Backstreet Boys Working With Max Martin Again

The Backstreet Boys’ will mark the start of two comeback efforts this year: that of the group, of course, and that of the producer who led the charge during the ’90s pop explosion. “We just got finished working with Max Martin again,” an animated AJ McLean tells MTV News of the producer behind countless Backstreet, *NSYNC and Britney Spears hits. “He kind of went into hiding for a little bit, took a little break from the pop world and had a baby. And we caught wind through our record company that there was a song he wrote that he thought would be cool for us to try.” Read more.