Joey Fatone, Nick Lachey Detail Dark Side of Boy Bands in New Doc

‘NSYNC’s Joey Fatone is giving fans a candid look at the dark reality of being a young artist during the height of the Nineties boy band craze in a new documentary special, Boy Band Confidential.

“Being in a boy band was one of the greatest experiences of my life, but it also came with challenges we didn’t always understand at the time,” Fatone said in a press release announcing the special on Tuesday. “This project gave all of us a chance to reflect, to be honest, and to share what really happened behind the spotlight.” 

Premiering on ID over two nights on April 13 & 14, Fatone serves as an executive producer on the four-part project that features interviews with his fellow ‘NSYNC member Lance Bass, Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, and Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman, among other singers, managers, and industry insiders. 

“I was sitting on the 38th floor balcony of my New York apartment, and I just thought about jumping off,” O-Town’s Ashley Parker Angel says in the first trailer for the documentary series. 

The series aims to lift the veil on the dark side of the music business during this time period, addressing the systemic exploitation of young singers and “exposing untold stories of abuse, addiction, and financial manipulation,” according to a press release.  

Going beyond nostalgia, the project takes “an honest, unfiltered look at a cultural phenomenon that shaped an entire generation,” ID President Jason Sarlanis said in a statement. “We’re illuminating the pressures, vulnerabilities, and surprising realities of life at the height of pop stardom with a level of access rarely achieved in music documentaries.”