Also, shout out to Duck and Michelle. They knew about the unreleased Britney Spears songs titled "Shake It" and "Bump It"
In her early years, Britney was a girl. A girl who just wanted to have fun. But the interview questions - especially when Britney turned 18 - were inappropriate. When Britney was 18, she was an “adult”. A “woman”. That meant it was “fair game” to ask Britney questions about who she’s going to marry, how much money do you want for someone to take your virginity. Now it was fair game to talk with Britney about boyfriends and sex. And if Britney said “I’m not ready yet, I need some more time” -that would be deemed unacceptable for a popular “woman”. Everybody was watching her, telling her who to grow into. She couldn’t be a girl anymore because that would be “immature”. Why did the media have to flip a switch because she turned 18?
Britney isn’t alone here -there’s a good chunk of women in high school or college who are 17 or 18 or older but they want to stay girls. But they would feel like they were behind because the other “mean girls” in college or high school were talking about dating and sex and sleeping with someone else’s older brother. The girl who feels like she was behind wouldn’t dare to admit that she still lives with her mom, and even though she’s in college, still calls her mom to ask if raw eggs go in the fridge, or if she needs homework help. If she admits she’s not ready to be a woman, all the mean girls in high school/college will call her childish. This is exactly how the media treated Britney
Is anybody here a girl who can relate to the previous paragraph?
Some singers use a stage name, basically creating a double life. For example, Katy Perry is a pop singer who performed at the Super Bowl. Katheryn Hudson is the type of girl to trip on a red carpet wearing a hoodie. Rihanna is a boss bitch, a good girl gone bad. Robyn is the girl who makes jokes backstage
I feel like Britney didn’t want a “stage name” because in her prime, Britney acted the same way on stage and off stage - a sweet girl who loved to sing. She didn’t need an “alternate identity”.
But that raises the question- if Britney had a stage name, what would it be? Comment your ideas
I’m referring to the song or the album or both
Also, share both your first BOMT memory, AND your favorite BOMT memory (unless your first memory is also your favorite memory)
For me, my first memory was in 2024, I watched Kung Fu Panda 4, and at the end, Jack Black sang this cool song called …Baby One More Time. I liked the song and I looked it up, and then I found it was a cover of a Britney Spears song. I listened to the original version and that’s how I got introduced to Britney
My favorite: just watching Britney sing BOMT live, especially at a young age, brings a smile to my face.
Notice how I posted 2 photos. The first photo is the original. The second one is an edited photo that made the rounds on social media.
The edited photo edits out TJ and replaces him with Justin. Social media did that because Britney and Justin sells more headlines.
The second difference? On the edited version, Britney and Christina have boob marks. Editing natural photos of girls to make their boobs bigger? That is disgusting! They sexualized a picture of these girls who were less than 15 years old!
First of all, I know the book is amazing as is. I’m wondering what did you want to see in Britney’s book, but surprised she didn’t write about?
The saddest part of Everytime isn’t that it’s a lullaby to her aborted baby. It’s that Britney is blaming herself. She’s taking responsibility -“my weakness caused you pain, and this song’s my sorry…”. Even though Justin pressured her to have an abortion and cheated on her and blamed her, Britney was still protecting Justin over herself.
Felicia was Britney’s friend; the only person who saw Britney as a person, not a product. I wish they could reunite someday. I know Britney still has Felicia in mind, as she mentioned Felicia in her book
Basically, how many links do you need to get from yourself to Britney?
For example:
If you met Britney in person, your degree of separation is 1.
If your mom met Britney in person, your degree of separation is 2, since you need 2 links. You-your mom, then your mom-Britney.
If your coworker got to have a meet and greet tickets to a Snoop Dogg concert, your degree of separation is 3. You-your coworker, then coworker-Snoop, and Snoop was supposed to make a cameo in the Outrageous music video, so Snoop-Britney. 3 links.
Simply being in the same room as somebody else does not count as a link. You need to talk to the person. For example, if you were at a Britney concert in the audience, that is not a degree of 1. If you had a meet and greet with Britney, that’s a degree of 1.
Also by example, if you attended a Snoop Dogg concert but you didn’t talk to snoop, your degree is not a 2 since you-snoop is not a valid link