Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

Adult Contemporary radio is simply the worst. It seems to exist to cause the least offense possible, and in doing so, reveals unpleasant intentions. Like, you know how you listen to the radio sometimes and you'll hear edited versions of hits with raps taken out? There's a severely uncomfortable level of gentrification at play that makes me ill. It's kind of bizarre that it doesn't get called out more often, because its existence either means that those in charge are intentionally trying to whitewash the radio, or they're seeking approval of those who do desire this. You know the whole adage of people losing sponsorships when they say problematic things? That's because most normal people don't want to associate with this sort of thing.

Rather than bog this review down with that, I'll present a more amusing take on these things. The format is called Adult Contemporary, some 9 months or so ago, the biggest songs on the format included 2 teen pop singers (one even still a teenager), and this, a former teen pop idol performing a song written for a children's movie. This is radio for the mature adult clearly.

Anyway, as I write this review, this song, a year since release is STILL the 5th most played song on adult contemporary radio. Imagine the hell of having to hear this song every day for years to come. A song that personally got old in weeks. Really it's so disappointing to come from Justin Timberlake, who's always been ahead of the curve, never dulling down to capture every common denominator, and making some incredible music in the process. This is just unrewarding pap.