Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears: a story of love and arguments, which now lights up with a song

Justin Timberlake He returned to the world of music with his new cut, selfie. The alarm was automatically raised 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 release.

Within a few minutes, The army of followers of the princess of pop managed to organize themselves to sabotage the latest premiere of the former partner of his idol. Together, they started playing Britney’s 2011 song non-stop. Here’s how THE selfie Spears entered the top 5 iTunes in the United States.

This is why it happened an unusual phenomenon: the first two positions in the iTunes chart were occupied by songs with the same titlenot only in the United States, but also in Canada, Mexico and Brazil. At the top of the list was selfie by Justin Timberlake and in second place was Britney.

After the commotion it generated this competition between fansthe debate has reopened on the problematic love relationship that the artists had between the end of the 90s and the beginning of the 2000s. Although more than 20 years have passed since their separation, it seems that their love story had no end.

The couple teenager ideal

Justin and Britney met while filming the TV show The Mickey Mouse Clubwhere they both worked from 1992 to 1994. Although they had crossed paths for the first time at the time, they only began their relationship in 1999, while Britney was opening for NSYNC’s world tour, the group of boys of which Timberlake was a part.

Since his first public appearance at the 2000 MTV VMAs, They became the couple of the moment and everything they did set trends. His presence in the music world also grew by leaps and bounds during his three years of relationship. In January 2001, they appeared together at the iconic halftime show of the Super Bowl, the NFL (National Football League) Championship Game.

Even though they have become real idols teenagers During their courtship, and even during their cohabitation, Britney and Justin’s relationship ended in March 2002, a month later their last joint public appearance at the Grammy Awards of that year.

The controversies years after the breakup

In 2021, while Britney was struggling with a court battle for her conservatorship, Justin Timberlake dedicated some words of support to her, making it clear to fans that there were no longer any problems between them. “We should all be rooting for Britney right now.”the singer wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) account.

However, to the surprise of fans of both stars, when Britney released 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 the decision was almost entirely influenced by her ex-boyfriend.

“Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. “He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were too young,” the singer said The woman I am, the book he published in 2023. “If it had been up to me alone, I would never have done it. Yet Justin was very sure he didn’t want to be a father,” he added.

Although Timberlake has never responded to these statements, until today keeps comments limited on his Instagram posts, due to the attacks received from Britney fans. Apparently the singer does not agree with the attacks that her ex-boyfriend receives and it was not her intention for this to happen.

On Sunday evening, the pop princess surprised her followers with an unexpected (and belated) apology. “I want to apologize for some of the things I wrote about in my book. If I have offended any of the people I truly care about, I am deeply sorry,” Britney wrote on her Instagram account, which It has been private for a few months.

Moreover, added some words of support to her ex-boyfriend’s new songFor try to stop the sabotage and the controversy his book generated. “I also wanted to say that I’m in love with Justin Timberlake’s new song, “Selfish”, Spears said.