The last time I broke out one of these was for Justin Timberlake’s triumphant return to the pop charts- JT enlisted David Fincher and his mighty RED-M camera and with Jay-Z they made what I called “Dude Vogue.” Well lo and behold, JT’s second single ended up inspiring an equally awesome video, this time from director Floria 
Sigismondi (The Runaways, a ton of cool music videos). The song is the result of Timberlake deciding there was nothing stopping him from making a Zeppelin/Queen-esque pop epic, and thus “Mirrors” happened.
It’s another great track, and the video is an exceptionally classy, interesting affair. Meditating on age and romance, it recalls last year’s Best Foreign Film winner Amour, though it’s not as punishing to watch as a Haneke film (as you might imagine). When JT finally makes his appearance, it turns into an intimate dance number that just fucking oozes with high class and sophistication. Enjoy.
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Cool video, but the song goes on too long, and would be better with some guitar riffs by Buckethead.
I thought it was good UNTIL he started his dancing bit, which wasn’t so much classy as it is weird for weirds sake. The song is really good though, but it DOES go on way to damn long. Bohemian Rhapsody went on forever because there was a shit ton of music to get through. this is a 4 minute song that just repeats one too many times. But I do really like the first half a lot. They say he’s going to play Elton John in the biopic. i’m not sure how I feel about that. He’s not offensively bad as an actor, but he’s NOT great either.
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