Setting the Record Straight

"Maybe I should dispel a rumor at this point, which has gone around forever, which is like, it’s not a personal story from mine," singer says of FutureSex/LoveSounds hit

Justin Timberlake has finally revealed that his 2006 hit “What Goes Around… Comes Around,” long assumed to be about his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears , is not about that pop singer.

Nearly 20 years after the FutureSex/LoveSounds single was released, Timberlake addressed the rumors about the song’s inspiration in a new video interview with Complex , At the time of the “What Goes Around… Comes Around” release, listeners believed the song was a sequel of sorts to “Cry Me a River,” a 2002 track that was about Spears, right down to a lookalike in the music video.

“Maybe I should dispel a rumor at this point, which has gone around forever, which is like, it’s not a personal story from mine,” Timberlake told Complex of “What Goes Around… Comes Around.” “It’s actually a personal story from a friend’s.…