Britney Spears’ extremely anticipated musical collaboration with Elton John is dropping subsequent Friday, marking the primary time she has launched new music since a decide terminated her controversial conservatorship final 12 months.
The single will likely be a brand new model of John’s 1972 traditional “Tiny Dancer” entitled “Hold Me Closer,” borrowing a lyric from the unique music for the identify.
John first confirmed the collaboration earlier this month and shared the discharge date Friday in an Instagram put up exhibiting childhood pictures of the duo.
The launch would be the first time Spears has put out music for the reason that 2016 launch of her ninth studio album, “Glory,” which critics praised as one among her finest albums in years.
But up till just lately, Spears hinted on social media that she could be finished along with her profession for some time, saying her dad and mom “ruined the thrill” of the music enterprise for her. She prompt she may take a 10-year break to spite her household and their function within the conservatorship she pushed for years to terminate.
“Not doing music anymore is my way of saying ‘Fuck You’ in a sense when it only actually benefits my family,” Spears wrote in a December 2021 Instagram post.
Fans have been desirous to see if Spears, whose life and profession had been tightly managed throughout the 13-year conservatorship helmed by her father, will reveal totally different vocal stylings on her single with John. Last month, she posted a video to Instagram of her signing in a deeper, fuller voice harking back to a few of her childhood performances.
“I haven’t shared my voice in an extremely long time, maybe too long, and here’s me playing at my house with a different version of ‘Baby,’” she wrote, referencing her debut 1998 single ”…Baby One More Time.”
At least one individual has heard the upcoming single and shared a really constructive assessment.
“It’s gonna be iconic,” Paris Hilton, one among Spears’ pals, said earlier this month. “I just heard it a couple days ago in Ibiza and it is … it’s insane.”
