POP SONG REVIEW: "Filthy" by Justin Timberlake

Haters are going to say it's fake. Or that it's impossibly lame. Poor Justin.
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[@janicev8742]

"Whatchu gonna do with all that meat?" There is no heterosexual explanation for this.

[@janicev8742]

J R correction: there is no linguistically viable heterosexual explanation for this.

[@kvereensr1]

I thought he was asking what she was going to do with his man part.

[@burgskeletal3149]

Janice V Some rappers call ass booty meat. I guess that can work 😂

[@StrickenWithFear]

Kenneth Vereen That's what I understood it as too.

[@sophiebirch1672]

Ugh.... Wiggle flashbacks.

[@ChrisTopher-id4mz]

4:17 he even looks almost like a "trying to be cool youth pastor." Does that mean he's cookin' up a meeeeeeeean sermon?

[@bizarrenrugged3370]

Chris Topher Lmaooooo

[@TheSoulchild12]

Hi, 2 or 3 years late for this but man, that's SOLID.

[@pixelpudding3914]

*sigh*

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

🤣

[@grantus_pax]

[flips to the Book of Revelation] what you gonna do about this Beast? ten crowns on his heeeeeeeeeeeads seven

[@giudittaversiliolmi7989]

Honestly, the piano version at the beginning impressed me, considering that Filthy barely has a melody

[@NEEDbacon]

Sounded an opening theme to something light hearted. Todd really needs to release an an album of Piano covers.

[@VictoriaSobocki]

Giuditta Versili Olmi Me too

[@cyanmanta]

When he got to the end, I wanted to finish it off with “...You’re unbelievable. OHHH!”

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Haha exactly like how'd he even do it

[@merchantfan]

I would much rather listen to that song.

[@StormyKopaAMVs]

For a song titled "Filthy", this is the most sterile sounding thing I've heard in a while.

[@ThePhantom4516]

it's filthy in a way that's just gross

[@thema1998]

Stormy Kopa "Filthy" is one of the most boring, unbearable sex songs ever.

[@sophiebirch1672]

Actually, it is more like sex when you have your head smashed repeatedly against the headboard. A boring sex song would be Bon Apetit.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

If Justin wanted us to feel dirty that this mess was made by the same man behind My Love, you think he succeeded? Also, I've heard comparisons to 2012 dub step with this beat

[@GasmaskAvenger]

That one ugly ass Jason Derulo song sounded more "filthy" than this germaphobic shit.

[@NoahWeisbrod]

Rule #1 of pop production: put the vocal track near the front of the mix. Don't drown out the singer in a bunch of random sound effects.

[@BloodfelX]

Common sense in music: If the vocals are so bad you have to drown them out, you should probably scrap the vocals.

[@NoahWeisbrod]

BloodfelX but, like, we know JT can sing, so that wasnt the problem...

[@iamwontolla]

but what if there barely even *is* a vocal track

[@NoahWeisbrod]

Wontolla then it's not really a pop song, is it?

[@iamwontolla]

yeah this one isn't really much of anything

[@Kedai610]

It’s been 5 years Todd, give us the trainwrecords episode on Man of the Woods Edit: thank you

[@sageslittlechannel]

you’ve finally been blessed after so long

[@ryancalcaterra4946]

"He tried to reverse engineer bro country" is the best take I've heard on this album thus far. It's a superb one sentence description of what's going on with it musically and stylistically.

[@tahpramen9181]

Ryan Calcaterra yes

[@ellieosteen]

I’m here 4 years later just to say that I think it’s hilarious that your comment has over 1k likes and only 2 comments

[@againstthepods4316]

I’m here from the future to tell you this conspired one of the most underrated singles and albums of all times nowadays by critics and the public.

[@2-d_in_a_bag]

​​@@ellieosteen Because the original comment is perfect as it is :)

[@Yeshbebe]

​@@againstthepods4316 what are you taking about?

[@misseli1]

The singing in this song doesn't even sound like the main vocals. It sounds like someone lowered the volume of the backup singers' recording.

[@louisduarte8763]

You noticed that too, huh? The "music" i s much louder than Justin's singing. Like they're competing instead of cooperating.

[@jessaminemanchester]

The way he says "guess I got my swagger back" literally sounds like he's just muttering to himself and you aren't supposed to hear it. There are ways to sell that line's over-confidence but this is not one of them lmao

[@Harv72b]

Ummmm, duh! Justin is a man of the woods, so of course the song is about a hunting trip he took with a lady friend. Skinning & butchering the deer obviously left her hands filthy, but he doesn't mind so long as she saves a choice cut of venison for him.

[@bornon18]

Harv72b Good try. Only one question - how does the robot thing fit in?

[@mint2740]

Simple Guy It's the hunting dog of the future.

