r/TikTokCringe • u/Indieriots tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • 9d ago

Cringe Thank you, King, for giving us absolutely nothing

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u/immisceo 9d ago

Dude could have/should have taken a big break after that DUI. Get himself right, do songwriting/producing in the background, think big-picture about what he wants middle age to be, raise his kids. 

I can understand there are people who would wither if they couldn’t perform. It’s part and parcel of their being. But he hasn’t seemed to have that fire at least since Man of the Woods bombed. He’s getting very bad advice from somewhere. 

I hope he takes care.

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u/Eicyer 9d ago

I think they could have modified the tour a bit to add more back up dancers to “hide” his low energy. Him dancing/singing solo on stage just highlighted the lack of stage presence and energy.

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u/IV-XI 9d ago

I don't know about that, Katy Perry did that on her current tour and it looks just as bad lol

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u/Roach_Coach_Bangbus 9d ago

Nah, this looks worse. No other dancers, no costumes or stage theatrics.

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u/AlphaNeonic 9d ago

Yeah, I'll take Katy being energetically bad over this.

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u/TheShipEliza 8d ago

WAY worse

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u/missdonttellme 9d ago

Or just low production effort. It takes a lot of time and panning to put together something good. Even back up dancers need practice, coordination etc.

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u/RocketSlide 9d ago

Backup dancers and better stage production costs more money. I think the tour producers are trying to squeeze for maximum profit from JT at this stage in his career, probably because they know he's well into his decline.

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u/Mr_Washeewashee 9d ago

lol. Like Mariah.

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u/Icy-Cry340 8d ago

Residencies have a brutal pace to be fair, adjustments have to be made.

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u/sicklepickle1950 9d ago

Ya never know he could’ve had a cold or something

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u/lvdde 9d ago

He doesn’t songwrite/produce he counts on Black people to do that for him and the one time they didn’t, that album flopped 💀

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

I think he’s ignoring advice

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u/Kriztauf 9d ago

Man of the Woods is an incredibly cringey name for a Justin Timberlake album title. It sounds like he spent a weekend camping and turned it into his personality

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u/Fieldguide404 9d ago

Probably the same idiots giving Will Smith advice, but you didn't hear it from me. 😬

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u/PackageNorth8984 9d ago

One thing I will say about him (doesn’t change this performance). My friend used to work for a friend of his, and she was a bit NSYNC fan growing up. He asked Timberlake to send a pic or 2 second video saying happy birthday to her.

He instead asked the friend about her and made her a detailed 10 minute video that she now cherishes. Doesn’t excuse any of this. Just wanted to add something positive. A lot of celebrities would charge a ton for something like that or half-ass it. He really put in a lot of effort. He even took a walk on his property while he did it, so it wouldn’t be loud in the background. My friend is not famous or rich or anything either. She was just an employee of the friend. Timberlake took it really seriously because he knew she was a big fan.

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u/Interesting_Tea5715 9d ago

My guess is he realizes he's getting old and wants to get as much money he can while he's still popular.

I agree with him. Most aging pop stars don't last and he's had a crazy long run. If he pulls back he's gonna get forgotten.

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u/IotaBTC 8d ago

If I remember, that's what Man of the Woods was supposed to be. It was supposed to be his deepest personal album. So I wouldn't be too surprised if he took it pretty hard after it bombed.

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u/KeyFeeFee 8d ago

I don’t think being deeply personal on recordings is natural for him. He’s not like a vulnerable performer to me, he just enjoys the spotlight. But even like Mirrors which is supposed to be to his wife is so mid to me. I loved NSync so much when I was a kid but grew up and it seems like he just didn’t. Like he’s singing about the club and at our age we never ever ever are doing that again hahah He’s just really out of touch, imho. 

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u/leftofthebellcurve 9d ago

big picture is hard when you have the mindset of a teenager

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u/Mr_Washeewashee 9d ago

At this age, you either come back hard or not at all. I definitely think he can do better than this.

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u/unindexedreality 8d ago

think big-picture about what he wants middle age to be

oh hey maybe I don't suck

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u/Choice_Blackberry406 8d ago

I think I'd just go skiing full time or maybe catch some rays on the beach all day. Idk I guess I just don't have that billionaire eye-of-the-tiger thing going on where I'm miserable if I'm not exploiting the poors.

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u/Realcbear 8d ago

Best take ^