JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (with Jordan Sargent)
b"DJ Louie is joined by former Gawker and Spin writer Jordan Sargent for a reassessment of a pop star who really demands one: Justin Timberlake. Louie and Jordan break down the ways Justin\\u2019s legacy has been altered by cultural reckonings on white male privilege, cultural appropriation, and his roles both implicit and explicit in harming the careers of Janet Jackson and Britney Spears. They then break down Justin\\u2019s gold-standard transition from boy bander to credible adult star and the successful-if-unsavory ways he put a white face on contemporary R&B music with his massively successful debut album, Justified. They also discuss how luck and privilege played into his cultural dominance in the mid aughts, the genuine, daring musical innovation on his smash second album FutureSex/LoveSounds, and how he and his collaborators lost the thread in the latter period of his career. Louie and Jordan then debate if you could tell an abridged history of pop without mentioning Justin and how his fall from grace in the eyes of the general public has affected his standing in the official Pop Pantheon.\\nCheck out Louie's Playlist of Timberlake Essentials on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7eualDkxF3g4KbzVzbFEgQ?si=4be24c541900467a\\nFollow Pop Pantheon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poppantheonpod/\\nFollow Pop Pantheon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PopPantheonPod\\nFollow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djlouiexiv/\\nFollow DJ Louie XIV on Twitter: https://twitter.com/djlouiexiv\\nFollow Jordan Sargent on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordansarge"