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In 2021, Britney Spears made an Instagram post in which she referenced Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River” video — namely, the female lookalike of Spears used in the video. Spears showed off various outfits in front of a camera in the short video clip, wearing the signature gray newsboy cap sported by the actress in the music video.
“Thoughts while making this video,” Spears wrote in the post. “Hmmm, something looks familiar … The hat … wait I look like that girl in the Justin Timberlake video with that hat in ‘Cry Me A River!!!’ Oh, s*** that’s ME!!!”
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Of course, this is not the first time Spears used her creativity to respond to Timberlake’s song. In 2003, the year after the release of “Cry Me a River,” Spears wrote and released “Everytime,” a pop ballad in which she emotionally pleads for forgiveness for hurting an unnamed lover. Annet Artani, a former backing vocalist for Spears who co-wrote the song with her, confirmed that the song was indeed a response to Timberlake. “It was a very organic, sad experience, but I think that’s where the truth comes out,” Artani said in 2010, per MuuMuse.
