The Tennessee-born Timberlake shared a short video clip on social media Tuesday, showing him solemnly wandering through the wilderness while musing on the origins of his new sound.
“This album is really inspired by my son, my wife, my family, but more so than any other album I’ve ever written, where I’m from, and it’s personal,” he says.
Aside from a promotional track here and there, Timberlake lately has been largely absent from the music scene. His last album was released more than four years ago.
Timberlake’s 2-year-old son Silas, and wife Jessica Biel, whom he pulls in for a kiss, make cameos in the video.
“It feels like mountains, trees, campfires. Like Wild West, but now,” Biel says in a voiceover.
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Musician Pharrell Williams also appears long enough to let us know that the music is “earthy,” as we hear various samplings from the album.
