"Cry Me a River" is a song by Justin Timberlake from his debut solo album, Justified (2002) ). The song is about a brokenhearted man who moves on from his past). However, the song is also widely believed to be about Timberlakes breakup with Britney Spears. The music video for the song features a woman who looks eerily similar to Spears cheating on Timberlake, while he walks around heartbroken in the rain. Spears has stated that the video turned her into a "harlot whod broken the heart of Americas golden boy". Timberlake has never confirmed that the song is about Spears, but he has said that writing a couple of songs on the album helped him deal with a couple of things.