Mandy Moore’s throwback photo with NSYNC is a gentle reminder that her “Candy” days were epic
When we think of Mandy Moore, we think of the lovely brunette actress who gets us to feel things with her performance on This Is Us. And then that very same Mandy Moore will post a #tbt on Instagram and we’re instantly taken back to the ’90s/early aughts when “Candy” was on the radio and the name Mandy Moore meant something entirely different.
Moore shared this throwback to the time she opened for NSYNC in 1999.
This was before the band debuted “Bye Bye Bye,” so we’re imagining NSYNC weren’t global superstars yet, therefore opening for them didn’t quite pack the punch we might have expected.
Moore captioned the photo:
"Opening for *NSYNC in '99 somewhere on the East Coast. And by opening I mean we were on a tiny side stage as you walked through the front gate before you found your seat in the amphitheater. We worked our way up to the mainstage and we also worked our way up from 15 passenger vans and trailers to an RV and then a bus. Also, why was I wearing leather pants in the dead of summer?"
We find this whole photo endearing. The sparsely attended crowd. The four backup dancers. The random boxes at the back of the stage.
Would have thought that that young pop-star would become your fave actress and red carpet icon?
Proof that women are multi-faceted AF. You wanna be a ’90s pop star and then gun for an Emmy in your 30s? DO IT.
