We have waited for more than four years for a new album from Justin Timberlake, and the wait is finally over. The former NSYNC star announced on Tuesday that he will be releasing his new album titled Man of the Woods in 2018. The release date is set for February 2nd, two days before his Super Bowl halftime show performance. The album announcement came via a video posted on Timberlake’s social media accounts.
“This album is really inspired by my son, my wife, my family, but more so than any other album I’ve ever written, where I’m from. And it’s personal.” said Timberlake in the video. It is also revealed that the first song from the album will be revealed on Friday, January 5th.
Justin Timberlake began work on the Man of the Woods in 2016 with producers Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, Max Martin, and Shellback. It will be his fifth solo album, first since two piece project from 2013, The 20/20 Experience. Timberlake said in 2016 that the new album will feature Southern American music but with a modern sound, adding that the songs were influenced by pop, blues, rock&roll and country.
“For the biggest pop stars in the world, the place where they have the most trouble is honesty… Because there’s a formulaic sort of vulnerability… But if you’re able to really screenshot your own vulnerability, frame it properly, and color-correct it, then it becomes something that every human can relate to. And I think Justin is in the place where he’s mastering that right now” – Pharrell Williams described the writing sessions for Man of the Woods.
Timberlake is also being kept busy by his acting career. He most recently starred in animated movie Trolls and appeared in Woody Allen’s film Wonder Wheel which stars Kate Winslet in the leading role.