[@user36able]

That’s weirdly charming

[@HP-ej3bo]

@@bornon18 yes

[@peter-peterpumpkineater4982]

Make me venison such as I like

[@DatBoiChuy]

The first time I heard this song I didn't even notice the "Meat" line. I could barely understand what Justin was saying with that shitty disturted beat over the vocals

[@piccolo9365]

I could barely even hear him say I guess I got my swagger back

[@321gofast7]

I wish the wubs were replaced with sentence-mixed "oooh wa-ah-ah-ah"s from Down with the Sickness

[@chloecho2448]

I think a lot of people are still upset about THAT Super Bowl incident from years ago. Y’know the one where Justin ripped Janet Jackson’s bra off and She ended up getting banned as a result with her career more or less forever tarnished while Justin pretty much got off scott-free?

[@nykerianash1590]

Chloe Cho I didn’t know that, that’s messed up.

[@troodon1096]

I didn't care at the time, but to the degree I had an opinion, I thought it was Janet's own fault. Besides, Timberlake actually had a music career since then, so you seriously think people suddenly care now? Most people probably don't even remember.

[@Flowtail]

@@troodon1096 whoa, somebody on the internet blaming a woman for something a man did? somebody who "didn't care at the time" and yet still cares enough to shit on her many years later? i'm shocked

[@softcrab3361]

What what?! That happened?!

[@Zahriel]

...You do all realize the JT/Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident was staged...right? At that time, MTV was the organization behind the Super Bowl Half Time Shows. And what org used to be edgy AF back in the day? MTV was... So yeah, MTV staged all the "JT ripping JJ bra" idea since they thought it was going to cause a lot of fuzz and controversy, and thought that Janet Jackson and JT had really strong careers that could keep them safe from all the publicity after the stunt. MTV is an idiotic org, of course, and thanks to their stupid idea, ended the career of Janet...

[@CuleChick11]

He's kind of the white suburban dad of music. He likes tell you long stories about how he was a bad boy back in the day, but now he wears sweaters and is disappointed when no one comes to his barbecue.

[@ap1230]

Invading a country while playing Sexyback sounds amazing!

[@digamejh]

It was not.

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

+Nicholas Aitken What the fuck did I just watch?

[@jugeoben]

That was a tasteless joke, honestly.

[@searchingformyself5319]

LOL fucking hilarious "i love the smell of sexy in the morning"

[@seppoleonvervloet132]

Nicholas Aitken what the hell was that

[@The1DonG]

Every time Todd says "Backstreet Forever," an angel gets its wings.

[@2-d_in_a_bag]

backstreet forever

[@thomasplatt4939]

I thought this was a Robin Thicke song and that's about the most damning indictment I can think of.

[@pietropiva1376]

Funny, considering that Thicke is basically a Justin Timberlake rip off

[@brittneyking4284]

@@pietropiva1376robin thicke was doing it before Justin Timberlake. The style and all.

[@TheSoulvian]

The wobbles didn't bother me, but that "sexy" breathing that was mixed with the instrumentation sure did.

[@JackedThor-so]

This song is basically about five or six things that don't work thrown together to make something even worse. This so g gives me anxiety, its legitimately uncomfortable to listen to!

[@micahwright5901]

@@JackedThor-so That’s kinda why I like it. It doesn’t work, but it’s still a song.

[@afterdinnercreations936]

It's like Iz Kamakawiwoʻole, minus the smooth bass singing.

[@321gofast7]

Happy 5 years! This album is already a lock for Trainwreckords, and I can't wait to see it.

[@krzie18]

my dream video is Todd teasing the Trainwreckord for Man of the Woods, doing the bit in the intro like he did with the Liz Phair episode, then bait and switch to reveal it's actually JC Chasez's "Schizophonic". It'd be far more poetic to talk about the superstar who should've been but wasn't, rather than the star who was. EDIT: I just realized at 2:50 Todd is preluding the idea of an "I'm back, bitch" song here. Hell, it even has "Back" in the title

[@giovanigeorgis3848]

It is not. We need to see how his latest album does first.

[@Beaglegirl19]

@@giovanigeorgis3848 JT's latest album just came out and it's already a flop.

[@uglyaniimals]

knock on wood i think this miiiight be todd's next video ,,,,

[@skep2923]

IT’S COMING!

[@ayvi8850]

From the man who co-wrote "Dick in a box" and "motherlover", presenting to you "filthy" a song so PG the radio plays the uncut version

[@bearowl4101]

"Wash your goddamn hands" Todd finally made an accurate prediction, completely by accident.

[@brandondias5622]

"I love the smell of sexy in the morning." - Todd in the Shadows, 2018

[@mutoootwo]

listening to filthy was like being too drunk. unpleasant, confusing, understood 2%

[@admech590]

mutoootwo hell I'm drunk and this song is still shit.

