*NSYNC’s first new song in more than two decades, “Better Place,” was announced early Thursday, with parts of the song featured in the new Trolls Band together trailer.
The full song will be released on September 29, but fans can also hear parts of the song on TikTok.
The song’s announcement came hours after the band reunited at the 2023 MTV VMAs on Tuesday, where they presented Taylor Swift with the award for best pop video and exchanged friendship bracelets with the singer.
Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Lance Bass teased the release of “Better Place” earlier Wednesday, lip-syncing to a scene from the sitcom Friends. Fans began to speculate as to what it all could mean.
The video shows the band in front of a blue screen as they lip-sync to a scene depicting a conversation between Matt LeBlanc’s character, Joey Tribbiani, and Jennifer Aniston’s character, Rachel Green. The audio is taken from the Season 5 episode “The One With All the Resolutions”, which first aired in 1999.
“Do you know something?” Timberlake, 42, spoke alongside LeBlanc’s character Joey as he addressed his four bandmates, to which Fatone, 46, quickly responded with the same question to Timberlake.
“I might know something,” Kirkpatrick, 51, responded to Joey’s audio, and Chasez, 47, added, “I might know something too,” in Rachel’s voice.
“What do you know?” asked Bass, 44, and Timberlake replied, “Oh no, I can’t tell you until you tell me what you know.” “I can’t tell you what I know,” Fatone said, and Kirkpatrick replied, “Well, then I can’t tell you what I know.”
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“OK, fine,” Chasez finishes before the band playfully shrugs and exits the studio space.
In late August, *NSYNC fans began speculating that the band might have reunited after a few Trolls Band Together posters appeared in New York with the first letter of the *NSYNC logo and a QR code.
Trolls Band together is the third film in Trolls franchise, featuring Timberlake as Branch and Anna Kendrick as Queen Poppy. Timberlake recorded “Can’t Stop the Feeling” for the first film and “The Other Side” for its sequel, Trolls World Tour.
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“Better Place” is *NSYNC’s first new song since 2002. The pop group reunited for a performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2016 they reunited for the Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony. However, none of those earlier gatherings resulted in new music.
Trolls Band Together arrives in theaters on November 17.
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