It ain’t a line by MTV’s poet laureate John Ashbery, that’s for sure. It’s the opening of Britney Spears’ new single, Gimme More [click to hear], a better than average and better than anyone expected dance track kicking off the troubled pop star’s comeback from a year that has kept, and continues to keep tabloid editors jumping for joy.
Her new single, leaked onto the Internet earlier in the week, made a more official debut yesterday on NYC radio station Z100’s website and then traveled the blogosphere at warp speed. Gossip guru Perez Hilton called it and a second song that leaked, Cold As Fire, “two lovely appetizers,” and added “Britney’s next single needs to be on a whole other level.”
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Now Spears appears set to throw her comeback into high gear by appearing on MTV’s Video Music Awards on September 9. According to the NY Daily News, Spears’ performance will feature some gee-whiz type special effects designed by Mindfreak magician Chriss Angel, who was earlier linked to Spears through paparazzi photos of them together.
A relationship was vehemently denied, and it turned out that Angel was merely helping Spears with her act, which has been overshadowed by her personal life.
The new single begins with Spears snarling "It's Britney, b***h." It ends with producer Nate "Danjahandz" Hills saying "Bet you didn't see this coming."