[@thelastjerkbender2505]

Oh my god, that perfectly describes the vibe of that song. Just lying drunk on your rug and drooling all over it.

[@ThatRandomEncounterGuy]

This whole song feels like it’s building up a much more epic, more interesting song...that never actually happens, so they’re basically just stalling for a climax that either never comes or wouldn’t live up to all the hype and anticipation anyway.

[@Dobcool]

Why are the vocals so drowned out by the background music

[@Uhohlisa]

Pondga Dobcool it’s soooo muddled

[@riahlexington]

Pondga Dobcool ikr??

[@livingabstraction2206]

The song is just so hard to get through. It feels like Justin was just more into the idea of trying to come off edgy and weird as opposed to actually making a good song which is weird because him and Timberland have made some gold together. How the hell did they go from Making SexyBack to making the audio equivalent of battery acid?

[@overnord1972]

Living Abstraction I feel like it was more or a dance song. It felt like a let down because it’s not his style.

[@PuppetMasterIX]

I can't hear "SexyBack" without thinking of Duke Devlin.

[@dillwad88]

heh duel dice

[@SirThinks2Much]

I want to run my fingers through his hair.

[@shogunblade]

Did you hear about Duke Devlin? They say he's the sexiest thing since sex!

[@Silphanis]

Eh sex isn't that sexy

[@madhatterman01]

BURN THE WITCH!!!

[@trenthiggins7548]

I imagine Tobey McGuire dancing to this in Spiderman 3

[@MeganiumMiiverse]

Who's Watching this after the Man in the Woods Trainwreckord

[@brandongreen4439]

Y'know, I fear for the possibility of this not making the Worst list. That means there's at least 10 more songs much, much worse than this.

[@matthewhunter1193]

rose novel The year only just started, we have to wait a long time for his worst list

[@RhythmGameAddict]

Actually, just top 20’s the rule, and it’s how Green Light was the #1 Best for 2017. Filthy peaked at #9, so it’s fair game.

[@eugenideddis]

It may not make the list simply for being too boring for Todd to remember. I know I’ve already forgotten it.

[@irishhuskie2585]

It debuted at #9.

[@mikerivera373]

Oh don’t worry. When Todd started comparing it to songs like My Humps and Boom Boom Pow, it was his stamp of assurance that this was gonna make the worst list. And unlike the rest of us who use the year end chart as the qualifier, Todd only needs a song to be in the top 20 to put it on the list.

[@codyssmith73]

The beat doesn't match the lyrics. That's the problem here.

[@ThePhantom4516]

also the song sucks

[@harkavianbalvis6623]

It sounds like the weird intro track on an album that is supposed to roll into actual music after the artist babbles over something unremarkable for a moment. And yet it is a leading single for a new album. Wat

[@teethcoat4274]

The instrumental kind of picks up a bit at the end, but there’s just nothing in the song that hooks you, particularly in the vocals.

[@MissChase86]

So all in all, the animated "robot" is the best part of this song release.

[@harkavianbalvis6623]

The dancing robot part is pretty rad. I don't think I'd listen to the song just for it, but it was easily the most interesting part of the package.

[@germanvisitor2]

Watch "I, Robot".

[@SomeDumbKid1]

I want to see that robot dancing to an actual good song

[@2-d_in_a_bag]

i wanna see the robot dance to like "rasputin" or gorillaz

[@kevlikesmovies4442]

To me, the biggest thing Filthy gets wrong is that weird heavy breathing that's all over the verses. It makes an already bad song unlistenable.

[@Rune3D]

I'm still waiting for Todd's inevitable Train Wreckords episode on this album. I haven't heard from Timberlake in awhile now...

[@Schlagageul]

I don't know how true this is but I've heard Todd waits at least 5 years when it comes to newer records. This one will turn 5 years old in the coming year... (Jesus Christ, 2018 will soon be 5 years ago😱)

[@alannahfisherman1321]

As much as I’m anticipating it, “Bionic “ and “Britney Jean” are both a few years older than “Man Of the Woods”. So Todd better get to work bitch!

[@F0ur_Tw3nty]

Glad to announce, the Trainwreckords episode is now released.

[@franknfurter5336]

I really want to hear a clean version of this song, just to see if it instead says: "yes, this is the cleeeeeeean version"

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

And that's it?

[@franknfurter5336]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 no, just for the part when he says "no this ain't the cleeeeeean version"

[@surroundgatari]

This fucknig instrumental. First of all Justin is all the way in the right channel for no reason, which makes it sounds like the entire song he's just doing an intro. Then the dubstep wobble-bass sounds like an autotuned washing machine, the actual electric bass is being played by someone who's fucking glitching in the matrix or something, and that weird anthemic rock-like opening is so perfectly mismatched to the rest of the song. Also it sounds like the song is trying to learn how chord progressions work.

