--- title: Gigi Hadid Lip-Syncs 'Larger Than Life' With Backstreet Boys description: Bringing surprise guests onstage is becoming a tried and true method for contestants of Lip-Sync Battle to win over audiences' hearts. canonical: https://time.com/4232781/gigi-hadid-lip-sync-battle-backstreet-boys-larger-than-life/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-22T19:29:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:23.807Z og:title: Gigi Hadid Lip Syncs 'Larger Than Life' with the Backstreet Boys og:description: Be still, our boy band-loving hearts og:url: https://time.com/4232781/gigi-hadid-lip-sync-battle-backstreet-boys-larger-than-life/ 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: Gigi Hadid Lip Syncs 'Larger Than Life' with the Backstreet Boys twitter:description: Be still, our boy band-loving hearts twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Gigi Hadid Go Old School by Lip-Syncing 'Larger Than Life' With the Backstreet Boys > Sponsored content. 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Nick Carter and A.J. McLean join the jumpsuit-clad Victoria’s Secret Angel for a performance of the group’s “Larger Than Life” in a new sneak peek of Thursday night’s matchup. **Read More:** [_Watch Beyoncé Join Channing Tatum in Epic Lip-Sync Battle_](http://time.com/4172541/channing-tatum-beyonce-lip-sync-battle/) Seems like Hadid’s opponent, _Teen Wolf_’s Tyler Posey, will have to pull out all the stops to take home the coveted championship belt after that stunt. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4232781/gigi-hadid-lip-sync-battle-backstreet-boys-larger-than-life/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4232781/gigi-hadid-lip-sync-battle-backstreet-boys-larger-than-life/"},"headline":"Watch Gigi Hadid Go Old School by Lip-Syncing 'Larger Than Life' With the Backstreet Boys","datePublished":"2016-02-22T19:29:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:23.807Z","description":"Be still, our boy-band-loving hearts","url":"https://time.com/4232781/gigi-hadid-lip-sync-battle-backstreet-boys-larger-than-life/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Music","TV","Gigi Hadid","lip sync battle"],"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/4232781/gigi-hadid-lip-sync-battle-backstreet-boys-larger-than-life/","name":"Watch Gigi Hadid Go Old School by Lip-Syncing 'Larger Than Life' With the Backstreet Boys"}}]}] ```