- Whoa!
The robot is touching some booty.
- If you're gonna come back, you should come back with
(giggles) something better than this.
♪ (punk rock intro) ♪
- "Pan-Asian Deep Learning Conference."
- 2028? So it's futuristic.
- Justin Timberlake?
- Justin Timberlake is my favorite singer
in the entire world! - Oh, it's been a while
since I've seen anything from him. - ♪ Hey ♪
- I heard this song for the first time on Friday.
I don't like it.
- This must be, like, Steve Jobs?
I'm getting some tech-y vibes. - This is his new song, right?
I've been wanting to listen to it. - ♪ Haters gon' say it's fake ♪
- That's a funky ass fuck bassline. Holy [bleep].
- ♪ So real ♪ - Robots scare me.
- ♪ Haters gon' say it's fake ♪ ♪ So real ♪
- This definitely has his-- I feel, like, the same vibes
from his older music.
- It's definitely more FutureSex/LoveSounds
than his last album.
- ♪ Know this ain't the clean... ♪ - This is dope.
- I'm a huge fan of this. I'm surprised, 'cause I'm not
that big into pop music, but this is really good.
- It's catchy, but I don't know if it's something I'd listen to
on my own. - ♪ No question, I want it ♪
- That's pretty cool. - ♪ Your friends, my friends,
and they ain't... ♪ - Oh! So he's the one
controlling it. Okay. - ♪ Baby, don't you mind
if I do, yeah ♪ - I'm really digging this beat here.
- ♪ Exactly what you like times two, yeah ♪
- I like it, because it's a new take on something.
It's like a robot. We're looking at a robot dance.
- ♪ Huh, walk to me, uh ♪ - (chuckles)
Did he really just hit it?
- ♪ Huh, walk to me... ♪ - Oh. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
Oh yeah, he had it. Had to hit it, you know?
- ♪ Everybody smokin' ♪ ♪ Your friends, my friends... ♪
- Did the robot just hit a bong?
- ♪ Break it down ♪ ♪ If you know what's good ♪
- What's it doing? - Okay, that's kind of sick.
- ♪ If you know what's good, good, good ♪
♪ If you know what's good ♪
- This is such a cool concept music video.
- The day I go to a concert that is this lit, dude,
I can say that I'm gonna die happy. - It's breathing!
Why is it breathing? - It's touching on the point
where robots are getting so close to the point
where they're almost human-like. - ♪ Baby, don't you mind if I do ♪
- Okay, and then there's just a bunch of semi-naked girls.
- Got sexual pretty quick.
- Whoa! The robot is touching some booty.
- This is getting weird now, 'cause it's a robot.
- (chuckles) This is just weird.
- Oh my god!
- Now it's getting... It's getting a weird vibe here now.
- ♪ So put your filthy hands... ♪ - Ooh, okay.
- This has a deeper meaning, but I'm not getting it.
- (gasps) Did he get absorbed into the robot?
This is some Black Mirror [bleep].
- That was good. That was fun. I like his change in music.
It's been fun to watch it. - Where has he been for forever?
I feel like I haven't seen anything about him for the longest time.
- I love Justin Timberlake. That was my first crush ever.
He's probably one of my favorite--
probably my all-time favorite singer.
- Justin Timberlake is one of the people that my mom
literally raised me on. From going to a boy band
to being a solo artist and just blowing up
and becoming this big-- not even pop start, R&B star.
He did all types of genres, and it's just-- ah, he's amazing.
- (FBE) That was the music video for Justin Timberlake's
latest single, "Filthy." Justin hasn't released a new album
since "The 20/20 Experience" back in 2013.
- Damn, it's been almost five years? - Oh, it was that long ago?
- Oh, that was a couple of years ago, so he's been
on a little bit of a hiatus. - Dude, I was all over that album.
I loved it. Me and my girlfriend sometimes listen to it
on long road trips, dude. It's just, he just has
a lot of bangers in that album. - (FBE) So now, five years later,
he's back with a brand new album, "Man of the Woods."
After hearing this song, do you think it was worth the wait?
- Yeah! Of course.
- Yeah, I think it was worth the wait.
It was a high quality production. - Maybe for his fans it is.
I don't know. I feel like I'm pretty indifferent toward it.
- No. (chuckles) I don't. I mean, if you're gonna come back,
you should come back with (giggles) something better than this.