[@SavageGreywolf]

oh my sweet dear yes This song sounds like someone sampled the sound of a dryer with a goddamn concrete block in it going through a full permanent press cycle.

[@thema1998]

toffeebomb I HATE the instrumental. It makes "Filthy" unbearable to listen to.

[@person.w9780]

Couldn't agree more with this. This song doesn't sound like a song. It sounds like random noises, mishmashed together with talk-singing underneath it. I've never disliked a song on my first listening as much as this one. It isn't very catchy and it pleasant to listen to(in my opinion). It just sounds abysmal.

[@ThePhantom4516]

If the whole song was like the opening it might've been almost decent

[@ZoanBlade90]

toffeebomb Speaking of which, two thoughts come to mind from this. Ok, more than that, but let's focus on the main two: 1. Is a word of Robot Abuse? Because this sort of feels like it, judging from the video. Suddenly, the Broken Mask incident makes more sense. 2. Did Justin become possessed by the Denny's Killer?

[@Jonbutter]

We poppin the biggest bottles when Todd drops Trainwreckords: Man of the Woods

[@Jonbutter]

Update: 🍾🍾🍾

[@PrincessAshley972]

This just sounds like a crappy dubstep song. I swear the sound mixing is just terrible, you can barely hear what hes trying to say. The music and sound effects just completely overshadow his voice

[@GuyIncognito486]

Based on the latest video, this has aged very well.

[@nighthorizon11]

Wow Todd, look what you made Justin do. OOOOH!

[@zello4075]

cooldog2168 YOU YOU....ARE FUCKING EVERYWHERE AHHH

[@shadobian11]

Can someone tell me what happened?

[@linoinkyplantythingy]

666 likes lol

[@heymistercarter.]

I'm sorry, the old Justin can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh... 'Cause he's dead!

[@TotoDG]

@@heymistercarter.. He can't answer the phone 'cause it'll ruin the world tour.

[@shonkywonkydonkey]

Actually Kidz Bop would probably change the lyrics from "meat" to "cake" so it becomes a song about an epic birthday sleepover Also 'put your filthy hands all over me' is definitely not KB friendly lol

[@Uhohlisa]

shonkywonkydonkey how... literal... of you

[@sophiebirch1672]

shonkywonkydonkey makes me wonder about their version of 'Cake by the Ocean'

[@maskedkitty7350]

shonkywonkydonkey dude i’ll be honest, i thought kids bop died out years ago. i’m genuinely shocked their still around.

[@patricklauer4452]

shonkywonkydonkey I didn’t expect to see you here

[@RyanStorey1231]

Masked Kitty - As long as overprotective evangelical parents who are scared of anything secular still exist, there will always be a market for Kidz Bop.

[@fietehermans9903]

I think the 'to be played very loud' is a reference to David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, which had 'to be played at maximum volume' written on it

[@Wired4Life2]

That...just makes it even worse. How DARE he claims to emulate Bowie in any way with...whatever filthy crap this is.

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

BlueFox94 He does this sort of stuff all the time (mostly ripping off Michael Jackson and Prince)

[@MixMasterLar]

JT has lost the right to reference these musicians

[@blakgumshoo]

Man your piano chairs take a lot of abuse 😅

[@MyChannel773]

“you don’t become edgy just because you say you are” can someone PLEASE tell taylor swift

[@livingabstraction2206]

I stand by what I said, this song really is the audio equivalent to drinking battery acid.

[@mightyvish]

If this ablum is supposed to be a back to nature vibe does this song make it the smog from fern gully of the album because it feels poisonous to my ears.

[@dillwad88]

toxic love is way more pleasing than this...monstrosity

[@jackhook327]

I could actually believe this was the villain song from some pro-environment musical.

[@Axioanarchist]

dillwad88 because Tim Curry is amazing

[@germanvisitor2]

Don't you dare compare Tim Curry's charismatic singing to Justin Timberlake's pitiful squeaking.

[@GasmaskAvenger]

Nah, this is what a germaphobe thinks of "filth".

[@dzevadbusnov9665]

CLEEEEEEEAAAAAAN VEEEEEEEEEEERSION

[@jooree7696]

Cleeeeeeeeen vœrsiÒHNN!

[@thot-3433]

He looks like mike posner

[@RyanStorey1231]

You know you've fallen hard when Mike fucking Posner is now cooler than you.

[@contactfront5212]

RyanX1231 I see what you did there

[@henrycurtis3652]

Crossed with the singer of Portugal, the Man.

[@MyssBlewm]

Legit thought of Todd explaining that the lamest dork is the Frat Dork in one of his Mike Posner reviews when I saw Justin with the glasses.

[@mikerivera373]

That awkward moment when Mike Posner’s comeback single was one of the best songs of the year, and JT’s is already one of the worst.

[@StrickenWithFear]

This only proves my point that J.C. Chasez should've been the one to make it big after the group ended.

