"I'm a funny type"
After band colleague Nick Carter a successful solo career, will now also know AJ McLean. The musicians smart moves for the first time without his guys on tour. BUNTE Online met the singer and talked to him about his fans and his wild past.
From Constantin Riepe
AJ McLean, alone, the citation of this name is likely to millions of girls Kreischattacken no longer measured in decibels area. After all, he is one quarter the legendary "Backstreet Boys", which since the mid-90s music history. But the success of AJ McLean had his dark side: 2001 he revealed his fans that he alkoholkrank was fired and so separation rumours. But after successful therapy starts Alexander James, like his full first name is again in 2004 with his boys. Now it will know and AJ McLean goes for the first time on solo tour to introduce their own songs. A target of his tour of Germany, Berlin was. They met online BUNTE singers to the interview.
Meeting point for the interview is the Hilton hotel at the Gendarmenmarkt. Lässig refuses to his Audi A8, with whom he discussed during his tour route. A few fans have the star from overseas despite - or perhaps because of - his big sunglasses and the oversized Wooly recognized. He takes the time: A few photos, some nice words and the girls are overjoyed.
Then on the scene mentioned are the tattooed man behind the dark sunglasses quite modest: "It's great, and rewarding loyal fans. And without the fans I would not be here. "Sure, it is the sentence that all pop stars of their fans say, but somehow they believe him when he goes on the relationship with his fans talking about. "Especially in Germany are we the fans remained loyal. We see girls who accompanied us since 1996. They are older now of course, some have married and bring his family to the concert. About the time they are right friends. This is really cool. "
No time for love
But even if the singer cordial relations with its fans maintains, for him being a lasting partnership is not in question. "In a relationship, I would like 110 percent from me. But now I will concentrate fully on my solo career and need all the power to do so. But I would like to have a relationship when I have time. "But currently, the diary of the musician's no time for love. Finally, AJ McLean ties with his solo tour directly to the world-tour of the Back Streets Boys.
But the tight programme he wanted to impose, after all, he had four years on his solo album work: Now is the time ripe, the present world, said Alexander James confident. In his opening concert in London were his songs not only the public good, radiates AJ and reported: "The other guys love my music. Brian and Nick have after my first show in London my songs in the back room days sung. We support all of us each other, which helps. "
"Miss drugs and alcohol"
That him the reputation of the "Bad Boy" of the "Backstreet Boys" adheres so, the 30-year-old is not a problem, even if the image so he did not. "It is rather funny. Because in reality I'm the total opposite of a Bad Boys. I am rather a quiet type, and more fun, "says the boy from America, and added that his tattoos, his clothes and his former drinking problem may have contributed to the reputation.
So he openly speaks of his image, he answers open to the question of whether it was difficult in the harsh show business to stay dry. "Yes, it" is the honest answer of the singer. "To people with positive and surrounded in a positive environment, and makes it much easier. But I can not even in defence and the whole time thinking that I did not expect, because I am afraid that I might drink again. I am now over six years sober. And I miss neither the drugs nor alcohol and the parties I do not miss. I am now older and prefer the life. And that's good, "says the musician full conviction.
In his life, the Backstreet Boy on solo paths even some: "I want to have a successful solo career, a further 15 years with the Backstreet Boys on the stage, sometime back in the movie business work and raise a family," AJ replied when he was on his dreams for the future is being accessed. We can only hope that all dreams of the sympathetic singer. To treat it would be him.
