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11/02/2024 05:40:33 pm

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Justin Timberlake Sings "Happy Birthday" to Special 8-Year-Old Boy During Concert

Another heart-warming moment from Justin Timberlake happened over the weekend during his concert in California. The singer literally stopped his concert so he and the crowd can sing "Happy Birthday" to an 8-year-old boy with autism as a birthday present to him.

Julian Delan was ecstatic when Timberlake talked to him before belting out a birthday song along with the audience. Timberlake was performing before a large crowd at the SAP Center stadium in San Jose California when he encouraged everyone to sing along and make the boy's day turn into something special.

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The parents of Julian recorded the heart-tugging gesture from Timberlake and the video has gone viral since. It showed Timberlake asking how old the kid was and they shouted back that he was 8. Julian then started shouting saying that this was his birthday present, pertaining to being in the crowd and watching Timberlake's concert.

Timberlake jokingly apologized for the 'profanity' upon learning that the kid was only 8, which made the crowd cheer. Julian barely kept his excitement as the singer, his band, and the crowd sang happy birthday for him.


Julian's dad Peter posted the video on his YouTube page while mom Marika blogged about it on her website, "The Manifest Station". In the blog, Marika wrote that her son was diagnosed with high functioning autism back in 2013 and that being in the "JT 20/20 Experience" concert was the only thing Julian wanted.

In the blog, Marika wrote about how JT took notice of them among thousands of people in the center. She narrated that the group in front of them started yelling so as to get the attention of JT.

She said before they knew it, Justin was already talking to them and was about to sing their boy a song. She ended her entry saying that they love Julian and they also love Justin Timberlake. She thanked the singer for making their boy's birthday a special one.

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