 Emily Vaughan of "North by Northwestern" commented that Timberlake claims to have gone around the world twice in "My Love" and "Damn Girl" and that he is also "running out of creative ways to say he would like you to go to bed with him".Vaughan, however, was positive towards "My Love", stating that the song, along with "What Goes Around ... / ... Comes Around", sounded considerably different from the rest of the album.VH1's Emily Exton in a 2013 article said that in the song Timberlake "reinvents mainstream pop music and increases his artistic credibility at the same time.