sexyback.

pay attention to pop culture & you’ll find that justin timberlake has pseudo released his new single ‘sexyback’ (listen here) off his new album futuresex/lovesounds set to drop in september. the song is set to a schizophrenic, fast break beat where jt cries in distorted sound “i’m bringing sexy back.”

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the song will appeal to people who fall into one of 3 categories.

1) musicheads
2) timberlake devotees
3) prince devotees

casual music listeners be damned. you have to appreciate sexyback, not simply listen to it. # 3 is my personal hypothesis. on this single, at least, timberlake is embodying a princetonian spirit. he cooes in the highest register and talks about juicy sex, prince’s favorite topic. i’m excited for the album. he's daring to be non-pop. perhaps he'll get the same amount of play on urban radio as he did the first time out of the gate as a solo artist.