Just a week after Dream Street singer Chris Trousdale passed away, the rest of the band reunited to pay tribute.
Jesse McCartney, Greg Raposo, Matt Ballinger and Frankie Galaso reunited through video conferencing to sing their hit song It Happens Every Time.
McCartney posted the video on his Twitter and Instagram, which featured footage of Trousdale during his time with the band.
Reunited: Just a week after Dream Street singer Chris Trousdale passed away, the rest of the band reunited to pay tribute
Tribute: Jesse McCartney, Greg Raposo, Matt Ballinger and Frankie Galaso reunited through video conferencing to sing their hit song It Happens Every Time
‘In Loving Memory of our friend Chris Trousdale. 6.11.85-6.2.20’ McCartney said in his posts, with the hashtag #DreamStreet.
Trousdale passed away on June 2 at just 34 years of age, from complications due to the coronavirus.
The group was formed in 1999 by Louis Baldonieri and Brian Lukow, featuring young boys who had worked on Broadway.
Memory: ‘In Loving Memory of our friend Chris Trousdale. 6.11.85-6.2.20’ McCartney said in his posts, with the hashtag #DreamStreet
They released their first album entitled Dream Street in 2001, featuring the hit singles It Happens Every Time, I Say Yeah and Sugar Rush.
They put out a second album, Biggest Fan, in 2002, but it would be their last, with the band breaking up after the singers’ parents filed a lawsuit against Baldonieri and Lukow and they were released from their contracts.
McCartney shared a heartfelt tribute to his longtime friend on his Instagram page, shortly after his passing.
Tribute: McCartney shared a heartfelt tribute to his longtime friend on his Instagram page, shortly after his passing
‘It pains me to say that an old friend, Chris Trousdale, from my early days in the music industry has passed away due to complications from COVID-19,’ McCartney began.
‘Chris had an explosively charming personality with boundless amounts of talent. Together we made up two of the five members of a boyband called DreamStreet. We were young kids with budding talent who shared an overwhelming love for music and performing,’ McCartney added.
‘Chris, in my opinion, was the most popular among us, who had a way of drawing every eye to what he was doing on stage. As an incredibly trained dancer, he would pick up an entire dance number in a matter of minutes; something that would take the rest of us days,’ he continued.
Passed: ‘It pains me to say that an old friend, Chris Trousdale, from my early days in the music industry has passed away due to complications from COVID-19,’ McCartney began.
‘I truly envied him as a performer. We were a part of something people never get to experience in an entire lifetime at the tender ages of 12 and 14,’ McCartney went on.
‘Although we were a band for only 3 years, at that age, it felt like a lifetime and we built a real brotherhood. In later years, we would grow apart as our lives would take different turns, but I would often reflect on our early days together and think about how exciting it all was,’ McCartney said.
‘My deepest sympathies go out to his mother whom I know cherished him dearly. RIP Chris. I’ll never forget your smile. #DreamStreet #ChrisTrousdale,’ McCartney concluded.
Envy: ‘I truly envied him as a performer. We were a part of something people never get to experience in an entire lifetime at the tender ages of 12 and 14,’ McCartney went on
Sympathy: ‘My deepest sympathies go out to his mother whom I know cherished him dearly. RIP Chris. I’ll never forget your smile. #DreamStreet #ChrisTrousdale,’ McCartney concluded