Justin Timberlake teases first new music as a solo artist in 6 years with upcoming single ‘Selfish’: Listen

The singer shared a preview of his new song on Instagram Friday

Justin Timberlake. PHOTO: KEVIN MAZUR/GETTY

Justin Timberlake is back with new music!

The singer, 42, teased his upcoming single “Selfish,” which marks his first new music as a solo artist in six years following the release of his 2018 album Man in the Woods, on Instagram Friday.

Timberlake shared a snippet of the mid-tempo ballad in a video, which included clips from rehearsals of his intimate gig at The Orpheum in Memphis, Tennessee, where he played an intimate show on Friday evening.

In the post, which he captioned “ONE NIGHT ONLY,” Timberlake stood onstage before the show. The singer also walked through the empty auditorium as he watched his band set up onstage before fans arrived.

Another clip showed Timberlake holding a hat that read, “What’s better than having everything that you dreamed of?”

Timberlake previously shared a video teaser earlier on Friday for “EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WAS,” which is suspected to be his forthcoming album.

“Justin Timberlake Presents: “EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WAS” Preface by Benicio Del Toro,” Timberlake wrote in his caption. In the clip, which was filmed in mock movie trailer-style, Del Toro, 56, provides a hilarious voiceover as he describes what is shown in the teaser.

“What do we have here?” the actor — who appeared with Timberlake in the 2023 Netflix film Reptile — says at the beginning of the clip, as a model car then appears in the shot.

“Oh, that’s a nice car — wait, it’s a model. Did that say, ‘JT?’ ” Del Toro asks, before a shot of a sunset then appears. “Okay, that sunset is definitely not real,” he adds.

The camera then pans out to show Timberlake standing with his back turned. “Oh, there is Justin,” Del Toro says. “Why won’t he turn around? What the f— is he staring at?” he adds as the clip abruptly ends with horror-style music.

Timberlake posted a teaser for new music in posts on Instagram Friday.JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/INSTAGRAM

In another post shared on Friday, Timberlake confirmed that he will be appearing on Saturday Night Live on Jan. 27, alongside Dakota Johnson, who will serve as host.

Timberlake released his fifth studio album Man of the Woods on Feb. 2, 2018. Off of the album, he released four singles: “Filthy,” “Supplies,” “Say Something” featuring Chris Stapleton and “Man of the Woods.”

In September 2023, the singer also released his first song in over 20 years with *NSYNC when the band reunited on the record “Better Place” for the film Trolls Band Together.