Nick Carter's Capitol Takeover

Nick Carter talks about his solo career and life as one of the Backstreet Boys. Plus plays out his favourite tunes and answers your most intimate email questions! Find out more here.

Hey, this is Nick Carter, and this is my Takeover. Right now we're going to start off with one of my favourite songs - this is from my group the Backstreet Boys, it's 'Quit Playing Games With My Heart'.

Right now we're going to play one of my favourite songs. This is 'In The End' by Linkin Park. The reason I picked this song is because I love rock music and I really like this group. I was jamming this group out in America when they first came out. Nobody was listening to the CD and I loved it. You should check this song out.

Clare asks: Why did you decide to go solo and does it mean the end of the Backstreet Boys?

Sorry Clare, I'm not quitting the group! I grew up with those guys since I was twelve years old and I love them, they're like my brothers. I'm not quitting, I'm just doing something that I've really been wanting to do since I was really, really little. I've always loved rock music, and now I'm getting a chance to actually do it! I couldn't necessarily do it with the Backstreet Boys, even though we've done what we've done for so long.

Heather says: What's been the highest point of your career so far and have there been any really low points?

I've had some extremely high points in my career with the Backstreet Boys in particular. I've had some really cool things happen - I've been able to travel all around the world. There was one point where we were able to get on a plane and hop around to every single country in different continents in 100-hour period! The crazy thing was that we were able to hit all those different countries - we went to Japan, Africa, South America, Europe, then back to America, oh, and also Australia! . That was a very high point. We've had some low points where we've had to cancel tours because of problems in the group, but we've been able to make it through all those things. I love what I've done in my career with the Backstreet Boys, and hopefully I'll have some high points in mine too.

Right not it's time to play another one of my favourite songs. This actually is a new song that's out that I really, really love. The girl is hot as hell! Her name is Christina Aguilera and this is a song called 'Dirrty'. I love Red Man, he's in that song too. I love rap too. I love all sorts of music.

This is another of my favourite songs. I picked this because when I was over here recording recently with Guy Chambers and Steve Mac I heard about this group. I liked the group and I loved their new song ten times better than their older stuff. This is Sugababes with 'Round Round'. I saw this video and it's hot, and these girls are hot, and this song is hot, so check it out!

Kelly says: If you were ever on a show like 'Big Brother' or 'Survivor', which stars would you most likely be stuck in a house or on the island with?

Britney? No, I'm just joking! Holly Valance - I'd be stuck with her, I'd love to be stuck in a room with her. I don't know if she'd be able to deal with me though!

Natasha says: I have listened to your new album, it's very rocky! Are you giving up on pop?

When I went into the studio and I started creating music, I wanted to create something new and fresh and different. I didn't want people to have expectations of me. I wanted to surprise people a lot. I went in and I did a little bit of a rock feel to my album. It's old rock mixed with new rock and pop. It's not too far off - it's still got the melodies and the pop hooks, but it does have rock guitars to it. I love listening to rock and I wanted to put it in there. I'm not giving up on pop because I can go back to the Backstreet Boys and always to pop music of some sort with them. It's about evolution, and that's what I like about this.

Right now I'm going to play a song from my 'Now And Never' CD coming out on October 28th. This song is a ballad, it's one of my favourite ones that I wrote for the album. It's called 'Do I Have To Cry For You'. It's kind of a sad song.

Now the next song I'm going to play is by a girl I was just talking about. This is Holly Valance with 'Kiss Kiss'. I really like this one.

I'm playing a rock song and you're not going to be able to stop me! This is System Overdown 'Chop Sui'.

Louise asks: How much rivalry is there between the Backstreet Boys and NSync?

There's not! That rivalry was created by the press and all those people in the media. We've known each other since we were young guys. Even now when I'm doing a solo thing and Justin's doing a solo thing we talk with each other. Now we're both getting to do one of our dreams at the same time. There is no rivalry and I'm glad that the two groups are in the music business because we both get a chance to show two different sides to music and hopefully do a good job at it too.

Christina says: What do you think of TV shows like 'American Idol', 'Pop Stars' and 'Pop Idol'?

Those are cool shows, they're very entertaining, and it's cool because you get a chance to try to find new talent out there. Those people get the opportunity of a lifetime and there's a lot of people out there who don't get chances like this. They should never take those things for granted and they should always respect it.

I'm going to play this next song because I like the guy, Justin's a cool cat, this is 'Like I Love You' by Justin Timberlake.

I had a great time doing the show, thank you for all your emails. I loved all the songs I played and I hope you loved them too. Coming up is my song 'Help Me', the first song that kicked off everything. I hope you enjoy it. I had a blast and I'll see you later!

Thanks to Ashley.