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Date Posted: 18:15:12 10/11/02 Fri
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's message, "Justin Timberlake Interview!" on 17:47:56 10/11/02 Fri
Since Timberlake was already friends with Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of the Neptunes, who worked with 'NSYNC on "Girlfriend" from Celebrity, being in the studio with them was as much of a social as professional occasion. They could be totally honest, have a good time and, since they all had the utmost admiration for one another, there were no ego battles.
"Pharrell wanted to have a hands-on approach with me in the lyrics," Timberlake explained. "I think I have a special relationship with him. We talk like twice a week [as friends], so aside from understanding where I want to go as an artist, he understands who I am as a person. It was easy to write with him, because he knows the way I would say something."
Timberlake also had high praise for Hugo. "He's like a genius to me. He puts these touches on a song that makes it this new creation."
The Neptunes were equally thrilled to work with the 'NSYNC crooner because he gave them new avenues to explore. "Justin's album is incredible because of the amount of musicality he gave us room to bring to the project," Williams said. "It's a whole other level."
As good as the Neptunes cuts are, Timbaland's presentations are even more original and inspiring, giving J.T. a platform to explore uncharted territory through spontaneity, improvisation and experimentation.
"Tim would come in and be like, 'A'ight, what are we feelin' today?' and we'd just go from there," Justin explained. "He'd sit with headphones for about 15 minutes, and then he'd take the headphones off and unplug them out of the sequencer, and this crazy-ass beat would come out. I'm blown away every time, because you see him just sit there and punch buttons. He's like, 'You like this beat?' and I'm like, 'You kidding?!' So he tracks it and then leaves me alone for a good two to three hours, and I just sit and write and write."
With the music on Justified blazing at levels previously uncharted by 'NSYNC, Timberlake decided to turn the lyrical heat up as well, which is one reason why the album is packed with personal songs addressing romantic disillusion, rapture and everything in between.
"I think it's a really sexy record. A lot of it's about sex, but it's done in a genuine way," Timberlake said. "I don't go on the record and say, 'I'm creeping on this girl,' because that's not me."
Maybe not, but Timberlake had no problem with lines like, "It feels like something's heating up/ I'm thinking of leaving with you" ("Seņorita") and "Show me how, let me work it honey/ It's just like an oven, take me now" ("[And She Said] Take Me Now"). And that's just the PG-13 stuff.
"There were actually things we had to tone down a little bit," the singer revealed. "I think sex is beautiful. I honor it in a different kind of way [than other artists do], and I don't think the things I say are disrespectful. The thing is, I've always been comfortable with them, but being in a group, there's a thought process that goes into writing a song for five different individuals. Obviously JC [Chasez] is not going to say something the same way I am going to say it, and [with 'NSYNC] what it's really about for me is having everybody in the group feel comfortable portraying the lyrics."
As the interview continued, Timberlake started looking uncomfortable. After all, everybody wants to know if Britney's gone for good, and the tabloids have been abuzz with reports of Justin fraternizing with Janet Jackson and, most recently, actress Alyssa Milano. Obviously there'd be no escaping the afternoon without talking more about his love life.
Of course, anyone would be justified to ask him about Britney after giving Justified a listen. Timberlake candidly and angrily addresses Spears on the album with lines like, "The damage is done, so I guess I'll be leaving/ Bridges were burned, now it's your turn to cry" ("Cry Me a River") and "Maybe I should take another glance, but I wash my hands/ ...Tonight I don't think I'll spare your feelings, I'm 'a do for me what's right" ("Last Night").
So, when the "A" questions were exhausted, it was on to the big "B," and while Timberlake politely declined to divulge any details of his present relationships, he opened up more about his past and stated that "anything else you wanna know is right there in the songs. All you gotta do is connect the dots."
At the same time, he stressed that even though some of the lyrics on Justified suggest that he throws darts at Britney's photo every night, many of his more negative feelings toward her have faded.
"It was really heartbreaking for me," he said, gesturing with both arms. "I'm sure the whole thing was really painful for her, too. But I still have so much love for her as a person, and we still talk every once in a while. Her family was like my family. I recently ran into her mother and sister, and I love them. I'm not the type of person that burns bridges over things that could be OK in the long run."
Timberlake hinted that his split with Spears was sudden, but not entirely unexpected. There were squabbles, as there are in any long-term relationship, and when he scribbled down the lyrics for the 'NSYNC hit "Gone," he was unknowingly predicting what was to come.
"I wrote that when Britney and I were a couple and she went to the hair salon and said she'd be back in a couple of hours," he explained. "When she got there she decided to get a manicure and a pedicure, and wasn't back for five hours. That's what stemmed the idea for the song. There was this whole idea of, 'I wonder what it would feel like [to have] all that sorrow, to miss someone like that?' And it's funny, because if you listen to the lyrics now, [they're relevant]: 'Maybe I was too blind to see that you needed a change.' "
Timberlake paused, wiped his nose and continued. "I think to really experience love, you have to be open to complete and utter devastation and destruction. I'm a dreamer, I'm a romantic. So I think that's why the songs came out the way that they did."
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