--- title: Watch Justin Timberlake Correct Ellen DeGeneres's Singing description: The 'Can't Stop the Feeling' singer went on The Ellen Show and set the record straight on a commonly misheard lyric in his hit song. canonical: https://time.com/4558539/watch-justin-timberlake-on-ellen/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-04T16:38:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:24.888Z og:title: Watch Justin Timberlake Correct Ellen DeGeneres's Singing og:description: The 'Trolls' star set Ellen straight on a commonly misunderstood song lyric. og:url: https://time.com/4558539/watch-justin-timberlake-on-ellen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Justin Timberlake Correct Ellen DeGeneres's Singing twitter:description: The 'Trolls' star set Ellen straight on a commonly misunderstood song lyric. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Justin Timberlake Explain the 'Can't Stop the Feeling' Lyrics You're Getting Wrong  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 4, 2016 4:38 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 4, 2016 4:38 PM UTC Justin Timberlake stopped by _The Ellen Show_ on Thursday to [chat about _Trolls_](http://time.com/4198045/anna-kendrick-justin-timberlake-trolls-trailer/?iid=sr-link3), his “pretty rad” [18-month old Silas](http://time.com/3818638/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-son-silas-randall-timberlake/?iid=sr-link1), and his upcoming album (he’s currently in the studio with Pharrell Williams, “Tim” \[Timbaland\], and “Max” \[legendary Swedish producer [Max Martin](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/11/13/one-directions-songwriters-theyre-what-make-the-boy-band-beautiful/?iid=sr-link2)\], he said). He also set the record straight about a line from his popular summer hit [“Can’t Stop the Feeling”](http://time.com/4320314/justin-timberlake-new-song-cant-stop-the-feeling/?iid=sr-link1) that a lot of people might be getting wrong. Ellen noted that she had sent him a video of her singing along to the song, which he got a kick out of. “There was no tequila involved,” Timberlake jokes about the clip she had sent him one evening. “My favorite was when you were like ‘just electric, just electric, just electric’… I was like that’s… that’s not the words,” Timberlake admitted, prompting DeGeneres’s surprise. “It pretty clearly says ‘just imagine,'” he breaks it to her. “You should just change the lyric,” DeGeneres counters. Watch their full encounter, above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4558539/watch-justin-timberlake-on-ellen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4558539/watch-justin-timberlake-on-ellen/"},"headline":"Watch Justin Timberlake Explain the 'Can't Stop the Feeling' Lyrics You're Getting Wrong","datePublished":"2016-11-04T16:38:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:24.888Z","description":"It's 'just imagine,' not 'just electric'","url":"https://time.com/4558539/watch-justin-timberlake-on-ellen/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4558539/watch-justin-timberlake-on-ellen/","name":"Watch Justin Timberlake Explain the 'Can't Stop the Feeling' Lyrics You're Getting Wrong"}}]}] ```