TRAINWRECKORDS: Justin Timberlake's "Man of the Woods"
Added 2024-06-22 00:13:58 +0000 UTC/edit ugh sorry i don't know why it was on private, NOW it's fixed
/edit I fixed the ending, sorry about that. If you wanted to watch the final few seconds they're there now.
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Lindsey Sterling posted something Justin related on Instagram today: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8ulXpHv9NP/?hl=en It demonstrates what I long suspected: Justin has become a surrogate punching bag for every shitty ex every woman has ever had. He was THE crush for millennial women and the embodiment of their dream man. Now that he's been revealed to be a bit of douche he's the embodiment of a lifetime of disappointment. Going off what I have seen, I would say women who are still single are much more likely to be on the Justin hate train because they have more frustration to take out on him (I say this after flipping through Instagram and trying to find someone who is married and that I remembered hating on Justin so take with a grain of salt). At this point its almost like the Nickleback hate train. It's less about what they did and more people just enjoy hating on them.
Adequately Sized Dog
2024-06-27 18:45:23 +0000 UTCThis may be off topic but tours are being cancelled or poorly attended because of the live nation price gouging. They’ve finally reached what the market will bear
Wendi Wonderly
2024-06-27 05:22:12 +0000 UTCThis is like Ringo Starr making an album of standards sentimental journey for his mom. No one had less range to croon standards than ringo starr. And no one is more country inauthentic than Justin Timberlake. A carpetbagger trying to use country as a stepping stone to a career comeback. He thought the dumb redneck trailer trash would be too stupid to know the difference. I hope Mrs starkey and grandpa Timberlake enjoyed these albums because no one else did. Btw ringo was a talented drummer and a much nicer person than payola wannabe Justin Timberlake
Wendi Wonderly
2024-06-27 05:01:36 +0000 UTCI think the only times I have heard "Filthy" is through your videos and wow do I absolutely hate it
Jackson Sinnenberg
2024-06-25 20:26:25 +0000 UTCJustin reach the peak of his mediocre career at a very fallow time in popular music. When there just wasn’t a lot to listen to on mainstream radio. It was like choosing between foreigner and reo speedwagon and disco. Once the internet democratized music and new talent was accessible, people tuned out the payola wannabes like Justin Timberlake
Wendi Wonderly
2024-06-25 02:02:59 +0000 UTCYeah todd's definition of "hit" is usually more about longevity. You can still hear Mirrors in any department store in America (and occasionally some other 20/20 Experience tracks, s/o That Girl) but I do not recall ever hearing Suit & Tie in the wild.
James Lefkowitz
2024-06-23 23:38:40 +0000 UTCit brings me no pleasure to tell you that it's maybe only in the top 3 or so shitty musical decisions Timbaland has made in the past few years. That AI Biggie debacle was d i r e.
Shiny Skunk
2024-06-23 22:48:08 +0000 UTCWhat tour?
C-Jam
2024-06-23 19:14:32 +0000 UTC“Cosplaying as Nick Offerman” took me out
Miss World
2024-06-23 18:55:30 +0000 UTCThe unspoken point of this episode, and why Justin came up with this radical and insane concept and then quarter-assed it, seems to be that he's kind of a shallow dumbass with limited range as an artist. The very notion that he inspired Tennessee Whiskey's rise somehow, or even took anything from it, reeks of trying to insert himself into a trend. He also must just surround himself with yes-men because the single choices, the outfits, the humor, the weird dropped computer glitch storyline feel like they all exist because of sheer impulse and weren't thought about for a second. And I think Justin being lame alone wouldn't have killed his career--his Lonely Island sketches work so well because they present him as goofy and a little dumb, and if Justin could've committed to self-deprecating in his thirties or at least bringing a little levity to the cool-guy bit (a la Silk Sonic), I think something *like* this could've worked. He is such a talent in physicality and face-acting that stuff like him singing in a black jacket and red boots, or the whole Cracker Barrel scene in the Man of the Woods video, still really work for me. It's just really depressing that he went hard on the worst parts of his vision instead, only to immediately drop them when they didn't work. And from his recent album drop it sounds kinda like it happened again.
James Lefkowitz
2024-06-23 18:49:25 +0000 UTCAll this analysis on the album are good an' all, meanwhile my 12-yr old brain thinks acclaimed thespian Michelle Williams saying "fo shizzle" is the funniest thing in the video.
nolimb_joe
2024-06-23 16:55:12 +0000 UTCGreat video Todd! I can't imagine it's easy to make a video that your entire fanbase has been clamoring for but I think this absolutely lives up to expectations. It's so weird listening to FutureSex/LoveSounds now given what ended up happening to Justin. He's so effortlessly cool on all of those hits that I still feel as if he is the guy bringing sexy back. And now he's just... impossibly lame. Someone brought up Robin Thicke above and I think there are definitely comparisons to be made between Paula and this album. The main one being that both albums are concept albums that really half-ass their concepts and yet still have some good songs despite it. The difference being that the good songs on Paula all fit together and you can make a decent EP out of them with a certain theme. With this one you really can't. Which begs the question "Is Paula better than Man of the Woods?" Did a coked-out, overworked Robin Thicke who didn't collaborate with anyone super notable make a better album than a very rested, clearly inspired Justin Timberlake who was working with a ton of hot behind-the-scenes guys? It's a weird question but I think the answer is yes.
