Justin Timberlake in 2013

not like in a 'goddamn that's rough' way, i just mean when a teenybopper doesn't age into continued pin-up status

to be fair, he's 20 years JT's senior. who knows what Timberlake will look like in twenty years.

i meannn, yeah.

point being that justin t is still insanely hot at the moment

he looks like a salamander dressed as Justin Timberlake:

http://www.peolpstar.com/images/JC-Chasez-05.jpg

at least he ditched the terrible mane

trying to think of BOP fodder folks who were both hot and likeable at thirtysomething - Mark Wahlberg & Ryan Gosling, but the former had to sacrifice his music career at the alter of shame and the latter just does it in his spare time.

Not entirely sure if that heavily airbrushed pic fully demonstrate JC's lack of sex appeal next to JT.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QNmby4GkMQ8/T9hc6u65LVI/AAAAAAAABiI/4uCd9iY0oa4/s320/Chinesesalamander.jpg

OK. I've heard "Take Back the Night" twice in the last two hours on local top 40 radio. I guess "Tunnel Vision" hasn't a chance...?

well they probably sensed that

at least "take back the night" sounds more like a single than the ones from part one

yeah it's possible that all along the plan was to save more marketable songs for the 2nd album since the 1st was destined to do big numbers anyway just off anticipation/name recognition. would be smart, considering how when big acts release 2 albums a few months apart usually it's the latter that has a hard time gaining traction.

i'm curious to see if part 2 follows the trend in that npr article or if it's coming out close enough to the huge overseller that the one after this (if there is one) will actually be the downslope of the curve

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/04/04/176269938/justin-timberlake-and-the-ac-dc-rule

how is "tunnel vision" any less marketable than "what goes around" though. I mean I still hear the latter on radio, sometimes coda and all

although in retrospect the strategy here is p. clear: porn video for streaming hits, radio single for everything else

i could totally see "tunnel vision" being a hit at this point, dude seems totally unstoppable

"mirrors" sounded totally like the "what goes around" of this record to me though

"Tunnel Vision" feels kind of like it's in a "My Love" template (to a milder degree than "Mirrors" was in the "What Goes" template), particularly now that it's a single and the videos are even kinda similar, nudity aside. but it's not remotely as immediate as "My Love," to say nothing of having T.I., etc.

i'd say it's closest to "cry me a river" just in terms of the darkness/moodiness but yeah obviously not nearly the tune

i'm still annoyed that they didn't at least send "Pusher Love Girl" to R&B stations

yeah I don't doubt that because this is the peak of Justin's imperial phase we'll see both singles in the top ten

No Strawberry Bubblegum in London tonight? 0_o

i kinda doubt that..."Take Back" is so plainly more accessible and all new and tied to a new album, "Tunnel Vision" could disappear without much notice

Both are possible. My fondest wish is that both bomb.

i'm curious how much the 'uh, that title' matter will bubble up as a major topic as the song gets out there

Has his tour started yet? Shifting promo gears to the new album should sync up with that pretty well.

Incidentally, new Gaga single in August. Which means these dudes have to hustle before they have to get out of the way (maybe). Did Swift's "22" tank? I didn't hear that a single time on the radio.

tour stars next week. funny that when it was announced, we knew of 1 new album between Jay and Justin this year, now there are 3.

"22" pretty much did tank, yeah, thankfully.

Gaga could do well but it's not a given, nobody's afraid of her.

She does tend to hog the spotlight.

this new single is pretty joyless

shock

i was a suit & tie + mirrors stand on the ground floor, i can't find anything to love about this ... yet

i guess everybody else is also trying to work in a subterranean homesick blues joke

but nobody has figured one out yet

Tunnel Visions hasn't even been sent to radio according to Billboard.

he just put out the video b/c he had to share his powerful artistic vision

xp i don't think 22 "tanked". maybe underperformed compared to the other two pop singles, but i think it went top 20 and i heard it plenty on the radio. not a huge seller, but not embarrassing either.

iTunes says I've listened to TBTN 18 times now today. Once again, ILX, you are wrong.

Seems incredibly bizarre to release something that will certainly curtail the performance of (the actually joyless) "Tunnel Vision" at this moment.

i guess everybody else is also trying to work in a subterranean homesick blues joke

― 乒乓, Friday, July 12, 2013 10:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but nobody has figured one out yet

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i was thinking Love Actually actually

a Swift pop radio single missing the top 10 is kinda tanking! but w/e.

a joyous "tunnel vision" would be something to hear i guess

Meantime

http://www.stereogum.com/1405961/anti-rape-organization-contacts-justin-timberlake-about-take-back-the-night/news/

“We tried to contact him through his website and got no answer,” she said. “Then we sent him a letter Friday from our legal counsel saying ‘You used our name without our permission.’ They got back to us and said they’re sorry. His agent said ‘Justin’s a good guy! He’s a family man!’ They claimed he’d never heard of us before he wrote that song. I don’t know what country he’s been in. I suppose it could have slipped off his radar screen somehow. Somebody working for him definitely messed up.”

the doofus has never stepped foot on a college campus so

it's just funny because i wonder whether the phrase would even pop into your head unless you'd heard the name of the organization somewhere. obviously it's 4 perfectly common words that fit together, but i've never heard anyone say 'take back the night' in any other context ever.

yup

I've got a writer acquaintance who's loathed Timberlake since he thought Timberlake got off easy after the Super Bowl fandango; he's been chortling all day.

mirrors is much, much cornier than what goes around... it's basically an 'n sync song. far less stately and original, epic template or not.

tunnel vision on the other hand is definitely one of my favorites on the album. neither joyless nor cloying, it's the right balance btw light and dark.

even now when I'm hearing it four times a day on the radio "Mirrors" still sounds bloated by endless verses and choruses.

Some dude otm

I've got a writer acquaintance who's loathed Timberlake since he thought Timberlake got off easy after the Super Bowl fandango; he's been chortling all day.

― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, July 14, 2013 6:00 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark

i doubt much of anything is going to come from this... he probably will issue a statement but it's not like they're gonna pull the song from radio or anything. they still play ross' date rap verse.

i didn't even think of it when i heard the song

tunnel vision on the other hand is definitely one of my favorites on the album. neither joyless nor cloying, it's the right balance btw light and dark.

otm