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Backstreet Boys Reteam With Pop Legend June 6, 2004 - World Entertainment News Network
The Backstreet Boys have teamed up with veteran boy band producer Max
Martin in a bid to return to the top of the charts.
The group have reformed after a lengthy break and they're going back
in time to work with the recluse who led America's 90s pop charge
with themselves, 'N Sync and Britney Spears.
Singer AJ McLean says, "Max kind of went into hiding for a little
bit, took a little break from the pop world and had a baby.
"We caught wind through our record company that there was a song he
wrote that he thought would be cool for us to try.
"It's a little bit more of a rock edge, but we went in and tried it
and it turned out great. It's a great record, and it's good to be
around Max again."
The Backstreet Boys' still-untitled new album, which they're hoping
to release later this year, will feature collaborations with Boyz II
Men and Take 6.
The group are now putting the finishing touches to a planned autumn
tour.
Singer Howie Dorough says, "We're gonna try to kick off in September,
October, maybe do Europe. We've actually started talking about doing
some shows over in Japan and China for the first time."
Source| teenmusic.com
What Year Is It? Backstreet Boys Planning World Tour, Working With Max Martin
PASADENA, California — The Backstreet Boys' return to record shelves
this year will mark the start of two comeback efforts: that of the
group, of course, and that of the producer who led the charge during
the '90s pop explosion.
"We just got finished working with Max Martin again," an animated
A.J. McLean said of the producer behind countless Backstreet, 'NSYNC
and Britney Spears hits. "He kind of went into hiding for a little
bit, took a little break from the pop world and had a baby. And we
caught wind through our record company that there was a song he wrote
that he thought would be cool for us to try.
"It's a little bit more of a rock edge," he continued, "but we went
in and tried it and it turned out great. It's a great record, and
it's good to be around Max again."
Like the Backstreet Boys themselves, Martin is blending the sound he
became know for with the current hot styles. "Music has changed,"
Nick Carter explained. "So he's gotten back in, he's reinvented
himself, and hopefully we can be the new product of what that is."
In the studio with Martin and other producers, the Boys are doing
some reinventing of their own.
"It's got urban, it's got pop, it's got rock, it's got ...
everything," Brian Littrell said of their new music. "We're just kind
of mixing the pot up and seeing what comes out and trying to put a
great record together, just good, positive music. ... It's a little
different, but still the traditional Backstreet sound because you've
got all five voices on it."
The Backstreet Boys are more than halfway finished with their still-
untitled new album, which will also feature a collaboration with Boyz
II Men produced by Walter Afanasieff (Destiny's Child, Mariah Carey)
and a teaming with a cappella veterans Take 6.
"Howie [Dorough] wrote a song, and [Take 6] arranged it for us, and
we performed a little bit of it tonight a cappella," Kevin Richardson
said backstage at the recent Wango Tango Festival (see "William Hung
Overshadows Backstreet Reunion, All-Star Lineup At Wango Tango").
The group recorded four songs with the Underdogs, a production team
best known for work with Ruben Studdard and Stacie Orrico
(see "Backstreet Boys Rekindling Fire In Studio After Three Years").
"The first records we did with them were very urban, what they
normally do," Carter said. "And then we said, 'Why don't we just try
to do something different?' We listened to, like, a Peter Gabriel
record and we wrote, all of us collectively, wrote a song with them
that was just, like, pushing the envelope. And we really got a chance
to see how talented they are as producers and writers. They're
good 'cause they're flexible."
Carter and his cohorts are aiming for a late summer release, followed
by a fall tour.
"We're gonna try to kick off in September, October, maybe do Europe,"
Dorough said. "We've actually started talking about doing some shows
over in Japan and China for the first time. Most likely the plan
would be to come back to the States and kick off a world tour.
Hopefully for a whole year."
"We just have to make the right record first, then we go from there,"
Littrell said.
—Corey Moss
It's ladies night at the MTV Awards CULVER CITY, Calif. — Paparazzi, polish your lenses. Paris Hilton is
back in town.
Draped in a skin-tight orange gown that left only slightly more to
the imagination than her home video, presenter Hilton was the first
to arrive on the red carpet.
For the first time in months, Hilton walked without the bodyguard her
father hired to protect her in late 2003 after the scandal broke.
A new scandal was waiting to welcome The Simple Life star home. In a
well-orchestrated display of damage control, Hilton was followed on
the carpet by Ashlee Simpson, Jessica's kid sis who last week was
accused of having stolen Hilton's man, Nick Carter.
Just as Paris and Ashlee were laughing off those "retarded" rumors,
the alleged two-timer himself, Carter, popped up to plant kisses on
Hilton. "We're going to Europe this summer!" Hilton chirped.
Carter was at the L.A. airport Friday night to welcome Hilton home
from Australia, where she's been working for the past two months on
the horror remake, House of Wax.
"I couldn't sleep all night mainly because I was making stuff for
her, trying to be all romantic," Carter said. "I stayed up with my
friends making her a gigantic card."
A mere hour after pledging her fidelity to Carter, Hilton's wandering
lips moved on to Carmen Electra, whom Hilton presented with the Best
Kiss Award for the three-way smooch Electra shared with Starsky &
Hutch co-stars Owen Wilson (who accepted from Texas via satellite)
and Amy Smart.
Girl-on-girl action seemed a recurring theme throughout the night. Co-
presenters Sharon Stone and Christina Aguilera alluded to something
naughty they shared in common but couldn't discuss. That's ripe for
a "hmmm," considering the pair were inseparable all night.
Ellen DeGeneres turned out to be the woman behind the Spider-Man mask
when she hammed it up with Spider-Man 2 stars Tobey Maguire and
Kirsten Dunst. DeGeneres (Finding Nemo) lost the Best Comedic
Performance Award to Jack Black (School of Rock).
Lindsay Lohan, this year's host and winner of the Breakthrough Female
Award for Freaky Friday, skipped MTV's sound stage after party,
opting instead to party in her trailer with friends.
Source| USA Today