ramskick
2024-06-23 16:31:32 +0000 UTCfrom what I understand Nelly Furtado's pop explosion around 2006 wasn't something she was super enthusiastic about and she purposefully got away from the spotlight afterwards. It's like she tried out being a pop superstar and decided it wasn't for her. The other two I absolutely agree with being subjects for future videos.
ramskick
2024-06-23 16:20:01 +0000 UTCI believe Todd only does Nebula reads for One Hit Wonderland
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-23 15:12:42 +0000 UTCsome of his films were alright while others(Southland Tales)were disasters(though that movie being a rancid piece of shit was hardly his fault). Some people liked that Nelly album. What "secret fallout"? I heard she just stepped away from the band so she could focus on being a mom. Though given how fucking bad those last two Black Eyed Peas albums were I can't say I blame her for bailing.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-23 15:11:14 +0000 UTCI've heard people say that her experiments with dancehall and Afrobeats made her look like she was trend-chasing. (and then there was the whole hair thing of course) I don't agree though, it still felt authentically Adele.
Judgesaturn507
2024-06-23 09:53:44 +0000 UTCThat actually feels like something Todd himself would have said back in the day
Judgesaturn507
2024-06-23 09:49:37 +0000 UTC'Woods' plural? I don't think Justin intended that at all.
Judgesaturn507
2024-06-23 09:48:08 +0000 UTCCurious here, did you not realise that “Man of the Woods” is a dick joke, or did you just figure it was too obvious to be worth mentioning? It’s a pretty bad dick joke so tbh either would be reasonable lmao
Calum O'Halloran
2024-06-23 08:21:51 +0000 UTCI am legitimately depressed to learn that Timbaland made an NFT song.
Charles Kieser
2024-06-23 07:39:25 +0000 UTCYeah I noticed that too
Tiny Bubbles
2024-06-23 05:16:30 +0000 UTCLIterally the only thing that ruined the Eagles finally winning the Super Bowl for me was that JT was the Halftime Show performer, and he led off with Filthy and the energy of all the hits was off the entire time as a result
Terrence Kuhns
2024-06-23 00:36:55 +0000 UTC+1, was going to mention it and wondered what was missing!
Amy F
2024-06-22 22:46:15 +0000 UTCto be honest, i don't think most teenage girls are interested in that anymore, or at least not as much as they used to be, which is the real death blow to that category. it seems like the average teenage/preteen girl is most interested in guys that seem sweet and unintimidating; more like the one direction boys as opposed to JT. i don't think 'cool' is really the best way to appeal to them anymore. and that's not even just for music, either. (for the record, i don't mean any of this in a judgmental way; honestly, i'd rather young girls be interested in guys that are nice, because i'm sure they'll be better off for it)
Austin F
2024-06-22 21:59:22 +0000 UTCCommenting this before watching the video, but I might have an explanation for why Justin made this album. This is from an interview from a long time ago and I don't feel like trying to dig it up right now, but apparently, he said that when he was a kid, he promised his grandfather that when he became a recording artist, he would do a country album. I'm guessing that this is that album. I kinda have a feeling that Justin's grandpa would not be a fan lol
Ryan Storey
2024-06-22 21:34:20 +0000 UTCIt's honestly such a shame that Justin Timberlake wasted the momentum he had after FutureSex/LoveSounds. That album cemented him as a Main Pop Boy. Next to Usher, JT was probably THE male pop star of the 2000s. And as much as his reputation has soured over the years and as much as we find his whole schtick corny now, his music was really good. FutureSex/LoveSounds had banger after banger, and his musical partnership with Timbaland is so strong that they still work together to this day. So it always confused me that after a huge success like that, instead of releasing a followup, he decided to go act in shitty movies for the next seven years. Even when he came back in 2013, while he got some big hits out of it, it just wasn't the same. Too much time had passed. Strangely, Justin Timberlake wasn't the only pop star who had a huge breakout success in 2006 suddenly decide to step away from the spotlight. Gwen Stefani, Fergie, and Nelly Furtado all decided to step away from their pop stardom at the peak of their careers at around the same time for all varying reasons. Speaking of which, we need Trainwreckord episodes about those three artists: No Doubt's comeback album in 2012, Nelly Furtado's comeback album in 2012 that I remember nobody liking, and finally... Fergie's Double Dutchess. From the development hell that album went through, to the drawn out and shaky rollout, to her secret fallout with The Black Eyed Peas, to everything that happened during that era (like her infamous National Anthem performance) — it's all a story worth recounting in this series. Especially since we basically have not heard a peep from Fergie since.
