Bazzi on His ‘Cosmic’ Journey, Chance Encounter With Justin Timberlake

Rising singer-songwriter Bazzi joins the show! Bazzi called in to chat about his No. 1 Pop Songs hit “Mine”, his Cosmic album, connecting with Camila Cabello on tour (and in the studio) and a chance encounter with one of his “biggest inspirations”, Justin Timberlake.

After Bazzi wrapped his opening gig for Cabello in early May, he headed out on the road for his own solo tour, which has dates lined up through Aug. 8. He’ll then join Timberlake from Aug. 13 through Aug. 29 on the European leg of his Man of the Woods Tour.

Weirdly enough, Bazzi was invited to join Timberlake’s tour a few days after encountering the pop star by chance in the Bahamas — but didn’t speak to him.

Bazzi says he was eating dinner at a resort on vacation, “and there were literally two groups of people there” — Bazzi and his family and friends, and then Timberlake and his wife Jessica Biel, apparently on vacation.

Bazzi says no words were exchanged between him and Timberlake. “Nothing. Nothing. Not a single word, not one word to each other. We both just ate our food and I didn’t want to bother him… I definitely was not gonna walk up and mess with their vibe”.

And then, perhaps by Cosmic chance, “two or three days later, he asked me to open up for him on his tour”.

Billboard