Justin Timberlake gets caught in a tide of tears on new song, ‘Drown’

A month after entering his Everything I Thought It Was era, Justin Timberlake has released his second single, “Drown.” It’s giving sad boy vibes, and no, it don’t make us sad about it. Yes that was a reference to “Cry Me A River,” and we don’t regret a thing.

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Following up the forthcoming LP’s lead single “Selfish,” JT’s latest track finds him back in his falsetto-filled electro-pop&B groove.

“Got caught up in the tide of all the tears you cried / Yeah, you know I was blinded by my heart, sinking from the start / Should’ve never followed you this far, now I’m in the deep end / And you let me drown / You didn’t even try to save me,” Justin sings on the chorus.

Timberlake first teased the song on February 19 with an Instagram post of himself singing and playing the piano. “Made it out to London, still recovering from this flu. But trying to power through. So excited for new music and everything coming this week… DROWN 2/23.” Then two days ahead of dropping the track, Justin took to IG again, sharing a behind the scenes look at the making of the song, as a snippet of “Drown” plays in the background.

Listen to "Drown" now below.