As much as I want to like it, and want to like this song, and want to like the album cover, I just don't.
I'm really not liking this pseudo-gentleman style he has going on. It's ok for a GQ cover or a movie premiere or even one performance, but to brand your era in such an overdone style, while really adding nothing to the conventional idea of the suave man doesn't really thrill. The past is great, but I think you've got to appropriate it with more vivaciousness if you're going to do it.
Same. It's tired post-tumblr menswear fetishism meets Back To Basics retro lounge style. And I'm over young white men ripping off the jazz aesthetic for their "hey gurl im a cool guy let me f-ck u"-tiredness.
At least FutureSex tried taking the whole ladykiller suave towards a hip hop modernism with dancefloor readiness. This is just a retro aping navel gazing yawnfest. And at least Xtina's Back To Basics was colorful and exciting and theatrical, with Xtina embodying several femnine images of the past era bodied it with her whole vocal diva aesthetic. But here JT is leaning on the fantasy of the stylish men of the yesteryear and really nothing more.
Wait! The massage scene needed to be longer.
But not Justin being Jay’s housewife in the kitchen and why did I think that female dancer was Jessica at first.
It was great, vintage, sexy and sophisticated like I had expected. The scenes with the lights and the ending scenes >>
Same. It's tired post-tumblr menswear fetishism meets Back To Basics retro lounge style. And I'm over young white men ripping off the jazz aesthetic for their "hey gurl im a cool guy let me f-ck u"-tiredness.
At least FutureSex tried taking the whole ladykiller suave towards a hip hop modernism with dancefloor readiness. This is just a retro aping navel gazing yawnfest. And at least Xtina's Back To Basics was colorful and exciting and theatrical, with Xtina embodying several femnine images of the past era bodied it with her whole vocal diva aesthetic. But here JT is leaning on the fantasy of the stylish men of the yesteryear and really nothing more.
Exactly. Its all very one dimensional.
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Wait! The massage scene needed to be longer.
But not Justin being Jay’s housewife in the kitchen and why did I think that female dancer was Jessica at first.
It was great, vintage, sexy and sophisticated like I had expected. The scenes with the lights and the ending scenes >>
The cinematography and lighting at the ending was phenomenal.
Pretty cool music video. I'd imagine it's hard to really make a fantastic music video off a song based on attire that isn't sexually or romantically fueled, so props to him for making a pretty good one. I just wish there were more amazing moments like the end.
I love it, the song itself isn't as amusing as 'Ain't No Other Man' so I don't see how he could've made this more entertaining than it is now.
But it's cool, laid-back, I think it fits him perfectly.
However I do hope that the next single is a bit more uptempo so that we can get a more exciting visual for it.
The song is still a bit of a chore for me to get through (although it has warmed on me a bit, particularly his vocals), but nonetheless JT is still hot as ever.
As much as I want to like it, and want to like this song, and want to like the album cover, I just don't.
I'm really not liking this pseudo-gentleman style he has going on. It's ok for a GQ cover or a movie premiere or even one performance, but to brand your era in such an overdone style, while really adding nothing to the conventional idea of the suave man doesn't really thrill. The past is great, but I think you've got to appropriate it with more vivaciousness if you're going to do it.
My exact thoughts since day 1. My big problem with all of this era so far is that it is not really an influence that is being appropriated to his music/visuals/style creatively this go 'round, but rather just a straightforward rehashing of this style as it has been done many times. There is nothing unique or interesting about this at this point, which, judging from the tracks I've heard so far, has me worried that the album might be a snoozefest to me.