A match in heartthrob heaven was made when a DJ decided to mix Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend” music video with ‘NSYNC’s 2001 hit “Girlfriend.”
Raheem D, who is known for his YouTube mash-ups, took the two music videos and made them into one. In addition to the lyrical similarities, the beats of both songs are alike, and the music videos feature pretty girls and fast cars in parking lots.
Bieber often gets comparisons with Justin Timberlake, but they don’t always please him. He recently had a tense phone interview with a South African DJ that he ended up hanging up on.
“I hope you take this as a compliment,” Mojo of “Mojo in the Morning” said. “When I first got played the song by your record people, and this was months and months before it came out, they said ‘Take a listen to this and tell me if you can tell me who this is.’ I thought it was Justin Timberlake.”
Bieber quickly shot the comment down.
“Man, that’s crazy because our voices sound nothing alike,” he said. “I mean, I’m not trying to sound like anyone. Saying I sound like someone else is not really a compliment. I think if you were to say I heard some Justin Timberlake-esque things in your sound I would take that as a compliment.”
“Justin Timberlake is definitely really talented and is similar because he’s white and he’s singing pop, R&B,” the 18-year-old admitted. “I think we both have the type of edge. I definitely want to have my own lane and not be compared. But I think he is super, super talented.”
The conversation ended after Mojo made a comment about Bieber’s mother.