![]() ![]() "Pop" reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart. poptimists argument." Billboard writer Larry Flick described the song as "a crafty, anthemic blend of Cameo-style electro-funk beats, Euro-pop synths, heavy-metal guitars, and Timberlake's now-signature human beat-box riffs." Commercial performance John Hugar of Uproxx opined that the song is "a sort of proto-salvo against in the rockist vs. BT used a total of 3,642 vocal edits in the song. It also includes a "dance-friendly breakdown", and a Timberlake-performed beat-box, which Jon O'Brien of Billboard compared to the sound of a drum machine. The song contains genre transitions such as turntablism, hair metal and electro-funk. "Pop" was written by Wade Robson and Timberlake, and produced by BT using his famous " stutter edit" sound. ![]() In the United Kingdom and Australia, it was released on July 9, 2001. On May 11, 2001, MTV broadcast a recording of "Pop" via satellite during NSYNC's tour rehearsal for PopOdyssey, which subsequently led to the song's radio release on May 14, 2001. Jive Records was initially reluctant to release "Pop" as the first single from Celebrity, as they reasoned that the song is "not radio-friendly" and didn’t "have a formula". ![]() After BT created over 1,200 edits of the track using Max Headroom-styled stutter-edits, he showed the song to Chasez and Timberlake, who immediately loved it. Timberlake initially hesitated, as he did not want it to be featured on any track, but relented as BT created four tracks using broken headphones. While the song was in production, BT heard Timberlake beatboxing under his breath, and asked to use his vocals. He eventually relented when Timberlake heard BT's song "The Hip Hop Phenomenon", from the UK version of his 1999 album Movement in Still Life, on the request that he "treat vocals so irreverently, it's not even funny". Chasez asked BT to appear on NSYNC's next album, but BT was initially hesitant due to his "ambivalence" towards the band. The group enlisted BT after JC Chasez and Timberlake befriended the musician. While discussing about "Pop" in a 2001 interview with Billboard, Justin Timberlake stated that NSYNC "put everything that is not considered ' pop music' in song". The mysterious power of catching them all is still all the rage and will see another bump in popularity when Ryan Reynolds' Detective Pikachu hits theaters in May.BT was personally asked by Chasez and Timberlake to produce the song.ĭespite the success of NSYNC's previous studio album No Strings Attached (2000), the band were constantly blasted by critics who had preconceptions of what a "credible group" was, which forced them to be more involved in the production of their next album, Celebrity. Kids and their parents more than likely at the very least knew the melody, with some hardcore fans taking down the entire rap and nailing every character in the process. It's pretty amazing to think that James "D-Train" Williams and John Siegler were able to create something that pulled off that feat and kept it interesting and catchy. The Pokémon rap got longer each week, adding more characters until there were 150. The band probably didn't really care all that much about recording their version of the rap, as they can be seen and heard flubbing the names of some of the most beloved Pokémon characters, though Timberlake seems to know his stuff. That being said, the boyband version of the PokeRap is pretty embarrassing, maybe even more embarrassing than the time that Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears wore matching denim outfits. 'NSync also appeared on Pokemon: The First Movie soundtrack, an album that sold over 2 million copies in the United States alone, going on to chart all over the world. ![]()
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