 2023 VMAs aired stay from New Jersey’s Prudential Middle on Tuesday. Try the whole winners checklist right here.
