REPORTER: Former New Kid on the Block, Jordan Knight, is on a different block calling the shots for his debut solo album!
REPORTER 2: And tomorrow we will be with Jordan as he shots the video for the album's first single "A Different Party" [that's what the actually said] This is the preview for it...
REPORTER 1: See you tomorrow
JORDAN: Ever since I was little I wanted to a musicial style video...
(clip of dancing on the set of the video)
JORDAN: It's been about 4 years since I've been on a set but it feels like last week, you know so I feel at home...
February 17, main feature...
REPORTER: Jordan Knight drove fans crazy as a New Kid on the Block, now at almost 30 and a music biz vertern. Jordan took the que from John Travolta for his music video comeback
(clip from set of "GITY")
REPORTER: For his very first video as a solo artist, Jordan Knight is drawing from the past, but it's not is teen dream days as a New Kid on the Block.
JORDAN: Ever since I was little I always wanted to do a musicial style video.
(clip of video)
REPORTER: That's why he is cutting it up at a carnival, just like in one of his favorite musicals, "Grease".
(Clip of "Grease")
REPORTER: Of course John's 50's moves got a 90's update by Jordan. And the lyrics to his song "Give it to you"... well they're a long way from "Wop bop a lou bop"
JORDAN: This single is really about ah... it's really all about sex really.
(Clip of video)
REPORTER: At the photo shoot for the cover of his upcoming album, Jordan confessed that at 28, he is still recognized as an old New Kid.
JORDAN: I go to a club and I give them my ID, they'll sit there and go 'I know, yea, alright, I know you'
REPORTER: But that doesn't mean he hasn't changed.
JORDAN: I'm probably a little less chessy, ha ha
(Clip of video)
REPORTER: For more on Jordan's comeback, and his song "Give it to you", you can click onto out ET Website [http://www.etonline.com] His self titled debut solo album will be in stores in April.
