I’m not a Justin Timberlake fan. I don’t like his personality, in general. I like some of his music, but not to the point where I would call myself a fan. So I wasn’t even paying attention to JT trying to hype his new album – I just didn’t care. When I saw some of the hype pieces, I was like “I hope the music is better than that ‘Trolls’ song bullsh-t.” Well, guess what? This sh-t is better than that f-cking Trolls song, “Can’t Stop the Feeling.” It actually reminds me a lot of his early work with Timbaland! By that I mean… it’s sexy, it has a good beat, it’s something you could dance to. Here’s the bizarre sexy-robot video for “Filthy,” JT’s first single off of his new album, Man of the Woods:
This was directed by Mark Romanek. The video is sort of cool, but Justin could have done just a by-the-books video where he danced and looked into the camera and that would have worked too. Why overthink it?? Anyway, no joke, I’m downloading this song. The album comes out on February 2, but Justin is going to release a new single and music video every week, starting January 18th. The album will also get a huge boost from Timberlake’s Super Bowl Half-Time performance this year. He’s making his “triumphant” return to the Half-Time show after he was one half of the 2004 Super Bowl controversy involving Janet Jackson.
Here’s the album cover. People are debating whether Justin is “white again” because the vibe from the cover is more “country music” than R&B. Hm.
Photos courtesy of Getty, Instagram.
Interesting he dropped the single the Friday before the Golden Globes where his wife Jessica is nominated for an award. So I guess the red carpet questions will be about his new single/album rather than just about his wife’s nomination. Justin is all about me, me,me.
#JaniceJackson#NeverForget
I think
JANET Jackson. If we’re gonna stick up for her, let’s get her name right.
My bad…I was typing on my mobile device and that’s not always a good thing….lol
From he hints dropped, I think Janet is going to make an appearance for a song with Justin when he does the Super Bowl halftime show.
Eh. I’ll believe it when/if it happens. He has a career filled with using women for publicity/promotion. Dangling the lure of Janet may just be more of the same.
It might grow on me but first listen my reaction was “this song is garbage”
+1000
It’s not bad, sounds like a Pharell production.
And I don’t know why the author keeps saying Can’t stop the feeling was a bad song. It was a feel good song for the summer. I liked it just like Happy.
I did too.
This song was honestly my jam that summer. It put me in a positive mood and that’s all I want from feel good summer songs. Also let’s not forget it was part of the soundtrack of a freaking movie for KIDS so it had to be fluffy and appropriate.
I like it more than this new track tbh
V4real: the author probably keeps saying the song isn’t good because *they* don’t think it is good.
I personally couldn’t stand it. I find him really grating, and I heard that song far too much. It was a cheap/easy, marketable song for that horrible trolls movie. It’s ‘fine’ as a summer song – it hits the usual checkboxes for what makes one. But I just personally detested it.
Can’t stop the feeling was annoying and i have a 2 y/o who loves Trolls which isn’t that bad aside from that one song, the rest of the music is pretty catchy.
But this new song had me booty shaking in my kitchen while eating my shame chocolate. It made me wish I was in da club for like a nano second before my knee started hurting and I remembered that I’m in my pajamas eating shame chocolate instead of being in my cozy warm bed.
It has a catchy beat. My reaction was it sucked too.
I’m not feeling it either, though looking away from the video helped my feelings of “eww”. Still, turning it off now.
I truly went into listening to this with an open mind and….it sucks.
Still can’t believe he is actually being allowed to go back and play at the super bowl.
I’m just glad it’s leaning more George Michael than George Strait.
Why the hate for that troll song?
:((((
I said something similar. I liked Can’t stop the feeling. It was a feel good summer song. I think it’s the artist that tends to make a person not like a song. If Pharell was singing it I don’t think there would have been much or any hate.
Because it’s derivative trash. The video always makes me gag because JT is so self-congratulatory it’s obnoxious. Vile man.
Thanks for proving my point.