[@selder_7]

Back here after watching Trainwreckords, I completely forgot this song exists

[@thereyofwater]

Todd made the Witness video 5 years after it came out. I think it’s time Todd made the Man of the Woods Trainwreckords video. 👀

[@QuintonReviews]

Hey Todd, I'm super busy tonight but I just wanted to stop by and say that you've always been my main inspiration for KZbin content. You did this video once about 'Gandam Style,' and the points you make about the nature of review and parody blew my mind. Your stuff is amazing.

[@Champiness]

That other person in the comments who’s a fan of yours (and a bunch of really faith-in-humanity-ruining racist youtube edgelord stuff) should be pleased to see this

[@BloodfelX]

+Sam Hyde I *think* he started making KZbin videos before his he went to Blip and That Guy With The Glasses. Though it may have been a different KZbin channel or something.

[@roxyqueen2]

Nice attempt at stealing some spotlight. You're right, Todd is brilliant. Shame the inspiration you gained didn't actually result in any decent videos.

[@ibahart3771]

You're right, he put out something like 10-15 reviews on youtube then got picked up by Thatguywiththeglasses.

[@jatorihicks5582]

Oh my god Quinton

[@AJOmega2]

For some reason, Todd getting turnt up at 5:53 will never not make me bust a gut laughing. Also, him rocking out like it's a thrash metal song makes me wonder if indeed anyone has done metal remixes of this track.

[@wadespencer3623]

This song starts with this massive, bombastic, almost epic sounding intro, just an amazing build up... and then it just crashes into a brick wall.

[@kin2naruto]

I don't care enough about the song to actually hate it. Its just forgettable noise.

[@troodon1096]

That's pretty much been the state of pop music for the last 6 years or so. The last song I have clear memory of charting came out in 2012.

[@Ninjaverse45]

i can tell this will be on the worst list judging by the fact that this song is dropping in relevancy, it'll pop up in the dishonourable mentions

[@BloodfelX]

If this doesn't make the worst list then there is something wrong with this year. Though maybe since this launched at number 23 on the charts we can all just forget this ever existed.

[@RhythmGameAddict]

No, it launched at #9, so regardless if it makes the year-end or not, it’s eligible.

[@BloodfelX]

Ah, okay. Bad research on my part - perhaps where it started on the UK charts.

[@harkavianbalvis6623]

It is entirely possible that this song is so mind meltingly boring that Todd forgets about it in time for his worst list. Calling it here.

[@cartooncritic7045]

It's only February. We have time for worse things to come out.

[@KagagiouX]

Back to his roots... his boy band days?

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Kagagiou Xenoni haha I know right? That's what I thought he meant

[@MyssBlewm]

His Mickey Mouse Club days.

[@sketchyjulia]

Ramen noodle hair and everything

[@gabe_s_videos]

Also, Todd, I know you like to avoid socio-political stuff in your videos, but there was a much bigger reason JT's Superbowl got a lot of flack was because of the incident at the 2004 halftime show with the infamous "wardrobe malfunction." I still love Justin, but I do find it more than a little unfair that the woman who's breast was involuntarily exposed was deemed morally bankrupt while the guy who did the exposing never got in any trouble at all AND was invited back.

[@bisexualmajima]

people are really mad about... *that?* Wasn't it an accident and wasn't he young as hell at the time? Also Janet Jackson is irrelevant as hell rn and was even bordering on being semi irrelevant back in '04 so why would they invite her back? Eh why do I care people are mad about fucking everything and anything these days lmfao

[@piperd9069]

Knoxville Nuggins he... ruined her career and never apologized for it even though it was his fault

[@gabe_s_videos]

It isn't so much that it happened so much as the double standard of the reaction to it. Janet Jackson's career is going to be forever overshadowed by something that someone else did TO her, while the guy who did it has maintained his career. I genuinely don't care about Janet Jackson's boob getting exposed because I don't find the human body to be disgusting, but I'm more than willing to bet that, if Janet Jackson had done the Superbowl this year, there'd be moral outcry from mothers across America whereas Justin coming back was never even questioned.

[@gabe_s_videos]

HE didn't ruin her career. What he did was wrong, I feel, but it was the general public who's afraid of the human body, not to mention a male-centric media, who ruined her career for something that wasn't her fault. Justin is guilty by association, sure, but he didn't ruin her career.

[@yael9455]

+ put this at the top of the comments, people

[@cheeze4brains948]

I lost it when Todd threw the chair.

[@wstine79]

Cheeze4brains 94 volume did enhance the experience.

[@1000PaperLilies]

The first time I watched the music vid for “Filthy,” I came to the conclusion that it was trying to tell me JT is replaceable, possibly by a robot, and uh. Based on Todd’s description of what JT’s been doing lately, that actually sounds pretty good.

