Justin Timberlake in 2013

that entire outro is incredibly sublime though

my point is that dude's lyrics have been fantastically dumb from the start

good point

I can see us holding hands
Walking on the beach, our toes in the sand
I can see us on the countryside
Sitting on the grass, laying side by side
You could be my baby, let me make you my lady
Girl, you amaze me
Ain't gotta do nothing crazy
See, all I want you to do is be my love

This must be, pop

my name is bob
i work at my job

you're out of this world except you're not green

you're out of this world except you're not green

ha xp

i think one can be aware of the fact that JT has always been a ridiculous goober and still note these lyrics are a cut above in the absurdly clueless appropriation dept

which is why I've always found his transformation into futuresex/love god so transparently ridic

man, the chorus to "My Love" is downright pedestrian compared to the rest of this

yeah, there's nothing really wrong at all with those "My Love" lyrics

The next single will be a tribute to the rich history of hip-hop named "Rap Culture"

;_;

which is why I've always found his transformation into futuresex/love god so transparently ridic

he is v pretty tbh

like THAT is the least surprising aspect of it all

the funny thing about JT's dumb lyrics is that he IS capable of self-awareness - see his entire "shades" verse! which is 100% corny punchlines but he delivers them with a nod and a wink because he totally knows they're dumb - but the dumbest of them, the "you're not green"/"i work at my job"/"my dick is a blueberry lollipop" ones, he sings so SINCERELY and SERIOUSLY

my love lyrics are amazing, especially since the first time i met my boyfriend was on the beach with our toes in the sand

/cornball

but the real masterpiece is obvii:

Ridin' in the drop top with the top down
Saw you switchin' lanes, girl
Pull up to the red light, lookin' right
Come on let me get your name, girl
Tell me where you from, what you do, what you like
Let me pick your brain, girl
And tell me how they got that pretty little face
On that pretty little frame, girl

he's the rare teen-bopper who's both kept his looks and (enough of the time) figured out how to make his boyishness work for him - less of the former, he'd be michael j fox, less of the latter he'd be JC Chasez

Michael J. Fox is in the lost looks side of the equation?

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