Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981), occasionally known by his initials JT, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.
Raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body", and earned his first two Grammy Awards.
Justin Timberlake reveals how David Bowie’s ‘Rebel Rebel’ shaped ‘Sexyback’
nme.comJustin Timberlake has opened up on how he took influence from David Bowie‘s ‘Rebel Rebel’ while writing his 2006 hit ‘Sexyback’.He told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe: “I was listening to ‘Rebel Rebel,’ which essentially is about a cross-dresser.“And so I was picturing guys, girls, all iterations of that in a club, singing this to each other.
And I said, ‘This has to be so simple and a vibe and just like an attitude.’“And I was like, ‘What’s the most audacious thing you could possibly say?’ And that was the first line of the song.”He went on to recall how he worked with Timbaland on the track, taken from his second solo album – ‘FutureSex/LoveSounds’.“I’ll never forget this moment.
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