As someone who sincerely believes that even the densest of pop stars can create transcendent music if they surround themselves with the right people (see Britney's "Toxic," Justin Timberlake's solo career), I can say that I was honestly had a genuine interest in Spears' latest leak to Ryan Seacrest's radio show. Of course, that was before I actually heard the song, speculatively titled "Today," which turns out to be a total lump of dogshit.The lyrics are the kind of hideous empowerment poetry that Spears posts on her website, a "you'll be sorry" slap at K-Fed. Musically it goes nowhere: no chorus, just a repeating melody line, and in the middle there's an absolutely hideous spoken bridge where Britney pretends to be on the phone with her "baby boy" and speaks with this gratingly hammy coo that rivals her acting job in Crossroads. In Britney's defense, this probably isn't going to be a single; it sounds like a demo leaked as a complete PR move, and let's hope for her it's trashed before her actual album is finalized. Thanks to Stereogum for the leak.
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