Pop superstar Justin Timberlake returned on Friday with his first new song in three years, a cheery pop number that will appear on his upcoming movie Trolls.
Timberlake released a video for Can’t Stop the Feeling in which the singer dances across his studio with appearances by other voice actors from the movie including actress Anna Kendrick and fellow pop star Gwen Stefani.
Trolls, a three-dimensional animation to be released by studio DreamWorks on November 4, is based on troll dolls, the frazzled-hair toys that have enjoyed periodic popularity in the West since the 1950s and are based on the mischievous small hermits of Norse mythology.
But Can’t Stop the Feeling has little obvious connection to trolls and instead takes on a summery party vibe, with an electronic backdrop to the chorus in which Timberlake sings, Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance. The sound is stylistically consistent for Timberlake, who has recently appeared with country stars Little Big Town and Chris Stapleton.
