*NSYNC Reunites After 10 Years at 2023 MTV VMAs — Watch Video
Justin Timberlake said hi hi hi to his former bandmates at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, marking *NSYNC’s first televised reunion since the 2013 VMAs.
The guys reunited atop the show to present Taylor Swift with the award for Best Pop Video. “To receive this from your golden pop hands is really too much,” she told the group — Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and Lance Bass — before giving her speech.
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Watch Swift react to *NSYNC’s “surprise” entrance via the tweet below, which we’ll update with an official video if/when it becomes available:
*NSYNC has taken home seven VMAs as a group: Best Pop Video, Best Choreography and Viewer’s Choice for “Bye Bye Bye” in 2000, as well as Best Group Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video and Viewer’s Choice for “Pop” in 2001.
As a solo act, Timberlake has won seven VMAs: Best Pop Video and Best Male Video for “Cry Me a River” in 2003, Best Dance Video for “Rock Your Body” in 2003, Male Artist of the Year and Quadruple Threat of the Year in 2007, Best Choreography for “My Love” (featuring T.I.) in 2007, Best Director for “What Goes Around… Comes Around” in 2007, Video of the Year and Best Editing for “Mirrors” in 2013, and Best Direction for “Suit & Tie” (featuring Jay-Z) in 2013. That same year, Timberlake also received the Video Vanguard Award.
*NSYNC’s reunion was just one major moment from Tuesday’s VMAs, which also featured highly anticipated performances from Anitta, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Demi Lovato, Diddy, DMC, Doja Cat, Doug E. Fresh, Fall Out Boy, Future, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Karol G, Kelsea Ballerini, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, M?neskin, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, Shakira, Stray Kids, and Tomorrow X Together.
Hosted by Minaj, this year’s VMAs were broadcast live from Newark, N.J.’s Prudential Center. Frontrunner Taylor Swift entered the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by SZA in second with six nods, plus five for Minaj, Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus and Sam Smith.
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