--- title: Justin Timberlake Is Open to a Britney Spears Collaboration description: Justin and Britney fans can have renewed hope for a collaboration for the two, because Timberlake says he would "absolutely" work with Brit. canonical: https://time.com/4493182/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-collaboration/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-14T17:02:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:33.415Z og:title: Justin Timberlake Would 'Absolutely' Collaborate With Britney Spears og:description: Justin and Britney forever og:url: https://time.com/4493182/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-collaboration/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46bc1ba7779a3b62/6988a5fcab6d7737b56ab36b/britney-spears-justin-timberlake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The 28th Annual American Music Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Justin Timberlake Would 'Absolutely' Collaborate With Britney Spears twitter:description: Justin and Britney forever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46bc1ba7779a3b62/6988a5fcab6d7737b56ab36b/britney-spears-justin-timberlake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's Definitely Hope For a Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake Collaboration > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 14, 2016 5:02 PM UTC  Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake of NSYNC at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake of NSYNC at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 14, 2016 5:02 PM UTC For anyone who’s still reminiscing about the golden time in our lives when [Britney Spears](http://time.com/4455110/britney-spears-perform-video-music-awards/) and [Justin Timberlake](http://time.com/4383423/justin-timberlake-jesse-williams-speech/) reigned as the [Canadian tuxedo-clad couple of our pop culture dreams](http://time.com/4468932/vmas-2016-mtv-britney-spears-video/), take comfort in knowing that there’s hope that the pair could reunite for a collaboration together. Brit casually mentioned on [_Most Requested Live with Romeo_](http://www.eonline.com/news/790569/hold-up-britney-spears-wants-to-collaborate-with-justin-timberlake) that among the artists that she would love to collaborate with, she thinks that her famous ex, Justin Timberlake is “very good.” When _E! News_ asked Timberlake what he thought about Spears’ comment, however, his response was surprisingly enthusiastic. “She did? Sure! Absolutely, absolutely,” Timberlake said. “I’m accessible, give us a call!” Ball’s in your court, Brit. We’re crossing our fingers that this collaboration becomes a reality. 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