Justin Timberlake is doing more than just "bringing sexy back" with his racy new video for his latest single, "Tunnel Vision," the third single off of the 32-year-old singer's comeback album, "20/20 Experience." The seven-minute epic sets a new bar which featuring legions of undulating, nude models has returned to YouTube after it was temporarily removed from the website for its abundance of rear and full frontal female nudity. Timberlake warned his fans about the video on his Twitter account Thursday: "Check out the new video for Tunnel Vision and be ready...it's explicit."
But Timberlake isn't promising us anything other than a very sexy video about how hot and graphic obsession can be, sometimes. The electro-tinged jam "Tunnel Vision," is a mid-tempo R&B song with EDM influences, and it has an instrumentation that features beats assisted by producer Timbaland's signature ad-libs, vocal record-scratches, heavy drums, bass melodies, wide-ranging orchestrations and synths. Lyrically, the song finds Timberlake proclaiming that he has a tunnel vision for the love interest and features several voyeuristic references. The song's lyrics proclaim that the singer is in love.
The song title refers a medical condition in which one cannot see objects other than those straight ahead. Tunnel vision can be caused by glaucoma, alcohol consumption or hallucinogenic drugs, but in this instance the reason is a girl. "A million people in a crowded room," sings Timberlake, "but my camera lens is only set to zoom and it all becomes so clear." "Tunnel Vision" is the crown jewel of "20/20 Experience," the one instance where the ambitious track length sustains the intrigue laid down by the intoxicating, dense funhouse production, and Timberlake's lurid plot of lovelorn obsession.
Directed by Jonathan Craven, Simon McLoughlin and Jeff Nicholas, the video features Timberlake dancing languidly in front of a minimal, white background and bold typography displaying the name of the song, as well as a trio of very naked models writhing around in smoke to the beat of the track and projected onto his face. The set pieces in which projections of Timberlake interact with the nude dancers is a fractured dynamic that mirrors "Tunnel Vision" itself and basically submissive throughout. Is this plagiarism, a knowing-nod, or a coincidence?
But Timberlake isn't promising us anything other than a very sexy video about how hot and graphic obsession can be, sometimes. The electro-tinged jam "Tunnel Vision," is a mid-tempo R&B song with EDM influences, and it has an instrumentation that features beats assisted by producer Timbaland's signature ad-libs, vocal record-scratches, heavy drums, bass melodies, wide-ranging orchestrations and synths. Lyrically, the song finds Timberlake proclaiming that he has a tunnel vision for the love interest and features several voyeuristic references. The song's lyrics proclaim that the singer is in love.
The song title refers a medical condition in which one cannot see objects other than those straight ahead. Tunnel vision can be caused by glaucoma, alcohol consumption or hallucinogenic drugs, but in this instance the reason is a girl. "A million people in a crowded room," sings Timberlake, "but my camera lens is only set to zoom and it all becomes so clear." "Tunnel Vision" is the crown jewel of "20/20 Experience," the one instance where the ambitious track length sustains the intrigue laid down by the intoxicating, dense funhouse production, and Timberlake's lurid plot of lovelorn obsession.
Directed by Jonathan Craven, Simon McLoughlin and Jeff Nicholas, the video features Timberlake dancing languidly in front of a minimal, white background and bold typography displaying the name of the song, as well as a trio of very naked models writhing around in smoke to the beat of the track and projected onto his face. The set pieces in which projections of Timberlake interact with the nude dancers is a fractured dynamic that mirrors "Tunnel Vision" itself and basically submissive throughout. Is this plagiarism, a knowing-nod, or a coincidence?
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