Ryan Storey
2024-06-22 21:28:36 +0000 UTCI must have heard Say Something hundreds of times when it was a hit, and I remember every word, and I did not consider the obvious subtext of the lyrics a single time
TurquoiseYoshi
2024-06-22 19:19:19 +0000 UTChe intended to have this one out last month but other stuff got in the way.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 18:56:37 +0000 UTCNope it was just a glitch, it's fixed now. BTW I personally loathed the ending to Sopranos, never understood how many so many people defended that crap, felt like Chase had just completely ran out of ideas and couldn't think of a real ending so he just said "fuck it" and gave up even trying.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 18:50:39 +0000 UTCI think Todd also missed an opportunity to do a "if a tree falls and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" bit.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 18:48:50 +0000 UTCI happen to like him as an actor but man Justin was out of his depth with this album.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 18:47:57 +0000 UTCugh I truly despise Royals and it's influence, even Lorde admitted to hating that song and I can see why.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 18:46:47 +0000 UTCwrt Say Something, you're spot-on with the boneheaded logic of releasing what is basically an endorsement of centrism at the exact time that every public figure of note was being called upon to speak out also given the timing of the single and album releasing lining up almost exactly with the Super Bowl, the Janet connection is obvious. But I think you're being too generous saying this is about him being unable to tell his side of the story - It's him saying he has nothing to explain or apologize for, as evidenced by him saying "I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to absolutely fucking nobody" on the 20th anniversary of Nipplegate this year also the "Just Girly Things" bit is god-tier
The Hand Of The People
2024-06-22 18:24:54 +0000 UTCI think as a culture we might just be getting rid of "Lover Boy" pop stars. Guys who trade their whole image on being a cool ladies' man. It's corny as best, and creepy as worst. It's not even exclusive to white artists. Look at R. Kelly, or how perceptions on Drake are swiftly changing. Bruno Mars is many things, but he's never based his image around being a Loverboy-type. At least Prince kept things light by peppering his sex jams with his quirky sense of humor.
SPBurke
2024-06-22 17:32:27 +0000 UTCI remember a college friend liveblogging his hate listen of that album when it came out. I have to admit the beat is really good but oh my God the lyrics kill me every time. And the goddamned formatting of the title like why Justin. You know how to write sentences.
Lanth
2024-06-22 17:31:30 +0000 UTCI mean, it's not like Justin chose to be lame and tryhard; no one has ever tried to be lame and tryhard. Lame and tryhard is the failure state of trying to look cool, and it's a really interesting question what makes someone cool and someone else lame. Justin was absolutely cool for a very long time, and then he suddenly wasn't and I'm sure it was as much of a surprise to him as to anyone else. Personally, the thought experiment of what would make Adele look lame is an interesting one. You're right that sticking with her "sound" has insulated her from a lot of risks.
Lanth
2024-06-22 17:27:57 +0000 UTCThis album has never ceased to confuse me. Even having just watched a near-forty minute video explaining its history and reception, with short dives into a few of its songs, I still don’t entirely get what Timberlake and his collaborators were trying to do here. Like cashing in on the popularity of country music makes a certain amount of sense, but it sort of defeats the purpose when nobody is committing to the bit – when all you have is more of the same pop flashiness in a flannel shirt. And the thing is, I don’t think that Justin Timberlake taking a more “rustic” approach HAD to fail. When the album title and cover art were revealed, I assumed this was going to be Timberlake’s Bon Iver album. Justin Vernon has always exuded a certain rural Midwest hippie vibe even with all the synthesizers and avant-garde shit in his music. I couldn’t see Timberlake doing anything as raw as Vernon’s first album or electronically fragmented as his last few…but I could 100% see him doing a more polished and commercial version of Bon Iver’s 2011 album, and I don’t know that it would have been GOOD, but it would have made more sense than this. Also, a few years before Man of the Woods dropped, City and Color released If I Should Go Before You – a pretty excellent blue-eyed soul revival album. And while Dallas Green has a lot more substance and range as a vocalist than Timberlake, I still think that something like this would have been a better canvas for his voice, at least if he really wanted to break away from writing conventional pop songs. Overall, it’s not the quality of the music on Man of the Woods that bothers me, so much as the inflexibility of its concept and execution. Going a more “flannel soul” approach would have played to Timberlake’s wheelhouse better than trying to get that Chris Stapleton money. Thanks for the retirement video, Todd. Glad to fund your four week soccer hiatus.
Oisín Harrell
2024-06-22 17:27:41 +0000 UTCI legitimately have no idea what Mirrors was, but the Lucky/Suit and Tie mashup is still on regular rotation for me
Lanth
2024-06-22 17:22:54 +0000 UTCI gotta say, "cosplaying as Nick Offerman" is the most succinct and mean burn of this whole era I've ever heard, I love it.
Shiny Skunk
2024-06-22 16:03:22 +0000 UTCRevival does have it's fans though so it's simply inaccurate to say nobody defends it, perhaps in your corner but not everywhere. Rap Critic did a pretty good defense of it on the Goin Off podcast and it did pretty well commercially so I definitely wouldn't say it's a flop like Man in the Woods, unlike JT Em still has a very loyal and die-hard fanbase and his songs still do big numbers, like you can bitch about Houdini all you want but it did extremely well on streaming. Anyone describing Revival as one of the worst albums ever hasn't listened to truly awful dreck like say AJR.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 15:51:24 +0000 UTCnot anymore
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 15:49:10 +0000 UTCit's available now
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 15:49:00 +0000 UTCI know the cop didn't, but i've seen people reply to Todd before about not knowing who certain popular legacy acts are so I couldn't tell if the post was sarcasm or not.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 15:48:05 +0000 UTCIT'S FINALLY TIME............
