--- description: It was a case of "This I Promise You" for NSYNC's Lance Bass when he became engaged to boyfriend Michael Turchin, an artist and aspiring... title: ‘NSYNC Member Lance Bass Engaged to Boyfriend Michael Turchin image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c1e9b23acc7481d/698a8e8309208f7a0e422c7c/bass_turchin_0902.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # 'NSYNC Member Lance Bass Engaged to Boyfriend Michael Turchin by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Sep 2, 2013 9:54 AM CUT  Singer Lance Bass (L) and actor Michael Turchin attend the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Gala on Mar. 23, 2013 in Los Angeles, California Singer Lance Bass (L) and actor Michael Turchin attend the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Gala on Mar. 23, 2013 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaImeh Akpanudosen / Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Sep 2, 2013 9:54 AM CUT It was a case of “This I Promise You” for NSYNC’s Lance Bass when he became engaged to boyfriend [Michael Turchin](https://twitter.com/MichaelTurchin "undefined"), an artist and aspiring actor. “He said YES!! Love this man,” said Bass on Sunday on his Instragram account, along with a [photo](http://instagram.com/p/duojExRsQ6/#http:// "undefined") that shows him pointing to the engagement ring on Turchin’s finger. _People_ reports that the Bass popped the question in New Orleans, where the couple are spending the holiday weekend. Two years previously, Bass [revealed](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20514879,00.html "undefined") to _People_ that he dreamed of having a “family and the kids.” Bass and Turchin have been in a relationship since 2011. \[[_People_](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20730701,00.html "undefined")\] ‘NSYNC Member Lance Bass Engaged to Boyfriend Michael Turchin ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7117875/nsync-member-lance-bass-engaged-to-boyfriend-michael-turchin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7117875/nsync-member-lance-bass-engaged-to-boyfriend-michael-turchin/"},"headline":"'NSYNC Member Lance Bass Engaged to Boyfriend Michael Turchin","datePublished":"2013-09-02T09:54:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-25T05:04:59.084Z","description":"It was a case of \"This I Promise You\" for NSYNC's Lance Bass when he became engaged to boyfriend Michael Turchin, an artist and aspiring...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7117875/nsync-member-lance-bass-engaged-to-boyfriend-michael-turchin/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c1e9b23acc7481d/698a8e8309208f7a0e422c7c/bass_turchin_0902.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c1e9b23acc7481d/698a8e8309208f7a0e422c7c/bass_turchin_0902.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lance Bass and Michael Turchin","caption":"Singer Lance Bass (L) and actor Michael Turchin attend the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Gala on Mar. 23, 2013 in Los Angeles, California","creditText":"Imeh Akpanudosen / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7117875/nsync-member-lance-bass-engaged-to-boyfriend-michael-turchin/","name":"'NSYNC Member Lance Bass Engaged to Boyfriend Michael Turchin"}}]}] ```