mdmadon

1y

pharrell type beat

beachdude

1y

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2AZJn_reLA/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

One-night performance in Memphis on the 19th… very small song teaser in this lol

paradise valley

1y

which artists yall want as features?

JayZOfTheSouth

1y

I'm pretty sure Ty Dolla is on there and Ant Clemons

JT and Ty have 3 songs together

One produced by Danja the other by HitBoy

beachdude

1y

HitBoy production is promising tbh

shaleirose

1y

He will be taping an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show on the 24th, and the one night only performance in Memphis is on the 19th.

I would guess that the single releases either next Friday or on the 26th

paradise valley

1y

There are many reasons

First, I think the 20/20 era started well. S&T first single (hit), Mirrors second single (smash hit) + Holy Grail

Then, Tunnel Vision, which was the obvious choice for 3rd single (or maybe LTGGI) had a bad release. No promo, explicit video (YouTube was still king). This song could’ve easily been a hit… but they fumbled

Then he started the 2 of 2 era which was A MASSIVE MISTAKE. It all starts HERE.

I love that album, but it shouldn’t have been released as a sequel to 20/20 which was already a perfect project. And also, not so soon. 20/20 could’ve easily had more singles. That Girl could’ve been big in the fall… Maybe Spaceship Coupe

The GP didn’t really feel the 2 of 2 singles. Take Back The Night, TKO… they are good songs but not as good as the first album. Also, I think some people were kinda over the long songs (True Blood, OWIWA) at this point.

However, that album is GOOD but got a ~bad~ reception because it felt like b-sides. In a sense, the same could be said about Dawn FM. It came when After Hours was still big and the GP didn’t really “want” a new album yet.

2 of 2 should’ve been released in 2014 with another name and aesthetic. Should’ve been it’s own thing. It’s truly a great album that was cannibalized by its precedor

Ok, then there was Trolls, Can’t Stop The Feeling…

Then, I don’t know what happened exactly, but around 2017 a lot of discussions started about the Janet Jackson thing, which was part of a lot of other discussions relating to other subjects like race, gender (which was already going on for years) Around this time, Bruno Mars also had a backlash

[Actually, I just remembered that this all started in 2016 when Jesse Williams made a speech on BET Awards and Justin praised him on twitter, then some people started replying and quoting talking about the Janet thing, cultural appropriation, etc. I really think Justin was truly taken aback by the reactions, because I feel like this was the first time he publicly dealt with this backlash. That same night, he said something like “there’s only one race: human race” 💀]

He starts the MOTW era in January 2018… but the rollout was a mess. I think the whole concept of the album is kinda bad. Man vs machine? Montana? Woods?

People thought the album would be mixing country with pop. It wasn’t very clear what he was trying to do.

Filthy, the first single, was… a lot. I think Supplies slaps but that video with the MeToo thing was ???

But it doesn’t matter, the backlash had started. So, as it always happen, a lot of old stuff comes back. People started talking about his relationship with Britney, the Prince diss, the Janet thing again, etc

Super Bowl: Prince homage. Another bad decision.

At this point, the era was over.

Then in 2019, there was the cheating scandal. And then, the Britney thing which repeaked again last year with her book coming out.

So it’s a mix of many different things which has caused this. Not gonna lie, Justin might really be a kinda of a****** in real life, especially when he was on the top of the world. But who cares honestly? I just like his music, it’s not like he committed a crime. Lots of celebs are like this

But the way some people started hating him online is so forced. I realized that it’s a very specific demographic: older millennial women and gay men that stan pop girls. The type that would read subreddits like Fauxmoi or popculturechat. This crowd essentially crowned Justin as a villain 🫠

The younger generation doesn’t know his music. He doesn’t appeal to them. He just looks from “a different generation”… he’s not “cool”

Remember that viral video of him dancing? An example of him not appealing to people nowadays. I really think he should leave that type of dancing behind. It’s too dated. No one dances like this anymore.

But let’s see what’s planned for this next era. His audience is +35 at this point. The focus should be introducing him to a new generation.

Childhood

1y

imma be real that outrage is def amplified online cause i've never heard anyone IRL give af about that stuff

beachdude

1y

Yeah I just heard this too… I think it’s leaking soon if fan accounts have random snippets leaking now

https://twitter.com/JTBRportal/status/1745770611140354465?t=d35O0q8GkOWpTgZ2NAKAoA&s=19

JayZOfTheSouth

1y

I'm pretty sure Ty Dolla is on there and Ant Clemons

JT and Ty have 3 songs together

One produced by Danja the other by HitBoy

JayZOfTheSouth

1y

Here comes the hater again 😂

chili

1y

This kinda bangs

Botney

1y

Definitely the best JT feature since 2018

JayZOfTheSouth

1y

https://twitter.com/timberlakedata/status/1745850185236861348

chili

1y

This kinda bangs