Everybody, bawk your body!
On Thursday’s episode ofThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, theBackstreet Boystreated their fans to a very unusual performance, wherein the five singers donned fluffy chicken suits, christened themselves “Bawkstreet Boys” and performed one of their biggest hits — in chicken noises.
While leaving the show’s studio in New York City, Fallon and the group also poked fun at one of the eternal questions that has stumped mankind for generations: why did the chicken cross the road?
Although they couldn’t think of a real answer to cross the road, the group found themselves compelled to undertake the task with great sincerity and care, before turning back around to do it all over again — just because!
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Jimmy Fallon, AJ McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, and Brian Littrell.Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photobank
Besides promoting their skills as chicken impersonators, the Backstreet Boys were also celebrating their new album,DNA,which was released Friday.
“Our brand new album,DNA, is now available everywhere!” the group wrote on the band’s official Instagram account. “BSB is in our DNA, just like it’s in all of yours,” the group wrote on Instagram. “We have been a group for more than 25 years and this is our favorite album… ever. Listen, watch, share #BSBDNA 🖤.”
The tour will begin in May after their 14-month Las Vegas residency Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life comes to an end in April. It will kick off in Portugal on May 11, touch down in Europe, and then head to the States until mid-September. Tickets are currently available here.
“We are stoked to finally be here again gearing up for a new album, new tour, and brand new single,” McLean previously told PEOPLE. “There are so many amazing things we have up our sleeves. It’s really nice to see the actual payday when we’ve been busting our butt in the studio. We’ve been working on this record for quite some time now, it’s finally about to be sooner or later presented to the world.”
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The “Larger Than Life” hitmakers, who recently celebrated 25 years together, said they could not feel more grateful for this new chapter.
“For a group like us to still be here 25 years later is a huge testament to the music and a huge testament to our fans — the most loyal fans in the world sticking with us the entire time and they continue to push us to strive and be better,” McLean said.
The group also scored a2019 Grammy Award nominationfor their single “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” in the best pop duo/group performance category.
source: people.com
