Jordan Knight says being in a duo with fellow boy band veteran Nick Carter is less stressful than being part of New Kids on the Block.
“When you’re in a really big group like New Kids or Backstreet Boys, you kind of feel the pressure of having to do stuff, music, whatever it is and have it geared towards a mass, mass audience, and it puts a lot of pressure on the group and the creative process,” Knight said in a recent interview. “And I think with us, we have a little more freedom, you know, to just explore and do something different than what would be expected.”
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Knight and Carter released the album “Nick & Knight” last week. They are currently on a tour that wraps in November.
The idea of a duo came up when the Backstreet Boys and New Kids toured together in 2011.
“We were talking about music all the time and joking around and just had a really cool relationship and then the whole `Nick & Knight’ thing came up,” Carter said. “We decided, `Hey, let’s explore it,’ and then it just kept evolving and evolving and eventually it turned into an entire album.”
Carter describes the music as “sexy, funk, rhythmic-type music and that’s who Nick and I are.”
How do their bandmates feel?
“They were supportive. They were happy,” Carter said. “We allow ourselves to go out and venture off and have a little bit of individuality, and I think that’s really important to be in the group.”