Justin Timberlake has announced his first album in five years - but not everyone is getting behind the pop star's new image.

Timberlake revealed the date and title of his new album Man of the Woods in a video teaser, in which he is portrayed as a kind of country woodsman, running through cornfields and wearing a poncho.

"This album is really inspired by my son, my wife, my family, but more so than any other album I've ever written, where I'm from – it's personal," says Timberlake in a voiceover.

The internet swiftly began to pick apart Timberlake's new image, with some joking that the singer was trying to emulate alternative folk artist Bon Iver.

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Man of the Woods

is due for release on February 2.

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