Justin Timberlake’s new video was yanked from YouTube on Wednesday for violating nudity policies.
The 32-year-old singer earlier posted a message on Twitter announcing the debut of the video for his single Tunnel Vision and warned of its nature.
‘Check out the new video for Tunnel Vision and be ready…it’s explicit. -teamJT,’ the tweet said.
Banned from YouTube: Justin Timberlake’s new video for single Tunnel Vision debuted online on Wednesday, but was quickly removed from YouTube for violating nudity policies
Explicit content: Justin tweeted about the video’s explicit nature as it was released
Dali-like imagery: Justin’s face was superimposed on three women at one point in the video making for a surreal Salvador Dali-like image
Duly warned: Justin tweeted about the new video and warned of its explicit content
The sparsely shot video featured Justin dressed head to toe in sober grey and black outfits from British brand AllSaints.
Justin and long-term collaborator Timbaland are seen ogling a trio of models prancing around topless in nude-coloured thongs.
Topless models: The video featured women in nude G-string thongs being ogled by Justin and Timbaland
Grey day: Justin is courting controversy by featuring nude models, but he remained fully clothed in head to toe AllSaints which he also wore in his Suit & Tie video
Mental picture: Justin knew that a picture would last longer
The models danced around strategically covering themselves at points with their arms and were also partially obscured by mist.
The video was directed by Jonathan Craven, Simon McLoughlin and Jeff Nicholas. Jonathan is the son of well known horror producer Wes Craven who created A Nightmare on Elm Street.
The song is the third single from Justin’s new album The 20/20 Experience and lyrically it has Justin proclaiming that he has romantic tunnel vision for a single love interest.
The explicit video followed in the footsteps of Robin Thicke’s unrated video for his hit song Blurred Lines that also was banned last month from YouTube for its trio of topless models.
Steamy video: The video was removed from YouTube shortly after making its debut
Beautiful: Justin appeared to have taken a leaf from Robin Thicke’s book – the soul singer also used scantily clad models in his video for Blurred Lines
Third single: Tunnel Vision is the third single off Justin’s latest album The 20/20 ExperienceTimberlake and his new album have recently has drawn comparisons to Thicke for similarly meshing R&B, soul and pop sounds.
Tunnel Vision was released as a single on June 14.
Justin’s follow-up album called 20/20 Experience (2 of 2) has been scheduled for release in September.
Longtime star: Justin, shown in his video for Tunnel Vision, rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of boy band ‘N Sync
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