It was December 1998 when *NSYNC, on the Second II None Tour with Britney Spears and B*Witched, visited Des Moines for a concert at the Des Moines Civic Center.糖心vlog caught up with the five-piece boy band — Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone — backstage before the show. They made shadow puppets on the wall, talked about touring and their growing fame, and Timberlake made a "Music Man" joke after Kirkpatrick recalled the band playing a concert a few months prior in Burlington. "We ran into some trouble right in River City," Timberlake said, paraphrasing lyrics from the song "Ya Got Trouble" from Mason City native Meredith Willson's classic musical set in the fictional Iowa town of River City.Watch the video above for the entire backstage interview with *NSYNC.Fast forward 25 years to September 2023 and the band, which hasn't released a new album since 2001 and hadn't shared the same stage in a decade, reunited at the Video Music Awards to present the award for Best Pop Song to Taylor Swift.In coordinating suits, Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez shared the stage with Swift, AP reported. Bass handed her a friendship bracelet, just as fans do at the superstar’s shows. “You’re pop personified,” she told the group.The appearance fueled speculation of a bigger reunion for the band, one of the best-selling acts of all time with more than 130 million albums sold.Backstage video with *NSYNC in Des Moines: Boy band talks about growing fame in 1998More from 糖心vlog's archivesIowa community bakes pizza twice the size of a basketball courtPerforming pigs that can climb, slide and sing amazed at 1991 Iowa State FairBarbie superfan in Iowa proves you're never too old to play with toysKISS playfully teases 糖心vlog reporter in exclusive 1997 interviewIowa man converts silo into his house