Justin Timberlake Announces the Release of His Emotional Next Song 'Drown': 'So Excited for New Music'

Mar. 15, 2025

Justin Timberlake teasing “Drown” on Instagram.Photo:Justin Timberlake/Instagram

Justin Timberlake/Instagram

Justin Timberlakeis keeping his fans afloat before the highly anticipated release of his new album.

“It’s about to break us / You showed me exactly who you are / And I should’ve believed it,” Timberlake sings with his voice in its signature high register.

The “Mirrors” singer announced the release date in the caption and offered his fans an update on his health, as he shared earlier this monthon Instagramthathe had come down with the flu.

“Made it out to London, still recovering from this flu. But trying to power through,” the former the*NSYNCmember wrote. “So excited for new music and everything coming this week.”

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“Drown” is the second single to drop off Timberlake’supcoming sixth studio album, which is due out March 15 (via RCA). It follows the album’s lead single “Selfish.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The “SexyBack” singer opened up in a January interview with Apple Music 1’sZane Loweaboutwhat fans can expectfrom his first LP in six years, calling the tracks “incredibly honest” and “introspective,” as well as some that are “ f—ing fun.”

Timberlake also shared that he looked to hispersonal past for inspiration. He revealed, “I was able, on some of the songs, to look back at the past and have a real, not a refracted perspective of what it was because they always say … you always hear that thing about, well, there’s never any truth, there’s just everybody’s perspective of what happened. But to really look at it and be able to metabolize and verbalize my perspective on it, I don’t think I’ve ever really done that before.”

“I think every artist probably says this, but it is my best work,” Timberlake added.

A source recently told PEOPLE that the “Can’t Stop This Feeling!” singer’s new project came naturally whenhe felt compelled to get back into the studioafter spending the past few years away from work to focus on his family.

Timberlake “just had this urge to create again,” the source said. “It was time.”

The source explained that he had “been fortunate to spend a lot of family time together in the past few years” with hiswife of nearly 12 yearsJessica Bieland theirtwo sons, Silas, 8½, and Phineas, 3½, and simply felt excited to make new music again.

source: people.com