Justin Timberlake is just two weeks away from unveiling his long-awaited sixth album. Everything I thought it wasand the star took to Instagram on Thursday (February 29) to share behind the scenes of the making of the album's latest single, 'Drown'.
“'Drown' happened really fast,” Timberlake appears to tell fans in a casual video while sitting at a piano. “Myself, Kenyon Dixon, Amy Allen along with Cirkut and Louis Bell. It's the first one I actually wrote with Lou Bell and Cirkut. The song was written so quickly. It kind of bothered me, because sometimes you have that thing like, “Oh, if you didn't go through the trouble of writing the song, maybe it's not worth it.”
He continued, “The more I heard it and the more I played it for people, the more it was like, 'No, that sounds like you.' When I think back to songs like this, where I kind of underestimated that ability to have that familiarity or connect with people, the last time was “Mirrors.” I sat on that song for, like, five years.”
Timberlake added another “fun fact” to the mix, sharing, “The vocal you're hearing is the demo vocal. I recorded it line by line as we wrote it, just to present it. The more we listened to it, the more it had this honesty that I didn't want to change a thing.”
“Drown” serves as JT's official follow-up to “Selfish,” which debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning Timberlake his highest debut in six years. Billboard marquee single chart. The lead single from Everything I thought it was It also marked Timberlake's 29th top 40 hit as a solo artist.
In support of his new LP, Timberlake is set to embark on a headlining North American tour. The tour will kick off on April 29 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC, and will visit major cities such as Las Vegas (May 10-11), New York (June 25-26) and Atlanta (November 16) before wrapping up on November 20 at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, Ky.
Check out his synopsis for “Drown” below. Everything I thought it was released March 15.
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