MTV: Why did you choose "He Loves U Not" to be the first single?

Blake: It's just different.

Schuman: We fell in love with it the first time we heard it.

Poole: The message was completely different. We didn't really want to bash on the guys this time. We wanted it to be more like confidence within yourselves. We want to teach a lot of kids out there, and teenagers our age, to be more confident. It's not like guys are that big of a deal; other girls aren't that big of a deal. And if you're OK, everything's cool.

MTV: Tell us about the video for "He Loves U Not."[RealVideo]

Ortiz: The making of the video was so fun! All of us had so much fun. The first day, we shot it in the desert and we were in dune buggies. It was hot as heck, but we were in dune buggies! Our stunt guys were driving for us, but they were all sick. The guy driving Ashley was puking because he was so hot; he had sun poisoning. The makeup artist was doing our makeup, and he was like, "Filthy!" Because we were so dirty! [RealVideo]

Blake: We were eating dirt.

Ortiz: Then we used 'NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" room, the one that rotates. That was just awesome! We were rolling and doing cartwheels and everything. They didn't use those shots, but they should've.

Schuman: Yeah, it was really fun.

MTV: You did a remake of New Edition's "Mr. Telephone Man." Were you all fans of New Edition?

Ortiz: My sister, she loved New Edition. I never bought their albums, but my sister was like, "You're doing 'Mr. Telephone Man'?" And I'm like, "Yeah, why?" And she said, "New Edition did that song!" And I'm like, "Oh!" [laughs]

Blake: It's a lot to live up to because New Edition was like, New Edition.

Schuman: Amazing.

Blake: Puffy did the track, so it's totally different than the New Edition version.

MTV: Will being on Bad Boy make it more likely that you'll cross into the urban market?

Schuman: We don't wanna be just straight-out bubblegum pop. Our sound is not like everybody else's. Bad Boy gives us the chance to have more of an urban feel. If we end up doing an R&B song or something, then great.

Blake: Right, whatever happens.

Ortiz: And we're teenagers, so we're gonna be kind of poppy. We're gonna have that feel no matter what.

Blake: Our style's gonna change as we get older. Then our music's gonna change and it's just gonna all fall in together.