{"id":142931,"date":"2023-10-20T16:55:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=142931"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:55:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:55:30","slug":"britney-spears-song-everytime-is-not-about-justin-timberlake-abortion-writer-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/celebrities\/britney-spears-song-everytime-is-not-about-justin-timberlake-abortion-writer-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears' Song Everytime Is NOT About Justin Timberlake Abortion?! Writer Claims\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britney Spears<\/strong> wasn’t referencing her abortion in the hit song Everytime — <\/em>so says the songwriter, at least!<\/p>\n

Ever since the pop star revealed she got pregnant by Justin Timberlake<\/strong> in 2000 before ultimately agreeing to get an abortion, fans have taken a look back at her song Everytime<\/em> and the accompanying music video, which features a woman flatlining and one giving birth. Watching now with a new understanding of what went down in the teens’ ill-fated romance thanks to excerpts of Brit’s memoir The Woman In Me<\/em>, the inclusion of a baby and some poignant lyrics seemed like a reference to the difficult abortion.<\/p>\n

Plus, the song came out after JT’s revenge-fueled track Cry Me a River<\/em>, which infamously referenced their breakup! Of course she’d wanna send him a message while clapping back, right?! Well, it depends on who you ask…<\/p>\n

Writer Annet Artani<\/strong>, who penned the track with the Toxic<\/em> musician, told TMZ<\/em> on Friday that the single had NOTHING to do with the new revelation. In fact, Annet says she channeled her own heartbreak into the lyrics!<\/p>\n

Both women were dealing with heartbreak at the time, but Annet’s split from the A-lister\u2019s musical director was fresher. JT and Brit had been broken up for about 9 months at the time of the writing session, so the song was mostly about the songwriter’s relationship. She also insists the 41-year-old never mentioned an unborn child or an abortion during the writing process, so that wasn’t an inspiration.<\/p>\n

Per Annet, the ladies would sit at the piano together while working on the song. They were friends who were going through a similar pain, so they were both sad as they’d played the instrument. While fans think the tagline, “I guess I need you, baby,” was a nod to the abortion, Annet confirmed she wrote it about her own failed romance. That said, she credits the Crossroads<\/em> alum for coming up with “haunting” in the full lyric:<\/p>\n

“And every time I see you in my dreams I see your face, you’re haunting me. I guess I need you, baby”<\/p>\n

This certainly connects to the pregnancy reveal. Britney is said to have been haunted by the decision for years. Similar wording! Maybe she was<\/em> referencing the pregnancy?! But if you ask Annet, she\u2019d say no. The writer noted they were mostly just trying to find words with rhymes when Brit proposed the lyric.<\/p>\n

All that said, this doesn’t mean the Grammy<\/strong> winner wasn’t channeling this heart-wrenching experience in the music video, though! The writer confirmed she had no involvement in the visuals for the song. That was all the Circus<\/em> vocalist’s idea, so it’s possible the video concept does<\/em> correlate to the abortion.<\/p>\n

Hmmm….<\/p>\n

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