The celeb under the Crocodile mask tells EW about his special nod to Jesse McCartney.
Warning: This article contains spoilers about Wednesday’s episode ofThe Masked Singer.
The snazzy pink Crocodile can finally swim on back to his family once and for all.
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NICK CARTER:Incredible question.
Croc all the way.
There were so many just really amazing things that I learned about myself through the Croc.
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I thought maybe we could do a little bit of that rock vibe with him and all that stuff.
But you know, it was what was meant to be in my opinion.
I’m just in love with the Croc.
Was that performance sort of a shout-out to Jesse?
He wrote an incredible song.
From songs by Bon Jovi to Britney Spears, your song choices were very varied.
Did you do that strategically to try and throw people off?
Well, number one, I loved the all songs.
I love music, you know, so it doesn’t matter what genre or what it is.
A great song is a great song.
And I said well, you know, maybe I could kind of tap into that a little bit.
So it was really a strategy.
Did you find it hard to do that?
Your mind can play tricks on you.
I’ve been dying to know: How many times did you whack someone with your tail?
Yeah, that tail was the biggest, literally thelongestproblem I had on that stage.
And I was trying to use it the best way that I could, but it was fun.
I love to share the fact that the head itself was front heavy.
And there were times when I was having neck problems!
But, you know, that’s the price of being an entertainer.
Sometimes the show is more important than your health.
[Laughs]
Who was the “Interviewer to the Stars” in one of your clue packages?
That was JoJo Wright from KIIS-FM’s “JoJo on the Radio.”
He’s been with us throughout our career.
And he just knows me very well, knows all of [the Backstreet Boys] really well.
That [clue package] pertains to the video game references, because I’m a gamer.
I have a Twitch page.
So you know, he just remembers how big I was in the video games.
And no one knows that we’re that close with JoJo.
So what’s coming up next for you?
Were people gonna like it?
Would people like the way I sounded?
Did people like my personality with this Croc outfit?
What would people say?
A lot of people right now are watching thingsCobra KaiandStranger Thingsand people are going to the ’80s.
So I found this song called “’80s Movie.”
And I feel like it’s the best song I’ve ever done as a solo artist.
I just did one song, but I’m going to keep recording and see where it takes me.
I think it’s going to give people some good vibes.
