Justin Timberlake says he did not mastermind song It’s Gonna Be Me

Actor and singer Justin Timberlake has revealed that he was not the original creator of his iconic 2000 hit song It’s Gonna Be Me, which today has become a meme.
Decades after 2000 single It’s Gonna Be Me first premiered, the pop song, and more specifically, the way Justin sang its closing line ended up taking on a life of its own, becoming a meme that resurfaces each year to mark the month of May.
However, according to the singer, he was not the mastermind who thought up its unique delivery. When recently asked if it was “fact or fiction” that one of the song’s producers had advised him to add emphasis on the word to sound “meaner,” Justin confirmed that it ain’t no lie, reports Eonline.
“I don’t remember the specifics,” he told host Sean Evans during NSYNC’s appearance on Hot Ones episode, “but I sang, It’s Gonna Be Me, and he was like, ‘No, no, no, no, no.’”
The 42-year-old explained that the producer wanted him to say “may” instead, with bandmate JC Chasez noting how all of the track’s songwriters had Swedish accents. (IANS)