Dear Justin Timberlake, I am obsessed!

Every girl at some point in her life (usually around the age of 13-18), will briefly find herself obsessed with a entertainer/celebrity of some sort. In most cases, such as mine, that celeb is a part of a boy band. When *Nsync came out back in the mid 90’s I was in middle school and I fell in love with them. I saw them in concert a million times, I had the tshirts, the magazines, the books, the dolls (yes, the dolls), I knew every word to every song by heart, I knew every dance move to every song by heart, my walls were covered in pictures of *Nsync…I literally could not think of anything else. When Justin Timberlake decided to go solo, I was in my senior year of high school. I was ready to let go of my teenybopper ways. I never thought that Justin going solo would turn into a whole new era of obsession for me. Needless to say, it has. It has big time.

Well I am now 29 and I can honestly say my obsession is probably at its all time high right now. Justin has just finished his world tour for The 20/20 Experience (absolutely the best record he ever put out) which I have seen 4 times. I actually feel knots in my stomach because I don’t know when he will be back with more music. Maybe he won’t. Who knows? But if we are all lucky he will grace us with new music sometime in the near future.

Why am I so obsessed you ask? Well, in true Lost Girl fashion, I have compiled a list of the reasons why JT is the greatest entertainer of our time!

The music. The reason why Justin’s music speaks to so many people, guys and girls alike, of all different walks of life, is because his music is GOOD. His lyrics are good. The beats, the rhythms, everything about it is good. His albums are the kind that you can listen to from beginning to end without skipping over songs. That’s a rare thing to find these days. He is respected in all different genres of music; pop, hip hop, r&b, rap, country…I have heard one of his songs on each of these type of radio stations. That’s pretty rare these days. His voice is amazing. He doesn’t need autotune or any of that, he is naturally talented. He can and will sing his heart out every single time.

He entertains. Have you ever been to a JT concert? If you haven’t you are truly missing out. He will have you dancing on your feet the whole entire time. He puts on an amazing show! He performs so much of his music that he actually takes an intermission and comes back for a whole second set. How many entertainers do that these days? You usually see an opening act, they set up the stage, and then the person you paid to see sings for an hour/hour and a half tops. Not Justin. He hits the ground running and does not stop! The man can dance his ass off! Seriously. And every concert truly is an experience of its own.

He’s versatile. Like I said before, Justin is respected in so many different genres. His music cannot be placed into just one category, it stretches out across the board. Also, something that is unique about JT, every time he puts out a new album it has a TOTALLY different feel from the one before. I remember hearing each and every first single that he released from each and every album he put out. I said the same thing each time “this is so different then everything that is out right now, this is so different then the stuff he has done before”. To reinvent yourself over and over like he has truly takes an artist. Not only is he well respected in the music scene, he also is respected in the acting community. He has been in some major movies with some major actors and definitely holds his own.

He doesn’t take himself too seriously. Celebs these days. They can’t laugh at themselves. Most of them seem too serious. It’s super annoying. But Justin…I mean, you’ve seen him on SNL. The dude is hilarious! There’s a reason why him and Jimmy Fallon get along so well. They are both so hysterical that it just works! There are not too many entertainers that can step out of their comfort zone the way that he can. And every time he does he knocks it out of the park!

He is freaking gorgeous. Okay, so I know this shouldn’t matter but it’s just an added bonus. Justin is absolutely gorge! He has a sense of style, he is confident, and well…just look at him! I could die! It’s too bad he’s happily married. Sigh.

So thank you Mr. JT. Thank you for years of entertainment, thank you for years of obsession and I do hope there are many more to come. And thank you for looking the way that you do. Because well, it’s nice. Very nice.

❤

On The Run

This past weekend I was lucky enough to score last minute tickets to Jay and Bey’s On The Run tour. If you know me, you know that I love music and especially love going to concerts. If it wasn’t for the ridiculous prices I would literally go to every single concert that I could! But I digress…

Jay Z. Beyonce. Dayummm. What a show! I’ve seen Jay Z before and was pretty impressed with his performance but besides seeing Destiny’s Child as an Opening Act, way back in 1990-something, I have never seen Beyonce live. This girl deserves all the praise that she gets. She can entertain like no one else. I could not keep my eyes off of her. When her and Jay Z shared the stage, I don’t even think I looked his way once. She is that unbelievable. The show had me on my feet dancing, singing, rapping, and throwing my diamond up from beginning to end. They started off with “03 Bonnie & Clyde” and then went back and forth with their own songs and ended with (as Jay Z always does) “Forever Young”. During “Forever Young”, a montage of their own home videos played out on the big screen, including footage from their wedding and their baby girl Blue, putting to rest the divorce rumors that have been spreading like wildfire (not to mention making me cry like a losahhh). I mean, maybe I’m falling into their “trap” but they looked genuinely happy to me. I can honestly say, Saturday night is the first time I saw Jay Z giggle…which he did numerous times in response to Beyonce’s playfulness towards him.

Anyway, I am now definitely part of the “Bey-hive”. All hail Queen Bey! In fact, I left that show thinking that I was Beyonce…because you know I’m flawless (I woke up like dis)…I’m even walking a little bit more fierce. Thanks for the confidence boost ‘Yonce!

The moral of the story is if you ever get the chance to see Beyonce live TAKE IT! Oh, and if you have some extra time go see that guy she’s married to also…JK, love you HOV!