Until Yesterday

"Until Yesterday" is the first single from JC's second solo album. JC co-wrote and co-produced the song with his fellow NSYNC and MMC colleague Justin Timberlake. 

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Arjanwrites.com  
This song is finger-licking good and Chasez is sounding better than ever.

Billboard  
"Until Yesterday" marks a dramatic change in his musical approach, with a minor-chord-driven Beatles-esque meets "Rocky Horror" track about discovering your girlfriend is pregnant with another man's kid.

Dawn  
Quintessential old-school pop, this track is more Beatles-esque than 21st century...[with Until Yesterday] he is poised to catapult to a new level of fame.

Dirrrtypop  
93% Poptastic!

Entertainment Weekly  
[Until Yesterday] reveals a nasty side: It's a nervy, poisonous kiss-off to a cheating lover.

Entertainment Weekly - Popwatch  
While "Until Yesterday" has an undeniably driving beat and a sticks-in-your-head melody that converge and build to a very dramatic crescendo (a la "Cry Me a River"), the lyrics of this single give me uncomfortable cause for pause.

Idolator  
It's a doozy--prepare yourself for a stomping take on the power ballad, complete with sorta corny lyrics, a Freddie Mercury-channeling backing choir, military drums, and a fist-raising run-up to the final chorus.

MidWeek News  
Darned if it isn't infectious. The vocals coincide with its percussion during the chorus, so it gives the sense of coming at you all at once.

Poster Girl  
“Until Yesterday” has its share of rhythm-jumping and manages to sound adventurous and unique (theatrical, I’d say)

Rhapsody  
With a sinister pulse and snaking melody, the verse to this JC Chasez single may be ominous, but it's the chorus that gets downright nasty...

Stylus  
The specificity of the lyrics would be a point against under most circumstances, but the music, funky and lavishly arranged and harmonised, is so perfectly suited to a tale of grand deception and betrayal.

The Stranger Song  
You can still feel the same Chasez breaking out in all his songs - the man has a real voice, and a sticky-icky sensuality that naturally wills listeners to grind on the dance floor.