*NSYNC’s ‘Bye Bye Bye’ & Iconic Music Video Get a Deep Dive on Vevo’s ‘Footnotes’ Series

*NSYNC fans got a special treat on Friday (March 21), when Vevo chose “Bye Bye Bye” as the subject of their newest Footnotes episode, giving an inside look at the beloved track on its 25th anniversary.

The song peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 upon its release in 2000, and appeared on the Billboard 200 chart-topping album, No Strings Attached. The project stayed atop the tally for eight weeks. It won for best pop video at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (where *NSYNC performed the song) and scored a record of the year Grammy nomination.

In the four-minute deep dive into the track and its corresponding music video, the Footnotes clip explains that the visual was inspired by the No Strings Attached cover art, leading to the puppet storyline.

The four-minute inside look also shares a number of fun facts about the Darrin Henson-choreographed music video, including that the puppet strings holding the band members are bungee cords and the high-energy train scene is completely real, captured by a helicopter and steadicam, with Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone doing their own stunts.

Additionally, the car JC Chasez drives in the video is a red Dodge Viper RT/10. When the superstar told director Wayne Isham that his favorite car chase scene was Robert DeNiro’s moment in Ronin, the stuntdriver crew from the film had been hired to coordinate the scene.

“Bye Bye Bye” got a resurgence in 2024, due to its appearance in the Deadpool & Wolverine movie.

Watch the full Vevo Footnotes episode about *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” below.