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- ♪ MTV ♪

[electronic music]

MTV has given fans unparalleled access

to the world's hottest artists.

Let us formally introduce ourselves.

- Brandy's in the house. - What's up?

We're the Backstreet Boys.

Notorious B.I.G. Don't move.

And created some of the most iconic moments

in music history along the way.

MTV!

Now our cameras are at it again.

Hey. Get in here.

- What's up? - Welcome.

Come on in. Let's take a seat.

As we get the inside scoop

from the ones who know these legends best

and continue their legacy today: their kids.

This the legacy right here. We are the legacy.

It was definitely not a regular childhood experience.

My mom is a fucking rock star.

[breathlessly] Hold on a sec.

Wait, what?

We have to make a grand entrance.

My Pops changed the game forever.

That was the moment when I realized

that my dad was something else.

'Cause to them, they're not just music's biggest names;

they're also Mom or Dad.

- Why are you busting on me? - [laughs]

Ooh! No she did not.

Yeah!

This is an insane moment for my dad.

Gives me goose bumps every time.

In this episode, cue the screams.

These are the two biggest boy bands in the world.

Backstreet Boys!

NSYNC!

What's up, MTV? I'm Joey Fatone.

This is the B-Rokster Brian.

Music is in my DNA.

- And this is my family legacy. - Family legacy.

[electronic music]

♪ ♪

[laughing] Wait, wait, one more.

[laughter]

What's up, guys? Come on in.

[Backstreet Boys' "Larger Than Life"]

I'm Baylee Littrell.

I'm a singer-songwriter,

musician, second generation.

My dad is Brian Littrell from the Backstreet Boys.

♪ I may run and hide ♪

♪ When you're screaming my name, all right ♪

I mean, just some boy band group from the '90s, I mean.

♪ I want it that way ♪

No big deal.

[laughter]

♪ Quit playing games with my heart ♪

The Backstreet Boys, they're not only

the best-selling boy band of all time,

but they're one of the best- selling artists of all time.

♪ Rock your body ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

It didn't really hit me,

the Backstreet Boys and Dad were as big as they were,

until I was eight years old at CVS

and I see a bin of 99 cent CDs and there's "Millennium."

Dad walks over and I was like, "Is this you?"

And he's like, "I keep trying to tell you, bud,

we were pretty big back in the day."

♪ Larger than life ♪

I grew up on the road.

I got to be a rockstar at three years old.

My first crib was basically a bunk bed on a tour bus.

I didn't know that that wasn't normal.

On the road especially,

Dad and I are usually too lazy to cook on the bus,

so we just go for the cereal.

Solo cup, Cocoa Pebbles, Horizon milk. There you go.

[upbeat music]

I think one of my favorite stories is,

I used to always want to be

part of the security team on the road, always.

And I don't know how I convinced them

to give me a walkie-talkie.

I would have it on all the time.

So we'd just be on the bus and you'd hear, like,

[imitates static crackling] "Where's Brian and Baylee?

Are they on the bus right now?"

I'm like, "Yep, copy. Dad's eating cereal.

He's very much enjoying it."

It was so annoying for Dad, probably, but I loved it.

I thought I was gonna be a security guard

for the Backstreet Boys.

And they took that thing from me in about five days.

[laughs]

♪ Looking back on the things I've done ♪

I kinda look at the guys as my four uncles.

Fun fact: Kevin's my cousin.

Kevin's actually the reason Dad is in the Backstreet Boys.

Way back in 1993, Dad was in school at the time.

Yo, what up? This is the B-Rokster Brian.

Kevin calls him and he's like, "Yo, man."

What's up, what's up? This is Kev.

"I just got into this boy band.

Now, I want you to come down and audition."

And Dad was just nervous.

He was gonna go to Cincinnati Bible College

and his brother said, "Do it."

Dad goes down, gets in the group,

and the rest is literally history.

♪ Tell me why ♪

♪ Ain't nothin' but a heartache ♪

- ♪ Tell me why ♪ - ♪ Ain't nothing-- ♪

It first blew up in Germany,

then it gets to France, and then Canada,

and then bled its way down through the US and New York.

