Justin Timberlake has commemorated his birthday with a particular efficiency paying homage to former collaborators the Clipse.
On Wednesday (January 31), the previous NSYNC member marked his forty third birthday with a free efficiency at Irving Plaza within the coronary heart of New York City.
During the one-night-only present, Timberlake delighted followers with a medley of his chart-topping classics whereas providing a sneak peek of anticipated tracks from his upcoming album, Everything I Thought It Was.
Among the highlights was a Hip Hop-flavored rendition of “Summer Love” the place Timberlake carried out his sultry track over the beat to the Clipse’s iconic 2002 hit “Grindin.’”
That identical yr, Timberlake collaborated with the Virginia Beach duo on his breakout solo single “Like I Love You,” which was additionally produced by The Neptunes.
Exactly 20 years later, the trio shared the stage at Pharrell’s Something In the Water pageant, which marked Pusha T and No Malice‘s first performance in over a decade.
At one point during his birthday concert, Justin Timberlake paused to seemingly take a shot at his infamous ex-flame Britney Spears amid their recent drama.
“I want to take this chance to apologize to absolutely no one,” he said while addressing the crowd, referencing Conor McGregor’s notorious 2016 post-fight interview.
Timberlake’s selection phrases come after Spears dropped a number of bombshells about their highly-publicized relationship in her memoir The Woman in Me.
In the tell-all, the “Toxic” singer claimed that Justin — who she dated between 1999 and 2002 — pressured her into getting an abortion after she fell pregnant.
“Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young,” she wrote.
“I don’t know if that was the right decision. If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.”
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She additionally claimed that Timberlake as soon as adopted a Black accent when operating into Ginuwine, though the R&B singer mentioned he didn’t bear in mind such an encounter.
On the music entrance, JT is readying to hit the street for the primary time in 5 years as he prepares to drop his subsequent album this spring.
Last week, the 42-year-old singer unveiled the itinerary for his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, which commences on April 29 in Vancouver, Canada and concludes on July 9 in Lexington, Kentucky.
Before the trek kicks off, the “SexyBack” hitmaker will launch his sixth studio album, Everything I Thought It Was, on March 15. The lead single “Selfish” is out now.
It’s been six years since Justin Timberlake dropped a full-length challenge. Man of the Woods, which was launched in 2018, featured manufacturing from the musician himself, in addition to frequent collaborators The Neptunes, Timbaland and extra.
It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after incomes 293,000 album-equivalent models in its first week.
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