98 degrees 'Definitely' inspired by Taylor Swift to resume hits

98 degrees know what you want. The long -time boy band has made heartbreaking ballads to his business card since the signing of Motown Records in the late nineties.

Now the quartet with the brothers Nick and Drew Lachey and the band mate Jeff Timmon and Justin Jeffre are preparing to publish their first non-Christ album for more than a decade. All -round (May 9) – and to hear Nick, Taylor Swift had something to do with it.

“She [Swift] It was definitely inspiration for us and probably for many musicians out there who had the feeling that they simply did not have their own creativity, their own career to a certain extent, ”says Nick, 51, in a recently published group call Zoom with his bandmate about their decision to decide six“ 98 ° S version ”version with the greatest Hitlor hits at the notice. From their most famous albums after the sale of the masters of their first six albums to the former Justin Bieber Manager Scooter Braun.

“We were certainly inspired by her to have great success and recognition [and] We had the feeling that it was the right time in our career to take this step and the songs that have paved the way for our success over the years, ”says Lachey from the band, who to write a number of songs on their first four album run from 1997-2000 from 1997-2000.

“We have decided to keep them true to their original form in which people have fallen in love,” he says of the resolved recordings of their Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hits “I do (Guide you)” (No. 13) “Invisible man” (No. 12), “Because of you” (No. 3), “The hardest thing” (No. 5) (No. 5).

“In the past over 20 years we have developed vocal in different ways, but we wanted to keep the songs with the integrity of the originals, because people have fallen in love,” says Timmons and admits that the fans sometimes give them feedback when the group breaks around with the arrangements or melodies of their top hits. “We wanted them to sound almost like the originals.” He also emphasizes that there was “no dispute” with the former Universal Records label group, which led to the decision, but the desire to have more control over how and where their most valued songs appear.

“Some of the things that started to irritate me were, when I wanted to use my own music, our own music in a video contribution, my own contribution to copyright infringement … they are our own songs!” Timmons says. As with the Swift remakes, Nick Lachey believes that it would be “great” if these new takes become the standard versions for their fans.

In addition to the revamps, the album contains the boys' first new non-Holiday songs since 2013 2.0 Album. Again, they know their lover of love and are happy to hang out in them, and say that the five ballads are 100% fan service. The album begins with the mid-tempo bubbler and recently published single “Stranger Things (happened)”. The Bouncy Pop melody was inspired by Netflix Blockbuster Foreign things And like this show, in addition to the Signature Vintage Synthesizers, it uses the quartet's vocal melodies.

The classic Keening 98-ballad “Got U” was written together with Soulshock & Karlin (Usher, Whitney Houston) with Alex Cantrall (Jojo) and produced by Anders Bagge (Madonna, Jennifer Loper Lopez), while “same errors” and “trembling” stories about the one that is over the one (S) (She one) that have passed.

One of the most fascinating fresh cuts is “Mona Lisa”, which places the secrets of Leonardo da Vinci's smiling paintings in a super 98 degree. “A portrait of a fairy tale/ so we cover canvas like/ the colors mask the pain/ we only see it/ the picture we paint,” they sing in front of the uplifting chorus. Only Mona Lisa knows the truth. ”

This song also contains additional vocals by the Filipino singer Janine Teñoso in what Timmons says that it is one of two territories in which the band was broken for the first time almost 30 years ago. The other is Canada. “We did not immediately broke ourselves in the USA … and we wanted to return to the Philippines because we knew that we would tour there,” he says of the upcoming first shows of the band in the country, which has been a strong supporter for decades.

The album also shows another team with a Filipina singer, Katrina Velarde, on a taglish version of “I do (Cheish her), which should bring the crowd on their feet if the boys appear in Manila on May 30 and 31. [in the Philippines]It is a very passionate, romantic culture and when we were there, we also noticed that everyone can really sing! Like even the servant in the hotel! “Timmons says.

Listen to some of the new mixtures and a preview of “Stranger Things (have happened)”.