I think that's crazy that that's just how it works.

♪ I want it that way ♪

The Boys' first time on "TRL" was 1998.

And that was at the beginning of the hype of it all.

[cheers and applause]

I haven't seen this one.

[crowd screaming]

Here we go, kids.

Here are the Backstreet Boys

doing "I'll Never Break Your Heart."

Uh-oh.

I love this song.

[soft music]

♪ From the first day ♪

Still can't get over those glasses.

♪ That I saw your smiling face ♪

♪ Honey, I knew that we would be ♪

♪ Together forever ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh, when I asked you out ♪

[singing along] ♪ You said "no" but ♪

- ♪ I found out ♪ - Goodness gracious.

♪ Darling, that you'd been hurt ♪

♪ You thought that you'd never love again ♪

Oh, my God, he looks so young.

♪ 'Cause I deserve a try, honey, just once ♪

♪ Give me a chance and I'll prove this all wrong ♪

♪ You walked in, you were so quick to judge ♪

♪ Honey, he's nothing like me ♪

all: ♪ I'll never break ♪

Feel like I'm in the audience right now.

Need a flashlight.

[singing along] ♪ I'll never make you cry ♪

♪ I'd rather die than live without you ♪

Their fandom, like, grew like wildfire.

Even seeing the fandom then,

it's so crazy to see just the impact that they have.

- ♪ I know you're afraid ♪ - ♪ Know you're afraid ♪

- ♪ To let your-- ♪ - It's so beautiful to see,

like, that little piece of history.

It's crazy.

- ♪ Just once ♪ - ♪ Give me a chance ♪

Extremely.

♪ You walked in, you were so quick to judge ♪

♪ Quick to judge ♪

♪ Honey, he's nothing like me ♪ - [scoffs]

Freaking Dad had to go make me cry.

♪ I'll never make you cry ♪

crowd: ♪ I'll give you all of me, honey ♪

Everybody knows the words. Everybody's singing it.

Still, to this day, they fill an arena and do that.

Absolutely love it.

[sighs]

That killed me, right there at the end.

I got through the whole thing and I couldn't hold it in. Ugh.

♪ That's no lie ♪

[cheers and applause]

I'm pulling a Kevin. I'm crying.

Runs in the family.

All right, ladies and gentlemen,

the Backstreet Boys.

I think "TRL" really gave the Boys

their first taste of, like, "Hey, you are special.

You can do this. We're gonna help you get there."

And that exposure, I mean, changed their entire career.

[exciting music]

♪ ♪

Backstreet Boys' first VMA performance

and VMA win was 1998.

[crowd screaming]

Does that have padded shoulders on it?

I see a little pad there.

When they were nominated for the first time,

that was insane.

And the winners are...

Backstreet Boys, "Everybody."

[Backstreet Boys' "Everybody" playing]

Yeah, look at Dad. He's like, "Whoo!"

He looks so pumped.

♪ ♪

He was taking this all in, completely.

I think he was in shock.

Who would have ever dreamed, six years ago,

the Backstreet Boys, when we first started,

that we would be standing here

accepting Mr. Planet Man.

[laughs] "Mr. Planet Man."

All right, hold on.

I gotta show you guys something.

Gonna take you guys back in time

to Dad's trophy cabinet.

So these right here

are the Europe Music Awards,

and then, up top, is the Asia MTV Award.

What are you messing with my trophy cabinet for?

Do you remember what you called this

on live television when you first won it?

This was the first one right here.

Um, hold on, hold on. Let me think, let me think.

What did I call it? Did I call it "Planet Man"?

Apparently, that was his word of choice.

"Planet Man." Planet Man.

A lot of people don't assume

that this is really that heavy.

You could use that as a weapon if you wanted to.

You might not wanna put that in the program.

Planet Man.

Backstreet Boys, we're world renowned, you know?

We can't just look at the moon like,

"Pfft, come on." Planet Man.

