Justin Timberlake and Ant Clemons performed their new song “Better Days” as part of the Celebrating America special in honor of the opening of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Timberlake and Clemons performed at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tennessee. After starting things out at one of the Stax studios, a band and a full choir joined the street. Watch it all go down below.
A new version of the song with Clemons, Timberlake and Kirk Franklin will hit broadcast services at midnight tonight. Timberlake and Clemons previously performed “Better Days” at Stacey Abrams’ virtual concert Rock the Runoff in December.
“The fact that the Stax Museum and Stax Music Academy were chosen by Justin Timberlake, Ant Clemons, and the Presidential Inaugural Committee to represent Memphis, Tennessee at the 2021 presidential inauguration, not only speaks to the strength, magic, and timelessness of the soul music, but it also shines a bright light on the work we’ve been doing here at the Soulsville Foundation for over 20 years, ”Richard Greenwald, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, said in a statement.“ We’re grateful to our friend Justin Timberlake for accepting our mission and really caring about the young people we work with every day. “
Other opening day performers were Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, John Legend and the New Radicals gathered.