I just listened to can’t stop the feeling! Aaannnddd… I reminds me of that iconic sound. Feel good disco pop. At the same time it felt generic. Maybe a fun summer song. There’s always a few of those. Doesn’t mean they’re good songs. Just what is there at the right time to select from.
I don’t think I’d appreciate that song if sung by any artist I love. The sound doesn’t change.
JT has had some very major hits. Great sounds. Great collaborations. This latest? Bad. Not bad because it’s him. Just bad. The music video is a whole other set of bad because Sophia freaks me out. Song still sounds awful.
I like Can’t Stop the Feeling too! I heard “Filthy” on the radio this morning and was excited to hear it because of this post but I just couldn’t listen to it. It made no sense to me. I hated everything about it. But I like fluffy, pop music so I’m not the best judge. My husband says I have terrible taste in music. 🙂
Yeah, the song is an earworm, but some thoughts:
– when Tay Tay makes a song with that much audio and computer whizzing and just generally over engineeredness, everyone jumps all over her (other artists, too, but she’s the first example that comes to mind) for not really singing
– Justin Timberlake’s sexuality is the opposite of sex positive and runs right up to douche bro
– oh, look, scantily clad ladies and full dressed men and similulated robot sex.
Hrrmmm. No thank you.
I agree, there were a lot of butts in that video. Snore. He’s like a boy pussy cat doll, he doesn’t have much else to sing about than what’s going on in his trews and how we all apparently want some of it!
His Terry Richardson glasses do nothing for him either
And excuse my typos. “Similulated”? Betsy, don’t post squinting in the dark before the kids are up!
Lol
Either I’m too old to appreciate this or it blows big time.
Right? I kept wondering if that was the right video because the song I heard sucked. “Haters gonna say it’s fake!” ??? lol grow up, Justin Timberlake.
I must be old too, here have a Werther’s original. I keep them in my cardigan pocket.
Bahahah great comment hahaha
*snort laugh*
ZB ftw!
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It’s not bad but it’s not great either. He’s in ‘meh’ territory, but it will be played over and over again anyway. The real test of any song is to close your eyes and see if you’re still interested in listening and it’s basically your average pop song. I’m not sure if I can take this kind of mediocrity being released every week tho.
Um, why are we talking about this single and not the super-cheeseball video he put out to convince us he is a man of the woods? It is unintentionally hilarious. I suggest you all check out the memes making fun of him, for a good laugh.
Eh — I can’t say oh wow, I want to go download this to my gym mix…but it had me moving a bit while making my coffee. I’ll give it a solid maybe.
On the superficial side, I vaguely remember when JT was a least a little bit adorable? cute? There is definitely no hot left.
There really isn’t, is there? He looks like the kind of guy one would suspect of being a lifelong rapist, you know, the kind of guy who is charming but off?
He’s aging badly.
If Cate, Kate are cancelled working with Woody, this dude is cancelled too. Why should woman only get the back lash?
Then cancel Hugh Jackman and Colin Firth and Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Sheen and Owen Wilson and Javier Bardem, Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Ian McShane, Kenneth Branagh, and a whole host of male actors. The list is endless.
And cancel Naomi Watts, Penelope Cruz, Evan Rachel Wood, Rachel McAdams, Christina Ricci, on and on.
I don’t cancel actors or actresses for future roles in a movie I might be interested in because they appeared in a Woody Allen movie. The list is beyond long. I do now cancel seeing a Woody Allen movie and not supporting him. I admit to seeing Blue Jasmine and Vicky Christina Barcelona years ago. I loved both movies. i can’t deny it.
But I now realize I shouldn’t support his movies and won’t.
@jayna well don’t worry I did, I don’t watch their movies anyway. I can live without these actors/singers. I don’t even know most of your lists. Also lucky my 1st language is not English either. Plenty of entertainment for me in other languages.
Looks like the strip clubs have a new song to perform to
Nope.
#neverforget
I never made it through the whole song. Maybe it gets better?
Same here. I was working and thought it was the add before the real deal and when I found out it was just a boring computerised mess I turned it off.
