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Why JC Chasez Went in a Surprising Direction With His 1st Solo Album in 2 Decades · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. J C.
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Speaker 2: Chase has released plenty of music alongside his brother's in Sync,
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Speaker 2: but has had only one solo album to his name,
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Speaker 2: two thousand and four's Schizophrenic until now, and he took
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Speaker 2: his music in a direction only as big as fans
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Speaker 2: would find unsurprising musical theater. Playing with Fire as a
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Speaker 2: concept album based on Frankenstein and in particularly the Mary
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Speaker 2: Shelley novel that originated the story.
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Speaker 3: And while it might seem like a big.
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Speaker 2: Departure, Jac's obsessed with musicals and would be happy to
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Speaker 2: catch one every night if he could, He tells Billboard,
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Speaker 2: we knew we wanted to write a musical, we just
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Speaker 2: didn't know about what. My co writer and I come
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Speaker 2: from pop music, different styles, but essentially our strengths are
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Speaker 2: in pop. But we're more mature now, with more ideas
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Speaker 2: than just the typical pop song. So this gave us
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Speaker 2: the opportunity to express them something that's bigger, more focused,
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Speaker 2: and allows us to dream in different ways.
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Speaker 1: J C.
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Speaker 3: Chase on his new concept album Playing with Fire out
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