Shiny Skunk
2024-06-22 14:49:46 +0000 UTCI was 13 in 2006, so I hated most everything, but my hatred of SexyBack has withstood throughout and after puberty.
Sarah L
2024-06-22 14:17:31 +0000 UTCMy 'theory' behind it is that he felt the need to make up for the 7 year gap between 20/20 and Futuresex so he churned out a B Sides album to make fans happy. And then unfortunately it had the opposite effect and it was one of his worst albums. It kinda makes me sad because I feel like Pt. 2 makes people take the first part less seriously and I think that's unfair since Pt. 1 is just some of the best 2010s pop out there.
Herbieguy98
2024-06-22 14:16:33 +0000 UTCAdele chose to stay in her lane and just ride it out. She'll be fine, even if she stops touring. I'm pretty sure her life is nowhere near as messy as several pop stars, so I think she's set for the rest of her life.
Brush_Of_Chaos
2024-06-22 14:06:16 +0000 UTCSome stray thoughts of mine I didn't see mentioned here: JT's (slightly lower) peaks from 2013-14 were concurrent with another rapid rise and fall of another white R&B crooner: Robin Thicke. Can't help but wonder if some of the conversations surrounding "Blurred Lines" started sowing the seeds for the backlash against Justin.
Jasper Phua
2024-06-22 13:56:21 +0000 UTCThere's so much that's laughably dated about that 2011 'please come back JT' video but prolly the most hilarious (in hindsight) is the complaint "How am I supposed to get off to Bruno Mars?!?"
Jasper Phua
2024-06-22 13:54:13 +0000 UTCHonestly this is a perfect time to release this video
Vortis Heminnway
2024-06-22 13:31:05 +0000 UTCFor the record, every time you say that Witness or Man of the Woods was the biggest flop of that era, I never agree, it always comes back to Revival for me. Maybe those other albums did worse in terms of numbers, I haven't looked into it, but what I know is that I can't think of a single album in my lifetime that's as widely and unanimously reviled as Revival. Its release broke the music side of the internet for several days. Even most hardcore Eminem fans don't defend it. And it's not just that people think it's bad, people almost universally describe it as some of the most obviously, indefensibly, intensely bad music they've ever heard. Eminem still kept having hits after that album (his career seems to be a bit of an unkillable cockroach), but I feel like it permanently turned his reputation negative; he's synonymous at this point with dated, edgy humor and corny jokes. So what I'm saying is, there's the next Big One to cover.
Gordon Stearns
2024-06-22 13:28:52 +0000 UTCTrainwreckords always end with Todd covering one of the bigger songs on piano, One Hit Wonderland is the series that ends with a cover by another artist
Jaime Paradise
2024-06-22 13:11:10 +0000 UTCseconded, "Royals" was 100% the Nirvana effect for the 2010s
Wyatt
2024-06-22 13:06:12 +0000 UTCI loved the 20/20 Experience when it came out, after the second part dropped though it totally killed the momentum.
GEL COLOGNE
2024-06-22 12:48:16 +0000 UTCalso, for the record, there's another huge hitmaker that hates touring and takes eons between new albums. her name is adele. i actually saw adele on tour, and 1) she was great, and 2) she even said while she was there (in a lighthearted snarky british humor way, not in a whiny way) that she doesn't like touring and it'll be a long time before she comes back. the second you talked about justin hating touring, it got me wondering why the response between justin and adele is so different. because adele built up tons of anticipation too, and is also one of the more respected pop artists, like justin used to be. honestly, people get on adele for her songs being "too similar to each other", but i think sticking to her brand was a very smart move. even though her songs are about her messy emotions, adele still has a lot of poise and dignity, and i think that's what keeps her cool and respected. justin timberlake being lame and tryhard is a death blow for him, and it would be very bad if adele did that, too. i guess adele realizes that and justin did not lol (i mean, adele's music has also pretty consistently been really good, so that helps too, but plenty of artists do well with music that sucks, so i don't think that's the only factor)
Austin F
2024-06-22 11:08:38 +0000 UTCAnother brilliant video. Interesting to think about how much pop music changed across the 2010s. I don’t think Royals gets as much credit as it should for being its generation’s Smells Like Teen Spirit. Like there are differences, especially in terms of the speed of the change it provoked. But I would love to see Todd repurpose the Nirvana Killed My Career graphic as Lorde Killed My Career.
Jack Dover
2024-06-22 10:40:53 +0000 UTCi think the idea was in terms of longevity. i liked suit and tie but after 2013 ended, i don't think i heard it on the radio a single time, even though plenty of other hits get legacy plays for years after they fall off the chart. (and i was listening to the radio while stuck in traffic A LOT in 2014, so if it was being played here, i would've heard it)
Austin F
2024-06-22 10:31:49 +0000 UTCgreat stuff , thank you for all your hard work GO SLEEP
Felicitas
2024-06-22 09:44:52 +0000 UTCI think you missed an opportunity to use the "Supplies!" clip from UHF, but other than that (and the audio weirdness at the 15½ minute mark that others have commented on) I have no notes. Superb video as always.
