Justin Timberlake’s new single ‘Drown’ is a failed rescue attempt

nypost.com:

Justin Timberlake moves on from the first single to the second one within less than a month.Especially when you’re launching a critical comeback attempt like “Everything I Thought It Was” — his first album since 2018’s “Man of the Woods” — which arrives on March 15.But “Selfish,” despite its smooth midtempo groove and all of JT’s falsetto feels, barely cracked the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Just four weeks after its release, the much-anticipated single currently stands at a very unsexy No. 37. Of course, “Selfish” had to contend with backlash from the Britney Army — who, out of spite for Timberlake’s perceived transgressions against his ex Britney Spears, streamed her same-named song from the deluxe edition of 2011’s “Femme Fatale.”So “Drown” — which dropped on Friday — comes as a bit of a rescue attempt.And the song — which re-teams Timberlake with “Selfish” producers Cirkut (The Weeknd) and Louis Bell (Justin Bieber) — harks back to familiar heartbreak territory.