Justin Timberlake Slays The Scammys, Drops New 8-minute Song “Mirrors”

I didn’t even know Justin Timberlake was booked to perform at The Scammys, so when my friend messaged me asking what I thought of my man’s new song, my immediate reaction was something along the lines of: “OMFG WTF HE PERFORMED GET ME THE LINK NOW CUNT!!!”

After composing myself, I settled in to watch Trousersnake’s long-awaited live comeback. In a storm of smooth moves and sweet falsetto, JT busted out the second best song of 2013, “Suit & Tie,” and a soulful new throwback called “Pusher Love Girl.” The whole thing was done in a dapper, 1920s’ style, which was perfectly fitting and appropriate for the music, but it kind of pissed me off. JT rocked a modern, avant-garde suit & tie concept for Futuresex/Lovesounds, and now he’s doing a retro, classy suit & tie concept for The 20/20 Experience. The consistency is nice, but c’mon man, put on a pair of fucking jeans for once.

Speaking of Futuresex/Lovesounds, JT followed up his Scammy performance with the digital release of a new song that sounds exactly like it could’ve come straight from his acclaimed sophomore album. From the crunchy urban-pop production to the switch into a completely different song during the final few minutes, “Mirrors” is typical 2006-era Timbaland/Timberlake. Whether or not you think that’s a good thing depends on your personal taste. If you’re happy to hear JT serve up the same kind of song that had you stanning for him six years ago, then you’ll love it, but if you want him to reinvent the musical wheel like he did with “Sexyback,” then “Mirrors” probably won’t impress you much.

Right now, my official rank of JT’s new tunes goes: “Suit & Tie” > “Pusher Love Girl” >>> “Mirrors.”

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  • mergong

    lol Suit & Tie was not even trying

  • theprophetblog

    Suit & Tie is on another level, people just don’t realize it yet, but Mirrors is very “been there done that” even though it’s good

  • theprophetblog

    I agree with a lot of your comment, especially about Justin’s attitude. He really has just swanned in thinking he owns the throne without having to try (even though he DOES still own it since no good male has come along while he’s been gone, but still).

    Suit & Tie deserves the praise though. That song is next level. Mixing classic bee gees sound and chopping and screwing it with modern hip-hop. So amazing. But Mirrors is nothing unique at all, even though I personally like it.

  • True

    Mirror, that what it is cry me a river mixed with brandy afrodisiac I don’t understand how after so many years he is still trying to sell the same sound with zero growth. Take a lesson from kpop JT and Find a new concept & sound.

  • True

    To think people used to say JT beat usher as a pop star but usher still make music. Still in the charts making hits & has growth, usher is consistent I might not buy his music anymore but I can give him credit for being a artist singerperformer/actor so on who still stay fresh lol

  • LVU

    Yes, there are a lot of problems with Britney but she always makes solid pop music. Britney already shitted all over Justin’s new stuff with “Inside Out”. It’s the sexy, updated sound of urban music he should be doing.

  • True

    Check this girl out http://www.lauramvula.com/home forget JT it’s all about Laura mvula http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=5akYnlwubDo

  • Ibreathepop

    Proph, I don!’t think “Suit&Tie” is progressive at all. How can it be next level shit if it totally sounds like Robin Thickes last 5 Singles? I think you’re being delusional. Only because its Justin the Legend Timband doesnt mean he can’t sound dated and uninspired. It’s not that “we don’t get it”, it’s inly that this time justin didnt get it right!

  • ibreathepop

    LOL! Justins Comeback sucks hard. Period.

  • Akie Akito

    Even if she went for hitmakers, she never disappoint. Luke and Max were there for her since day 1 and fans love the combination, so she gave them that. And go back inside Beyonce’s vagina and live there if you think Briteny does not have hits after 2007. You are clearly delusional. And now tell me the different between Britney’s Femme Fatale and Circus with this lame ass boring recycled shit? Songs like Inside Out, Criminal, Unusual You shit on many pop songs out there right now.

  • Akie Akito

    You are so damn right. This man trynna hold on to that “living legend” status, supposedly “the price of pop”. But he aint no Britney. Hopefully this will only be a warm up for a badass album afterwards.

  • freeek

    Dude she was not even singing, and this was supposed to be her comeback.

    I really cant stand Justin BUT I’m sick of people always giving Britney the excuse card because she had a breakdown. SO WHAT? Countless artists have had breakdowns, have fallen pretty hard and have still managed to comeback miles better then Britney. The difference being simple: they still show passion for what they do. Britney on the other hand is a dead zombie, she couldnt make it more obvious that she does not care about all of this anymore.

    Seriously, do you guys really want to make excuses for her for the next 20 years or what??

