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spired electro. In short, there’s a good chance it will do what Britney’s music has always done, and abandon the current ‘hot right now’ trends in favour of something much fresher. Didn’t ‘Hold It Against Me’ cross dubstep with dance-pop before so many others followed suit? Yes, yes it did. And now I have a feeling she’s about to blaze a new trail. She may not write a word of the lyrics, but there’s more to modern pop artistry than putting words to music. And you don’t survive 14 years in the business without some form of hands-on knowledge of your craft.
“Her music abandons current trends in favour of something much fresher”
I asked a number of Britney fans, some of whom have tens of thousands of followers on their dedicated Twitter accounts, what it is about their idol that’s kept her endeared to the world’s public for a decade and a half.
@14michael15 told me: “I think the reason why Britney has been around for so long is because she makes amazing music and she’s a very down to Earth girl. Also she’s a brilliant entertainer - when you watch her on stage you can just see the sparkle in her eyes and can tell At the end of the day, I - like milshe really loves what she does. And lions of others - am fascinated she truly cares about her fans.” to hear what she is concocting and excited to hear what new Later this year, Spears will bring Spearsisms she will create. What out her eighth studio album. All will be the next “OWWWW”? The we know at the moment is that, next “hayzay”? The next “It’s Britby the looks of the producers that ney, bitch”? In terms of evaluating have come forward to say they’re how strong Britney’s star power is on board, it’ll be a mix of classic in 2013, that kind of anticipation Britpop (not the Oasis kind, obvs) speaks for itself. and Blackout-style hip-hop-in@ShaunKitchener
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