NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, and more reflect on joys and insanity of boy band stardom in “Larger Than Life” doc (exclusive)

Watch the trailer for Paramount+'s "Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands," premiering Nov. 12.

NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block, and more quintessential boy bands are tearin' up the hearts of devotees in the upcoming Paramount+ documentary Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boydands.

Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive first look at the trailer, which features retrospectives from AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC, Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, and many more artists who were on the frontlines during the rise of boy bands.

From the Beatles to the Jackson 5 through the Jonas Brothers to One Direction to K-Pop group Seventeen, the documentary from director Tamra Davis (Crossroads, Billy Madison) promises "raw, unvarnished experiences behind the spotlight," offering insider insights on what it was really like to be a member of a particular group during their big reign, per the synopsis.

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Larger Than Life is also very much an ode to the fans, featuring insights from the boy band devotees themselves. "I swear One Direction fans are like the CIA," says one fan of the English-Irish boy group in the trailer. "We had eyes on them."

"I have never heard screams so piercing," McLean recalls of the early days of meeting Backstreet Boys fans in another segment, later adding, "We would not be who we are without the fans."

Donny Osmond of the Osmonds — which first launched as the Osmond Brothers and consisted of just the siblings before expanding to feature other family members — is also among those who share insights. "I think somebody's hurt, and then I realize, they're screaming for us," Osmond recalls of the early fan fervor in the trailer, adding with a laugh, "I wanted to have them pull me into the audience and just rip me apart."

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With the highs, of course, come the lows. "The music business teaches you how to believe in yourself, but what it doesn't prepare you for is your downfall," says New Edition's Michael Bivins.

"When you're a boy band, you go through really, really hard times," adds Lachey in a separate confessional.

"Everybody was at their wits' end," says Kirkpatrick in another segment. "We literally felt beat up by our label."

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Acclaimed music manager Johnny Wright, who has managed NSYNC, New Kids on the Block, and other boy bands as well as solo artists Britney Spears and Janet Jackson, produced the doc alongside Van Toffler and Gunpowder & Sky. Executive producers include Barry Barclay, Floris Bauer, Joanna Zwickel, Bruce Gillmer, Vanessa WhiteWolf, and Michael Maniaci.

Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands premieres Nov. 12 on Paramount+. Watch the trailer above.