- Sure. I mean, I respect an artist who puts a lot of work
and a lot of time into their music. They just don't pump 'em out.
- Most artists, it hurts them, but with someone who's already
been so established, and I feel like everybody's just known him
obviously since he was a child. His name is just so big
that he can kind of do whatever. It's not gonna really do anything
for him. (laughs) - I like the song,
and I like Justin Timberlake, but I mean,
it wasn't gonna change my life. It's a good song to dance to,
but I don't know. It's just sort of
like another Justin Timberlake song to me.
- Definitely think it was worth the wait.
I was just saying how I was just grooving into that beat,
and I was like, damn, I feel like I've been missing
some new Justin Timberlake music. You would expect that an artist
almost as time goes on, kind of their music degrades.
But he just keeps coming out with stellar stuff, man.
He's really amazing.
- (FBE) The song and music video for "Filthy" are being described
by some as futuristic and consisting of mostly
electronic and funk sounds. Does this song feel like other songs
by Justin Timberlake or do you think it's a new sound and style for him?
- It doesn't sound that new to me.
- I didn't really sense much difference
in what he's done before. I feel like a lot
of the groovy patterns that he uses in his music
kind of stays the same. - This is his new sound personally.
It's something different that I don't think I've seen him
actually ever do before. - He is kind of experimenting
with the electronic sort of techno-y kind of vibe,
but it still has that JT kind of... I don't know, just that funk.
- It's kind of a mixture, because it definitely does have
that funky sexy sound that he does,
but it was a little bit more electronic.
- It tricks you to make it sound like it's a new sound,
but it's still him. It still reels you in.
It's like, this is something new. You waited five years for it.
There's a little bit of a techno kind of thing going in there,
but it's still my voice.
- This one's a little more electronic,
which is getting way more popular,
especially with EDM sort of influences.
I don't see it as he's just trying to stay on trend,
but rather, he's trying to try out something new
and see if it works with him.
- (FBE) So prior to the release of the album, Justin said
that the album was inspired by his family and where he came from.
- Okay. (laughs) - That would be kind of weird
if it reflected his childhood, 'cause it's a robot
who does weird things.
- It could be a totally versatile album
that has electronic music, but then it also has acoustic music.
Who knows. - (FBE) Well, Justin Timberlake
has been in the spotlight for a long time,
first as a member of the Mickey Mouse Club
and then joining the boy band N'Sync all the way back in 1995.
So being a teen yourself, Justin Timberlake has been
making music for most of your life. - Yes. (laughs)
From before I was born. (laughs)
- (FBE) What is your first memory of Justin Timberlake?
- Well, I wasn't really into music as a kid.
I knew what he was, but I didn't know much about him.
- I remember what was like, the noodle hair.
(laughs) It was, like, when I was a kid.
- He was a heartthrob when I was really young,
and I remember just hearing the name and being like,
"Oh, Justin Timberlake." (chuckles)
- The first time that I ever heard about Justin Timberlake
was through the song "Cry Me a River."
I remember when I first got an iPod,
that was one of the first songs that I wanted on it.
- It's crazy, 'cause I wanna say I first figured out who he was
when I came out the womb. My mom loves him.
- My mom was a diehard fan for him, so literally,
when I was-- as far back as I can remember,
my mom was listening to him, so he's basically my first memory
of basically any music. - When I was a kid,
I just saw him as this kind of cheesy actor/ex-boy band artist
and that's just what my image of him was.
And then when he started making new music,
it kind of changed, and I was like...
And then he started making better movies
and stuff too, and I was like, "Wow, he's actually talented."
- (FBE) So finally, Justin Timberlake's new album
is being released on February 2nd. After listening to this single,
do you think you'll be checking out the new album?
- Of course. - Ooh, 100%.
- If the other stuff is like this, yes.
- No! Let's just say it's not my style.
- If it comes on on the radio, maybe I'll listen to it,
but I probably won't seek it out. - Probably. I would say it was...
from what I've seen, it looks good.
- I might give a couple of other songs a listen,
see if there's something in there that I like.
- I'll definitely be checking it out.
And I'm glad that it's that close, 'cause if it were any farther away,
I'd kind of be really upset. - Even if it does end up
being sort of different and all over the place,
I still wanna give it a try. It's Justin Timberlake.
I'ma groove to it no matter what.
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