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  • Jan 25, 2024
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    Botney

    tik tok songs are 2 minutes, sometimes even less.

    these are normal lengths just like in the 00s

    but he isn't making 20/20 part 3 it must be an album for tik tok
    nothing wrong with adapting to the times lol, the new single sounds nothing like a tik tok song btw

  • Jan 25, 2024
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    FAN

    but he isn't making 20/20 part 3 it must be an album for tik tok
    nothing wrong with adapting to the times lol, the new single sounds nothing like a tik tok song btw

    you realize FSLS was mostly 5+ minute songs also right? Justified was mostly songs close to 5 minutes with some over 6

    2-3 minute songs nowadays are basically tik tok songs and thats like half this album

    and Selfish is 4+ minutes and it sounds like the most generic song of his career besides s*** like Cant Stop the Feeling and Soulmate

  • Jan 25, 2024
    TheInstigator

    you realize FSLS was mostly 5+ minute songs also right? Justified was mostly songs close to 5 minutes with some over 6

    2-3 minute songs nowadays are basically tik tok songs and thats like half this album

    and Selfish is 4+ minutes and it sounds like the most generic song of his career besides s*** like Cant Stop the Feeling and Soulmate

    Man i look at the track lenghts and my first thought was that these are some long ass songs, what you mean by 2 minute ones?

  • Jan 25, 2024
    TheInstigator

    you realize FSLS was mostly 5+ minute songs also right? Justified was mostly songs close to 5 minutes with some over 6

    2-3 minute songs nowadays are basically tik tok songs and thats like half this album

    and Selfish is 4+ minutes and it sounds like the most generic song of his career besides s*** like Cant Stop the Feeling and Soulmate

    Just do that and then let the music do somethin', and then do that again, that'd be enough for a record
    I mean, you only want two and a half minutes if you can get it, you know, three minutes max—

  • Jan 25, 2024

    JT is better than this....weak single

  • Jan 25, 2024

    this catchy

  • Jan 25, 2024
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    Some threads remind me how out of touch this forum has gotten. This is one of them, lol

  • Jan 25, 2024
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    TheInstigator

    you realize FSLS was mostly 5+ minute songs also right? Justified was mostly songs close to 5 minutes with some over 6

    2-3 minute songs nowadays are basically tik tok songs and thats like half this album

    and Selfish is 4+ minutes and it sounds like the most generic song of his career besides s*** like Cant Stop the Feeling and Soulmate

    KTT really got bitter and annoying

    Let 20/20 finally go

  • Jan 25, 2024

    It's def a safe sounding single, but still enjoyable to me

  • “The lyrics just started to come out honestly. And when I listened to the whole album, I felt like it’s probably, of all the songs on the album, production-wise, probably the most straightforward, and I don’t want to say simple because it’s complex within its simplicity to me.”

  • “I think there are moments that are incredibly honest, but also, there’s a lot of f***ing fun on this album,” Timberlake added of Everything I Thought It Was.

    “I think that’s where I came up with the album title, with everything I thought it was. I was playing it for people around me. They’re like, ‘Oh, this sounds like everything we know you for.’ And then another friend of mine was like, ‘Oh, this sounds like everything I thought I wanted from you.’ It was like that sort of phrase, in one way or another, was in the air. And I thought to myself about how some of the songs are more introspective and some of them are more what I think people know me for.”

  • Jan 25, 2024
    Botney

    some of his posts have only 10k likes man. he's not big anymore.

    You just made this up. Almost all of his music related IG posts have somewhere between 180K and 300K likes

  • Jan 25, 2024
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    The Krab Season

    Stadiums?? Lol no

    Don't think y'all realise how big stadiums are

    I don’t think y’all understand how big Justin Timberlake is

    I’m well aware of the difference between stadiums and arenas. Justin Timberlake has the reverence and catalog enough to be able to sell out the former

  • Jan 25, 2024

    I really think this is due to the disconnect JT has with a Gen Z audience. Some of y’all really don’t understand how huge this guy was and still is

  • Jan 25, 2024
    paradise valley

    Track lengths:

    4:29
    4:22
    3:28
    2:51
    7:17 - Sanctified probably
    4:20
    3:26
    3:49
    3:34
    5:11
    5:01
    5:41
    3:16
    3:42
    3:49 - Selfish
    3:36
    4:26
    4:36

    I'm down with this. No short ass music.

