Twenty years have passed since they gave up, but Britney Spears still has a lot of love for Justin Timberlake – especially on Instagram. The singer posted one of her now famous dance videos on January 28, but this time she tagged her famous ex in the post and basically sent the entire Internet back in time to her first daughters. In the clip, she danced “Holy Grail”, Timberlake’s collaboration with Jay-Z, while wearing a turtleneck and short shorts.
“I danced on my black neck last week for the Holy Grail !!!!” she captions the post, which features some of the highlights of her improvised dance routine. “I KNOW … turtle necks are SO ME.” After adding a few more emojis – including a smiling face and a dancer – Spears also scored Timberlake in the caption. “Britney tagged @ !! We love to see!” Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause commented. So far, Timberlake himself has not commented on the video.
This is not the first time Spears mentions former member * NSYNC on Instagram – or has danced to his music. In April, the singer posted a video of herself spinning in the yard to the sound of her 2018 single “Filthy”. Joking that the video was “my version of Snapchat or TikTok or anything cool you should be doing today”, Spears explained that he couldn’t help dancing to Timberlake’s “cool” music.
“PS I know we had one of the biggest breakups in the world 20 years ago … but hey, the man is a genius !!!!” Spears wrote at the time, even yelling at his ex for making such a good track. “Great music JT !!!! Pssss if you KNOW WHAT’S GOOD !!!!!!” The love was clearly mutual; According to Celebs’ Instagram account comments, Timberlake commented on his video with a series of emojis laughing and raising their hands.
Despite their dramatic separation in 2002, Timberlake and Spears had nothing but good things to say about each other for years to come. In August 2016, the “Toxic” singer even told reporters that she “would love” to collaborate with him on some new music. “I would love to work with … Aerosmith looks really good and brilliant. He’s a genius, I think, and he’s very rock ‘n’ roll and he sings with his soul, ”she said. “Gwen Stefani, I think she’s great. Justin Timberlake is really good.”
In July 2020, Timberlake said GQ Australia that, although he and Spears no longer speak, he still hopes for her success and happiness. “I wish her luck and I want to see her win,” said the singer, apparently referring to legal issues underway with her guardianship. “I don’t think you can ever tell someone like her. Because she may seem like it, but she is very smart.”