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Timberlake and Scott Storch wrote "Cry Me a River" with Timbaland, who produced the song. [2] Storch found working with Timberlake easy because of the song's meaning. [3] Reporters believed its lyrics were inspired by Timberlake's failing relationship with singer Britney Spears after the two split in late 2002. [4]
"Mirrors" was written and produced by Justin Timberlake, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley and Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, with additional writing from James Fauntleroy. [2] During an interview with Billboard magazine, Harmon recalled how the song was conceived in 2009, during the recording sessions for Timbaland's third studio album Shock Value II (2009), "He's [Timberlake] like, 'I'm gonna save this one ...
Timberlake revealed that the song was written for the experience his friend went through. [7] However, the public came up with different interpretation of the lyrics, that being a sequel to "Cry Me A River". Bill Lamb wrote that the song has a "cautionary tale in the lyrics". [6]
Some fans' favorite part of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" may not have been sung by the pop star — but rather by a collaborator on the track.. Marsha Ambrosius, the singer-songwriter who ...
Justin Timberlake is not shading ex-girlfriend Britney Spears by singing “Cry Me a River.” When taking the stage on Wednesday, December 13, to celebrate the opening night of the Fontainebleau ...
Timberlake dropped his song “Cry Me a River,” which he wrote in two hours, less than one year after he and Spears split. (Spears claimed in her memoir that Timberlake ended their romance via ...
Timberlake performed "Cry Me a River" at the 13th annual Billboard Music Awards, held on December 9, 2002, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He was accompanied by a string section and a 20-member choir. [52] He performed "Cry Me a River" on a promotional concert held at House of Blues in West Hollywood, California on June 17, 2003. [53]
A bluesy jazz ballad, "Cry Me a River" was originally written for Ella Fitzgerald to sing in the 1920s-set film Pete Kelly's Blues (released 1955). According to Hamilton, he and Julie London had been high school classmates, and she contacted him on behalf of her husband, Jack Webb , who was the film's director and was looking for new songs for ...