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Justin Timberlake, Earls Court. Photo: AFP Observer Music Monthly boasts a world exclusive interview with Justin Timberlake in this month's edition, in which he talks for the first time and at length about his forthcoming new album Future Sex/Love Sounds, his girlfriend (that'll be Hollywood actress, Cameron Diaz), his past experiences with drugs (cue the tabloid frenzy), and plenty more besides.
Get an idea of why - at the fairly tender age of 25 - Mr Timberlake looks set to become the biggest pop star on the planet in this special exclusive-preview-of-our-world-exclusive interview. (Okay, we got it first. Enough already.)
As my colleague, Caroline Sullivan observes over on Culture Vulture, Mr Timberlake has carved out a decent solo career for himself since ditching his perm and *NSYNC (if any of you can tell Caroline what his big attraction is, do her the courtesy of popping over to Culture Vulture and explaining all).
Consequently, his second solo effort is both hotly anticipated and fiercely guarded so we can't tell you exactly how the whole album sounds, although you can hear Sexy Back on his official site. And, Caspar Llewellyn-Smith, Observer Music Monthly's Editor, made (most of) Timberlake's gig last night and seemed suitably impressed:
One thing about the boy: the interview with him was an absolute nightmare to set up - repeatedly postponed by his 'people', with endless mucking about.
So it was following the assumption that he would never actually take the stage at the mooted time of 9.30pm that OMM found itself still in the pub for the first three numbers. Oh, and later he never did make it to the club YoYo in Notting Hill, despite the promises of some of (yes) his 'people'.
But: from what we did catch of JT, we can say he was fantastic. His run through of 'Rock Your Body' was particularly fun, and it was great to witness the guest appearance at the end from his producer Timbaland. So, strangely, worth all the bother after all ...
