Justin Timberlake spent 4 years recording upcoming All the things I Thought It Was album, so it’s no shock that the “Egocentric” singer had some vitality to spare when he jumped on the sofa on Thursday evening’s (Jan. 25) Tonight Present. From his sprinting as much as a budget seats rumba line entrance with previous pal host Jimmy Fallon, to a best hits run classroom devices bit, Timberlake appeared wanting to kick off his EITIW period after a number of years of being largely off the radar.
Introducing JT on the prime of the present, Fallon went on an prolonged news-inspired riff within the opening monologue ticking off simply how shut the pair are. “He’s the Taylor to my Travis,” Fallon joked. “He’s the lacking bolt to my Boeing airplane… He’s the recall to my exploding Tesla… Yeah, he and I are besties. We acquired collectively like a soccer mother and a Stanley tumbler… That’s proper, we’re fairly a staff. Consider us like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, however with chemistry… I’m so glad he’s right here. Final week when it slowed somewhat in New York, I seemed on the grass and I noticed these frosted ideas and I believed, ‘I ought to name Justin.’”
The pair then crammed into the Tonight Present schoolroom for a spherical of Classroom Devices, with the Roots gathered round as Timberlake struck a triangle to kick off a cool, unplugged model of his just-released new single, “Egocentric.” They solely acquired a verse in, although, earlier than diving right into a quick-hit run via JT’s solo catalog of hits, pivoting to a snippet of hip-swiveling “Señorita,” earlier than leaping into “SexyBack,” “My Love,” “Swimsuit & Tie,” “Rock Your Physique,” and a raucous “Can’t Cease the Feeling.”
Timberlake, 42, made a correct entrance by roping Fallon into doing a dance up the steps into the viewers after which busting some disco strikes earlier than hoofing it again all the way down to the stage and declaring himself “exhausted.” Fallon stated he’d by no means seen anybody work tougher on something than Timberlake did on EITIW, describing Timberlake’s work ethic within the studio, whereas Justin copped to how unusual it was to be explaining the brand new album’s origin to Jimmy, with whom he stated he’s already mentioned it advert nauseam in non-public.
“I really feel like we’ve already had this dialog, however we’ve got to have it so that you guys can hear the story,” Timberlake stated, of the problem of recording throughout the pandemic, having his second son, Phinneas, with spouse Jessica Biel, and monitoring 100 songs over completely different runs throughout a number of years. In describing the sound, Timberlake steered that the Tonight Present ought to have a spin-off known as Jimmy Fallon Listens to Your Album.
Timberlake then described what a kick he acquired out of watching Fallon listening to the album. “What was I doing?” Fallon requested in good rehearsed confusion. “Rather a lot,” Timberlake laughed, as Jimmy described himself as completely “cool” and “chillin’ out” within the studio. Justin then proceeded to leap on the sofa and channel Fallon by shouting “what is that this music?!” “OH! What?!,” “OH My GOD!” earlier than busting out some goofy dance strikes.
JT additionally revealed the upcoming Neglect Tomorrow World tour, which kicks off April twenty ninth in Vancouver, with stops in Seattle, Phoenix, Fort Value, Raleigh, Miami and New York, with dates and venues to introduced quickly.
The phase ended with Fallon recalling an unlikely bunker shot he nailed whereas enjoying at Timberlake’s 8AM Golf Invitational event final 12 months, the place the chums have been paired with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs dynamic duo Travis Kelce and QB Patrick Mahomes. Jimmy described Timberlake giving him some meticulous swing recommendation, earlier than cueing up the video of Fallon sinking the shot and getting lifted up into the air by an overjoyed Kelce.
It acquired higher, although. In an prolonged view of the particular second, after Timberlake sprinted round in circles, he made his means over to congratulate the 2 and Justin stated that was practically the tip of him. “Travis Kelce virtually… I noticed my life flash earlier than my eyes,” Timberlake stated of his abject worry when leaping as much as do a hip bump with the 250-pound NFL tight finish.
“I used to be like, ‘he’s doing it! I’ve to do it!,’” Timberlake recalled considering, forgetting that the skilled baller has about 80 kilos on him. Because the tape stored rolling, it confirmed Kelce hip-checking Timberlake flat onto his horny again on the inexperienced.
Timberlake will probably be again because the musical visitor on Saturday Evening Stay this weekend and can play a free present at 1,100-capacity Irving Plaza in New York on Jan. 31.
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