Lee McCarthy
2024-06-22 09:18:07 +0000 UTC12:46 It didn't even debut at #2. It debuted at #9.
Sean Wrona
2024-06-22 07:54:07 +0000 UTC15:28-15:33 there is a weird video glitch when you are talking about Pharrell and the Neptune's flops.
Joshua C
2024-06-22 06:46:34 +0000 UTC(that's not shade at you for the video time that's me having looked forward to this episode for years <3)
Arbor Rainier
2024-06-22 06:25:36 +0000 UTCWOOOOOO ITS FINALLY HERE 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Arbor Rainier
2024-06-22 06:25:12 +0000 UTCLiterally just thought of this album and wondering if you would cover it today. God I feel psychic
AstarothLuLz
2024-06-22 06:10:41 +0000 UTCJeez...Going to bed with "Supply--aye--aye" rolling around in my head. Bygones.
nursermk
2024-06-22 05:44:02 +0000 UTCI mean people WERE around to hear it. I see a lot of parallels with the two albums because it speaks not just to the artists in question but how culture changed from the beginning of the 2010s to the end - and maybe even politics.
Judgesaturn507
2024-06-22 05:30:49 +0000 UTCI mean, irrespective of the last week's events, his new album tanking kind of made this an inevitability.
SPBurke
2024-06-22 05:30:16 +0000 UTCSuch a flop album there's not covers of anything on it to put at the end, so its again Todds piano. That's the definition of a trainwreckord
Taylor Abrahamse
2024-06-22 05:27:58 +0000 UTCWe haven't had a lot of 'fresh himbo energy' lately. Who's a current male star that could sell it? Charlie Puth? Troye Sivan? Yeah, I don't really see that happening.
Judgesaturn507
2024-06-22 05:27:40 +0000 UTCI got suppli-i-ies?
Judgesaturn507
2024-06-22 05:25:23 +0000 UTCThat was a joke, I do know who he is. The point is the cop didn't and that says something for how quickly his relevance has declined
Judgesaturn507
2024-06-22 05:24:47 +0000 UTCyeah I noticed that too.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 05:08:22 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Witness i'd argue this album is a bigger flop, at least Katy had her career on Idol to fall back on and she made a lot of money off her gig. Justin didn't really have anywhere to go after this thing tanked. I'm really surprised Todd didn't make a "If a tree falls down in the woods and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" joke in regards to this album flopping.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 05:06:34 +0000 UTCThere's a moment at 10:11 that sounds weird, the music is quiet like you're supposed to be talking over it, but there's no narration.
randomguy
2024-06-22 05:01:33 +0000 UTCI loudly yelled yes ! When I saw this video in my inbox and I wasn't disappointed
Bruno Sauvagnat
2024-06-22 04:53:00 +0000 UTCAnother certified banger Todd. Loved your takes. The "JustGirlyThings" made me laugh out loud
Bailey Vogt
2024-06-22 04:46:46 +0000 UTCVideo is no longer private and the conclusion is strong! However, it does seem like the Nebula read is no longer there.
Theo Gerome
2024-06-22 04:29:09 +0000 UTCNKOTB-Face the Music. A misguided attempt at the boy-band superstars going from teeny-boppers to New Jack Swing bad boys, it flopped so hard one of their members quit before the tour even started and they found themselves playing to half empty clubs.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 04:23:25 +0000 UTCHe was a member of a HUGE boy-band in the 2000s called N'Sync(who reunited to do a song for one of those Trollz movies)and he later left the band for a succesful solo career, he performed in the 2004 super bowl with Janet Jackson and him taking off a piece of her top revealing her nipple-covered breast sent a furor over the airwaves with the FCC getting WAY more strict about network TV(gone were the days of side-boob shots in NYPB Blue and the use of the word "shit" on any network TV show, some blame Nipplegate on that show being cancelled, it also sadly prevented "The Shield" from dropping an F-bomb in season three like originally planned)and with soap operas as well. That incident also kinda led to Youtube being formed as one guy was upset about how hard it was to find video on the incident so he went to work on forming a video sharing site as as a result, so thanks for indirectly helping create Youtube JT.
RedBedroomRecords
2024-06-22 04:20:59 +0000 UTCBack in 2013, I was a single father whose pop culture touchstones mostly revolved around what my (then) seven year old daughter watched and even I knew “Suit and Tie”.
Kristopher Bluth
2024-06-22 04:19:45 +0000 UTCI was about to comment on that myself; the video gets oddly quiet for a few seconds there
Rei The Gei
2024-06-22 04:08:32 +0000 UTCFor a second I thought you dropped in Katy Perry's weird Witness dating video introduction until you mentioned Jessica Biel.
