Variety on kirjoittanut pitkän ja perusteellisen artikkelin Britneystä ja hänen imperiumistaan. Ääneen pääsevät muun muassa manageri Larry Rudolph ja tietenkin Britney itse. Britney kertoo muun muassa, että ei ymmärrä miten jaksoi kiertue-elämää 15 vuotta ja että hän on luovalla tuulella ja kirjoittaa vapaa-ajallaan biisejä. Artikkeli on pitkä mutta palkitseva, joten suosittelen.
Unlike singer-songwriters, contemporary pop stars rarely have their songs viewed through an autobiographical prism, yet it’s hard to miss the changes in Britney Spears’ core messaging over the past years. Early in her career, when she was a teenage star selling albums in the eight-digits, “Oops! … I Did It Again” seemed to sum up her effortless rise. Later, as she became an ever-reliable hitmaker and touring workhorse, “I’m a Slave 4 U” took on extra-textual meanings.
And during her mid-2000s run as the tabloid successor to Michael Jackson, “Chaotic” and “Blackout” served as the operative terms. In that sense, the 2013 track she uses to open every night of her trendsetting Las Vegas residency says volumes about her current career motto — its repeated refrain echoing through Planet Hollywood’s Axis Theater:
“Now get to work, bitch.”