Get out of my trophy cabinet.

You don't belong here. You did not ask for authority.

I don't know why--where's Mom? [laughter]

But that's not the only first the Boys had that night.

♪ Everybody ♪

♪ Rock your body ♪ - This is gonna be crazy

to see them move, like, 25 years younger.

♪ Everybody ♪

all: ♪ Backstreet's back, all right ♪

♪ ♪

Whoo!

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh, my God, we're back again ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Brothers, sisters ♪ both: ♪ Everybody sing ♪

Adding some flavor to the whole mixture here.

♪ Am I everything you need? You better rock your body now ♪

The vest!

♪ Yeah ♪

Dad, when he looks back at this,

said he looked like a youth minister.

And then you got, like, youth minister Brian.

I'm going to church. [angelic tones]

[laughs]

♪ ♪

Did he just do a front flip?

♪ ♪

Uh-oh, the notorious dance breaks.

♪ ♪

Oh, my goodness.

See, this was smooth back then.

This was real slick.

I would've been in the crowd wanting to do this dance

but now...

I can't dance in cowboy boots. This is not gonna work.

♪ Backstreet's back, all right ♪

Oh, my goodness.

I don't know if it gets much more iconic.

The exposure that started it all.

Thank you, MTV.

[Backstreet Boys' "All I Have To Give"]

♪ But if you were my girl ♪

I've been blessed to have

a super close relationship with my parents.

The song, "As Long As You Love Me,"

it means everything to my parents.

I mean, I can never think about that song

without thinking about Mom and Dad meeting for the first time.

Mom and Dad just met on the set.

And they gave all the guys headshots

and he stopped on Mom's.

He was like, "I'm gonna marry that girl one day."

♪ I've tried to hide it so that no one knows ♪

- I think Mom came up to Dad and she was like,

"Hi, my name's Leighanne," and Dad goes, "I know."

I think Dad said he was like,

"You know, well, we're pretty big in Europe."

And Mom was like, "Oh, yeah, me too."

And he's like, "No, I'm serious."

And she's like, "Oh, I'm serious too."

And a couple weeks later, like,

they filmed "Backstreet's Back."

So she got to see that and she was like, "Uh-oh.

It's about to explode."

He was trying to be all suave

and she was probably thinking, "Really?"

But I think it worked.

[laughter] I think it worked.

♪ I'll never break your heart ♪

Finally, I put a wrench in everything somewhere in there.

I was born November 26th, 2002.

Last night, Brian and his wife, Leighanne,

became the proud parents

of a six pound, seven ounce baby boy.

Seriously, been with you guys my whole life.

Growing up, I played a billion different sports.

Dad taught me how to dribble a basketball

at four years old. I mean, I don't know

if anyone can beat Dad's competitive spirit.

I can't, and I thought I was competitive.

What's up?

The Backstreet Boys were the first band ever

in "TRL" history to shut down Times Square.

A lot of people hear about it without seeing it

and I've heard about it my whole life.

I don't know if you can ever top this moment.

"Millennium" was the height of it all.

[crowd screaming]

"TRL," 1999.

It's spring in New York,

the kids in Times Square are screaming.

Backstreet Boys hit the primetime.

[crowd screaming]

They literally took control of New York City.

Since midnight last night, people have been camping out.

I got to work at 6:15 this morning.

There was already 1,000 people there.

[chuckles]

It's so crazy.

This is overwhelming. It's amazing.

And we want--we want everybody in Times Square to know

that the New York Police Department's

not allowing us to go to the windows

and wave at everybody because they're afraid

somebody's gonna get hurt.

Goodness gracious, shutting down Times Square.

Think about what that would have to do to your--your mind.

Like, trying to comprehend that.

Describe today for you guys

and what it must be like to see, A, the crowd out here

for you guys, and, of course,

the long awaited release of "Millennium."

It's heart-stopping.

I know what's going through Dad's mind. Just like...

"Wow."

Never a normal day in his life again.

It's so special.

For him to be that young

and to reach that level of success,

I mean, that's everybody's dream right there.

