Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean knows exactly which way he wants it on his lusty new solo single, “Into Your Heart.” While the title of the song that dropped on Wednesday morning (Sept. 16) has the kind of romantic vibe the group’s longtime fans have come to expect from the boy-to-man band, McLean has some seriously adult considerations on his mind on the hip-hop-inspired tune.
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“You walk in, whole room leaves/ Lip gloss shine, all eyes freeze/ You look once, I lose speech/ My boys laugh, ‘Shoot your shot at least,’” he sings over a spare, slinky beat. “Heart racing like a spotlight/ Sparking like you know I/ If I get one chance tonight/ I’m f–king my way into your life.”
The chorus leaves even less to the imagination, as McLean promises, “F–k my way into your heart/ Say my name, we gon’ light this floor apart/ Tell your friends you ain’t leaving yet/ Tell your ex you can feel this sweat/ F–k my way into your heart.”
McLean, who goes by his full name as a solo act, Alexander James McLean, is gearing up to release his sophomore solo album on Nov. 27, Sex, Love & Music, the follow-up to January’s debut solo LP, My Name is Alexander James. The new single was accompanied by a dance-heavy video that pays homage to the classic 1979 gang drama The Warriors, with dance crews dubbed The Baseball Lockers, The AllStar Lizzies, The Lovers and The Hip-Hop Riffs facing off in a choreo battle on a city set at night.
“This one just felt good from the second we made it,” said McLean in a statement about the song. “There’s an energy to ‘Into Your Heart’ that I love. The visual is a total vibe, dance has always been such a huge part of who I am as a performer, I wanted to make a video where I could really lean into that. One of the best parts of this chapter is having the freedom to follow the music wherever it takes me. Right now, this is where I’m at.”
After more than three decades with BSB — which also includes Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell — McLean broke out solo for the first time in November of 2025 with his Hi My Name is Alex EP. McLean will hit the road for his first-ever North American solo tour under his full given name on his The Better Man outing, slated to kick off on Oct. 19 at Brooklyn Bowl in New York and run through a Jan. 15 gig at the Craterian Theater in Medford, Ore.
Watch the “Into Your Heart” video below.
