00:00What's up with one-fifth, as I mentioned earlier, of the Backstreet Boys.
00:04It was also 25% of the panel of experts in Netflix's newest singing competition building the band.
00:09AJ McLean plays O's on the show, which whittles 50 individuals down to one winning band.
00:15Now, the twist is the rub.
00:17The singers have to bond without laying eyes on each other and only hearing each other's voices.
00:23How the hell age is, we know there's no stranger to all about life.
00:26And we've been Backstreet Boys for three decades and selling more than 130 million records worldwide.
00:31We asked him what drew him to this format and whether it brought back any memories.
00:38Oh my God!
00:41This is building the band!
00:45Good morning, Britton.
00:47I think the draw for me was these individuals putting themselves together,
00:53not being put together, like other shows have done in the past.
00:57Oh yeah, look at it.
01:00We invited 50 singers to take part in the music experience.
01:03Relying on chemistry, compatibility, and raw talent.
01:08You know, obviously there's going to be a little bit of drama.
01:10I mean, there's no way not to have that.
01:12We've got plenty of drama in our 32-year career.
01:15It was definitely nostalgic for me to kind of go back, back 32 years and go, wow, yeah, this is,
01:24this is oddly familiar to me.
01:32Now joining AJ as all the show's experts is One Direction star Liam Payne.
01:36Of course, Liam, as we know, sadly died last year.
01:38And this was the final project he filmed before his tragic death.
01:41Now the series begins with AJ dedicating the show to Liam,
01:44celebrating how much music meant to the X Factor star.
01:48And AJ shared how he felt about Liam with us.
01:51We had met over the years.
01:53This was the most one-on-one time that him and I ever really had together.
01:58And it was like we had been friends forever.
02:01Our lives were very parallel.
02:03He lit up every room that he walked into.
02:05He played me his unreleased album, asked me for advice on it.
02:09And I was like, you don't need my advice, bro.
02:11You've got it on lock.
02:12But it was really sweet that he would ask me almost like a big brother, if you will.
02:17It's devastating, but I get it.
02:19You know, I mean, I've had my bouts with addiction.
02:24Fortunately, I've been able to come out the other side.
02:26For some of us, that's not always the case.
02:29But his legacy will live on through this show and through his music
02:33and through his fans and through his family.
02:35And so it was an honor and a true privilege to work with him.
02:39Well, so it's going to get more on your watch, obviously, for all friends and family.
02:43And our thoughts continue to be with them all too tragic demise, all too soon.
02:47But the legacy lives on.
02:48And I'm sure it'll be the perfect sponsor, as much as you can have for Liam, as we remember him.
02:55So Building the Band is on Netflix now.
02:57And the final three episodes drop next Wednesday, the 23rd of July.
03:00Because we know how keen you are to get dates in your diary.
03:03I like to write them down.
03:04You do like to write them down.
03:05You do pen and paper and mystical nonsense.
03:09Lovely to see you.
03:10Still to come.
