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JC Chasez - “Blowin’ Me Up (With Her Love)”

The fun, frenetic Blowin’ Me Up With Her Love ensures that Justin Timberlake isn’t the only N Sync-er finding solo success. While it doesn’t indicate that Chasez will replace Timberlake as pop music’s top hunk, I actually prefer Blowin’ Me Up, with its sense of mischief, to Justin’s carefully crafted hits. Blowin’ Me Up is on the soundtrack to Drumline, a movie about competitions between school drumming groups that often infuse their synchronized performances with a hip hop sensibility. With its energy and big beat, Blowin’ Me Up is a strong companion to the film. Deploying different riffs in different sections but maintaining a strong, stirring beat, Producer Dallas Austin (TLC, Boys II Men, Pink) creates an anything can happen feel and has more to do with Blowin’ Me Up’s success than its fairly innocuous singer. I don’t love the way Blowin’ Me Up starts with Chasez trying to sound cool but coming across a little lame. But the song improves as backup singers and beeping effects juice things up. Blowin’ Me Up catches fire about two thirds of the way through with horns and drumline style percussion cueing Chasez to show a little more life as he proclaims “now it’s on tonight.” Blowin’ Me Up is a fairly standard come on to a sexy girl in a club but the sleek sound emphasizes the lyric’s sensuality.

coming up

:: America’s Best Dance Crew

JC is one of the judges on MTV’s new dance contest. The show premieres on Feb. 7 at 10 PM, with a casting special airing on Jan. 26 at 2 PM.
Dance Crew website

:: Back When

The sixth track on the new Sugababes album Change, “Back When” was co-written by Dallas Austin and Gary White, with additional vocal production by JC Chasez.

Listen to a clip of the song here.

:: Treat Me Right

“Treat Me Right” is a track on the new Backstreet Boys album, Unbreakable. It was co-written by JC and BSB member AJ McLean. You can hear a little of what AJ has to say about the song in this post, and read reviews of the song here.

:: Break Out This Box

Get a preview of the Cheetah Girls song “Break Out This Box,” which was co-written by JC:

on youtube
song details from MySpace

:: Killer Movie

According to IMDB, JC will play the part of “Ted Buckley” in a new comedy/horror movie called Killer Movie. (Formerly called Dead of Night)

Director: Jeff Fisher
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Plotline: A reality television shoot that goes terrifyingly awry when its crew becomes stranded in a remote Northern town. A killer is on the loose, stalking cast and crew-members one by one.