.@jtimberlake mourns D’Angelo in new Instagram story:
“Your contribution will always be remembered. RIP trailblazer. With love, one of your biggest fans.” 🕊️
Justin Timberlake is doing 9.028M daily streams on Spotify right now
6 tracks over 680k streams daily:
1️⃣ SexyBack — 1.16M
2️⃣ Rock Your Body — 785K
3️⃣ Mirrors — 744K
4️⃣ Summer Love — 723K
5️⃣ Ayo Technology — 688K
6️⃣ My Love — 685K
24 years ago today, *NSYNC released “Gone.”
— The song was written by Justin Timberlake and intended for Michael Jackson. Initially, his team rejected it, but when MJ himself listened to it, he called JT and asked for it to be a duet between the two.
I’m absolutely STUNNED and aghast by assertions that Justin’s Lyme is “actually” Long COVID, as if he’s lying or you’re clueless about the disease.
Lyme is a brutal, life-shattering infection. A Torture Disease. It nearly killed me in 2014, at the prime of my life and music career, in the midst of signing my dream deal with SONY, while 12 MDs dismissed my death spiral. So, I speak from experience & with deep knowledge about both the disease and unfathomable politics surrounding it, which are similar to COVID’s.
I could not sit idly by after living through the darkness of Lyme, knowing millions were disenfranchised. I stepped away from music to use my voice to help others. To that end, I coauthored a bestselling book on the subject, wrote a column for HuffPost that reached millions, was featured in the Emmy-winning special "Lyme & Reason," and have been interviewed by countless major media outlets. I've delivered keynotes at institutions like Mt. Sinai and sit on the board of a prestigious Lyme org @BayAreaLyme that has poured tens of millions into research at top universities. I've interviewed celebrities and hundreds of scientists and clinicians about tick-borne diseases (& COVID!) for the book and podcast I host, and I’m the only person to get a CDC Director on record acknowledging chronic Lyme (yes, it is chronic). I share this to clarify my authority on this matter.
Lyme is rampant and global, with over 600,000 new U.S. cases annually, which was true long before COVID existed. It’s a multi-systemic nightmare that obliterates lives, steals childhoods, and can kill. My own symptoms—none of which I had pre-Lyme—included tremors, crippling pain, “fibromyalgia,” night sweats, interstitial cystitis, crushing fatigue, post-exertional malaise, arms too weak to lift a fork, terrifying shortness of breath, lightheadedness, joint pain, dementia-like confusion, brain fog, light and sound sensitivity, burning rashes, suicidal thoughts, severe anxiety, OCD, depression, insomnia, and, oh, heart failure. I’m better now, but millions aren’t.
Justin’s described symptoms are common with #Lyme. I believe him. I believe anyone brave enough to share a diagnosis so stigmatized. That’s why it’s been so disheartening to see those fighting for the truth of COVID and Long COVID discrediting his admission. PSA: Lyme is rarely “just” Lyme. Ticks are the dirty needles of nature and often deliver a cocktail of pathogens (i.e., Lyme + bartonella + babesia). Most use “Lyme” as shorthand for this hellish umbrella of tick-borne diseases. I use Lyme+.
Could COVID have reactivated his Lyme? Sure. It’s been known for years that it can awaken dormant infections—Lyme, bartonella, EBV, varicella, etc. I was warning about this long before it was cool. So yes, it’s poss that COVID triggered an old infection. But let’s not lose sight of the fact that it’s still Lyme he’s treating. If you want to label that as LC, fine. But understand that COVID as a catalyst for Lyme still means he has Lyme. Does it mean he doesn’t also have chronic COVID? Of course not. But we don’t know.
To those dismissing chronic Lyme as a fake disease or accusing Justin of lying: you’re wrong, and you’re cruel. You’re exploiting his suffering for clout. It’s offensive and ugly. Would you dare say this if he had cancer? No. You wouldn’t. Lyme is the infectious disease equivalent of cancer—words from Duke oncologist Neil Spector, who lost his heart and life to it. So why the double standard? Ignorance? Arrogance? Both?
Don’t belittle the decades of suffering of Lyme patients. Don’t gaslight the millions—including Justin, me, and countless others—devastated by this horrific disease. Educate yourselves. I’ll post sources in this thread when I have time, plenty on my TL & in my podcasts already. Until then, I hope you’ll, learn, reflect, and show compassion.
Love & peace ✌️
Las palabras de Justin Timberlake tras finalizar el tour mundial. Entre otras cosas, reveló que fue diagnosticado con la enfermedad de Lyme. Mucho amor para ti JT ♥️ #JTLIVE25 https://t.co/9LhCFA5riR
Justin Timberlake’s “Summer Love” saw a 105% streaming boost after its use in The Summer I Turned Pretty S3 premiere, jumping to 1.3M streams (July 18–21) from 641K the week before.
In response to the recent boost in Summer Love streams & it going viral due to its placement in the new season of “The Summer I Turned Pretty”, Justin Timberlake just added the official audio to his YouTube channel.
Keep streaming! ☀️❤️
https://t.co/oQw80g1cfc
.@jtimberlake’s official YouTube channel uploaded an Official Audio for his 2006 hit “Summer Love,” seemingly capitalizing on the song’s current viral momentum.
Listen here: https://t.co/QA2tLc31m3