chris kirk patrick had been tapped by lou pearlman, the successful founder of the backstreet boys tochris a tape. >> i started listening and thinking he could sing. i looked at the head shot and saw justin timberlake. i was like he was on the mickey mouse club. i was like this guy would want to be in my band. >> was there any kind of like he's really young? >> there was. ♪ >> when i heard him sing it was just unbelievable. his voice was just, especially at that age, it was so mature and he had so much control over it. this kid's so unbelievable. i'm going to at least try. i'm going to make an awkward phone call and see if i can get this to work. >> it did work. the group which would include jc chased joeyfatonne and justin timberla timberlake. >> my mom came up with the name. she said you guys sound really nsync. >> they recorded their music in a secret hide away near by. it's almost like we're in fun house. >> that's kind of what it was. got like every luxury you could imagine. >> life for justin in the house. >> he'd already done the mickey mouse club. during the daytime if he didn