Me too. I couldn’t watch the video after a minute because I HATED his god complex … so I tried listening and then realized I still wasn’t interested in listening to all of it. So grateful I don’t listen to FM/AM and won’t have to hear Mountain Man 30+ times per day.
I WILL however watch the Globes red carpet because he won’t be able to shut his pie hole about his new album. Jessica will a line, then Justin will get 3 minutes. HATE WATCH.
Heard this on the radio today. Don’t like it. And wtf is up with “Man of the Woods”?
I think it’s referring to his name–“timber” refers to trees/woods. Although it would make more sense if his name was “Timberman” rather than Timberlake.
Man of the woods by the lake?
He and his family moved to a small town in Tennessee outside of Nashville several years ago. His partner in his businesses moved his family down first. He even has his businesses housed there and started a label for new acts.
I do know back in 2015 or 2014 he had a small birthday put together by his wife, with just family and close friends, She asked old-school country/blues singer Chris Stapleton to come and sing a few songs, as Justin is a huge fan. Justin was born and raised in Memphis. He did come. He said it was in the woods, but nice. He became friends with Justin and invited Justin to perform at the Country Music Awards in 2015, and they brought the house down with their performance. Chris is not bro-country. He is the real deal, old school blues/country. A songwriter for other singers, who made it big with his debut album as an older artist.
So maybe the title relates to his life in Tennessee these past years.
I’ve always liked JT’s solo music, but just not his personality. This may the first song of his I don’t like. I’m curious about how the other singles will sound. And agreed…the video is too much. Just give me a standard pop video with some good choreography & I’m good.
Pass. Can we talk about Bruno Mars “Finesse” video instead? #JanetJackson #neverforget
I generally don’t mind his music, and in the past there are a couple of songs I really liked like Cry Me A River and even Sexyback but as someone wrote above I couldn’t even make it through the whole video the song was just not good. It’s a sad fact that people will forgive a lot of things if the music is good. This ain’t even good music. Like he should take notes from Bruno Mars. That video for Finesse that Bruno dropped yesterday was everything….
It’s fine, but it sounds like one of the lesser tracks on FutureSex/LoveSounds.
Given that (godawful) album cover I was expecting bad country pop though, so it’s still exceeded my expectations.
I thought it was funny when people said JT was “going back to white” with this album
Also this song was garbage. And I’m a terrible JT apologist
mmmm is it weird that that album cover reminded me of 1989 (Taylor) and my beautyful dark twisted fantasy (kayne) covers?
It’s kind of like “SexyBack” in that it took a bit for my ear to catch on to it because it sounded so different from anything else on the radio. We’ll see if it repeats the success of what turned out to be his best album.
Can I ask why the video is filled with a prop Asian audience, though?
I’m curious why the audience only consist of Asians as well. From my last trip to KL Malaysia, I believe demographically, Malay natives is the majority, but not one of them in the video. Is there some kind of allusion I’m missing?
The cover doesn’t look “Country.” it looks like the label tag on any piece of clothing from Urban Outfitters. To the point where it looks like parody. And I otherwise really like a lot of Ryan McGinley’s work.
Nope.
Janet Jackson supporter to the end. He can kick rocks in flip flops.
Put your filthy hand all over me????? WTF???????????? UGH NO NO NO NO
what is going on with all the audience shots of Asian worshipping a white performer?
Right?????????
Not just a white performer – JT!!!! He has a god complex.
this song is awful, it’s not memorable at all.
NOT a fan of this song, JT grosses me out
Weird, tryhard video. Still not feeling the song either.
Nope.
I did hear that he was collaborating with Chris Stapleton on this new album so I’ll wait for that…
I would love that.
Their performance at the CMAs in 2015 was fantastic. I love Chris Stapleton. He’s not bro-country. He’s got the blues thing going on mixed with classic country. So humble.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSfQw-Qhr14
He’s amazing. I’ve been listening since he headed the Steeldrivers. Now if only bro-country could take a serious backseat to all the talented folks out there like Stapleton.