“我是一個有趣的人，呵呵” —— AJ McLean如是說
繼隊友Nick Carter成功發片後，AJ McLean也已經開始其首張個人專輯的巡演工作。本特線上找到了AJ，同他聊起了他的歌迷，以及他狂野糜爛的過去。（注*此處本特線上似乎遺忘了Brian Littrell的Solo事蹟）
AJ McLean，他來自於那個自90年代中期以來就一直在創造神話的組合 — 新好男孩。這個組合，讓無數少女為之癡迷尖叫。當然，AJ McLean的巨大成功下也有一些負面因素 ——
2001年，他沉迷於毒品及酒精，並在之後將情況發展到不可收拾的地步。隨後，他選擇退出組合，此舉渲染了當時大部分媒體對新好可能解散的可能性。好在經過一系列成效顯著的康復療程後，AJ重新回到了新好。
現在所有人都知道AJ已經在為其即將發行的首張個人專輯而做巡演宣傳。而柏林，則是此次AJ德國巡演中的一站。並且在空閒的時候，接受了我們的獨家專訪。
採訪的地點被其經紀公司安排在位於戈丹蒙克廣場的柏林希爾頓大酒店中。在當天的晚些時候，我們發現AJ從一輛奧迪A8中走了出來，他那已經被視為象徵性的墨鏡及大了一號的羊毛針織帽，迅速的，被一些在場的歌迷，或者普通民眾認了出來。這個來自外國的大明星非常耐心的和他的歌迷做交流，並互相合影。這一切，都讓那些女歌迷們激動不已。
僅僅只是上面的這些文字，可能你就應該能稍微瞭解這個滿身紋身的墨鏡男子有多麼的謙遜和得體。他說，“太棒了。這些忠實的歌迷永遠讓人難以言表。沒有她們的存在，我就不會有今天。”
當然，所有的明星都會說出這類公式化的東西。但當AJ繼續保持微笑的談論起他和歌迷們的那層“關係”時候，所有歌迷們都表示，她們願意相信AJ所說的一切，“特別是在德國，你知道的，這裏的歌迷是如此的熱情和忠誠。我們甚至看到了一些1996年來就一直陪伴我們長大的女孩們。她們在一天天的成長，大部分已經結了婚，甚至還帶了家人來看我們的演唱會。我深信，一直以來，她們都是我們最不可缺少，及最真誠的朋友。哦，這一切真的是棒極了。”
沒有時間去交一個女朋友
看起來AJ和歌迷們的關係不錯，可他卻說他沒有時間，也沒有考慮過，去找“關係”恒久的另一半。“對於談戀愛，我會百分之一百一十地投入進去。但是對於現在的我而言，最重要的事，是全身心地投入全部精力去做我的個人巡演。”
因此，這位歌手近期的演出非常之多。根本就沒有談戀愛的時間。值得一提的是，AJ的巡演沒有影響到新好男孩的巡演，這點很難得。
“哦，哈哈。你們知道嗎，在倫敦演唱會結束後的幾天，Brian和Nick經常在後臺唱我的歌。我們相互尊重和理解，這點很重要。”
關於毒品和酒精
在談到為什麼過去被外界稱為新好男孩中的壞小子，這位30歲的歌手笑著說，“很有意思，真的。因為私下的AJ McLean與壞孩子沒有任何聯繫。我個人認為，我真的是那種很安靜（的性格）的類型，而且也比你們想像的要風趣幽默的多。”
這位來自美國佛州的男孩隨後補充到，也許是大面積的彩色紋身，誇張的穿衣風格，以及之前酗酒吸毒的經歷，讓他得到了“壞小子”的稱號。
對於自己的形象，AJ做了如上的評價。而關於在高壓巡演壓力之下，還能保證滴酒不沾是否很苦難的問題時，AJ坦誠的回答道，“是的。”這也許是這位歌手在訪談中最誠實也最無奈的一次回答。“對於那些向來喜歡樂觀處事，並且身處健康環境的人來說，滴酒不沾顯然容易的多。而對於我（同指其他歌手）而言，不喝酒，簡直是不可想像的。我已經六年多沒有好好的喝酒了，呵呵。對於毒品，酒精，以及糜爛的派對生活，我早已不再想念。現在的我，隨著年齡的增長，更加意識到生活是多麼的值得你去熱愛。這一切都好極了。”這位元音樂人，發自內心的說到。
“我希望我的個人事業能夠成功，同時，我也希望可以和其他新好男孩們繼續我們的理想，在舞臺上再唱個15年。也盼望自己能有時間進軍電影圈，哈哈。對了，擁有一個美滿完整的家庭也是我的理想哦。”在日益奮鬥，為接近夢想的AJ這麼說到。
我們能做的，就是將我們的祝福給他。
祝AJ夢想成真！
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