{"id":68935,"date":"2024-01-26T15:06:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T20:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/01\/26\/heres-how-britney-spears-fans-are-trolling-justin-timberlake-over-his-new-single-2\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T15:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T20:06:51","slug":"heres-how-britney-spears-fans-are-trolling-justin-timberlake-over-his-new-single-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/01\/26\/heres-how-britney-spears-fans-are-trolling-justin-timberlake-over-his-new-single-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How Britney Spears Fans Are Trolling Justin Timberlake Over His New\u00a0Single"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tIf a glance at the iTunes pop charts on Friday morning (Jan. 26) had you seeing double you can thank Britney Spears<\/a> fans. The Britney Army has marshalled their collective might to push her deep cut 2011 Femme Fatale<\/em> bonus track \u201cSelfish\u201d into the top 5 of the U.S. iTunes top 40 singles chart less than 24 hours after long-ago ex Justin Timberlake<\/a> released his new single of the same name.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAt press time JT\u2019s song \u2014 which was released Thursday morning \u2014 is at the top of the iTunes tally in the U.S., with Spears\u2019 track just behind at No. 2; Brit\u2019s \u201cSelfish\u201d has topped the iTunes pop chart in a number of other territories, including Canada, Mexico and Brazil, among others. The digital chess move was inspired by a raft of social media activity on Thursday urging Britney fans to stream her song in an apparent attempt to tamp down first-week streaming figures for the first single from Timberlake\u2019s upcoming sixth album, Everything I Thought It Was<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn X, Britney\u2019s Army have chronicled how some radio stations in the U.S. have also begun spinning her \u201cSelfish\u201d thanks to the attention on the song produced by Stargate, Kuk Harrell and Sandy Vee. The trolling effort came just as Timberlake began promoting his first solo single since 2018\u2019s \u201cSoulMate\u201d and at press time neither Spears nor Timberlake appear to have responded to the quickly-spreading global guerrilla iTunes chart goosing, which has also included Brit\u2019s tune being added to the Spotify \u201cObsessed\u201d playlist.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Spears announced earlier this month that she \u201cnever\u201d plans to return to the music business, the two singers will forever be entwined in their fans\u2019 minds due to their dating history in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The pair were pop royalty at the time, with Spears writing in her 2023 The Woman in Me<\/a><\/em> tell-all memoir that she had an abortion while they were dating because Timberlake \u201cdefinitely wasn\u2019t happy about pregnancy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTimberlake didn\u2019t respond to the allegations in the book about his alleged behavior during their relationship, but he did turn off comments on his Instagram after it was flooded with angry comments from Britney\u2019s supporters. Justin did appear to allude to the firestorm during a Las Vegas show in December, where he told a crowd he meant \u201cno disrespect\u201d before playing his 2002 solo hit \u201cCry Me a River,\u201d widely seen as a commentary on the couple\u2019s March 2002 split after three years together. <\/p>\n

\n\tTimberlake also apologized to Spears<\/a> \u2014 and Janet Jackson \u2014 in 2021, a week after Hulu aired the doc Framing Britney Spears<\/em>, writing on Instagram, \u201cI have seen the messages, tags, comments, and concerns and I want to respond. I am deeply sorry for the times in my life where my actions\u00a0contributed to the problem, where I spoke out of turn, or did not speak up for what was right. I specifically want to apologize to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson both individually, because I care for and respect these women and I know I failed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe tumult comes as Timberlake is in full promo mode, fresh off a visit to friendly climes of The Tonight Show<\/em> on Thursday night before heading to the equally warm embrace of Saturday Night Live<\/em> this weekend as the musical guest on the show he\u2019s hosted five times; Timberlake also has a free show at New York\u2019s 1,100-capacity Irving Place on Jan. 31, his 43rd birthday. <\/p>\n

\n\tCheck out some of the tweets from Spears\u2019 fan promoting the \u201cSelfish\u201d skirmish.<\/p>\n

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Britney nerds unite! Selfish by Britney Spears, off 2011’s Femme Fatale, has entered the top 5 on US iTunes, 13 years after its release, and has reached #1 on iTunes in 9 countries so far. It’s a move to overshadow Justin Timberlake’s new song of the same name. <\/p>\n

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\u2014 BreatheHeavy (@breatheheavycom) January 26, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n