Carter: 'We won't be raunchy like GaGa'

Backstreet Boys have insisted that they aren't following in the footsteps of Lady GaGa on their new album, despite teaming up with her producer RedOne.

The group recruited the hitmaker after struggling to find direction when they started work on their seventh studio disc This Is Us.

RedOne, real name Nadir Khaya, worked on a number of songs for GaGa's debut album The Fame, including the chart-topping singles 'Just Dance' and 'Poker Face'.

Band member Nick Carter told the Daily Star: "We racked our brains to rediscover who we were. We had to do something really different but still familiar. RedOne really wanted to be on our Black & Blue album - he said he'd studied us, and he's written songs tailor-made for the Backstreet Boys."

Playing down comparisons to GaGa, he added: "Lyrically, it's an album about love, not sex."

This Is Us will be released on October 5.