Justin Timberlake Is BACK!

Justin Timberlake wasn't just kicking back and relaxing before going into the studio to record his comeback album, Everything I Thought It Was -- in fact, he wrote more songs than he's ever come up with.

Justin tells Apple Music, “I worked for a long time on this album and I ended up with 100 songs. So, narrowing them down to 18 was a thing, and then, yeah, I’m really excited about this album. I think every artist probably says this, but it is my best work. I think there are moments that are incredibly honest, but also, there’s a lot of [effing] fun on this album."

And as far as that title? Justin says “I was playing it for people around me. They’re like, ‘Oh, this sounds like everything we know you for.’ And then another friend of mine was like, ‘Oh, this sounds like everything I thought I wanted from you.’ It was like that sort of phrase, in one way or another, was in the air.”

Everything I Thought It Was drops on March 15th. Justin will perform on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Dakota Johnson is the guest host.