Critics drag Justin Timberlake’s ‘Everything I Thought It Was’

Justin Timberlake’s new album is about as sexy as a soiled mattress – review https://t.co/nOe1FGIDdV

— The Independent (@Independent) March 15, 2024

“Just as that Teflon coating is beginning to erode under the glare of cultural scrutiny, Timberlake’s music has begun to lack zest. What goes around has indeed come back around.” ★★½ —The New York Times
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“Everything I Thought It Was” returns to Justin Timberlake’s comfort zone: gleaming, lightly profane disco jams that imagine dance-floor seduction as a kind of interstellar odyssey. The results are mixed, our critic @lindsayzoladz writes. https://t.co/2QS447FPmp

— New York Times Music (@nytimesmusic) March 15, 2024

“Everything I Thought It Was shows [Timberlake] hasn’t lost his vocal chops or ability to work a groove, but it doesn’t do enough to make you block out past misdemeanours. For now, his problematic fave era will have to wait.” ★★★ —NME
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What goes around… comes around. I reviewed Justin Timberlake’s rather familiar-sounding new album for @NME https://t.co/k45TyMgZdb

— Nick Levine (@mrnicklevine) March 15, 2024

“Timberlake recently told Apple Music that Everything I Thought It Was is his ‘best work’ yet. It’s not. This was actually disproven during the very first song.” ★★½ —Rolling Stone
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REVIEW: Justin Timberlake’s sixth studio album is a rumination on the past that could stand to move on.

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— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 15, 2024

“Everything I Thought I Was is certainly not the career defining masterwork Timberlake seems to think it is, but nevertheless it’s enough to get him over that mid-life bump.” ★★★ —The Telegraph
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✍️ ‘Justin Timberlake tries to avoid a midlife crisis – with mixed success’ https://t.co/IsnuoZAJXt

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 15, 2024

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