JC Chasez, a personnel of nan beloved set NSYNC, is retired pinch his first awesome euphony task successful 20 years. His caller medium is called "Play pinch Fire."
"I want to make a philharmonic and look everybody knows maine from making euphony truthful nan thought is to merchandise nan euphony first to get group willing successful nan project," Chasez said connected "CBS Mornings Plus."
He co-produced nan medium pinch Golden Globe-winning songwriter and composer Jimmy Harry. The euphony was inspired by Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, "Frankenstein."
"We're surviving successful a time and property wherever exertion and humanity are interfacing for illustration ne'er earlier and Mary Shelley wrote this portion successful 1818 and we're talking astir these themes today."
It's a taxable Chasez said he's passionate about, adding he appreciated nan themes successful "Frankenstein" later successful life.
"We're talking astir AI. We're talking astir really we're going to navigate a world for illustration this and truthful to stumble crossed that, you cognize erstwhile you're young you publication it almost arsenic a schoolhouse task but erstwhile I publication it later successful life I conscionable couldn't judge really overmuch it affected me," he said.
Chasez was progressive successful penning nan book for nan philharmonic and said they're presently talking to board and producers astir nan project.
He credits his penning partner, Harry, pinch helping nan task travel to fruition, explaining Harry's mother was a playwright, and wrote a play called "Playing pinch Fire," which Harry presented to Chasez.
"After reference it, what I loved astir her communicative was nan measurement she framed it successful position of making nan affectional connections pinch nan animal and nan creator, you know, Frankenstein, and truthful we focused connected nan speech that nan 2 of them had and expanded from location and benignant of came up pinch our ain things."
Although it's a departure from his popular euphony background, Chasez said it still has elements of his past.
"There's different songs that person that tempo, and person that popular flair and things for illustration that, because I want group to still move and person fun," he said. "The extremity is to conscionable really beryllium engaging, and springiness group thing to talk astir erstwhile they're listening to it aliases erstwhile they're seeing it hopefully successful nan future."
When asked if we'll besides spot an NSYNC reunion successful nan future, Chasez said nan erstwhile bandmates person talked astir nan anticipation much than they person previously.
"Right now, Justin's sewage a circuit to do, and I'm releasing this record, "Playing pinch Fire," truthful our attraction is connected our existent projects, but location is ever a speech being had down nan scenes astir nan imaginable of something."
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Kelsie Hoffman
Kelsie Hoffman is simply a push and level editor connected CBS News' Growth and Engagement team. She antecedently worked connected Hearst Television's National Desk and arsenic a section TV newsman successful Pennsylvania and Virginia.