Justin Timberlake needs bygones to be bygones with ex Britney Spears.
“Justin hasn’t been letting the Britney followers get him down,” a supply solely reveals within the new concern of Us Weekly. “He believes his music and efficiency will converse for itself and is wanting ahead to connecting along with his followers from the stage once more.”
Earlier this month, Timberlake, 43, started his musical comeback as he dropped his new tune “Egocentric,” his first solo single in additional than 5 years. “Egocentric” is the primary tune that Timberlake launched off his upcoming album, Every little thing I Thought It Was, which might be accessible on March 15. (Final 12 months, Timberlake and his ‘NSync bandmates dropped a brand new tune “Higher Place” for the film Trolls Band Collectively.)
Hours after “Egocentric” hit airwaves, followers of Spears, 42, rallied collectively to stream her 2011 tune of the identical title. Spears’ observe made it to No. 4 on the iTunes charts whereas Timberlake’s sat in first place.
Timberlake, nonetheless, will not be letting the web discourse get him down. A second supply tells Us that the musician is “very a lot on a path ahead” and isn’t getting “sidetracked by the negativity.”
“He’s so excited to be making music once more and doing what he loves,” the insider shares. “He made certain every little thing was excellent earlier than teasing the brand new album.”
Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears. Getty Pictures (2)
Spears’ followers determined to go after Timberlake three months after she printed her memoir, The Girl in Me, by which the pop star opened up about her romance with Timberlake, whom she dated from 1999 to 2002.Within the ebook, Spears detailed the duo’s alleged mutual infidelity and revealed that she had an abortion throughout their relationship.
Whereas Timberlake confronted backlash from the “Poisonous” singer’s tell-all, Spears has since made effort to fix fences together with her ex. After followers bolstered her tune to No. 4 on iTunes to compete with Timberlake, Spears took to Instagram to apologize for what she shared in her ebook.
“I wanna apologize for among the issues I wrote about in my ebook,” Spears penned on the time. “If I offended any of the folks I genuinely care about I’m deeply sorry.”
Spears didn’t specify who her apology was directed in the direction of, however she was seemingly alluding to Timberlake. Within the submit, she additionally shared a clip of her ex performing the “Classroom Devices” phase throughout his latest look on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon. Spears additionally gushed about how a lot she appreciated Timberlake’s new tune.
“Additionally wished to say I’m in love with Justin Timberlake’s new tune ‘Egocentric.’ It’s soo good and the way come each time I see Justin and Jimmy collectively I snigger so exhausting ???” she wrote on the time.
This wasn’t the primary time Spears addressed how folks would understand her memoir. When Spears’ ebook initially hit cabinets, she took to social media to clarify that she didn’t write it with the aim to “offend” anybody, as a substitute she was searching for closure from her previous.
“It’s a good looking clear slate from right here!!!” she mentioned through Instagram in October 2023. “I’m right here to ascertain it that method for the remainder of my whole life!!! Both method, that’s the final of it and s–t occurs. That is truly a ebook I didn’t know wanted to be written, though some is likely to be offended, it has given me closure on all issues for a greater future.”
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