119. Songs About Celebrities - Ashlee Simpson, LFO, Counting Crows, & Justin Timberlake
Nostalgia & Now
Kelli Williams
4.8 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This week, Kelli dives into the very messy (and very catchy) world of songs written by celebrities about other celebrities. She kicks things off with Ashlee Simpson’s “Boyfriend,” then travels through the drama of LFO, the heartbreak of Counting Crows, and the tea behind Justin Timberlake’s lyrics. This is the first installment of what will be a new recurring series, so settle in and enjoy round one!
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| 0:00.0 | We're gonna dance like it's 2005. Come on get up. |
| 0:06.3 | What a time to feel. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm talking nostalgia in now. |
| 0:10.1 | Biggest fan in the crowd. |
| 0:11.9 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:13.5 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:14.8 | It's the good bitch. |
| 0:17.3 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:18.3 | Welcome to another episode of Nostalgia in Now. I am so excited to be back. |
| 0:23.8 | Still kind of crazy. I'm wrapping my head around the fact. I'm back. But we're here. We're here. |
| 0:28.4 | And we're doing our first episode, our real first episode. Our intro episode wasn't a first episode, |
| 0:33.3 | just to be clear. But I wanted to give you two episodes back to back. So you can kind of hear where I've been, what's been up, and get a feel for what the show |
| 0:43.1 | is going to be. |
| 0:44.0 | This episode is songs about celebrities. |
| 0:47.2 | And I personally love stuff like this. |
| 0:50.4 | I also apologize about my voice. |
| 0:52.1 | I do have a cold that I am working through. But I love stuff like this. And it's always fun to like bring it up when you're with friends and be like, do you know who this song is about? Now, there are a couple of these songs that you probably already know. We're going to be starting off with Ashley Simpson. Then we're going to jump to LFO, counting crows, and then we're ending with Justin Timberlake. So yeah, I hope you |
| 1:11.7 | guys enjoy this. I had a lot of fun looking it up. Yeah, like I said, we're going to start off nice and |
| 1:16.7 | easy. And one that I think we all probably knew about, and that is Boyfriend by Ashley Simpson, |
| 1:22.7 | which is about, that's my drum roll, Lindsay Lohan and Wil Valdorama, my enemy. I truly dislike Wilmer. |
| 1:31.9 | Like, Chad Michael Murray and I have gotten over our differences, but I don't think Wilmer and I |
| 1:37.4 | will ever get there. So Ashley did confirm this on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, |
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