transformed from infatuation to the paranoid and elegiac admission of an addict". tight, clipped disco funk" and went onto say that it "descends precipitously into the gorgeous melancholy of 'I Think That She Knows', all MOR-rock guitar churn and weightless strings, the same chorus . In the Entertainment Weekly review of the album, critic Chris Willman wrote: "Superior tracks, like 'LoveStoned' and 'What Comes Around', suggest a happy middle path, where Timberlake can equally embrace Timbaland's canny beats and his own vocal helium." Tim Finney of Pitchfork Media described the song as "brilliantly . Justin Timberlake performing "LoveStoned" during his 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow concert tour Turenne concluded that the single is not just a song, "it's the start of an S&M porno script". Cameron Adams of the Herald Sun said that FutureSex/LoveSounds is a "bedroom" album and included "LoveStoned" as part of it. Barry Schwartz of Stylus magazine interpreted Timberlake's point of view, citing that "LoveStoned" is "high from sex". Ĭhristy Lemire of the Associated Press described the theme of the song as, "Justin sees a gorgeous girl on the floor and longs to bring her back to the VIP Room and/or just cut to the chase and take her directly home". Pareles concluded that the track's "pulsating guitar arrangement" were those similar to rock band U2. Jon Pareles of The New York Times noted that the sound was similar of recording artist Michael Jackson's 1983 song " Billie Jean". Russell Baillie of The New Zealand Herald reported that the song has a "prowling funk" sound. The Guardian's Alexis Petridis said of the unexpected shift in tone, "the sweaty, slap-bass funk vanishes, in favour of vigorously strummed, vaguely Sonic Youth-ish guitars, luscious strings and a gorgeous Kraftwerk-inspired counter-melody." Martin Turenne of The Georgia Straight described "LoveStoned" as "a space-age disco track in which he rhapsodizes about a statuesque goddess who casts a lustfully narcotic spell, leaving him defenceless against her predatory wiles". In an interview with Rolling Stone, Timberlake admitted that the "drony guitar interlude" featured in "I Think She Knows" was inspired by the alternative rock band Interpol. The musicscape features string arrangements on both songs and includes Timberlake's "famous falsetto". The song also includes "human beatbox sounds".
The first part of the song, "LoveStoned", starts off to "a boast" and the interlude "I Think She Knows" transitions into "an adoring two-minute love song about someone special".
The song is composed in the key of F minor and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows" is an R&B and art rock song. Problems playing this file? See media help. "LoveStoned" was originally scheduled to be released to mainstream radio in the United States in April 2007. "LoveStoned" contains sexually suggestive lyrics, with the line, "She's going home with me tonight". In an interview with MTV News, while promoting his second album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, Timberlake revealed that the first half of the album generally focuses on sex. "LoveStoned / I Think She Knows" was written by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Nate "Danja" Hills as a sexual love song. However, not one of them had an idea of what the album would be–no plan for it and even a title. Instead, he went to former Justified collaborator Timbaland's studio in Virginia Beach, Virginia to begin sessions for his second album. When he felt inspired to compose songs again, he did not choose to reunite with his former band NSYNC, although he considered doing it after his first record. He felt "burnt out" after Justified this partly changed his career's direction, wherein he took a break from the music industry and instead appeared in films. "LoveStoned" was recorded at the Thomas Crown Studios, located in Virginia Beach, Virginia ( pictured).Īfter the release of his debut solo album Justified in 2002, Timberlake thought he "lost his voice" in the sense that he did not like what he was doing.
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