Lance Bass wants to make another NSYNC holiday album 25 years after “Home For Christmas”

"It would be my dream to do another holiday album with those guys," Bass tells EW.

All Lance Bass wants for Christmas is for NSYNC to make another holiday album.

The iconic boy band is finally back after reuniting onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards and releasing their first single in over two decades, titled "Better Place," as part of the soundtrack for the upcoming animated film Trolls Band Together. And on the 25th anniversary of the release of Home for Christmas, the group's merry second studio album, Bass is ready to get in the holiday spirit again with JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Justin Timberlake.

"It's insane that that album is 25 years old," Bass tells EW while promoting his new partnership with Boursin Cheese as this year's Maison Boursin Host In Residence. "It would be my dream to do another holiday album with those guys. I like what we did with the first one where [it's] half originals and half remakes."

But while Bass didn't like the lead single off the album, "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays," when they first recorded it, he's grown to love it over the past 25 years. "That song keeps us relevant every single year, because I can't go into a store without hearing that song," he says. "It's so cheesy, but somehow it has become a huge hit, and now I've grown to love it as much as everyone else."

NSYNC released Home for Christmas on Nov. 10, 1998, a year after their self-titled debut album, and Bass jokes that he can "barely remember" making the follow-up since it was so long ago.

"I just remember it was so fun because it was our second album, and I was so surprised that the label let us do a Christmas album, because they're my favorite," he says. "And it's definitely my favorite album that I've ever done because it really encapsulates the core of who we were and how we began. It all revolved around those harmonies — we would do eight-part harmonies on all those songs, and everyone was featured. That album really represents who NSYNC was, especially at the beginning."

Bass is excited to introduce his 2-year-old twin children, son Alexander and daughter Violet, to the album now that they're old enough to enjoy it. "This year I'm really going to make sure that they remember it, so I'm going to play it over and over again because they're going to have to become fans of the group," he says. "Because if they turn into Backstreet Boy fans ... I don't know, they might have to go up for adoption."

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