I think we, the Backstreet Boys, we have to thank

a big "thank you" to MTV.

MTV catapulted the Boys to stardom.

When I think of MTV, I think of the Backstreet Boys.

You can't think of one without the other.

This is still probably, to this day,

one of the most significant moments in history,

definitely for "TRL," MTV.

That's like a golden moment.

Absolute golden moment.

♪ That makes you larger than life ♪

But the Backstreet Boys,

they're still going really hard.

♪ Baby, don't go breaking my heart ♪

♪ Breaking my heart ♪

♪ 'Cause it's the only one I got ♪

Still touring as of, literally--

well, Dad flew in today.

♪ ♪

♪ Baby, don't go ♪

I still see girls cry and pass out.

20 years later, you know, 25 years later at this point

and, like, it's so crazy

to see just the impact that they have.

♪ Baby, don't go ♪

I think Dad has definitely lit a fire into me

in the midst of, like,

I would love to be able to make a huge impact.

♪ ♪

♪ Baby, don't go ♪

[cheers and applause]

We were on tour and I was like,

"Can I be like the sixth Backstreet Boy?"

Dad, he was like, "One day you're gonna be doing this."

I was about 15.

I went up to Nashville,

I started recording some songs.

I got to go on tour with the Backstreet Boys.

Dad and Mom, who both told me,

"You know, we can only shelter you so much

"and try to take you away from, you know,

the things you'll experience, but eventually, you will."

Being able to open for your dad,

playing 18,000 seat arenas

and then you're making $5 in tips at a dive bar

in Nashville, you know?

It's been a monumental journey

but I wouldn't have it any other way.

"Boxes" was, like, my first breakout song.

♪ You check all my boxes, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

So my first EP dropped September 9th.

So my dad and I had a afterparty show

at a little speakeasy.

It was a super, just cool, intimate experience

for the fans to come and hear some new music.

I feel like when I'm on stage with him,

there is no nerves.

both: ♪ Locked dead until dawn ♪

♪ I'm gonna love you ♪

He's kinda like my armor in battle there.

It brings us closer every time we play.

♪ Drink that morning coffee and make you breakfast in bed ♪

We write together all the time.

We just wrote a song a couple weeks ago

that we absolutely fell in love with.

Sometimes, we'll be sitting there,

I'll be singing something and he looks at me

and he's like, "Wow, you just took me back

to when I was your age."

I was, like, 19 when we did some of the records.

The number one thing in our lives is family.

Music comes second...

I thank you very much.

Thank you guys so much!

But family's number one, always.

And that's--that's the legacy.

Whoo!

[cheers and applause]

Just a second. Sticks.

[NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me"]

[laughs]

I hate him. Oh, my God.

My name is Briahna Fatone

and my dad is Joey Fatone from NSYNC.

♪ Baby, when you finally ♪

♪ Get to love somebody ♪

♪ Guess what? ♪ - ♪ Guess what? ♪

♪ It's gonna be me ♪

NSYNC's like that pop, preppy boy band...

♪ This must be pop ♪

Leaders of the boy band community.

♪ I wanna see you out that door ♪

♪ Baby, bye, bye, bye ♪

Joey's definitely, like, the goofball in the group.

JC's like that pretty boy face.

Everybody knows who Justin is. - [chuckles]

Chris sings "Shiny Teeth" from "Fairly OddParents."

Lance is my godfather.

Honestly, I see him most frequently out of all of them.

♪ With or without you ♪

Me and my dad are super close.

He's actually here right now

watching me do this interview.

My dad and I's relationship is very goofy, very playful.

Rarely do we take things seriously.

Singing in the car is a big thing for us.

Our sense of humor is almost identical.

I heard you have a baby that swears constantly.

Says "mama," "dada," and something else I can't say.

[laughs]

I feel like I finally grasped how famous he was

when we did the Walk of Fame.

How many people showed up there was just insane.

[all harmonizing] ♪ Here we go ♪

NSYNC first performed on MTV in 1998 on "MTV Live."

