4 songs Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears wrote about their relationship
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Britney Spears’ explosive new memoir “The Woman in Me” is only a mere week from hitting bookshelves but several snippets from the bombshell-laced book about Justin Timberlake have already whetted several potential readers’ appetite.
This week alone, Spears, 41, made several accusations that her former flame and “Mickey Mouse House” star cheated on her during their short-lived romance which began in 1999 before ending in a high-profile disaster in 2002.
Spears also said that the “Mirrors” singer told her to get an abortion after he got Spears pregnant stating that he was not quite ready to be a father.
Despite both Timberlake, 42, and Spears never admitting that the eventual breakup was due to infidelity, the duo traded jabs back and forth over several songs that hinted at the other’s wrongdoing.
Below, find all the songs that both Spears and Timberlake wrote about each other after their 2002 breakup.
“Cry Me A River” — Justin Timberlake (2002)
Fresh out of his break up with Spears, Timberlake released his iconic ballad “Cry Me A River” which fans immediately suspected was about his fallout with the Grammy Award winner.
The track’s eventual music video also featured several allusions to the “Toxic” singer including a blonde look-alike which seemed to confirm the reigning theory that the song was about Spears.
In a now-deleted Instagram post, the songstress threw shade at her ex-boyfriend with a side-by-side photo of her and the mysterious blonde wearing the exact same outfit.
“Thoughts while making this video … Hmmmm something looks familiar,” Spears quipped in the caption. “The hat … wait I look 👀 like that girl in the Justin Timberlake video with that hat in Cry Me A River!!! Oh s–t that’s ME !!! I’m Britney Spears ??? I guess I forget that sometimes.”
“Never Again” – Justin Timberlake (2002)
Still going through the trauma of heartbreak, Timberlake released “Never Again” along with his first-ever solo album “Justified.”
The song, while specifically not calling out Spears, hints that the “Womanizer” singer is cheating and lying.
“Would have given up my life for you. Guess it’s true what they say about love. It’s blind,” sings a depressed Timberlake in the song’s first verse adding “Girl, you lied straight to my face. Looking in my eyes.”
At various points in the song, Timberlake goes back and forth about whether to give the girl (allegedly Spears) a second chance saying “I’m half the man that I used to be when it was you and me.”
“Everytime” — Britney Spears (2003)
Britney Spears fired back at Timberlake with the lowest of blows when she released her 2003 hit “Everytime.”
The nearly two-decade-old video came back into the public eye after Spears began airing the dirty laundry between her and Timberlake in her new memoir.
In the video, Spears can be seen running down the hallways of a hospital before entering the room of a woman who appears to flatline and then another room where a woman cradles her newborn baby girl.
Several X (formerly Twitter) users have hypothesized that the imagery used in the video was supposed to represent her abortion and relationship with Timberlake.
“So, Britney Spears’ ‘Everytime’ is actually a lullaby for her unborn child with Justin Timberlake. This makes the meaning of the song a whole lot different now. She’s drowning herself to be with her baby; that’s my interpretation of the song & [music video],” one fan on X speculated.
“The HORRIBLE news about Britney’s abortion bc of Justin Timberlake just took ‘Everytime’ music video to a whole new view. She deserved better,” a second echoed.
“What Goes Around… Comes Around ” — Justin Timberlake ( 2006)
What goes around … does eventually come around, So Timberlake shouldn’t be quite so surprised or, as a source close to the former *NSYNC star puts it, “concerned” that his ex won’t hold any punches in her novel.
Still reeling from his success with “Cry Me A River,” Timberlake continued to allege that Spears herself was guilty of cheating on him during their 4-year relationship.
“Is this the way it’s really goin’ down, “Timberlake sings. “Is this how we say goodbye? Should’ve known better when you came around. That you were gonna make me cry.”
Further in the song, Timberlake sings about how it was “breakin’ my heart to watch you run around” and “know that you’re livin’ a lie.”
Several music critics and fans later agreed that the song seemed to be a sequel to “Cry Me a River” and also about his former flame — a critique the “SexyBack” singer vehemently denies.
Spears’ bombshell novel, “The Woman in Me,” is set to hit bookstores on Oct. 24.
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