  • ibreathepop

    OK, i wrote an article about the floppage that is Justins Comeback 2013. If you understand German, check it out:

    http://www.ibreathepop.de/2013/02/ibreathepop-erklart-dir-warum-justin.html

  • freeek

    Circus was the last time max & dr luke made good songs for her, everything that came after that was horrendous, like seriously i wanna go has to be her worst song. FF is recycled eurotrash with a hint of kinda dupstep, very boring.
    She is miles better when she works with new or underground producers. Thats the reason why ITZ still sounds fresher and more innovative than anything from FF.

  • http://www.twitter.com/themusicprophet The Music Prophet

    THANK YOU. I couldn’t have said it better.

  • http://www.twitter.com/themusicprophet The Music Prophet

    THANK YOU.
    It’s nice to see someone has a brain.

  • http://www.twitter.com/themusicprophet The Music Prophet

    Why are you such a pressed little bitch about Beyonce? And why are you the one bringing her up? Someone sounds a bit bitter that Bey can still perform. :(

    I know… It’s breaking my heart too

  • LizzyG

    Proph seriously how can you say Suit and Tie is original? It is a Robin Thicke song. Robin Thicke was trending world wide the day S&T was released, it’s not just me who noticed. And you might argue and say there is hidden production that you hear new beats intertwined everytime you listen to the song, ya know what, there’s so many songs with intricate production (please see Painted Windows by PCD produced by Darkchild and Osinachi, CRAZY production.) This does not deserve that sort of recognition.

    Thank goodness for this Mirrors song, it makes me feel like there’s hope. It sounds like a Justin song. And I didn’t need him to be the same as 2006 but in no way shape or form did he bring a new sound out in this era, he should have at least bit off himself instead of others, do I need to mention Robin Thicke again?

    And how was his grammy performance good compared to what he used to do? It’s not. It’s lazy, like I saw a lot of others say in the comments, his whole comeback has been lazy and he does it cause he thinks he can. And I guess he can cause there’s lots of fools eating it up.

    I mean I thought he was up there with Beyonce but I guess he’s taking notes from the younger group of singers who don’t even try to dance while they sing. LAZY.

  • LizzyG

    Totally agree @e6085dece21cc1cfb6e68baf27c9bc8b:disqus! It is a damn Robin Thicke song.

  • shannie4888

    “Suit & Tie” is good, but a bit flat in a way. It doesn’t have any extra ummph to make it come alive. It’s just sexy, soulful, and sprinkled in something retro.

    I hate to compare but I have to for argument’s sake. Lana Del Rey does retro, but she adds spice to it and make it pop but putting her signature feel on it. JT needs to do that. Otherwise, this whole album is going to one long song with the same feel layered over 12 tracks.

    His performance was boring. Frank Sinatra he is not.

  • Seán

    I actually really like Mirrors. I agree that it sounds like it comes from 2006/2007 but the musical style from 2006/2007 sounds much better than 80% of pop music released in the last three years.

  • Blah

    Why didn’t he go to the studio with the neptunes? I don’t get it…

  • Burk Kyler

    I agree it, but I really love the beginning of the song, but the beat sound like just like the Cry me a river, til the interlude comes in, which i also love.

    I think he is going to to really well just fromt the fact there isn’t any music competition coming out.

  • mergong

    Blame Timbaland. ALWAYS.BLAME.TIMBALAND

  • http://www.facebook.com/akie.koizora Akie Bertekad Cemerlang

    nope. no one went down as hard as Britney. they either stop performing and pulling out albums or dead by now. the reason Britney is still making music is because she still cares, although it is not as strong as it used to be because of all the things she went through back in 2007.

  • http://www.facebook.com/akie.koizora Akie Bertekad Cemerlang

    I couldn’t care fucking less abt Thiefonce. after all, all she did was a lie.

  • http://www.facebook.com/akie.koizora Akie Bertekad Cemerlang

    that is your opinion. Inside Out is so out of this world and it shits on so many pop songs out there right now. HIAM might be overproduced but it is still a good song. as well as TTWE. Britney is known for making a pop-dance record, not some pretentious pop art shits.

  • freeek

    LOL Kylie and some others had cancer, Mariah also had mental problems, the list goes on… You also seem to forget that to some degree she also responsible for the things that have happened to her, so I can only pity her for so long. Thats no excuse to never show effort again.

    Like I said stop pulling the excuse card, its not working anymore and its so so lame. You know exactly that those pathetic excuses are the only argument you can come up with, without it you have nothing in your hands. You queens base everything on that breakdown excuse, thats just sad really.

    And she still cares MY ASS!!! She is a zombie who is being dragged to still make music. Get it in your head and stop making a fool of yourself!!!

  • freeek

    BOMT, OIDIA, Salve, Toxic, GM, Womanizer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HIAM, TTWE, IO

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