Because work is progressing, and Justin Timberlake is dropping coy hints, here’s a redux flashback to my story on September 30th. Justin is working away on on his new album, a “secret” set for first quarter 2013. Maybe in time for the Grammy Awards, and a big splash on the show come February. http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/09/30/exclusive-justin-timberlake-finally-recording-new-album-after-six-years. It’s time for a new album. Justin’s acting career has been, let’s say, not the world beater of all time.
From September 30, 2012:
Exclusive: Justin Timberlake is in the studio making a new album. There’s no title yet, but I’m told Timberlake has been working around the clock with Timbaland and other producers. The album, which could have “many more than a dozen new tracks” would be ready for the first quarter of 2013 for Sony’s RCA label.
The project is considered very “hush-hush” at Sony, and very much low profile as it’s being done quickly.
It’s been six years since Timberlake’s second album, “Future Sex/Love Sounds,” came out in 2006. It yielded several hits like “What Goes Around Comes Around” and “Sexyback” (more a riff than a song, but whatever). But then Timberlake went into movies and made only occasional appearances as a guest star on other people’s records.
The album is being recorded in Los Angeles. A new Timberlake album would be an adrenaline shot in the charts. A gifted singer and dancer, Timberlake should easily have retained his following even after more than half a decade.
