Britney Spears - Behind the Music that Sucks II
First, she was " Born to Make you Happy" in her " Baby One More Time" kind of way.
Then, she was " Lucky" to be a " Slave 4 U".
Now, she's " Against the Music" " In the Zone."
Britney.
There was a time that Britney Spears was a well-rounded individual. That sweet little girl from Louisianna, with her music vidoes and her bubble gum pop music that was so easy to tap your toes to, regardless of your hatred towards the genre. She made a career floating in when the boy bands ruled the earth with their five part harmony. Others tried to claim the sweet princess throne of pop music, like Christina Aguleria. Jessica Simpson. Mandy Moore. But Brits beat them all.
Until now.
Where is that littel girl that people fell in love with? Since her third album, Britney, the little girl went through the adult machine and made a crapload of bad decisions. First, she started to slut it up a little, choosing skimpier and skimpier costumes fro each of her vidoes until she was wearing a see through body suit in Toxic.
Crossroads, a simple movie that proved that Britney couldn't act. Why didn't someone look at her Saturday Night Live performances? It was almost as bad as Glitter, but just. From there, we see that her music has turned a little edgier, trying to wash away the pain of her losing Justin Timberlake in a mess of pulse beat, grinding bad girl music.
Then, the marriage. 54 hours of wedded maritial bliss for her and her high school friend, Jason Alexander. When first heard that, I thought " Why would she marry George from Sienfield?" Was their respective careers bottoming out? After all, George from Sienfield was doing KFC commercials....
So, they got a anulment.
Now, she maybe pregnant with the baby of her new Fiance, Kevin. Kevin, who works as a backup dancer for Britney, proposed to her with a ring he bought from his paycheck and presented it to her. Kevin, who also up and dumped his current girl, pregnantwith is baby, to be with Brit. PLUS, he looks like Timberlake.
So, Brit will be married again. This is a girl that was the role-model for girls everywhere that was proud of that fact. Is that how all role models should act?
God, I hope not.
As Britney Spears starts to slide into a Madonna type lifestyle * Sean Penn, anyone?*, will she have the talent to pull herself up by her bootstraps and clean up, and continue on? Many hope not.
Unfortunately, we'll have to see.