Mic check, mic check one.. two... is this thing on?!
— *NSYNC (@NSYNC) August 24, 2013
That's when I started to believe. I mean, why bother with the Twitter thing if they're not doing anything. Yes, part of me thought they would tweet "LOL NOPE" during the VMAs, but it's very unlikely. Whoever leaked this story (I'm assuming MTV) did their job well; I had no idea that the VMAs was yesterday until this happened.
The night came, I recorded the show because I wouldn't want to have to go through the whole show; I just wanted to see Justin, and maybe *NSYNC. I skimmed through the show, and got super excited when Jimmy Fallon went on stage. I missed the reports that he was presenting Justin's award, but it had to be him, right?
When they said Justin Timberlake was scheduled to perform, I wasn't expecting a ~15 minutes set! I've watched his performance a few times, but I still can't name all the songs he did in his medley. He started the show with "Take Back the Night" and he brought life to the event, turned it into a dance party. He did a little dance break in the middle of his set, and then the intro to "Pusher Love Girl" started while he walked to a different stage in the arena. He had been moving around the stages, involving all sides of the audience. As he reached the stage, four men were lifted from under the stage, and there they were. Justin noted "you asked for it" while joining his former bandmates. And then this happened:
I really wished they got the audio right. They sang the hook from "Gone" and I didn't even hear it the first time around. Then during "Girlfriend" JC had to almost scream his part of the verse. It was short, but it was definitely sweet. It's nice to see that a decade later, Lance is still the worst dancer in the group. The guys were lowered into the stage, left the way they came. Justin closed the performance with "Suit & Tie" and "Mirrors" before receiving his award from Fallon. He thanked his manager, his folks, and shared the award with *NSYNC (although he'd like to keep it in his house).
JC called in Ryan Seacrest's radio show earlier today to talk about the performance. He said that Justin was the one who called a few days (!) earlier and said that he's getting this award, and since their career started on MTV, he asked if the group wanted to do a little something to commemorate that part of his career. And JC said that if your friend called, you wanna be there for him, and that's why they did it. I just love these guys so much. Still. I think the call and when the rumor started happened pretty much around the same time. Great PR from MTV.
And throughout the night, my Twitter and Tumblr basically exploded with *NSYNC stuff.
After the jump, a bunch of stolen pictures, super short Tumblr GIFs, maybe even videos from the night.
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| Still the ridiculous guys I fell in love with |
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| I absolutely love that they did this. Look at their faces! |
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| They did the dance, but not the hand bit that's supposed to be after this |
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| Still got the sense of humor that makes *NSYNC my favorite boyband |
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| I actually don't know what part of the performance this was from; obviously this means I need to rewatch it again |
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| (Almost) synchronized dance moves. Best part is their dance faces. |
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| Lance missing a step |
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| Thanks, guys! |
Oh, and, I just have to note, they wore matching shoes. I mean, not quite the matching neon colored clothes, but it's something. Can you imagine if they managed to keep it a secret?! I mean, I would have watched it anyway since Justin was performing, and then suddenly they showed up? I would have freaked out, not knowing how to react. I mean, I was pretty freaking excited knowing that it was going to happen. If I didn't know and it happened? I...I don't know...
Also, another great part about all this, is that radio stations have been playing a lot of *NSYNC songs today.
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