Justin Timberlake made a triumphant return to Saturday Night Live last night.
The SexyBack singer, 42, debuted the second single from his new album Everything I Thought I Was, due out on March 15.
He performed the new song, Sanctified, along with the first single, Selfish.
The new song features Houston-based rapper Tobe Nwigwe and is the first album for Timberlake since 2018’s Man of the Woods.
His previous release received a lukewarm response, so the Cry Me a River hitmaker is looking for big numbers from his new album.
Justin Timberlake made a triumphant return to Saturday Night Live last night
In April, the What Goes Around Comes Around crooner will embark on the North American leg of his Forget the World tour.
On Saturday night, Justin also crashed Dakota Johnson’s opening monologue with Jimmy Fallon, 49, who appeared as Barry Gibb, signaling the return of the duo’s The Barry Gibb talk show sketch.
Timberlake plays Robin Gibb in the long-running gag. Fallon and the former NSYNC member debuted the sketch in 2003 and before last night, the last performance of the faux Gibb brothers was in 2013.
The duo opened up the skit by singing an intro as guests on the talk show were introduced, which were played by Dakota, Kenan Thompson and also Bowen Yang.
As Jimmy played the guitar, the two stars sang lyrics such as, ‘talking it up on the Barry Gibb Talk Show, talking ’bout issues, talking ’bout real important issues…’
After the musical intro, the pair sat down while dressed in 70s-inspired suits and Fallon’s Barry Gibb said: ‘Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We’ve got a great show for you tonight. This is my show, and it’s a no-nonsense show.’
He pointed out that it is an election year, and when he asked if his brother Robin had any comment, Justin as Robin replied: ‘No. No, I don’t.’
Jimmy then asked Thompson a question based on the topic, and Kenan responded with, ‘Well, that’s an interesting question.’
The Sexy/Back singer, 42, debuted the second single from his new album Everything I Thought I Was, due out on March 15.
He performed the new song Sanctified along with the first single, Selfish
The new song features Houston-based rapper Tobe Nwigwe and is the first album for Timberlake since 2018’s Man of the Woods
‘Oh, is it? It’s interesting? You find it interesting?’ Fallon asked, his voice rising and becoming louder. Kenan simply replied with, ‘Yeah, I do.’
‘Well, I find you interesting, okay? You look like if Don King ate another Don King!’ Jimmy yelled out, clearly upset.
He continued to tell Thompson’s character, ‘Every month I will replace your shoes with an identical pair of one bigger size so you think your feet are shrinking. I fear nothing!’
‘I watched Saltburn with my entire family! And I knew about the bathtub scene beforehand, and I loved it!’ he said loudly. Jimmy then asked if his brother had any comment, and again replied with, ‘No. No, I don’t.’
Fallon then directed a question towards Bowen Yang, who began to call him by his name of Barry Gibb.
His previous release received a lukewarm response, so the Cry Me a River hitmaker is looking for big numbers from his new album
Justin also crashed Dakota Johnson ‘s, 34, monologue with Jimmy Fallon, 49, who appeared as Barry Gibb, signaling the return of the duo’s The Barry Gibb talk show sketch
Timberlake plays Robin Gibb in the long running gag. Fallon and the former N’Sync member debuted the sketch in 2003 and before last night, the last performance of the faux Gibb brothers was in 2013
He went on another quick rant, and then directed a question towards Dakota’s character – but she interrupted him to answer before he could finish, which caused him to get upset.
‘How dare you interrupt me! I do not play! I am legend! You cannot break me!’ Fallon yelled. Shortly after, he asked his brother if he had any comment, but once again, he did not.
However, Bowen cut in to say that he had something to add which caused Jimmy to start yelling again, and soon resulted into Fallon and Timberlake jumping into song.
The sketch ended with a closing tune, and the other guests joined in by dancing in the background.
