Everything I Thought It Was

Everything I Thought It Was is the sixth studio album by Justin Timberlake, released in March 2024 on RCA Records and produced by Timbaland, Andrew Watt, Amy Allen, and others, Timberlake's most personal and reflective album, released during a period of public attention around his legal difficulties and at a moment when the commercial landscape for his style of neo-soul pop had changed significantly from his 2006–2013 peak. Timberlake co-wrote all material; 'Selfish,' 'No Angels,' and 'Drown' were among the principal tracks, with a production approach synthesizing the Timbaland neo-soul framework with more contemporary pop production. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 108,000 first-week units and received divided critical reviews, with some noting the continued quality of the vocal performances and production and others citing a disconnect between the album's self-reflective tone and the biographical context of Timberlake's off-album public narrative. Everything I Thought It Was stands as Timberlake's most introspective studio statement and the album that most directly addresses his sense of his own career and identity. The album's commercial and critical reception, while modest relative to Timberlake's 2000s peak, confirmed that his collaborative relationship with Timbaland remained one of the most productive in mainstream pop production and that his vocal gifts, refined across three decades of performance, continued to provide a platform for sophisticated adult R&B that few contemporaries could match.