Justin Timberlake Releases New Single ‘Selfish’ And Announces New Album

Justin Timberlake has released a new single that has social media buzzing about the singer’s return to music in nearly six years.

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00:00 Justin Timberlake has officially dropped his first solo release in six years.

00:04 This comes just ahead of the singer's March 15th release of the album Everything I Thought

00:08 It Was.

00:13 42-year-old Justin dropped the new single "Selfish" accompanied by its music video,

00:17 directed by Bradley J. Calder.

00:19 A singer announced the release on Instagram and it has fans buzzing.

00:22 Get in the one with the details you need to know.

00:35 Justin was seen teasing this song on Instagram last Friday.

00:38 It's the first bit of new music fans are getting in six years following the release

00:42 of the 2018 album Man in the Woods.

00:44 The latest track is a mid-tempo ballad with those familiar with the R&B sounds that was

00:48 a signature of Timberlake's early work.

00:50 The track also shows off Timberlake's vulnerability and showcases Justin even donning a white

00:55 t-shirt in his studio, directly singing to stage cameras.

01:06 Fans also see Justin navigate a small enclosed office space in what seems to be an environment

01:10 closing in around him.

01:11 In the end of the video, Timberlake is even seen dancing his signature moves at a blacked

01:15 out soundstage.

01:16 Now, Timberlake confirmed that he will indeed be a musical guest on SNL on January 27, alongside

01:21 Dakota Johnson, who will serve as the host for the episode.

01:24 In April, Timbaland also revealed with Variety that he and Timberlake have been cooking up

01:27 some new tunes.

01:28 The 51-year-old producer stated, quote, "We just finish up and everything sounds great.

01:33 Now it's really on him and when he envisions it to come out, but it's done and it's coming."

01:38 Timbaland also explained that the new material with Timberlake will also be familiar to those

01:41 who love the 2006 Grammy-winning sophomore album, Future Sex Loves Sounds, which has

01:45 remained an iconic album over the last few decades.

01:53 As of late, Timberlake has released a song alongside NSYNC titled "Better Place" for

01:57 the movie Trolls Band Together, the first song the group released together in nearly

02:00 20 years as well.

02:02 Each member, who has parts in the animated movie, gets their own moment to shine too,

02:06 while Timberlake carries the chorus.

02:08 Last year, Timberlake also teamed up with Timbaland and Nelly Furtado again on the single

02:11 "Keep Going Up."

02:13 It marked the three's first collaboration after releasing the chart-topping single "Give

02:16 It To Me" in 2007.