Justin Timberlake Releases Music Video for ‘Selfish,’ His First New Solo Track in 6 Years — Watch

Justin Timberlake is back on the solo music scene.

The 42-year-old singer dropped his new single “Selfish” — and its accompanying music video, directed by Bradley J. Calder — on Thursday, announcing the release on Instagram.

“Selfish,” which Timberlake first teased on Instagram on Friday, is his first new music as a solo artist in six years following the release of his 2018 album. The man in the forest.

It’s a mid-tempo ballad with those familiar R&B sounds that were a signature of Timberlake’s early work. Written by Louis Bell, Henry Walter, Theron Makiel Thomas and Amy Allen, the song and its follow-up show a vulnerable side of the singer.

The song comes ahead of the release of his new album Everything I thought it waswhich is scheduled to be released on March 15.

In another announcement made Friday, Timberlake confirmed that he would be the musical guest Saturday night live Jan. 27, with Dakota Johnson serving as host.

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Justin Timberlake in the music video for “Selfish” (2024).

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In April 2023, Timbaland revealed in an interview with Diversity that he and Timberlake had some new material in the works to mark the artist’s first release since 2018. Man from the forest.

“We just finished and everything sounds great,” said the superstar producer, 51. “Now it’s really up to him how and when he envisions it coming out, but it’s done and it’s coming.”

As Timbaland explained, the new material with Timberlake is reminiscent of his 2006 Grammy-winning solo sophomore album. FutureSex/LoveSoundswhich has remained a fan favorite over the past two decades.

“It is fun Justin,” the producer said, teasing him that “we’re just giving you what you expect from us,”

Timbaland said, “Music is a young sport — sure, we’ve both seen a lot of life, but you’ve got to bring a 13-year-old kid out again, you know?” He added: “We had songs that were maybe too complicated, so we said we wanted it to feel that way FutureSex part two, so we made songs to match that.”

Justin Timberlake in the music video for “Selfish” (2024).

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In the year leading up to a new solo album, 2023 was full of musical milestones for Timberlake. In September, he and *NSYNC released their first song together in over 20 years: “Better Place” for his film Trolls Band together.

The quintet – Timberlake plus JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone – reunited in the studio to record the infectious pop banger – bringing back the early ’90s and ’00s boy band icons, giving it a contemporary sound update with a disco-pop beat.

Each member, who also has roles in the animated film, gets their moment to shine as Timberlake sings the chorus.

Although the “It’s Gonna Be Me” band has reunited in the past — teaming up for their 2018 Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony and in honor of Timberlake’s Video Vanguard Award at the 2013 MTV VMAs — this was the first time they’ve dropped new music.

Last year, Timberlake also teamed up again with Timbaland and Nelly Furtado on the single “Keep Going Up.” It marked the first collaboration between the three of them after the release of the chart-topper “Give It to Me” in 2007.

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