Backstreet's back, all right! Earlier this month we reported that a new documentary called Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of was in the works about the famous boy band. Now the trailer has arrived.
"From 1999 to about 2002 we were the biggest band in the world. Nobody thought it was going to be as big as it was. Then it just stopped," Brian Littrell says in the trailer. "What do you do when you're a full-grown man in a boy band?"
The documentary will explore the past two years of the band recording In A World Like This and planning their tour. It also takes a look back at the band's origins, their relationship with their creator Lou Pearlman, the success they found in Europe, the musical landscape of the '90s, and more.
The project is directed by Stephan Kijak (Stones in Exile) and stars the five original group members: Littrell, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson, all of whom produced the flick.
"We've been filming during the making of the record, the rehearsals for the tour, while we've been out on the road," Richardson told Billboard earlier this year. "It's kind of a making-of the record along with our story, how we got together and the ups and downs and the roller coaster that we've been on."
In their heyday, the group sold more than 130 million records worldwide, and their latest effort, 2013's In A World Like This, reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200 despite failing to generate radio buzz.
"20 years is a long time for any body, let alone five bunch of dorks jumping around on stage, singing and dancing," Fatone jokes at the end of the trailer.
The documentary hits theaters and Video On Demand on Jan. 30, 2015. It will make its television premiere as part of Vh1's Roc Docs franchise in the spring.
Watch the trailer below, and let us know what you think in the comments section.
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