Sixteen Question and Answer with the BSB!
lt's always good fun when Kev,
Howie, Brian, A.J. and Nick are around. There's nothing better
than kicking back, relaxing and getting down with some serious
chat.
The guys definitely feel like celebrating these days--their
single Everybody" is a super smash, "I'll
Never Break Your Heart" is a sizzlin' hit video and they're
traveling the country, touring and performing
for you! So when 1 6, did the question, and answer thing with
'em, they were in an awesorne mood and ready to talk up a storm!
16: You guys are so popular right
now-are you overwhelmed by it all?
NICK: lt hasn't really taken effect with me. I haven't felt it
yet.
KEV: We're really excited to be having this success in the United
States.
BRIAN: lt's exciting, but we still have a lot of goals to
achieve. Manymore albums... many more videos.
HOWIE: We waited so long for this, and now that it's happened,
¡t' s really taken off. lt's happened so
rapidly and it was very surprising to us. We thought once we
carne over here it would take a while for our
names to he known, but our singles have hit very well here on the
charts. And for our fans, lt's like,
we've become a household name.
16: You're performing in huge
arenas throughout the US. How do you feel about that? .
HOWIE: We can't believe it. We sold out Radio City Music Hall in
New York City in like, 12 minutes.In Detrolt we sold out two
arenas the tickets are really selling out and we're so excited
about it.
16: What can people expect when
they come to see one of
your concerts?
A.J.: Bigger shows, bigger production. The tour lasts until
September, and its covering the East Coast,
Midwest, West Coast-th1cre are a lot of shows; We put on a real
action packed show--good music, six-piece live band. lt's going
to be a crazy, all-around good tirne.Hopefully everyone will
enjoy it.
16: We understand you're going to
he recording more of your songs in Spanish?
HOWIE: I've tried to influence the guys into translating our
songs because it's personal-being that I'm part Spanish and my
mom's Puerto Rican. lt's part of my blood, and I want to reach
out to everyone out there. So we're actually shooting two videos
for "I'll Never Break
Your Heart,"-one in English and one in Spanish. I think that
we'll find a lot of new, loyal fans out there.
A.J.: Recording in other languages is kind of cool, kind of a
challenge for us. lt allows fans to have a little
something from us. Who knows what language we might sing in next?
16: What would you like to say
about your music?
HOWIE: I just hope people listen to out music and let it speak
for itself. Hopefully we can move people with out music and bring
some happiness into People's lives.
A.J.: The thing about out music is, we haye nothing to hide.
There is nothing false about BSB. We are a vocallharmony group,
not just a "BOY Group" or "Boy Band." We want
people to know out first priority is really good music.
16: Have you started working onthe
next albums?
A.J.: Definitely-we're all writing songs all the time. The new
album will be a growth period fot us. We are going to try to go a
little further with it, move a step further with vocal
challepges. We're going to try to broaden out range. But we're
not going to make any drastic changes quite yet. The Backstreet
Boys have a long way to go-this is only out third album. And it's
going to be very good.
16: What's been the best part of
reaching your level of success?
A.J.- I don't want this to come out wrong, but I'll say it
anyway: to get little rewards here And there for the work we've
done. Gettin' Gold and Platinum records, having the opportunity
to give our families really nice Christmas presents-to give back
to our family and friends who've been there since we were little
toddlers. And to be able to give back to our fans. lt's a big
life cycle.lt,'s a big circle, and it just grows.
BRIAN: Seeing how happy the fans are,hearing them tell us how
Much our music means to them-you cant beat that. We really get to
see the effect our music has on other people.
16: When you were younger and
dreaming of what your future would hold, what did you wish for?
HOWIE: I guess we'd all dreamed about being successful in
whatever we did. There have been several groups whose success we
wanted to emulate-Boyz II Men, New Edition, and earlier groups,
like the Temptations and Earth, Wind And Fire. To have our music
known all over the world- that was a pretty big wish!.
16: Have you treated yourself to
anything special lately?
KEVIN: I bought a house. I finally have a place to hang my hat. I
bought a place with some friends of mine.