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Everything I Thought It Was

Everything I Thought It Was is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake. It was released through RCA Records on March 15, 2024. The album features guest appearances from Fireboy DML, Tobe Nwigwe, and Timberlake's band, NSYNC. Production was handled by Timberlake himself, Danja, Angel López, Federico Vindver, Calvin Harris, Timbaland, Louis Bell, Cirkut, Ryan Tedder, Andrew DeRoberts, and Rob Knox. The album was preceded by two singles, "Selfish" and "No Angels", and the promotional single "Drown". It serves as the follow-up to his previous album, Man of the Woods (2018).

Everything I Thought It Was

March 15, 2024 (2024-03-15)

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Everything I Thought It Was debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, giving Timberlake his sixth consecutive top five album in the country, while the lead single "Selfish" reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. To promote the album, Timberlake will embark on his seventh concert tour, The Forget Tomorrow World Tour in April 2024.[2][3]

Background[edit]

In 2023, Timberlake reunited with his former band members of NSYNC and released the single "Better Place" in support of the Trolls Band Together soundtrack, as well as a collaboration with Timbaland and Nelly Furtado titled "Keep Going Up".[4] In addition to "Keep Going Up!", Timberlake had also collaborated with Romeo Santos on the song "Sin Fin",[5], with Jack Harlow on his album Come Home the Kids Miss You, on the song "Parent Trap"; a remix of Coco Jones' "ICU"[6] and a further remix of the song "3D" by Jungkook.[7] Timberlake had also worked with Calvin Harris, producer of "Fuckin' Up the Disco" and "No Angels", on his song "Stay with Me", alongside Pharrell Williams and Halsey.[8]


A few months after the release of the singles, the singer-songwriter unveiled a trailer for an upcoming project titled Everything I Thought It Was on January 19, 2024, narrated by actor and Reptile co-star, Benicio del Toro.[9] He announced the album on January 25, alongside the release of the lead single "Selfish".[10] About the album, Timberlake revealed that it has "incredibly honest" moments but is also "a lot of fucking fun".[11] He would call it his "most straightforward" record to date, referring to it as "complex within its simplicity".[12]


While in an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music's New Music Daily promotion, Timberlake said that the album title was inspired from when a friend, after listening to the album, told him, "This sounds like everything I thought I wanted from you."[13] The title appears at the end of the opening track "Memphis".

Commercial performance[edit]

Everything I Thought It Was debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, earning 67,000 album-equivalent units, calculated from 31.13 million on-demand streams and 41,000 pure album copies. This marks Timberlake’s sixth consecutive top five album in the country.[52]


In Germany, the album debuted at number five;[53] at number three in the Netherlands,[54] In the UK, Everything I Thought It Was debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart.[55] Additionally, the album debuted at number one on the Album Downloads Chart,[56] and at number 15 on the UK Vinyl Albums Chart.[57]


In Australia, the album charted at number 23, becoming Timberlake's first album to not reach the top ten in the country.[58]

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Notes

mastering

Randy Merrill

mixing (all tracks), engineering (tracks 1–5, 7–10, 12, 14, 16, 17)

Chris Godbey

Justin Timberlake – mixing

Damien Lewis – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14, 18)

– engineering (tracks 6, 11, 13, 15)

Louis Bell

Musicians


Technical