Justin Timberlake
returned to the world of music with his new song,
Selfish
.
The alarms automatically went off among the fans of his ex-girlfriend, Britney Spears, who
has a song with the same title
.
This caused
an unexpected boycott, which ended up overshadowing the launch of the singer's new album
.
In a matter of minutes,
the army of followers of the pop princess managed to organize themselves to sabotage the most recent premiere of
their idol's former partner.
Together, they began playing Britney's 2011 song non-stop. This is how
Spears' Selfish
entered
the top 5 of
iTunes
in the United States
.
For this reason,
an unusual phenomenon occurred: the first two positions in the iTunes ranking were occupied by songs with the same title
, not only in the United States, but also in Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
At the top of the list was
Selfish
by Justin Timberlake and in second place was Britney's
.
After the commotion that
this competition generated among fans
, the discussion was reopened about the problematic love relationship that the artists had in the late '90s and early 2000s. Even though more than 20 years have passed since their separation, it seems as if
their love story had no end
.
The
ideal
teen couple
Justin and Britney met during the filming of the television show
The Mickey Mouse Club
, where they both worked between 1992 and 1994. Despite having crossed paths for the first time back then, they only began their relationship in 1999, while Britney was opening act for the world tour of NSYNC, the
boy band
that Timberlake was a part of.
Since their first public appearance at the MTV VMAs in 2000,
they became the couple of the moment and everything they did set trends
.
Their presence in the music world also grew by leaps and bounds during their
three-year relationship
.
In January 2001, they appeared together at the iconic Super Bowl halftime show, the final of the NFL (National Football League).
Marque Lynche, second from left, was part of the Mickey Mouse Club in the mid-1990s, along with Nikki DeLoach, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Ryan Gosling (CC2)
Despite having become true
teen
idols during their courtship, and having even lived together, the relationship between Britney and Justin came to an end in March 2002, a month after
their last joint public appearance at the Grammy Awards
of that year. anus.
The controversies years after the breakup
In 2021, while Britney was going through a court battle for her guardianship, Justin Timberlake dedicated some words of support to her, making fans understand that there were no longer problems between the two.
"We should all be supporting Britney right now
," the singer wrote on his X account (ex Twitter).
However, to the surprise of the followers of both stars, when Britney published her memoirs last year she revealed that
during her relationship with Timberlake she had become pregnant, but had an abortion
.
In her story, she explains that her decision was almost entirely influenced by her ex-boyfriend.
Justin and Britney, when there was love between them.
"
Justin was definitely not happy with the pregnancy
. He said that we were not ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were too young," said the singer in
The Woman I Am,
the book she published in 2023
.
"If it had been up to me alone, he never would have done it. And yet, Justin was very sure that he didn't want to be a father," she added.
Although Timberlake never responded to these statements, to this day
he keeps comments limited on his Instagram posts
, due to the attacks he received from Britney's fans.
Apparently, the singer does not agree with the attacks that her ex-partner receives and it was not her intention for this to happen.
On Sunday night, the pop princess surprised her followers with an unexpected (and late) apology.
“I want to apologize for some of the things I wrote about in my book
.
If I offended any of the people I really care about, I am deeply sorry,” Britney wrote on her Instagram account, which
she has been private for a few months now
.
Britney and Justin, 22 years ago.
AFP
In addition,
she added a few words of support to her ex-boyfriend's new song
, to
try to put a stop to the sabotage
and controversy that her book generated.
"I also wanted to say that I'm in love with Justin Timberlake's new song,
Selfish
,
" Spears said.