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"When Justin Timberlake recently announced plans to release his first solo album in nearly seven years, fans of the &amp;quot;SexyBack&amp;quot; singer weren&amp;apos;t the only ones who were surprised. The singer-turned-actor&amp;apos;s former &amp;apos;N Sync bandmate, Lance Bass, says the group was unaware Timberlake was once again making music.\r\n&amp;quot;He&amp;apos;s been so busy and even hid from us that he did an album, so I was as surprised as everyone else that he released this new music,&amp;quot; Bass, 33, told Us Weekly at EMA&amp;apos;s Green Works event at Sur in L.A. Jan. 23. &amp;quot;He&amp;apos;s been busy with that, so we haven&amp;apos;t really been able to catch up.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nEven so, Bass admitted he&amp;apos;s a big fan of &amp;quot;Suit &amp;amp; Tie (feat. Jay-Z),&amp;quot; Timberlake&amp;apos;s first single from his upcoming third album, The 20/20 Experience. &amp;quot;I love it!&amp;quot; Bass raved of the mid-tempo R&amp;amp;B track. &amp;quot;I think it&amp;apos;s something that no one expected him to do. I think everyone was expecting him to do a crazy [dance track], but he went back to his roots and I like it. It&amp;apos;s very nice!&amp;quot;\r\nLike Timberlake, Bass is working on his own solo album, his first ever. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve waited 10 years to be able to do it, and now I finally found the time this year,&amp;quot; said Bass, who had competed on Dancing With the Stars in 2008. &amp;quot;I just needed a break from music. When you do something as big as &amp;apos;N Sync, you don&amp;apos;t get so burnt out of it, but you need a different direction and my mind needed to go somewhere else.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBass&amp;apos; album will be inspired by his Southern roots. &amp;quot;It won&amp;apos;t be a crazy, full country album,&amp;quot; the Mississippi native told Us. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;d love to come out with some pop record that has that essence of rock &amp;apos;n&amp;apos; roll and country.&amp;quot;\r\nThough &amp;apos;90s boy bands New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees and Boys II Men are joining forces for a summer tour, Bass doesn&amp;apos;t see &amp;apos;N Sync reuniting on the road. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re all just very content with what&amp;apos;s happening in our lives right now and we don&amp;apos;t want to get burnt out again,&amp;quot; said Bass, who&amp;apos;s been dating actor Michael Turchin since 2011. &amp;quot;Hopefully in the next few years we can do something, but I think right now isn&amp;apos;t the time for us.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIt doesn&amp;apos;t seem Timberlake is too eager to hang out with the band, however. When he wed actress Jessica Biel in Italy on Oct. 19, 2012, he didn&amp;apos;t invite his former bandmates Bass, J.C. Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick. &amp;quot;From what I know, it&amp;apos;s because he didn&amp;apos;t want all of us there making it about a reunion rather than a wedding,&amp;quot; Kirkpatrick said in a previous radio interview. &amp;quot;It was [Jessica&amp;apos;s] day. She&amp;apos;s amazing, so we wanted to make sure it was about her.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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