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"Better Place " is a song by American vocal group NSYNC . It was released on September 29, 2023, through RCA as the lead single from the soundtrack of the film Trolls Band Together Justin Timberlake voices the character Branch. He produced the song with Shellback and the two wrote it alongside Amy Allen . It serves as NSYNC's first release after a hiatus that lasted over twenty years and follows the release of their fourth studio album, Celebrity [2]
Release and promotion [ edit ]
Over two weeks before the release of the song, the band members put out a behind-the-scenes video, in which it showed the members recording their parts for the song.[3] [4] Trolls Band Together New York City , which included the first letter of the band's logo and a QR code to the website TakeYouToABetterPlace.com to give a teaser of the song.[5] 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, prior to the song's release on September 29, 2023. However, the song and film were reportedly not promoted by the band due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes .[6]
Composition and lyrics [ edit ]
"Better Place" is a pop song that is reminiscent of NSYNC's previous music from the late 1990s and early 2000s and is built on a disco pop instrumental as Timberlake, Chasez, Fatone, Kirkpatrick, and Bass sing the chorus: "Just let me take you to a better place / I'm gonna make you kiss the sky tonight / Yeah, if you let me show the way / I'm so excited to see you excited".[7] [8]
Commercial performance [ edit ]
"Better Place" debuted and peaked at number twenty-five on the Billboard Hot 100I Want You Back ". It became their thirteenth Hot 100 entry, eleventh top 40 appearance, and first since their previous single "Girlfriend " released in 2002.[9]
Critical reception [ edit ]
The single was positively reviewed by Sadie Bell of People disco-pop beat. Each member gets their own moment to shine, too, while Timberlake, 42, carries the chorus."[10]
Music video [ edit ]
A lyric video featuring characters from the Trolls Band Together movie was released on YouTube .[11] [12] [13]
Credits and personnel [ edit ]
Chris Kirkpatrick – vocals
JC Chasez – vocals
Lance Bass – vocals
Joey Fatone – vocals
Shellback – production, songwriting, guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards, drum machine, whistling, programming
Amy Allen – songwriting
Anna Bylund – flute
Teresia Alm – oboe
Wojtek Goral – baritone saxophone
Tomas Jonsson – tenor saxophone
Mattias Johansson – trumpet, French horn, violin
Helena Stjernstrom – English horn
Peter Noos Johansson – trombone
Janne Bjerger – fluegelhorn
David Bukovinsky – cello
David Bergström – violin
Hanna Helgegren – violin
Erik Arvinder – violin
Robert Mollard – tambourine
Kasper Komar – tambourine
Mattias Bylund – synthesizer, editing, recording
Karl Gunér – synthesizer
Serban Ghenea – mixing
Randy Merrill – mastering
Chris Godbey – recording
Bryce Bordone – assistant engineering
Eric Eylands – assistant engineering
Release history [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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^ Skinner, Tom (September 14, 2023). "*NSYNC Announce First New Song in Over 20 Years, 'Better Place' . NME . Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ Aniftos, Rania (September 14, 2023). "*NSYNC Reunite for 'Trolls Band Together' Song 'Better Place': See the Release Date & New Trailer" . Billboard . Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "*NSYNC Reunites at 2023 VMAs: Here's What Happened" . Billboard . Retrieved October 19, 2023 .
^ "*NSYNC Reunite with Pop Banger 'Better Place' — Their First Song in Over 20 Years: LISTEN" . People . Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "How 'Trolls' Scored the *NSYNC Comeback We've All Been Waiting For" . Billboard . Retrieved October 19, 2023 .
^ "*NSYNC Back on Billboard Hot 100 for First Time Since 2002 With 'Better Place' . Billboard . Retrieved October 19, 2023 .
^ "*NSYNC Reunite with Pop Banger 'Better Place' — Their First Song in Over 20 Years: Listen" . People . Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ " . YouTube . Retrieved October 19, 2023 .
^ "*NSYNC Recruit Their Biggest Fans in Part 1 of 'Better Place' Music Video Documentary" . Billboard . Retrieved October 19, 2023 .
^ *NSYNC - Better Place (From TROLLS Band Together) (Lyric Video) .YouTube
^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 9 October 2023". The ARIA Report . No. 1753. Australian Recording Industry Association . October 9, 2023. p. 9.
^ "Australia Airplay Chart - AirCheck" . RadioInfo Australia. AirCheck. October 12, 2023. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023 .
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^ "*N Sync – Better Place" (in French). Ultratop 50 . Retrieved October 29, 2023.
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^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 202349 into search . Retrieved December 11, 2023.
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^ "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of October 11, 2023" . Billboard Japan . Retrieved October 11, 2023 .
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^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 40" . Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved October 6, 2023 .
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