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\"It's a simplicity and innocence that people want to be able to go back to a little bit,\" he added.

\"A Very Boy Band Holiday\" is just the latest example of the boy-bands working together this past year, with Lance Bass, Fatone and Kirkpatrick collaborating with Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean and Nick Carter, Boyz II Men’s Wanya [wahn-YAY] Morris and 98 Degrees' Jeff Timmons.

So, will we see more of this in 2022?

\"I hope so,\" Fatone told ABC Audio. \"I mean, it's fun, it's different. You know, Boyz II Men, Backstreet, O-Town, 98 Degrees, they've worked with their guys...[for] well over 20 years, some of us 30 years. So to work with a different group of people, and sing your songs ... and also sing other songs that you're familiar with, that are not your songs --- why not?\"

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