"Supplies" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for his fifth studio album, '' Man of the Woods'' (2018). It was written and produced by Timberlake with Pharrell Williams and

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, and released on January 18, 2018. Its music video was directed by Dave Meyers. The song was serviced to rhythmic radio on January 23, 2018, as the album's second single.

Production

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- and Danja-produced " Filthy". "Supplies" was produced by Timberlake and The Neptunes. Despite The Neptunes' prolific production on *NSYNC's "

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" and " Señorita"), and good relations with Timberlake, "Supplies" is the first solo song by Timberlake to be produced by the duo since 2003's " I'm Lovin' It", following The Neptunes' disputes with Jive Records (whom Timberlake was signed to at the time) over rap-group Clipse.

Composition

"Supplies" is an R&B song, with a steady beat and

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-like melody with onomatopoeic interjections from Pharrell Williams.

Music video

Directed by Dave Meyers, the song's music video shows a couple living in a dystopian society with hints of the present. The clip starts in a darkened room with an array of television screens showing images of the socio-political climate. Co-star

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interrupts a religious cult ritual, before entering a room full of levitating people with halos on their heads. Timberlake removes a halo from one of the people, causing them to collapse to the floor. Later, Timberlake is seen again in the room with the television screens, with said televisions combusting, before being joined by González in a post-apocalyptic scenario. A group of five children appear, with the duo taking them under their care. One of the children tells the viewer to "die already", and that they are "still asleep". Pharrell Williams, who did the co-production of the song, makes a brief cameo appearance in the video.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Justin Timberlake – production, vocal production * Pharrell Williams – production, additional vocals *

– production *Andrew Coleman – engineering *Mike Larson – engineering *Jon Sher – assistant engineering *Ben Sedano – assistant engineering *Elliot Ives – guitar

Charts

Release history

References

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