Britney Spears fans overshadow Justin Timberlake’s ‘Selfish’ as he announces new world tour

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake have competing “Selfish” songs.

Cry Justin a river.

As Justin Timberlake has announced a new world tour, Britney Spears fans have sent her song “Selfish” to the top of the charts — to troll her ex-boyfriend.

Timberlake, 42, dropped his comeback single “Selfish” earlier this week. His Forget Tomorrow [World] Tour will kick off in Vancouver, Canada, on April 29, with tickets going on sale Feb. 2.

However, Spears, 42, also has a song of the same name, first released on the deluxe version of Spears’ 2011 album “Femme Fatale.”

The song entered the Top 40 of the US iTunes chart on Friday.

The Spears fan account BritneyxYtube told Entertainment Weekly that this all “started as a joke.”

Spears fans rallied to make it happen after Timberlake announced his new single, off his first album in five years, “Everything I Thought It Was,” coming out March 15.

“Then we all joined in, saying that Britney Spears was coming back with a ‘brand’ new song,” the fan account said. “I still can’t believe that it became so big, and we see the results we see now. We are all so happy to see her song making a come back after all these years!”

Britney Spears fans joked about her “comeback.”Rex USA

Justin Timberlake in his video for “Selfish.”YouTube / Justin Timberlake

Britney Spears fans rallied to make her old song “Selfish” new again.
“Britney Army level of pettiness deserve to be praised,” one fan posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Another fan wrote, “Britney has the funniest fanbase.”

Other fans used this as a chance to hope that Spears starts making music again, since Spears posted on Instagram earlier this month, “I will never return to the music industry!!!”

“I hope Britney sees the SELFISH campaign & it inspires her musically, in some way. As a Britney fan, I’m desperate for new music. We will always purchase, stream & support the QUEEN of POP. She needs to come back and school these pop girls,” one posted.

“Britney has the funniest fan base” one fan said.Primerahora.com / Splash News

Britney Spears fans delighted at their level of “pettiness.”YouTube / Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake in his video for “Selfish.”YouTube / Justin Timberlake
Spears’ memoir, “The Woman in Me,” which came out in October 2023, had several inflammatory anecdotes about her former *NSync beau, who she dated from 1999 to 2002.

In her book, Spears alleged that Timberlake cheated on her and pressured her into getting an abortion when she wouldn’t have made that choice “if it had been let up to me.”

In her book, Britney Spears said Justin Timberlake cheated on her.Getty Images

In her book, Britney Spears said Justin Timberlake pressured her to get an abortion.Getty Images

Britney Spears fans made it so that her 2011 song “Selfish” is on the charts with Justin Timberlake’s new song.Getty Images
“I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated,” wrote the “Toxic” singer.

“But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young.”

“I’m sure people will hate me for this, but I agreed not to have the baby. I don’t know if that was the right decision,” Spears, now 41, continued. “If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.”

Years after Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake split, fans still pit the former couple against each other.Getty Images

Britney Spears fans rallied to make her old song compete with Justin Timberlake’s new single.Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Britney Spears fans made her 2011 song “Selfish” top the charts again.Getty Images
Timberlake has yet to publicly comment on the book bombshells, as fans continue to rally behind Spears.

“13 year old Selfish by Britney Spears has now more #1 on iTunes worldwide than Justin Timberlake’s newly lead single released Selfish, correlated with a video, promotional ads and a new photoshoot,” another fan triumphantly commented this week.

“Karma is Real!”