[@KaitlynMutt]

After how rude he was to Janet Jackson after effectively ruining her career to boost his own, Justin has brought this upon himself.

[@bisexualmajima]

KC I see a lot of people saying this but Janet was on her way out back in 2004 like how Justin is now. The height of her popularity was like the late 80s through to late 90s so idk why everyone's suddenly kissing her ass and pretending otherwise. But yeah it does suck that she got done dirty like that.

[@troodon1096]

Janet was already on her way out, and the ruining of her career was more her own fault than Timberlake's. You're delusional if you don't think she was just as much part of the planning, if not more so, of the so-called "wardrobe malfunction" than him. There's no way it was an accident on her part any more than it was on his. As for "brought this upon himself" I agree with that much. But this isn't karma in action here; this is just negative reaction to something people are rightly reacting negatively to. If someone spills something upon themselves, that's just cause and effect from being careless, not some form of karmic retribution.

[@oliviamurphy9482]

He effectively allowed her to take full blame for the incident. JANET was the one banned from the NFL and JANEy was the one straight up blacklisted from MTV's multiple platforms. I don't think he ever apologized at all, he just let it happen. It is absolutely his fault it happened that way. You are delusional to not have done more research and also to claim it doesn't matter because she is "irrelevant". She's irrelevant which means the unfair derogatory treatment she endured doesn't matter? Give me a break.

[@roxy20231000]

@@oliviamurphy9482 I agree with everything you said. I just want to add, he also told everyone about how he slept with Britney, and made jokes about it for years... What a classy guy.

[@oof-rr5nf]

@@roxy20231000 God. Really? Lmao why are all pop stars such shitty human beings? That a requirement for the job?

[@selder_7]

Back when the tour was merely at risk, and not ruined

[@magicalmysteryperson]

Here before the trainwreckords on Man of the Woods gets unleashed upon the earth.

[@TotallyNormalFroggy]

This song doesn't need to use a hook or a chorus really. This song needs... an actual song.

[@anthonybencivengo6901]

Who's back after the Trainwreckords episode?

[@FrondomeCast]

Why does nobody mention the sound of a girl moaning in the background of this song?

[@SavageGreywolf]

it's covered up by the sound of robots fucking

[@VictoriaSobocki]

SavageGreywolf lmaaaao

[@burgskeletal3149]

Frondome Lmao I thought that was Justin 😂

[@ebbie0074]

SavageGreywolf 😂😂

[@thema1998]

Frondome That was a girl? I didn't know that.

[@ryanlarson2692]

"Backstreet forever". DAMN RIGHT, TODD.

[@Champiness]

11:56 well thank goodness, the next Timberlake album is going to be a stunning comeback Thanks Toddstradamus

[@Drogon7102]

He still hasnt released anything to insure nobody remembers how shit that last album was lol. I think we are safe.

[@night2fransic]

Welcome to 2024 and his new album is meh...

[@EricKirby1]

I'm not the only one who heard heavy breathing during the loud part, right?

[@Paris_Lavender]

EricKirby1 It's the worst part of the song. It sounds like a five year old, and it creeps me out.

[@PapistWitness]

Very disappointed that the “meat” lyric didn’t inspire a “Carry Out” joke. Has it been so long that you’ve forgotten your own review of it?

[@SuperJNG18]

3:58 is low-key one of the funniest moments in any Todd episode. Very underrated but perfect.

[@anonymousinkproductions8624]

11:50 I think Boom Boom Pow is better because it actually has a hook(ish) and a chorus that people could possibly enjoy

[@mismismism]

Ugh, this song, I have a similar problem with it as "Look What You Made Me Do", where it builds to nothing. And the slang thing is getting old in general cuz. almost every song now has no dynamics, is dumb, mellow, trap(ish) and is about basically the same thing. I'd take Tearing up my heart over Filthy any day, those songs at least lead somewhere.

[@sonikku956]

Maxx Nieves I didn't see it as remotely trap-ish, it sounds more like a busted electro funk song.

[@mismismism]

sonikku956 I was comparing it to the trap inspired music trend now where everything is one note, it has no dynamics, leads to nothing and pointless yelps and ad libs instead of an actual build or chorus. It has the same problems I have with most songs out now so that was my best comparison to describe the overall bland atmosphere it shares with the trap/trap inspired music trend.

[@sonikku956]

Maxx Nieves Okay, that makes way more sense. I'm sorry.

[@ByeByeDeadName]

That was so wholesome

[@mismismism]

sonikku956 It's no shade, I should have clarified better cuz I get why you would think that's what I meant. Discussion is good! lol

[@oscarorozcoorejel]

This wasnt a song, it was him speaking his lines and using auto tune to make it seem like he put effort into his non existent vocals.

[@pizzamonies793]

"Backstreet Boys all the way" Fantastic musical taste. 👌😌

[@Uhohlisa]

Why didn’t he get decent producers for that bass wobble

[@NEEDbacon]

Does Timbaland even do beats anymore?