Aaron Larson
2024-06-22 03:54:21 +0000 UTCI do want to say one thing positive about JT: The first half of the 20/20 Experience is some of the best pop to come out of the 2010s, it's a shame he couldn't follow it up with something better since the Pt. 2 album was mediocre.
Herbieguy98
2024-06-22 03:50:07 +0000 UTCIs the supposed to be dialogue at 10:11? The song is muted for a few seconds so I assume there's a clip missing over it
Str00p
2024-06-22 03:40:08 +0000 UTCThank you !
Realalf
2024-06-22 03:24:51 +0000 UTC*Throws fist in anger* TODDSTRADAMUS!!!!!!
Jayden Egan
2024-06-22 03:05:53 +0000 UTCVideo is on private.
Charlie Fern
2024-06-22 03:00:02 +0000 UTCMannn it’s on private now
Mason
2024-06-22 02:58:17 +0000 UTCAt 6:14. you state how the 20/20 Experience had "only two songs...arguably only one song...was a huge hit...", and I'm assuming you're saying "Mirrors" was that song since it's playing as you state this (personally, that's the "huge hit" I fondly remember, too, so if you're arguing it in terms of longevity and legacy, sure), but "Suit and Tie" did reach some pretty big highs, too, off of being the first single. Think you're slightly underselling that a bit.
Anthony Skatz
2024-06-22 02:55:41 +0000 UTCIt's on private :(
Sam C
2024-06-22 02:43:07 +0000 UTCI feel like this is karma for all the times we pestered you to make this Trainwreckords since 2018
J. Tay
2024-06-22 02:42:53 +0000 UTCGoshdarn you Todd, goshdarn you to heck
Julian
2024-06-22 02:37:50 +0000 UTCWhy is it set on private?
Preston Meeker
2024-06-22 02:31:12 +0000 UTCLooks to still be set to private
J. Tay
2024-06-22 02:28:28 +0000 UTCThis is probably your most topically timed video yet. Nice.
Herbieguy98
2024-06-22 02:22:37 +0000 UTCNeither can I! Bummer
Nick Huntington-Klein
2024-06-22 02:16:57 +0000 UTCYeah, I can’t either.
Chris McGuire
2024-06-22 02:16:06 +0000 UTCMight just be the time to reupload, but currently can’t access link?
Aleina
2024-06-22 02:14:31 +0000 UTCI think he's reuploading. There was weird skip at the end of the video
Stephen Robles
2024-06-22 02:11:41 +0000 UTCTimely
Danielle Fontaine
2024-06-22 02:10:59 +0000 UTCYep
Esther Mackenzie
2024-06-22 02:10:55 +0000 UTCDon’t want to be annoying but it’s set to private now. Can’t see it
Realalf
2024-06-22 02:10:33 +0000 UTCI don't think I cringe as hard as I do when I hear "and no this ain't the cleeeeeeeeeeeeeean ver-JUN!" very often.
Ashe.
2024-06-22 01:58:39 +0000 UTCThere's a big skip at the end of the video before the ad - seems like the conclusion was left out
Kevin
2024-06-22 01:57:55 +0000 UTCEnding monologue cut off. No thesis statement
J Singh
2024-06-22 01:57:04 +0000 UTCThere is this weird jump at 34 minutes
Skull Servant Tier 0 (Rosie)
2024-06-22 01:55:28 +0000 UTCError watch: 5:38 - jump cut error? 12:40- did you mean to have this not on a matte? Not sure if this is an error tbh I have been waiting for this Trainwreckord since I first found your channel and it was all worth it for the perfect timing of the Trollz clip. I had to pause the video I was laughing so hard. 19:21 - quote on video, not matte layer. Another one where I'm not sure if it's an error 34:10: BIG ERROR You're missing the final statement of the video entirely. It cuts off in the middle of a sentence straight to the Nebula ad.
FunFawn21
2024-06-22 01:54:49 +0000 UTCIs it just me or does none of this music sound remotely like country? Going in I thought it would just be Filthy that didn't, but no... Also I didn't like Mirrors and thought it (and Not A Bad Thing) was as childish and backpedal-y as Can't Stop The Feeling so I guess my verdict (going in) was the same as yours with Witness and Prism: it was 20/20 Experience that really killed his career; we just had to wait.
Pietro Gagliardi
2024-06-22 01:54:43 +0000 UTCWait, did you intend to line this up with Justin Timberlake being detained for DUI? Can't be, right? That just happened.
Jiashu Xing
2024-06-22 01:48:24 +0000 UTCyes hahahaha... YES!!!!!!!!
Sam
2024-06-22 01:45:15 +0000 UTCGRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH COMMON TODD W
StarCannonSupernova
2024-06-22 01:44:15 +0000 UTCOh, wow. I’d complain about how long this took, but the timing…*chef’s kiss*.
Kristopher Bluth
2024-06-22 01:40:17 +0000 UTCFuture Trainwreckords? - Wilson Phillips "Shadows and Light" - They conquered the world with their debut album, then lost everything and broke up after the failure of their follow up album. It was NOT just a sophomore slump. - Taylor Dayne "Soul Dancing" - For the first time, Taylor Dayne wanted to write, or at least co-write, some of the songs. It didn't go well. - Christina Aguilera "Bionic" - En Vogue "Masterpiece Theatre" - Debbie Gibson "Body, Mind, Soul" - Bethany Cosentino "Natural Disaster"
David Gutierrez
2024-06-22 01:32:45 +0000 UTCI can’t believe this is going to affect the Tour.