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    Jan 25, 2024
    TheInstigator

    its a trend I've been seeing since the streaming age has taken over. Artists love to go for shorter songs because it's about content not quality. So less effort is put into the music and the songwriting, therefore songs are lazier as a whole nowadays, especially in the pop realm.

    You can see that Justified to 20/20 was full of 5-8 minute songs throughout and then Man of the Woods was mostly 3-4 minute songs. Selfish also sounds like a tik tok ass song and its longer than a good deal of songs here.

    This album is going to be dogshit unfortunately just like every mainstream pop album the last 5-6 years but I guess y'all can wait until this is out to find out

    I feel like Justin making extra long songs was always considered outside the norm for a pop artist, even back then.

  • Jan 25, 2024
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    TheInstigator

    its a trend I've been seeing since the streaming age has taken over. Artists love to go for shorter songs because it's about content not quality. So less effort is put into the music and the songwriting, therefore songs are lazier as a whole nowadays, especially in the pop realm.

    You can see that Justified to 20/20 was full of 5-8 minute songs throughout and then Man of the Woods was mostly 3-4 minute songs. Selfish also sounds like a tik tok ass song and its longer than a good deal of songs here.

    This album is going to be dogshit unfortunately just like every mainstream pop album the last 5-6 years but I guess y'all can wait until this is out to find out

    I please wish y’all would stop dismissing every song you don’t like as “TikTok music”. Y’all sound so out of touch when you say that

  • Jan 25, 2024
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    shaleirose

    I don’t think y’all understand how big Justin Timberlake is

    I’m well aware of the difference between stadiums and arenas. Justin Timberlake has the reverence and catalog enough to be able to sell out the former

    Ehh I guess we'll see if he does tour after this album

  • Jan 25, 2024
    The Krab Season

    Ehh I guess we'll see if he does tour after this album

    He is. We just don’t know if it’s arenas or stadiums yet.

  • Jan 25, 2024

    forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/01/25/justin-timberlake-returns-with-low-energy-lackluster-single-selfish/amp

    Lmao

    Some of these article headlines are gonna be funny af as this rollout begins. Gonna be interesting to see which outlet gonna have a vendetta against JT

  • Jan 25, 2024
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    Is Justin guaranteed an 100k first week release? Physical consumption has drastically dwindled since his last release, and his streaming numbers are fairly decent.

    I guess it's a case where he's depending on his immediate fanbase to purchase the music and cultivate a following with the new generation with the singles.

    Selfish comes across as a safe and calculated lead single. With the backlash MOTW received, he couldn't afford to go far left again and alienate mainstream listeners. I expect him to release another single until the March release, which will have more depth.

  • Jan 25, 2024
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    I'm really surprised he didn't do a long traditional roll out

  • Jan 25, 2024
    Ed_lover

    Is Justin guaranteed an 100k first week release? Physical consumption has drastically dwindled since his last release, and his streaming numbers are fairly decent.

    I guess it's a case where he's depending on his immediate fanbase to purchase the music and cultivate a following with the new generation with the singles.

    Selfish comes across as a safe and calculated lead single. With the backlash MOTW received, he couldn't afford to go far left again and alienate mainstream listeners. I expect him to release another single until the March release, which will have more depth.

    I think he sells between 125k - 150k

  • Jan 25, 2024
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    FredVanYeet

    I'm really surprised he didn't do a long traditional roll out

    ?? It kind of is a traditional rollout though.

    Started teasing new project couple weeks ago. Got a single out and a music video out on the same day and announced album date.

    Given that it's still 1.5 months away you can expect another single soon. Maybe even 2 more.