--- title: These 2 Members of NSYNC Are Back in the Recording Studio description: Not since the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards has there been such a glorious day for fans of NSYNC. canonical: https://time.com/4229726/nsync-joey-fatone-chris-kirkpatrick-reunion-recording-studio/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-18T21:41:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:15.521Z og:title: These 2 Members of NSYNC Are Back in the Recording Studio og:description: "Yes we are in the studio for a song" og:url: https://time.com/4229726/nsync-joey-fatone-chris-kirkpatrick-reunion-recording-studio/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These 2 Members of NSYNC Are Back in the Recording Studio twitter:description: "Yes we are in the studio for a song" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These 2 Members of NSYNC Are Back in the Recording Studio Together > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 18, 2016 9:41 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 18, 2016 9:41 PM UTC > [](https://twitter.com/IamCKirkpatrick/status/700364569458380800) Not since the [2013 MTV Video Music Awards](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/26/mtvs-video-music-awards-who-got-cheered-who-got-booed-and-who-got-naked/) has there been such a glorious day for [fans of NSYNC](http://time.com/4167776/fall-out-boy-demi-lovato-nsync-its-gonna-be-me-irresistible-video/). On Thursday, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, two members of the [beloved boy band](http://time.com/4126711/nsync-members-congratulate-adele-on-breaking-their-sales-record/), announced that they’re working on a new project together. Kirkpatrick was the first to share the news, tweeting a picture of Fatone with the caption, “Back in the studio with this guy. The studio looks a bit familiar as well.” > [](https://twitter.com/realjoeyfatone/status/700377295375228932) Fatone then joined in with a photo of his own. “Yes we are in the studio for a song,” he wrote. “Will fill u in when the time is right.” Although it’s unclear when this long-awaited track will be released to the general public and whether or not [Justin Timberlake](http://time.com/4220552/justin-timberlake-poison-cover-video/), Lance Bass or JC Chasez will be getting in on the action, it’s nice to know that these two are keeping our NSYNC reunion hopes alive. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4229726/nsync-joey-fatone-chris-kirkpatrick-reunion-recording-studio/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4229726/nsync-joey-fatone-chris-kirkpatrick-reunion-recording-studio/"},"headline":"These 2 Members of NSYNC Are Back in the Recording Studio Together","datePublished":"2016-02-18T21:41:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:15.521Z","description":"But where's JT?","url":"https://time.com/4229726/nsync-joey-fatone-chris-kirkpatrick-reunion-recording-studio/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4229726/nsync-joey-fatone-chris-kirkpatrick-reunion-recording-studio/","name":"These 2 Members of NSYNC Are Back in the Recording Studio Together"}}]}] ```