Alex Weir
2024-06-22 01:26:48 +0000 UTCThe ending is cut off! Otherwise a perfect video
Allison Driskill
2024-06-22 01:23:53 +0000 UTCWeird glitch at 34:07... it skips to near the end when you are talking about the Beatles Video.
David Gutierrez
2024-06-22 01:23:09 +0000 UTCIs that abrupt mid-sentence cut at 34:08 intentional? Doesn't seem right.
Paul Boyer
2024-06-22 01:22:55 +0000 UTCi can't believe this is actually happening. the wait was worth it, unlike with justin. i think there's an editing glitch at around 34:09, it skips straight to the nebula ad mid-sentence.
Lauryn Goates
2024-06-22 01:20:07 +0000 UTCuh, at about 34:07, it seems that your last couple of lines were cut off before the promo.
Niall Heaphy
2024-06-22 01:19:43 +0000 UTC5:34 has a few frames when it cuts back to you that appears to be a mistake
Zeum
2024-06-22 01:17:49 +0000 UTCIt seems to cut early before you go into the ad at the end. You cut mid-sentence.
Adam Weller
2024-06-22 01:17:00 +0000 UTCDid part of this get cut off before the Nebula promotion?
Elena plionis
2024-06-22 01:16:09 +0000 UTCin general, i agree...but also, the pickings in the pop world for that are slim, so i'd be willing to at least give it a chance. i mean, i think i'm far from the only gay out there who has wasted too much time listening to a mediocre man drone on about nothing because he's rugged and attractive
Austin F
2024-06-22 01:14:40 +0000 UTCpurely from the video (haven't listened to the album), nominating "no this ain't the clean version"
Michael Schrag
2024-06-22 01:13:01 +0000 UTCEither Todd fucked up the ending of the video, or he just pulled some brilliant SOPRANOS finale shit on us. Perhaps the man in the woods... was us all along. Incredible video otherwise. Maybe best Trainwreckords yet.
Jesse Shade
2024-06-22 01:11:16 +0000 UTCthe ad at 34:08 comes in too soon, just fully interrupts the middle of your sentence
Michael Schrag
2024-06-22 01:11:00 +0000 UTCI think JT just isn't the right guy to sell it. Too much baggage and history to make it convincing. I think the concept needs some fresh himbo energy.
Castleknackers
2024-06-22 01:09:58 +0000 UTCDarn I thought it was gonna be a Marcy Playground OHW episode 😂 oh well
Connor Rankin
2024-06-22 01:08:21 +0000 UTCSay something? Hall and Oates did it better with some things are better left unsaid
Wendi Wonderly
2024-06-22 01:07:51 +0000 UTCThis video reminded me of when I saw the reviews rolling in and my only thought was "more like 'Panned of the Woods,' am I right?" Anyway, video cuts off early before going into the sponsor read. Great video otherwise tho
Cameron Kirkpatrick
2024-06-22 01:02:04 +0000 UTCbut actually on the topic of the album. the funniest part of justin's 'man of the woods' thing tanking so incredibly hard is that cottagecore became such a huge thing like 1 year later, and taylor swift struck gold with it in 2020. maybe justin timberlake would've done better if he'd released it during pandemic year lol (also, as a simple gay, i am SO beyond willing to eat up a lumberjack pop star. bummer that it went the way it did. my hot take is that justin timberlake actually does look kinda hot in flannel. he should've made an actual rugged country boy album, because at the very least some of the gays would be able to project their lumberjack fantasies onto it.)
Austin F
2024-06-22 00:59:53 +0000 UTCVideo cuts off early into the sponsor read at 34:06
Meluieth Box
2024-06-22 00:56:20 +0000 UTCCould not have been more perfect timing 😂
Erik
2024-06-22 00:55:39 +0000 UTCAt 34:09, it cuts straight to the ad in the middle of your conclusion
Bryan Childers
2024-06-22 00:55:35 +0000 UTCEnjoy the euros todd. Always a treat when you publish a video
STTICE
2024-06-22 00:55:09 +0000 UTCJust finished the episode and I think there was an editing issue at the end. It stops mid-sentence and goes into the Nebula plug
Brasmin
2024-06-22 00:54:52 +0000 UTCThe end of the video is missing? It cuts mid sentence to the nebula promo at 34:06
Esther Mackenzie
2024-06-22 00:54:47 +0000 UTCI think the vid ended early. At the end, it cut forward to the ad.
Jeydubbz
2024-06-22 00:54:09 +0000 UTCuh, i'm not sure if it's a joke i failed to get, but it sounds like the video cuts off before your last take, because it goes into the nebula segment mid-sentence at an odd place? 😭check 34:07
Austin F
2024-06-22 00:53:54 +0000 UTCYes... Ha ha ha... Yes!
Sean C.
2024-06-22 00:51:51 +0000 UTCA promise 6 years in the making has come to pass.
