Late night TV's king of celebrity karaoke, James Corden called for a return to boy bands of times past last night on his Late Late Show.
"I care about this maybe more than anything else on the planet, okay?" he joked. "We are bringing back boy bands. I'm talking proper boy bands, five guys together. I'm talking about the cute one, the funny one, the nice one, the other one and the maverick who refused to play by the rules all living together in some weird mansion in Orlando."
Acknowledging that boy bands do, indeed, still exist, Corden argued that present incarnations "just stand on stage wearing skinny jeans and Vans sneakers and some of them even have the audacity to pick up instruments! That is not what I want in a boy band. I want matching outfits, synchronized dancing and way over budget music videos, okay?"
Which is exactly what the host gave the audience next, introducing '90s boy band Backstreet Boys ("The top selling boy band of all time") to the stage—then joining said boy band to sing "Everybody."
Granting Corden's wish, the Backstreet Boys danced and singed while immersed in smoke—a move that we'll likely see more of during the band's recently announced Las Vegas residency. Kicking off on March 1, 2017 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino's the Axis venue, Larger Than Life (named after the band's 1999 hit) includes 17 shows running through July 1. Tickets go on sale starting October 1 at 10:00am PDT on Ticketmaster.
Backstreet's back, alright indeed.
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