Please say hello to NSYNC.

♪ I want you back ♪

What's with these striped shirts? [chuckles]

♪ ♪

♪ It's hard to say "I'm sorry" ♪

- ♪ It's hard to-- ♪ - Oh, he was probably excited.

Like, you could see when he's dancing,

he's like, jumping up around.

Like, when the camera goes by him, you'll see,

he'll look at--directly at it

and like make a face or something.

Oh, can he do that kick now?

He probably could.

♪ You're all I ever wanted ♪

This looks almost like he was, like,

at a high school performance,

like, with the curtain in the background.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

Oh, get it. That was good.

♪ ♪

Oh, they let him be in the front.

[laughs]

♪ I want you back ♪

MTV definitely helped NSYNC blow up.

If you were on MTV, like, everybody knows who you are.

It's iconic.

[NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye"]

So this is the NSYNC marionette doll.

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye ♪

This came out when their "No Strings Attached" album

was released.

♪ Bye, bye ♪

So this was definitely a symbol from them

cutting ties with their management,

literally meaning there was no strings attached.

Back in the day, this was definitely, like, pretty cool.

[NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me"]

♪ ♪

NSYNC's performance in 2000 was definitely a wild one.

♪ I'm doing this tonight ♪

♪ You're probably gonna start a fight ♪

♪ I know this can't be right ♪

Having those big TV screens

and doing the timing with their dance moves

with the screens--

first of all, prerecording that was probably hilarious to do--

but then also trying to do the timing of it on stage

and they were pretty-- not to be funny, but--

in-sync, as you might say.

♪ I wanna see you out that door ♪

♪ Bye, bye, bye ♪

I swear, I get, like, the ick every time I hear this song.

I've heard it so much.

I got pretty intoxicated at a wedding one time

and I actually did the dance.

You just hear it and you, like, wanna do it.

♪ Bye, bye, bye, bye ♪ [bright chime]

It's like a reflex, sadly.

- I know. - [chuckles]

♪ I just wanna tell you that I had enough ♪

"Bye Bye Bye," we'll always hear about it.

It's iconic. It'll never die.

Ladies!

all: ♪ One, two, three, to the four ♪

- Come on! - What? What?

all: ♪ I think it's time to get on the floor ♪

♪ Believe in no man, no cry ♪

♪ Maybe that's why ♪ - Stop!

[breathing heavily] Hang on, hold on a sec.

I really hope that was his idea.

[chuckles]

Man!

all: ♪ Every little thing I do ♪

♪ Never seems enough for you ♪

♪ It's gonna be me ♪

[heavy breathing]

Hear 'em breathing... [sighs, laughs]

Thank you.

♪ ♪

This is where I pretty much grew up.

It was definitely fun for a kid.

What's up, MTV?

I'm Joey Fatone

and I'm here at my house

and I'm gonna show you around.

So come on inside and check it out.

♪ ♪

Over here, it's like my trophy, office room.

We got marionette puppets.

These are the actual original set.

Little creepy things.

Anyway, so that's that.

This is obviously one of the things

you guys like, is the Moon Men.

It's kinda heavy, for people that don't know it.

They are. I almost dropped one.

And the flags come out too.

We got seven of 'em, so thanks MTV,

One time, I got in trouble.

So I was at Lance's house

when all of his Moon Men were on, like,

shelves in the bathroom

and I sprayed all the Moon Men

with, like, cleaning product.

I got yelled at for that.

Thank you very, very much.

I don't know why I started cleaning them,

but apparently they were dirty. I don't know.

This is my master bedroom.

I used to hang off of the top bars.

This is where the magic does not happen all the time.

It's not because we don't want to.

It's just that we have a five year old daughter

that comes in and goes, "Mommy, Daddy." [whimpers]

[laughs]

It's true.

♪ ♪

My daughter's gonna come down now.

There's me.

There's so many frogs in that slide.

Here she comes. Oh, wow. [laughs]

♪ ♪

Cut my foot on that cliff too.

I'm a Benihana freak, so I got a Benihana table.

