Mr SexyBack is back. Justin Timberlake released his new single, Suit and Tie, across the globe this week.

It features rapper Jay-Z.

The upbeat jam is the 31-year-old's first musical offering since 2006's critically-acclaimed FutureSex/LoveSounds.

His third solo album, The 20/20 Experience, will be out later this year.

In a letter posted on his website, Timberlake said he started recording music in June.

He wrote that the "inspiration for this really came out of the blue".

Timberlake co-wrote and co-produced the song with Timbaland, Shawn Carter, Jerome "J-ROC" Harmon and James Fauntleroy. Timbalandproduced much of the Grammy Award-winning FutureSex/LoveSounds and is recognised as a driving force behind Timberlake's success.

The buzz around the pop star's return to music kicked off last Friday when he posted a video on his website that showed him walking into a studio, putting on headphones and saying: "I'm ready".

Timberlake also used the new single's release to promote the New Myspace, after he bought the long-standing social media service for about $US35 million ($33.3 million) from the previous owner News Corporation (owner of The Cairns Post) in 2011.

Timberlake has grand plans of returning the former giant of social media to its previous glory, with a full redesign and a renewed focus away from people and on music, film and television content.

New features include The Discover section, which includes trending artists, users, videos and music; a streaming radio section with genre stations similar to Spotify, Rdioand Pandora (without commercials) and the Mixes section, that revives the age-old mixtape for the modern era.

After a period of beta testing, The New Myspace now allows registrations from users. To get onboard, visit new. myspace.com and register your details.

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