Justin Timberlake desires bygones to be bygones with ex Britney Spears.
“Justin hasn’t been letting the Britney fans get him down,” a supply completely finds within the new factor of Us Weekly. “He believes his music and performance will speak for itself and is looking forward to connecting with his fans from the stage again.”
Previous this month, Timberlake, 43, started his musical comeback as he dropped his new track “Selfish,” his first solo unmarried in additional than 5 years. “Selfish” is the primary track that Timberlake launched off his upcoming album, The entirety I Concept It Was once, which shall be to be had on March 15. (Ultimate 12 months, Timberlake and his ‘NSync bandmates dropped a brand new track “Better Place” for the film Trolls Band In combination.)
Hours after “Selfish” hit airwaves, fanatics of Spears, 42, rallied in combination to circulate her 2011 track of the similar title. Spears’ observe made it to No. 4 at the iTunes charts whilst Timberlake’s sat in first position.
Timberlake, on the other hand, isn't letting the web discourse get him down. A 2d supply tells Us that the musician is “very much on a path forward” and isn’t getting “sidetracked by the negativity.”
“He’s so excited to be making music again and doing what he loves,” the insider stocks. “He made sure everything was perfect before teasing the new album.”
Spears’ fanatics made up our minds to move after Timberlake 3 months after she printed her memoir, The Girl in Me, through which the pop superstar spread out about her romance with Timberlake, whom she dated from 1999 to 2002.Within the guide, Spears detailed the duo’s alleged mutual infidelity and printed that she had an abortion all through their courting.
Whilst Timberlake confronted backlash from the “Toxic” singer’s tell-all, Spears has since made effort to fix fences together with her ex. After fanatics strengthened her track to No. 4 on iTunes to compete with Timberlake, Spears took to Instagram to express regret for what she shared in her guide.
“I wanna apologize for some of the things I wrote about in my book,” Spears penned on the time. “If I offended any of the people I genuinely care about I am deeply sorry.”
Spears didn’t specify who her apology was once directed in opposition to, however she was once reputedly alluding to Timberlake. Within the put up, she additionally shared a clip of her ex appearing the “Classroom Instruments” section all through his fresh look on The This night Display Starring Jimmy Fallon. Spears additionally gushed about how a lot she appreciated Timberlake’s new track.
“Also wanted to say I am in love with Justin Timberlake’s new song ‘Selfish.’ It is soo good and how come every time I see Justin and Jimmy together I laugh so hard ???” she wrote on the time.
This wasn’t the primary time Spears addressed how folks would understand her memoir. When Spears’ guide to begin with hit cabinets, she took to social media to give an explanation for that she didn’t write it with the aim to “offend” somebody, as an alternative she was once searching for closure from her previous.
“It’s a beautiful clean slate from here!!!” she mentioned by way of Instagram in October 2023. “I am here to establish it that way for the rest of my entire life!!! Either way, that is the last of it and s–t happens. This is actually a book I didn’t know needed to be written, although some might be offended, it has given me closure on all things for a better future.”
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