Justin Timberlake stunned followers with a brand new single on Friday evening. The previous NSYNC member additionally launched a teaser trailer for a brand new album — his first since 2018.
Timberlake debuted the brand new track, “Egocentric,” throughout a efficiency on the Orpheum Theater in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. He additionally shared a 33-second clip of the one on YouTube (under).
Shortly after the track’s launch, the pop star shared a trailer on Instagram for what seems to be a brand new studio album, “Every little thing I Thought I Was.” Actor Benicio Del Toro narrates the trailer, which seemingly pulls inspiration from Wes Anderson’s Asteroid Metropolis. A mannequin automobile drives right into a desert fuel station set earlier than followers see Timberlake looking at a sundown backdrop.
“That’s a pleasant automobile. Wait, it’s a mannequin,” Del Toro says. “Did that say JT? OK, that sundown is unquestionably not actual. Oh, there’s Justin. Why gained’t he flip round? What the fuck is he looking at?”
The video ends with a title card that reads, “Justin Timberlake Presents: Every little thing I Thought It Was.” The album will probably be Timberlake’s sixth solo launch, following Justified (2002), FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), The 20/20 Expertise (2013), The 20/20 Expertise – 2 of two (2013) and Man of the Woods (2018).
Timberlake’s announcement comes on the heels of reports that he’ll seem because the musical visitor on subsequent weekend’s episode of Saturday Evening Dwell, with Dakota Johnson as host. Saltburn star Jacob Elordi will make his SNL debut this week, with musical visitor Renée Rapp. The efficiency will probably be Timberlake’s seventh time as a musical visitor; he has additionally hosted 5 occasions.