[@RyanStorey1231]

Timbaland and The Neptunes (and Justin himself) are decent producers. Great even. But clearly they were having an off day.

[@madguy228]

I love a good wobble but this... it sounds like what someone would make while messing around in harmor for a few minutes. I know this because i made that almost exact sound so many times while messing around in it trying to learn synthesis and sound design. It is the equivalent of recording an electric guitar without even plugging it in.

[@jonnyvelocity]

Hater's gon' say they're fake producers.

[@iamwontolla]

isn't this literally the default harmor preset

[@Lifesizemortal]

I think Timberlake made for a pretty decent actor actually. I miss his presence in movies, he actually tries on screen

[@Lifesizemortal]

Peri Flores he made for a great Boo-boo Bear

[@oof-rr5nf]

I liked him on SNL.

[@patricklauer4452]

n_e_e_t I agree

[@thehopeofeden597]

That poor poor piano stool!

[@LillianWard-mw4qe]

Between the Sexy Back over Apocalypse Now and dubbing over Young Frankenstein, this has some of my favorite Todd edits.

[@livingabstraction2206]

I was literally just thinking about Kidz Bop cover of Hotline Bling right before you played it.

[@Lyendith]

I’ve never heard an eletro beat that was so… undanceable. Like, even shitty electro at least makes me nod my head, if only by reflex, but this one has a weird lack of energy to it. Almost like it’s playd in slo-mo. Even Justin looks utterly bored in the video.

[@ChasetheG]

Who's getting this recommended after the Trainwreckord came out?✋

[@OmegaSoypreme]

Sounds like digital farts.

[@YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

The whole Man of the Woods era is a true testament to just how dangerous it is for any artist to follow up their most pompous and overblown projects yet with a simpler, back to basics effort. Arians Grande did that with Thank U Next which followed up her most ambitious effort yet, Sweetener. The difference being it worked for her because that album's songs were proof that if you remove all the overproduction and pomp from her brand of pop music and reduce it to its core elements, there's still a ton of substance left underneath. It didnt work for Justin because it just exposed how fucking lazy he is as an artist. The 20/20 albums, regardless of how you feel about them, had elements such as big band features, guest spots from Jay Z, Cirque Du Soleil samples, and mammoth song lengths, and those elements all forced him to live up to what was going in around him. MOTW just feels lazy in every aspect. Minus the song lengths, everything that people criticized past Justin releases for wss even more apparent than ever.

[@pandoranbias1622]

This song starts off with a killer chord progression straight out of a prog rock song, it's building up energy right out of the gate, getting you hyped up, and then... nothing. The laziest and safest beat with no instrumentation and weak spoken vocals. Somehow he built a song in reverse.

[@benevans4500]

I think you can credit "yelping at the end of phrases" to Tim Allen, UUUUEAAH?

[@jonnyvelocity]

Actually this song's beat sounds like the opening of Home Improvement.

[@LimeyLassen]

This has the potential to be a meme

[@benevans4500]

There's an amazing remix of Ginuwine's Pony with every "burp" sound replaced by a Tim Allen grunt

[@Jaceblue04]

"I'd rather have Will.I.Am back than that." Todd, don't say anything you can't take back.

[@katethemathnerd]

Trainwreckords when?

[@sadboijokes]

I really wonder what the world would be like if Janet Jackson wasn’t blackballed and Justin’s light was just a little dimmer. How would the musical landscape be different?

[@gabe_s_videos]

Honestly, my biggest issue with this song is that is has this AMAZING Jamiroqui-style funk rock build up, like it's GOING to be a Bruno Mars-style throwback track, with modern production on real instruments, which is always awesome IMO. And then it goes into this annoying, atonal dubstep thing. It'd be like after the intro to "Purple Haze," it became a trap song. And why the hate for "Can't Stop The Feeling"? I love that song!!

[@ouijacorn]

Now that I have better headphones, I can hear the screams and heavy breathing and the song became about 5 times worse.

[@alejoparedes2388]

Came here after the latest Trainwreckords

[@EazyB90]

So I have a story... from Fall 2015 to late summer 2018 I had a job at Walgreens (cue "WELCOME TO HELL" drawing a la the "Feel This Moment" review"), and sometimes we would have a little cardboard display at the front end with some CDs. While I worked there, we did this for three then-new releases... 25 by Adele, reputation by Taylor Swift, and Man of the Woods by JT here. And even though you could usually get the albums cheaper elsewhere, people still bought them... well, some of them. 25 sold EXTREMELY well, we went through two displays and therefore sold every copy we carried (approx 10 or 12 copies sold altogether). Reputation didn't sell nearly as well, but still moved a couple copies because Taylor Swift is that big a deal. We didn't sell a single copy of Man of the Woods. Not a single solitary one. Those CDs sat there for a couple months collecting dust before being sent back to the supplier. I didn't even see any customers looking at them. It was fucking pitiful. Oh and I almost forgot, we did the same thing some of Prince's and George Michael's albums when they passed away in Spring and Winter of 2016, respectively (oh 2016, you were not a good year). They didn't exactly sell like crazy (they were actually pretty cheap at $10 a pop, but most people who would've bought those albums already had them), but they still sold better than Man of the Woods.

