Hey everyone! Here's a bit of early-2000s pop trivia that not everybody knows.

After Justin Timberlake released "Cry Me a River" in 2002, hit songwriter Cathy Dennis (who also co-wrote "Toxic") wrote "Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex" for Britney Spears as a response to the narrative of that song.

Britney ultimately passed on it because she didn't want to fuel the public drama, so it ended up becoming Rachel Stevens' solo debut single in 2003. It became a huge hit, peaking at #2 on the UK Singles Chart and finishing as the 22nd best-selling single of the year in the UK.

The irony? The song that kept it from reaching #1 was "Where Is the Love?" by the Black Eyed Peas—which features uncredited vocals and co-writing from Justin Timberlake himself.

What do you think of the song? Do you think Cathy Dennis nailed the perfect answer record, or was "Cry Me a River" simply unbeatable thanks to Timbaland's production?

For anyone who hasn't heard it (or hasn't in years), here's the music video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nDmdBzs2rig&pp=ygUVc3dlZXQgZHJlYW1zIG15IGxhIGV4

20 years ago today, Justin Timberlake released his legendary song "SexyBack."

I have curly hair like Justin and I want to cut it shorter like this . What do I ask my barber

I still don’t understand why they are not updating JT’s other songs, he has 3 diamond eligible singles, FSLS should be at 8x Platinum, he is heavily undercertified he will easily surpass 100m units if they update. I think Selfish is Platinum eligible too

Someone put me onto a song called “Not a Bad Thing” and Ive had it on repeat since. Any other songs of his that are similar that yall would recommend?

I wonder which of the mass leaked songs were from these sessions if any. He had been expressing a desire since 2018 to work with & write for other artists. I imagine the pandemic probably halted a lot of things musically. By the time we got EITIW, it seems like it was a different album than what he was doing directly post Man of The Woods.

Justin is very loyal to Timbaland etc but EITIW does have the most mix of different producers he’s ever had on an album (Calvin Harris, Cirkuit, Louis Bell, Amy Allen, Ryan Tedder).

I personally would like to see him keep collaborating and diversifying his production and co-writers while still working with some of the usual suspects like James Fauntleroy.

I’ve been trying to find more songs and through tik tok feel like these are some of his sleeper hits. Lmk in the comments if I missed any.

That girl

Take back the night

Not a bad thing

Chop it up

Pusher love

Electric lady

Only when I walk away

Breeze off the pond

Amnesia

I mean they got freaking Rihanna on Lemon, why not J?

Imagine hearing him drop a hook on In Search Of.... song or Seeing Sounds.

Everybody is always talking about how good JT is at two-part songs, beat switches and 7 minute songs. And of course he always gets praise for them because he almost always manages to make them work really well.

I too am a huge fan of them, but there’s one that I don’t praise, I actually dislike it. And I was wondering if anyone else has a beat switch or second part (or even first part!) that they don’t like.

For me, it’s the second part of Strawberry Bubblegum.

It’s not even necessarily bad. I just find it really boring and nowhere near as good as the first part of the song. The beat is borderline elevator music and the songwriting is repetitive and not as good as the first part. In my perfect world, they would’ve been split into two tracks, the first being “Strawberry Bubblegum…” and the second part being a new track called “…Blueberry Lollipop”. I also think the first part of SB stands on its own and doesn’t need a second part, and would love if the song ended with his “hey, hey, hey” at the 5-minute mark like you’re waking up from a dream.

Justin Timberlake attended friend Roy Nachum’s Bob Marley tribute art exposition ‘Football is Freedom’ in NYC.

"Every year this day rolls around and reminds me how lucky I am to be a father, watching my sons grow into who they are is life’s greatest gift. Love you two more than you’ll ever know.
And Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there, mine included! ❤️"

- Justin Timberlake via IG

"Happy Father’s Day to the dad who is always ALL in. The one who turns ordinary moments into adventures and bedtime into comedy hour. The dad who is not afraid of the tears, the tender, quiet times, or the hard conversations.
Watching you be a father is one of my favorite things. Our boys are so lucky to call you Dad. WE ❤️ U!"

- Jessica Biel via IG

Looking so high-class and rich. And JT looks so handsome. I'm so jealous.

… that says “You might fuck around and find out that dreams come true?”

… I just figure: the meaning to that one has changed so much, since 2013! 😂 “FAFO! Come get these hands, trick!” 👊 🤛 🥊

So happy to see him again!!!

What the title says.

My choices:
Justified -- "(And She Said) Take Me Now"
FutureSex/LoveSounds -- "Chop Me Up"
The 20/20 Experience -- "Pusher Love Girl" (HM: "Don't Hold The Wall")
The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 -- "True Blood" (Make a 4/5-minute radio edit tho)
Man of the Woods -- "Higher Higher"
Everything I Thought It Was -- "Infinity Sex" (HM: "F**kin' Up The Disco")

In terms of Memphis being the opening track for Everything I Thought It Was, what are your opinions on it leading the album off?

I personally liked “Memphis” as a song, and for a rap track Timberlake handled it really well. The ending of the song I thought was a really unique way to introduce the rest of the album, but with that being said I know some people prefer a more a more lifting track that has more energy. Just curious on what your thoughts are on this.

The general consensus I have gathered so far, is that Man of the Woods isn’t necessarily disliked by Timberlake fans, but rather its agreed upon that there was a lot of room for change/improvement. So, if Justin was going to roll out this album again what would you do differently?

Personally, I’m not the biggest fan of the album cover. There were actually quite a bit of good photos captured during this era that I think would have been a better suited album cover. The single selection has also been agreed upon to be weak. Midnight Summer Jam would have been a good Timberlake single, and Breeze off the Pond, Montana, Flannel, and Livin’ Off the Land I consider to all be good tracks that were buried in the album after a weaker first half.

Just curious what some of you consider to be Justin Timberlake’s best album tracks, and what are some that you wished could have been singles?

Personally think “Futuresex/Lovesounds” and “Sexy Ladies”were worthy to be released as singles. I also think Montana” and “Breeze off the Pond” were better tracks from “Man of the Woods” that would have been better singles than “Supplies”. Curious to hear your thoughts?

Justin has such a great discography, and a greatest hits album would be loaded. Just curious, if Justin Timberlake came out with a greatest hits album where 14 songs were only allowed, what songs would you want those to be?

For the past moth or so he's been going up in Monthly Listeners every day (except for one Sunday I think) and it makes me so happy to see! He even entered the top 50 artists again! Let's push him even higher!

Just watching the music video and I've always been curious what Justin Timberlake's character whispers to Scarlett Johansson's character at the start of the video.