@Happy21, I read an article after his rise in fame. His debut album Traveller was doing good, steadily building, and then after he invited Justin to perform with him at the CMAs and Chris’ massive performance, sales took off. Guess what? Country still didn’t play him because he was classic country.
It’s just the bro country lite music being played. I read where female country artists, even popular ones, aren’t even played much at all. It’s only the men being played the majority of the time. I couldn’t believe it.
Misogyny everywhere.
Miranda Lambert in an article this year:
“Miranda Lambert doesn’t know what’s going on at country radio — where are the songs by women? Why don’t they get regular airplay? In a November cover interview with Redbook, the superstar opened up about the the disparity between male and female singers on country radio, and she didn’t hold back.
“It’s B.S., straight up!” she exclaims.”
@Janya
I agree with EVERYTHING you say!
I roll my eyes at country radio and refuse to listen anymore. I use my FB groups to find artists worthy of my time. Unfortunately, country radio pretty much plays none of them but they should.
Miranda’s album The Weight of These Wings was mostly considered ‘too country’ for country radio which is total BS because it was, in my opinion, front to back, her very best album.
“Mama wants to change that Nashville sound but their never gonna let her…”
This gross narcissist has tromped all over (more talented) women during his career- I would not give this sorry excuse for a human being one cent.
And the Pharrell Williams vibe is just too much. Justin is definitely NO Pharrell.. So quit trying to be.
Daft kid needs to find his own sound, or preferably exit the music industry. He’s really nothing without the N*Sync boys.
Also in a days where Women are fighting damned hard to not be “sexual objects”… Here we have a video with scantily clad women, robot sex, and a boy’s sick fantasy. Makes me want to go puke up.
Nothing without N Sync? LOL FutureSex/LoveSounds was an amazing album. His 20/20 Experience part 1 and 2 album were hits and well-received. His tour behind it was brilliant, huge horn section, even an intermission he played so long.
He doesn’t need N Sync. They need him.
I have zero problems with him as an entertainer. I will always have a problem with him throwing Janet under the bus by groveling and going to the Grammys while she was shunned.
Well seems obvious that you’re a fan. I’m clearly not. He’s still a sad little boy who objectifies women. He needs to just get out of the public eye. Stat.
@ I respect his talent and loved a couple of albums. I can’t be too big of a fan, I quit listening to that song within 50 seconds and haven’t had the desire to go back. LOL I just know his talent far outgrew N Sync.
I didn’t even want him at the Super Bowl. I wanted a band there like Arcade Fire, who puts on a massive live show.
No, it’s still Grandpa pop!
This has a Pop Muzik sound. There are parts when it sounds exactly like that song. Weird.
This pretentious twat…
Lainey summarized really well my dislike for him
Can’t Stop The Feeling wasn’t a horrible song, but it was overplayed TO DEATH. Radio killed it for me! Now I will never listen to it again.
This new song is awful… Terrible first single.
I’ve heard way better from him but this could possibly be a hit in the club. It needs a good remix because it’s a little slow. I miss the Timbaland days. He really is a self congratulatory little poop as someone said above though. His talent is really marginal as I had way higher expectations.
Okay. I’m sick at home today bored, so I went back and listened to the whole song. It’s beyond horrible. Completely bland, not even a good club track. What is happening to Justin? And how does this relate to his album title, Man of the Woods? Just awful.
In his whole career, the ONLY album I have liked was FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS. I didn’t even like N’SYNC when I was in middle school/highschool. I hate this song, also. Horrible garbage.
I took songs from 20/20 Experience part 1 and part 2 and made an album out of my favorite songs. There were really strong songs on both albums. But I never warmed up to each album on their own, so merged all my favorites.
One of my favorites.
“Only When I Walk Away.” It’s got some bat-shit crazy energy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDRf08C4B_U
I like the song okay, I could see doing cardio to it or something. But the video was so dumb, and he looks like a creeper in those glasses.
I love the song but hate the video. More sexualised nonsense.