Britney Spears
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Fffffffff it was actually for Britney Jean aksjskskjsjs like I'm sorry that's camp
On Thursday, "Jersey Shore" star DJ Pauly D told us that Britney Spears' next album, Femme Fatale, is full of "club bangers." Her manager, Larry Rudolph, gave us even more specifics about the album when we spoke to him.
"In my opinion, this is her strongest album ever. It's somewhat of a departure from what she's done. It's more mature," he told MTV News about the March 29 release. "It's more of a dance record and this really is — and I was talking a lot about [director] Jonas [Åkerlund] and coming to Jonas because of 'Ray of Light' — and this really is Britney's Ray of Light album."
I think he said Britney Jean was her "most personal" album (2/2 strike outs there Larry) but that entire era was so traumatizing, I don't want to revisit.
Ff so it turns out Larry claimed both Femme Fatale and Brenda Joan were Britney's "Ray of Light" as per this interview:
"I really think of this as Britney's Ray of Light album. [Britney] wrote everything on the album with collaborators. There's one or two she wrote herself … She wanted to make it very personal."
"I really think of this as Britney's Ray of Light album. [Britney] wrote everything on the album with collaborators. There's one or two she wrote herself … She wanted to make it very personal."
Ray of Light sweetie...
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Yeah, they were really trying to make that Madonna comparison stick like it was 2003.
The TV Channel Arte released a mini-serie of 5 episodes on Britney. They are produced by a Journalist and Writer who's a fan of her. It's really well documented and very interesting topics raised in every episode. I recommend them highly!
Scary not being on streaming is probably one of the biggest crimes in her current discography. Let me get her one Femme Fatale cowrite please!
I just listened to Autumn Goodbye and it deserved so much more than just a b-side/bonus track.
What a perfect list! I agree with all your choices.
Trip To Your Heart is my top3 Britney song so I'd have gone straight to gay heaven if it had been released as a single.
I still remember everyone expecting a huge personal and retrospective album from Britney Jean ("omg she's used her middle name for the title this is going to be DEEP") fff. I do wonder why it was marketed as that? They could have just passed it off as a party album (a terrible one at least)
With Femme Fatale I do still enjoy revisiting it mainly based on nostalgic factors, it was the soundtrack of my life back in 2011 and brings back so many memories. I don't think it's as good as her previous albums but there's also some great songs here (again some of the best were relegated to bonus tracks, something most of her albums suffer from). My main negativity surrounding Femme Fatale is probably Big Fat Bass, I've honestly always thought it was awful and one of the worst things she's put her name to.
With Femme Fatale I do still enjoy revisiting it mainly based on nostalgic factors, it was the soundtrack of my life back in 2011 and brings back so many memories. I don't think it's as good as her previous albums but there's also some great songs here (again some of the best were relegated to bonus tracks, something most of her albums suffer from). My main negativity surrounding Femme Fatale is probably Big Fat Bass, I've honestly always thought it was awful and one of the worst things she's put her name to.
I really hope we get the full tea someday on why Myah Marie's vocals were so heavily used to replace Britney's on BJ. Was Britney just so over it that they couldn't get her to record for more than 30 minutes, or finish songs? Considering she was apparently involved in co-writing every song, it doesn't make sense.
The credits were fake. Britney was never truly involved in writing all of the songs, and Britney Jean was no exception. Her team likely included her name to promote the album as her "most personal" work, but in reality, she had little to no control over her career during that period.
It really seems especially cruel looking back that they decided to market the album she's barely involved in as her "most personal" project. Like you said, it could've so easily been passed of as something else. It's as if they wanted to spite her. Really checks out with the whole story about Jamie telling her "I'm Britney Spears now".
Passenger especially gives me the biggest ick now, the song is about actually enjoying somebody else taking control – it felt weird back then, but knowing what we know now, it's almost sinister they put that song on the album.
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And having her do a song called 'Work Bitch' when they were forcing her to do things she really didn't want.
I’ve always thought its likely she wrote Don’t Cry and Hold Tight (and maybe the verses of Brightest Morning Star) and they decided that was sufficient to humour with the ‘most personal’ line, quickly building an album around them with whatever quick scraps they could find in time for Vegas.
They should do a true crime documentary about Britney Jean.
Yeah, I genuinely believe she wrote those (and Sia confirmed Brit wrote a big part of Brightest Morning Star) but then completely checked out when Vegas started taking over.
