Brian Littrell and the rest of the Backstreet Boys are heading back into the studio for a new album very soon.

"Well, we're definitely not breaking up," Brian told AllPop from his BSB tour bus before the group's Las Vegas show. "The first thing that's on our agenda for the beginning of next year is that we'll be back in the studio making another record, and I'm sure that our fans will be happy to hear that.

Brian says the Boys will be taking a short break after this week's busy schedule, which already saw them participate in both VH1's benefit special in New York and the Washington, D.C., benefit concert at RFK Stadium called "United We Stand".

On Oct. 30th, the Backstreet Boys will release "Chapter I: Greatest Hits", and Brian says he and his group-mates are planning to pack their current New York trip full of promotional stops for the album, including appearances on "Rosie", "Good Morning America," "The Morning Show", "The View" and the "Today Show".

The Backstreet Boys spent all day Thursday (Oct. 18) shooting a video for "Drowning", the only new BSB song on "Chapter I".

"Hopefully if we have time in New York we'll get a final cut of the video and maybe take it up to [MTV's] 'TRL' and visit them and maybe premiere it live there," he said.

One of Brian's major worries these days is that fans will mistake "Chapter I" as Backstreet's farewell.

"What concerns me the most about the Backstreet Boys situation and rumours is that we're coming out with this greatest hits CD, 'Chapter I'," he says. "When artists come out with greatest hits CDs, that's almost like you're saying, 'Well that's it, we're done, we're finished', and that's not the case either way with the Backstreet Boys or my career in general, because there's so many things that we've yet to do as a group."

After New York and a short break comes another set of tour dates for the boys, who will make their way to Japan on Nov. 16.

"It's going to be fun," said Brian. "It'll be the first time we've toured over there ever. We've been over there two or three different times on promotion but never tours."

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