A 1996 NSYNC Song Becomes TikTok’s Latest Group Dance Craze

A nearly 30-year-old pop song has suddenly taken over TikTok and Instagram Reels, as Generation Z users in 2026 embrace a new dance challenge built around *NSYNC’s 1996 hit “I Want You Back.” In recent days, feeds have filled with groups of young dancers performing tightly synchronized routines to the track.

The surge began with a Canadian dance troupe called The Brotherhood, led by choreographer Scott Forsythe. They set the nostalgic song to a fast, sharp hip-hop routine and performed it on international dance competition stages. Their polished performance video spread rapidly online.

That clip inspired the “Brotherhood Dance Challenge,” a group dance trend in which young people try to match the troupe’s extreme timing and synchronization. The result has been millions of views and thousands of imitation videos across social media.

The article says the craze shows how an old song can return to the center of pop culture when paired with inventive choreography. The renewed attention has turned a 1996 boy-band hit into one of the internet’s hottest viral challenges.