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" Nick Carter has claimed that producer RedOne was a big fan of the Backstreet Boys when he was growing up. The singer revealed that RedOne is influenced by the &amp;#039;Straight Through My Heart&amp;#039; boyband and jumped at the opportunity to produce songs for their new album This Is Us. &amp;quot;RedOne was actually kind of like a big fan of us at the beginning, and always wanted to be on our album,&amp;quot; he told Popjustice. &amp;quot;It was really cool, it was just funny how time goes by when certain people rise to the occasion, and it&amp;#039;s their time to shine. It&amp;#039;s just funny how life works. &amp;quot;He wrote three songs for us. He just delivered amazing songs that we thought were great and current and fresh. You know what&amp;#039;s funny though? Even though he&amp;#039;s worked with GaGa and all these big artists, he was such a big fan of the Backstreet Boys.&amp;quot; Carter added: &amp;quot;He really tried in the very beginning, when he started to write songs that could go on our album. He studied us, and tried to write songs for us.&amp;quot; RedOne, real name Nadir Khayat, has also produced records for acts including New Kids on the Block, Akon, Sugababes, Enrique Iglesias, Lionel Richie and Robyn. &amp;amp;gt; Click here to read our recent Backstreet Boys interview "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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