God save our gracious queen.
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Britney Spears says she can’t remember this performance, which was her first time at the Video Music Awards.
Don’t forget Rihanna will be performing after she receives her Video Vangaurd award.
She hasn’t been to the United Kingdom in ages. Elsewhere on the record Just Luv Me is the kind of low-key R&B jam that Cheryl would kill for, Slumber Party mixes a light reggae beat with a whispery vocal, and Just Like Me catches you off-guard by starting as an acoustic mid-tempo number putting Spears’ vocals in the foreground. The “artsy fartsy” pop princess is sure to fit right at home in London’s ultra-hipster Camden Town. Spears needed only to seem present, which she does – she’s vivid and playful and sexy throughout, like a long-fuzzy radio station finally coming in clearly. For the most part, the pop queen market Spears once cornered has been overrun with competitors of almost every style, from Taylor Swift and Katy Perry to Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj. Thus, by taking such “complex” characters like the one mentioned gave her much drive to perform well.
“Looks like @britneyspears is up next!” But after a very public meltdown in 2007, the spark in B-girls’ eyes faded away. Her 2007 VMA performance marked the nadir of her career. “I Did It Again” video when she played a seductive alien. Glory is totally unconcerned with its identity as a Britney Spears album. After the disaster that was Britney Jean in 2013, all eyes were on Britney when she announced she was working on new music past year. It was as if Spears’s understanding of pop showmanship ended sometime in 2005, which maybe it did, and no one had told her. The answer is a resounding YES. It’s like Fifth Harmony meets Calvin Harris with Britney flexing her cocky attitude, followed by the convulsing “wub-wub” beat of “Do You Wanna Come Over?” where Britney sounds like she’s strutting on the runway in Paris. In fact, you can even see her subtly shake her head at him as he tries to go in. Because she’s had the best working with her, just topnotch production, choreographers.
The Baby One More Time singer flashed a wide smile as she held up what looked to be her new CD, Glory, which was released last Friday.
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In 2013 Spears released her eighth studio album Britney Jean and the response was surprisingly muted.
