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\n\tJustin Timberlake<\/a> has finally revealed that his 2006 hit \u201cWhat Goes Around\u2026 Comes Around,\u201d long assumed to be about his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears<\/a>, is not about that pop singer.<\/p>\n \n\tNearly 20 years after the FutureSex\/LoveSounds<\/em> single was released, Timberlake addressed the rumors about the song\u2019s inspiration in a new video interview with Complex<\/a>, At the time of the \u201cWhat Goes Around\u2026 Comes Around\u201d release, listeners believed the song was a sequel of sorts to \u201cCry Me a River,\u201d a 2002 track that was<\/em> about Spears, right down to a lookalike in the music video.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMaybe I should dispel a rumor at this point, which has gone around forever, which is like, it\u2019s not a personal story from mine,\u201d Timberlake told Complex of \u201cWhat Goes Around\u2026 Comes Around.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s actually a personal story from a friend\u2019s. I asked permission.\u201d<\/p>\n \n