--- title: Justin Timberlake Preps for Super Bowl Halftime Show Video description: In a new behind-the-scenes video, Timberlake and his crew of choreographers and dancers show their rehearsals for the Halftime Show. canonical: https://time.com/5118876/justin-timberlake-halftime-prep/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-25T17:46:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:21.409Z og:title: Here's How Justin Timberlake Is Prepping for the Super Bowl og:description: Check out Timberlake and his team rehearsing for their Halftime Show og:url: https://time.com/5118876/justin-timberlake-halftime-prep/ 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: Here's How Justin Timberlake Is Prepping for the Super Bowl twitter:description: Check out Timberlake and his team rehearsing for their Halftime Show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How Justin Timberlake Is Prepping for the 'Crisp Without Being Showboaty' Super Bowl Halftime Show ## Video: Justin Timberlake by the Numbers [Watch (HLS stream): Justin Timberlake by the Numbers](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3UZsRYb3.m3u8) (1:39)  _Published 2017-12-11. Justin Timberlake by the Numbers_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 25, 2018 5:46 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 25, 2018 5:46 PM UTC We’re now in the midst of Justin Timberlake season: he’s [put out two singles](http://time.com/5089351/justin-timberlake-filthy-new-song/), has an album on its way Feb. 2, and on Feb. 4 [will be the star](http://time.com/5097637/justin-timberlake-super-bowl-singing/) of the Super Bowl LII Halftime Show. In a new video shared by sponsor [Pepsi](https://www.pepsi.com/en-us/#pepsisuperbowl), Timberlake gives us a peek into his preparations for performing on the world’s biggest stage. It’s only a 13-minute set, but a lot goes into making it all come together. “It’s gonna go by quick. Like, _\*snaps\*_,” Timberlake notes in the clip, which shows choreography rehearsals in New York City with the “Filthy” singer and his crew of dancers and longtime choreographer, Marty Kudelka. (“Justin and Marty have a very unique and very special relationship,” explains assistant choreographer AJ Harpold; they’ve been working together since all the way back in his \*NSYNC days.) “He has his own style of movement that complements the way that I like to move onstage. It’s crisp without being showboat-y,” Timberlake describes the choreography. As for the goal once they get out on the [Minneapolis field](http://time.com/5112362/eagles-patriots-fans-celebrate-pole/)? “Unity. That’s all we’re gonna try to do. I don’t worry about if things go wrong, because perfection is the death of greatness,” Timberlake muses. “If the ethos can be like, hey, for 12 or 13 minutes we’re gonna have a really good time, I think if everything spawns off of that, I think it will be fine.” Check out the group’s moves so far for an early look at what to expect come Super Bowl Sunday in the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5118876/justin-timberlake-halftime-prep/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5118876/justin-timberlake-halftime-prep/"},"headline":"How Justin Timberlake Is Prepping for the 'Crisp Without Being Showboaty' Super Bowl Halftime Show","datePublished":"2018-01-25T17:46:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:21.409Z","description":"\"Perfection is the death of greatness\"","url":"https://time.com/5118876/justin-timberlake-halftime-prep/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Justin Timberlake"],"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/5118876/justin-timberlake-halftime-prep/","name":"How Justin Timberlake Is Prepping for the 'Crisp Without Being Showboaty' Super Bowl Halftime Show"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Justin Timberlake by the Numbers","description":"Justin Timberlake by the Numbers","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3UZsRYb3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-12-11T22:40:28.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3UZsRYb3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5118876/justin-timberlake-halftime-prep/","duration":"PT1M39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5118876/justin-timberlake-halftime-prep/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```