Quark 7,016 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 o<(0_0)>o Hopes of that new Timberlake died — for the time being, at least — early Friday, when the 36-year-old released “Filthy,” a stuttering mess of electronic and funk that, down to its knock-off Apple keynote music video, is almost comically removed from the Southern countryside. But the problem isn’t so much that Timberlake faked out fans by recruiting longtime producers Timbaland and Danja in what could read as a search for more dancefloor gold. It’s that the song, which follows 2016’s narcotic No. 1 smash “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” is among the worst he’s ever released. Timberlake’s attempt to Frankenstein his brand of pop with contemporary electronic sounds might cause whiplash as “Filthy” vacillates between laptop-generated squelches and a more organic groove. He cruises from chorus to verse there’s not really anything differentiating the two — tossing off vapid lyrics (“Look, put your filthy hands all over me/And no, this ain’t the clean version”) over a meandering, structureless instrumental. When an over-the-top stadium-rock bridge arrives, things only deteriorate. It’s like a meme: “Listens to Prince once." http://ew.com/music/2018/01/05/justin-timberlake-filthy-single-ew-review/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCHEISSEMONTRE 2,783 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 No lies detected Mychal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinster13 3,545 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordinarynam1310 2,453 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Idk why I'm seeing this doing even worse than Perfect Illusion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 54,988 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 The contradiction between our threads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doot 2 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, Quark said: Timberlake’s attempt to Frankenstein his brand of pop with contemporary electronic sounds frankenstein’d ConfirmedT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIghtmareElm 2,606 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 They went in lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumours 45,521 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 The tea is scalding Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontDoubtDavid 1,181 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychicGuru 1,592 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 FINALLY. Is everyone at The Guardian completely f*cking tone deaf? At least Perfect Illusion at its release got her vocals and solid instrumental acknowledged. Filthy is a meandering poorly mixed mess. Gaga's #1 fan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 25,992 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 NNNNNNNNNN Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkTheFunk 121,511 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 I see their payola never came through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijahfan 23,564 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Well, I'm not gonna lie, I'm more than skeptical about that song... Kinda thought it would grow on me and that I needed time to understand its "brilliance", but I'm not so sure anymore Not to mention his marketing strategy doesn't make the slightest sense. I'm gonna wait for the album in order to see the whole picture and finally arrest a judgement, but so far it's totally disconcerting for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEnigma 11,313 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 37 minutes ago, elijahfan said: Well, I'm not gonna lie, I'm more than skeptical about that song... Kinda thought it would grow on me and that I needed time to understand its "brilliance", but I'm not so sure anymore Not to mention his marketing strategy doesn't make the slightest sense. I'm gonna wait for the album in order to see the whole picture and finally arrest a judgement, but so far it's totally disconcerting for me. It’s literally been one day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy 4,997 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 A song with loud instruments and not being liked by quite some fans, just like PI when it was first released. Maybe it will be a grower and his next single will be performed million times and at the SB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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