One time, they made a mega-pancake on there.

Someone made, like, a special spatula

to actually flip it over.

But they wanted to make one the size of the griddle,

which was really cool.

Oh, this was fun, too, to hang out in.

kids: Hi, MTV!

This is my grotto.

We'd watch TV and eat ice pops in there.

[soft upbeat music]

That's cute.

Little picture of Briahna as a baby.

How cute.

♪ ♪

Obviously, she loves dolls, stuffed animals.

Oh, my God, my snow globe--

half of those broke in the move.

I was so pissed. I still collect snow globes.

I know you have all of them.

They're-- half of them are in storage

or they're in my room.

- Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm.

[mutters mockingly]

Now get the heck out of here.

Goodbye. Thank you. See you later.

I think my dad's biggest MTV moment was the 2013 VMAs.

[upbeat hip-hop music]

♪ ♪

It's been about 11 years since the band has

all been together on one stage.

They've been out of the game for so long.

I was not the downfall of NSYNC.

I was born on March 23rd, 2001.

A lot of people are like, "Oh, 2001.

That's kinda like when they broke up."

I'm like, "No, not my fault. I promise."

♪ ♪

People were going crazy in the crowd.

It was absolutely nuts.

People had no idea and it was a huge secret.

You asked for it.

And all of a sudden, you just see NSYNC on stage

and you're like, "Wait, what?"

♪ ♪

♪ Bye, bye ♪

♪ ♪

I couldn't tell anybody. People were asking.

I'm like, "Oh, no, my dad's home. Like, whatever."

It was definitely shocking for a lot of people.

I know even, like, Taylor Swift freaked out about it.

You could see her face going like, "Oh, my God!"

So, yeah, it meant a lot for a lot of people.

- ♪ May hate me but it ♪ - ♪ Ain't no lie ♪

- Go 'head! - ♪ Bye, bye, bye ♪

The NSYNC days, I don't really remember, per se.

[laughing] My mom was pregnant with me.

She was mainly, like, on tour with them.

So backstage in that sense.

Ever since I saw the VMAs, I've always wanted to go.

We got in, like, I think maybe two sets before

they were gonna go.

So seeing, like, him perform on stage,

I think that was like, honestly, one of the first

times I got to see him perform as a group.

Actually seeing it live was really cool for me, at least.

He was probably exhausted doing this.

He hadn't done it in so long.

He's gonna tell you it's not true but it is. [snorts]

♪ Don't wanna be a fool for you ♪

- Hey! - ♪ Just another player ♪

♪ In your game for two ♪

♪ Might sound crazy but it ain't no lie, bye, bye, bye ♪

[cheers and applause]

Hey, for being rusty, he did good.

What, you making fun of me?

[laughs]

[cheers and applause]

[bell chimes]

[bell chimes]

For a fan,

this was definitely, like, their best moment.

Seeing them on stage, like, after all this time,

now, probably, with, like, even their own daughters too

and they get to share that moment as well,

which is everything for them.

That was definitely one of the most iconic

MTV moments that they've had.

NSYNC.

I think my family has definitely left

a musical mark on the world.

- [chuckles] - Watch this.

♪ Ever wonder why ♪

Everybody in my family is pretty much either a musician

or has worked in the entertainment business.

I do sing but mainly in the shower.

When I was younger, I was very interested

in singing and pursuing that

and then I think once I got, like, sort of a taste of it,

I realized that just kinda wasn't for me.

I've always, like, been obsessed with science.

Bit of a nerd if you can't tell.

I'm pretty much the black sheep in the family,

going off and doing college.

I go to Michigan State University.

I'm studying to be a doctor.

My dad was, like, pretty proud.

♪ This must be pop ♪

Something my dad has taught me is,

never trust a fart. [snickers]

- [laughs] - I'll say a serious one too.

I think, definitely, my dad has instilled in me,

don't take life too seriously.

As long as you're having fun with it, like,

then you're living life to the fullest.

I love you!

This way.

- [squeaks] - [chuckles]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ MTV ♪