| Drown | |
| Cover: | Justin Timberlake - Drown.png |
| Caption: | Promotional graphic |
| Type: | single |
| Album: | Everything I Thought It Was |
| Genre: | R&B[1] Pop[2] |
| Length: | 4:20 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | No Angels |
| Prev Year: | 2024 |
"Drown" is a song by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake. It was released on February 23, 2024, as a promotional single from his sixth studio album, Everything I Thought It Was. It was made to be an instant gratification track for those who pre-ordered the album, but was also released for streaming.[3] [4] The song impacted on Italian radio on November 1, 2024, as the album's third single.
Timberlake first teased "Drown" on February 19, 2024 with an Instagram video of him playing a snippet at the piano along with the caption, "So excited for new music and everything coming this week... Drown 2/23." He followed this on February 21, 2024 with a reel of himself working at a studio while the song played in the background.[5] The song was released digitally worldwide on February 23, 2024, and released an official lyric video on the same day[6] [7] along with the announcement of the European leg of his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour.[4] A lyric video was also released on February 22, 2024 and has received over 3 million views on YouTube as of April 2024.[8] Timberlake performed the song on The Forget Tomorrow World Tour 2024.[9]
| Peak position | |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[10] | 22 |
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| UK Singles Sales (OCC)[11] | 30 |
| Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | February 23, 2024 | RCA | |||
| Italy | November 1, 2024 | Radio airplay | [12] |