Justin Timberlake’s promotional tour in support of his new album Everything I Thought It Was, which was released today, included a Tiny Desk Concert. When the singer nearly broke the record for the most musicians packed into one of the NPR sessions.
Timberlake’s band of 14 musicians and support vocalists jammed into the cubicle-sized room to play seven songs. “I don’t remember how many of us there are. “Y’all really lived up to the name ‘Tiny Desk,'” Timberlake remarked mid-set. “Yesterday, trying to get all of us in here was like a game of Tetris, but we did it.”
Justin Timberlake Concert
Timberlake invited Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, and Joey Fatone to perform their songs “Bye Bye Bye” and “It’s Gonna Be Me” at the event, as well as the new collaborative track “Paradise.” He and Nwigwe played “Sanctified” two months after performing the Everything I Thought It Was track on Saturday Night Live in January. Coco Jones, meanwhile, sang “Until the End of Time” with Timberlake, 17 years after it was first released as a 2007 duet with Beyonce.
Source: Vox
Justin Timberlake, Everything I Thought It Was
Six years have gone since Justin Timberlake’s last full-length album, 2018’s Man of the Woods. And the pop superstar has returned with an album that pulls him out of the woods and better understands his basic appeal. Everything I Thought It Was sees Timberlake playing the successes to a degree — glittering rhythmic pop; crackling, Timbaland-helmed beats; and disco grooves that aren’t limited to radio-single durations. Even the return of NSYNC — but it’s also not a retreat into safe terrain. Timberlake may be in his thirties at this point, but he still wants every moment of his vast 76-minute record to be fascinating. He’s a superb entertainer who knows what he’s best at and still finds opportunities to operate on the margins of his aesthetic.
