DJ Khaled is feeling good about his upcoming new album, which he announced to be ‘99% done’ in a series of social media posts on Friday.
His enthusiasm was sparked, in part, when he was able to land the two Justins: Timberlake and Bieber, to appear on the solo project titled, Khaled Khaled.
While his day included a confirmation from Timberlake that his ‘vocals is in’, and a celebratory jump into his backyard pool, the famed record producer did miss out on a FaceTime call from the two pop superstars.
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Legendary: Pop superstars Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake tried to FaceTime DJ Khaled to no avail after the famed record producer celebrated his upcoming studio album is ‘99% done’
The social media flurry began before noon when Khaled celebrated the news that Timberlake had submitted his vocals for a song on his new studio album.
‘THE VOCALS IS IN!’ Khaled yelled repeatedly at the top of his lungs in an Instagram video as he ran outside his posh home and jumped into his pool.
While underwater, and upside down, the Louisiana native continued to yell ‘the vocals is in’ two more times as bubbles from his breath surrounded his face and body.
When he finally did come up for air, he yelled out: ‘The Justin Timberlake vocals is in’ and that his new album is ‘99% done.’
‘The vocal is in’: The day’s events began with Khaled celebrated the news that Timberlake had submitted his vocals for a song on his new studio album
Hyped: The Louisiana native repeatedly yelled at the top of his lungs that the ‘vocals is in’ as he ran outside his posh home and jumped into his pool
Making a splash: While underwater, and upside down, he continued to yell ‘the vocals is in’ two more times as bubbles from his breath surrounded his face and body
Take a breath: When Khaled finally did come up for air, he yelled out: ‘The Justin Timberlake vocals is in’ and that his new album is ‘99% done.’
Not long after his escapade in the water, Khaled had a FaceTime call with JT, where the two talked about how ‘important’ they feel their collaborative song means to each of them.
‘J U S T I N T I M B E R L A K E VOCALS IS IN!! This LAST MINUTE MAGIC DIFFERENT,’ he declared in the caption of the video showing Timberlake’s face during their call.
Wanting to build up the excitement and surprise Khaled, Timberlake and Bieber tried to FaceTime him together – to no avail. It turns out the I’m The One producer missed the call because he was hard at work on the song and album.
Reaching out: After his escapade in the water, Khaled had a FaceTime call with JT, where the two talked about how ‘important’ they feel their collaborative song means to each of them
Pop superstars: Timberlake shared a screenshot of himself and Bieber from their failed FaceTime call, which Khaled conceded he missed because he busy working on his album, but ‘would call you back’
‘I’m so stressed out in a good way mixing and mastering this album I missed the legendary FaceTime of the ICONS @justinbieber and @justintimberlake,’ Khaled shared alongside a screenshot of the two Justins.
‘My brothers I’m gonna call you back! I’m mixing BOTH of y’all’s VOCALS!’
He proceeded to reveal that Bieber’s song was mixed ‘a few days ago’ and ready for mastering, while Timberlake’s tune is already ‘off to mix.’
‘My brothers I will call you RIGHT BACK! I’m in ALBUM MODE !!!! #99% DONE. KHALED KHALED THE ALBUM COMING.’
Hours later, Timberlake shared the same screenshot from the missed FaceTime call of himself and Bieber.
More star power: The I’m The One producer also shared a photo from his meeting with Diddy
‘The eyes never lie’: There’s another photo of Khaled in mid-conversation with Diddy
The star power didn’t end there. Later in the evening Khaled posted a photo of himself having a conversation with Diddy in an outdoor patio.
‘KHALED KHALED x @diddy BILLI AND DIDDY ALBUM MODE. STILL IN THE MEETING, he wrote in the caption.
About an hour later, he shared another image of the two chatting with the caption: ‘AT THIS MOMENT I TOLD @diddy THE EYES NEVER LIE. Cigar music alert. KHALED KHALED ALBUM MODE.’
In mid-July, Khaled released two singles simultaneously: Popstar and Greece, both featuring Drake, two days after announcing his twelfth studio album would be titled Khaled Khaled, which is his legal name.
Pumped: Khaled announced ‘we focused VERY FOCUSED’ in another Instagram post
In the zone: In mid-July, Khaled released two singles simultaneously: Popstar and Greece, both featuring Drake, two days after announcing his twelfth studio album would be titled Khaled Khaled, which is his legal name