[@AllNighterProductions]

I have this theory that Justin Timberlake's tenure as a Lonely Island guest star has doomed his career to self-parody. He can't seem to get out of that mindset. "Cause I got my swagger back" is certainly is absurd as anything in "Dick in a Box."

[@KhayJayArt]

How can he sing a song about getting something back that he never had?

[@ericfuchs123]

Can't wait for the Trainwreckords episode on this

[@F0ur_Tw3nty]

It’s out recently.

[@astoldbyneon43]

Well this song flopped, so at least SOMETHING good happend in 2018 😥

[@leowong8777]

Just listen to Say Something ft. Chris Stapleton.

[@astoldbyneon43]

POINTLESS GUY I'm fine if that becomes a hit, just as long as I don't have to hear "HATERS GONNA SAY IT'S FAKE....IT'S SO REAL" on the radio for the next 10 months 😥

[@leowong8777]

Don't worry airplay for that song has collapsed.

[@RyanStorey1231]

Well, it didn't flop. It charted in the top 20 for a couple of weeks, then quickly fell off. But still, it was a minor hit.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

This is like a perfect analogy of all modern pop songs at the moment. They write the intro to the song leave it at that, put lyrics over the top that make no sense that are then repeated every 5 seconds. Release it profit 🙄🙄

[@Alex-cw3rz]

J R may not be getting good reviews doesn't mean he's not making money

[@soundrogue4472]

J R Just because something is rated bad doesn't mean it won't make money. The same goes for if something is good, that doesn't mean it will make money. I've found a lot of good media that didn't make money but should've, just bad timing killed it.

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Yep and we eat it up like chicken soup which makes it more sad

[@jgoyettee]

Alexander Sunderland-Bragg I 8

[@thema1998]

Alexander Sunderland-Bragg Justin is going to make a profit since the album went #1 despite its singles failing underperforming.

[@dustingibson9078]

"This should be played very loud." Did Justin Timberlake just try to invoke David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust?

[@dylanlee6730]

I F Y O U K N O W W H A T S G O O D

[@logangardner1173]

I love the smell of sexy in the morning! Todd, you may just be the funniest man on the internet.

[@quackmeister1238]

It seems what is happening to JT goes beyond going through a "dad rock" phase. He's bordering on being reverse-"Vindicated By History", as even his role in pop history has started to become diminished in poptimist circles. Pre-Can't Stop The Feeling, he was primarily viewed by pop history as the MJ-lite pop-prom king of the 00s. That star has seemed to fade as the "shady side" (getting off damage free during Nipplegate as opposed to Janet and jumping on the Britney hate bandwagon to maintain credibility) of his reputation has started to take prominence. Also the school of thought that he was never that talented to begin with and knew how to maximize Timbaland's "golden production touch" in order to present himself as "the guy" in pop music has grown in popularity. It's funny how Britney & Justin have gone through poplar opposite trajectories when it comes to revisionist history.

[@RyanStorey1231]

And where has Britney gone conversely? After hearing her last album, she at least sounds alive and present again, but it's clear that she no longer cares.

[@StrickenWithFear]

RyanX1231 More well loved and slightly respected. Everyone always thought she was just the manufacted pop star whilst Justin was the talented artist. However low and behold her most recent album got good reviews while the talented "artists" who dissed her have either faded away or are getting terrible reviews and backlash.

[@quackmeister1238]

Didn't have much to do with current day artistic merit/commercial success. Was more to do with how revisionist history has been harsher to JT and kinder to Britney as the years go on (a trend that doesn't look like it'll die any time soon) when during their peaks one was a pop-music critic darling and the other was a media pariah that represented everything horrible and vapid in society.

[@RyanStorey1231]

Quackmeister123 - Ah, okay. Makes sense.

[@Xboy323]

Between Em and Justin, it's not a good year to be a huge musical act from 2004.

[@RyanStorey1231]

I'm sad. All of the big names I used to like are striking out. Justin Timberlake, Eminem, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry (shut up).

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Yep they all such even Beyonce

[@mickels2020]

Luca Peyrefitte - Did you even listen to lemonade

[@mickels2020]

Bebel Itambo - Oh, yeah that was a fucking mess

[@slevingarganera8375]

Avril Lavigne and Ashlee Simpson (yeah, her too) are doing just fine right now.