‘I WILL NeVer retUrN to tHe MUSIC INDUStrY!’
BRITNEY Spears has angrily denied two reports that she is currently working on her tenth album, and claims that she had enlisted Julia Michaels and Charli XCX to help out as songwriters.
“Just so we’re clear most of the news is trash!” Spears, 42, began her post on Wednesday, adding: “They keep saying I’m turning to random people to do a new album . . . I will never return to the music industry!”
It seemed that Spears was referencing two reports from The US Sun and PageSix that claimed the Toxic singer had begun work on a new record, which would have been her first album in eight years.
Far from releasing music, Spears then claimed in her post that she now prefers life behind the spotlight, working as a ghostwriter for other pop stars.
“When I write, I write for fun or I write for other people!!! For those of you who have read my book, there’s loads that you don’t know about me . . . I’ve written over 20 songs for other people the past two years !!!” she explained.
“I’m a ghostwriter and I honestly enjoy it that way!!! People are also saying MY BOOK WAS RELEASED WITHOUT MY APPROVAL ILLEGALLY and that’s far from the truth . . . have you read the news these days??? I’m so LOVED and blessed !!!”
Among tracks that Spears has written for other artistes include
Whiplash
Follow Me
Spears.
Her last studio album called Glory was released in 2016.
Charli’s involvement was first reported by The Sun, per Page Six.
Britney was originally working on her 10th studio album after she split from husband Sam Asghari, but it ended up being put on hold to focus on her memoir.
She has an upcoming writers camp and is getting songs from some big artistes, per Page Six’s insider at the time, until her album was postponed.
Charli XCX, 31, is also a singer, with huge hits like Boom Clap, Break The Rules, I Love It
Icona Pop, Fancy
and Dirty Sexy Money
Guetta and Afrojack.
She has written hit songs for Madison Beer her tune Hurts Like Hell with Offset, Selena Gomez with Same Old Love, Beg For It for Iggy Azalea, Senorita for Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, and more.
Julia, 30, is a singer and songwriter; she has previously worked on Britney’s Glory album
on the tune Better, and Change Your Mind (No Seas Cortes), Don’t Tell It, Do You Wanna Come Over?, Invitation, Just Like You, Just Luv Me
and Slumber Party.
Some of her biggest hits she’s written include: Selena Gomez’ Lose You To Love Me, Boyfriend, Look At Her Now, Bad Liar, Hands To Myself, Me & The Rhythm, Good
For You, and Slow Down.
She also has writing credits for Sorry by Justin Bieber, Poison for Rita Ora, Close for Nick Jonas, Heavy or Linkin Park, Dive for Ed Sheeran and 2002 by Anne-Marie, to name a few.
She began releasing music under her name in 2017, and garnered a huge hit with her song I Miss You with Clean Bandit, as well as Issues, and If The World Was Ending with JP Saxe.
Britney’s last studio album was Glory, released in 2016; the biggest hit from the album was the lead single, called Make Me with G-Eazy.
Her discography (from her debut album on) includes: . . . Baby One More Time in 1999, Oops! . . . I Did It Again in 2000, Britney in 2001, In The Zone in 2003, Blackout in 2007, Circus in 2008, Femme Fatale in 2011, Britney Jean
in 2016.
Baby One More Time proved to be her biggest hit, with over 14 million albums sold; next up was her Oops! . . . I Did It Again with 12 million albums sold.
Britney released two collaborations since her Glory
album Hold Me Closer
Elton John and Mind Your Business
in 2022 with Will.i.am.\
Britney was under a conservatorship, led by her father Jamie Spears, from 2008 until it was terminated by a judge in 2021.
Britney released her memoir The Woman In Me in October 2023, which became a New York Times best seller. —Daily Mail