Adam Hicken
2024-06-22 00:51:50 +0000 UTCHa ha, I've been waiting to see this one covered. Now I know nothing about it other than what I've seen in a few other Todd videos, but still, I've been waiting to see this one covered.
Russet Burbank
2024-06-22 00:49:53 +0000 UTCDon’t know if you’ll see this. Not sure if you’re really quitting from burnout. But I wanted to tell you this. I found out about you from a recommendation for your Somerton video back in December. And I’m glad I did. I was suffering from severe depression in last year and this year. I started watching all your videos and my god I needed it. I still watch your Cinemadonna videos. I still need to start a band called Porcelain Pimp Slap. Whatever you decide to do, thank you for what you did. Thank you for what you’ve created. You were a life-line when I needed one.
Mercy
2024-06-22 00:49:23 +0000 UTCThe world tour!
Lauryn Goates
2024-06-22 00:44:22 +0000 UTCSame around 0:54 (the audio repeats)
Cam Nava
2024-06-22 00:41:18 +0000 UTCWhen you said you were doing one of your most anticipated episodes, you were not kidding.
Gordon Stearns
2024-06-22 00:39:37 +0000 UTCWhat tour?
Judgesaturn507
2024-06-22 00:38:35 +0000 UTCThe gasp I let out when I got this notification! (Anyway hope you enjoy your break, Todd!)
Cam Nava
2024-06-22 00:38:25 +0000 UTCWho’s this guy? I’m Gen Z so I don’t know who he is… just like the cop who stopped him.
Judgesaturn507
2024-06-22 00:36:12 +0000 UTCI think we can agree, this TrainWreckords is going to ruin the tour…
Tom Carter
2024-06-22 00:33:29 +0000 UTCLittle editing glitch around 5:35
the purple shaman
2024-06-22 00:32:06 +0000 UTCMan, with Justin’s DUI recent DUI and mugshot going viral, the timing for this couldn’t have been more perfect, could it have been?
Tom Carter
2024-06-22 00:31:45 +0000 UTCIs this bad for the tour?
MarioDaBean
2024-06-22 00:30:34 +0000 UTCI've been keeping up an ultimate "Worst Lines of Trainwreckords" list that includes such examples as "peñius colada", "modren man", and most recently, Faith Hill trying to sound like Madonna on Justify My Love with "like you're touching the wings of a butterfly". If you are reading this, have the time, have watched this new episode, and think you know what the worst line of lyrics from the covered album is that is in this episode, I would appreciate leaving a reply with your opinion. I want to get an accurate consensus.
JasSpy
2024-06-22 00:30:03 +0000 UTCAs a child of the 90s, when I saw this pop into my email I screeched.
Lanth
2024-06-22 00:29:48 +0000 UTCTodd's timing is incredible.
Tony Kincaid
2024-06-22 00:28:05 +0000 UTCI know he had to be working on this for a while but, yes, the timing is WONDERFUL.
Projection Booth Podcast
2024-06-22 00:27:24 +0000 UTCImpeccable timing
Robert Lee
2024-06-22 00:26:18 +0000 UTCWhen I think of the woods, I also think of an ugly CGI robot grabbing its nuts while dwop dwop transformer noises drown out any other sounds.
Pranav Arora
2024-06-22 00:25:29 +0000 UTCI've waited so fucking long for this you have no idea. Or you do, but this is a mental landmark
Ashe.
2024-06-22 00:23:24 +0000 UTC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pigeonb0y
2024-06-22 00:22:14 +0000 UTCThoughts on Austria beating Poland, Todd?
walterxbenjamin
2024-06-22 00:21:32 +0000 UTCDon't worry, Todd covers it briefly at the start of the video
Brandon Hay
2024-06-22 00:19:09 +0000 UTCHoly shit. Did you turn this around in a few days or did Toddstradumus just get very lucky?
J Singh
2024-06-22 00:18:47 +0000 UTCI am very out of the loop - what's he done? Oh nvm, Todd explains in the first ten seconds
Esther Mackenzie
2024-06-22 00:18:43 +0000 UTCYour pop song review of ‘Filthy’ got my girlfriend into your videos, but also ruined JT for her. Needless to say we’re both looking forward to watching this!
Andrew Behm
2024-06-22 00:17:46 +0000 UTCThe time has come…
SPBurke
2024-06-22 00:17:41 +0000 UTCYES PLEASE
Henry Kiley
2024-06-22 00:17:26 +0000 UTCOhhhh.... YES!!!!!!!!! Your timing honestly couldn't have been ANY funnier. I'm sure I speak for a lot of people when I say I've been waiting for this one for a long time. This won't disappoint one fucking bit.
AnalogSkullerosis
2024-06-22 00:16:50 +0000 UTChow unexpectedly and uncharacteristically timely
Stefan Ristic
2024-06-22 00:16:34 +0000 UTCVery generous of Justin to tee up this episode so nicely
Brandon Hay
2024-06-22 00:16:26 +0000 UTCWow….what perfect timing Todd
Tank1319
2024-06-22 00:15:36 +0000 UTC
