Britney's book - is it any good?
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- The Princess of Pop, Britney Spears has just released her memoir, arguably one of the most highly anticipated ever written. So what exactly is it like and is it any good?
What does she have to say about Justin Timberlake? What does she write about her family? Does she talk much about her music career? What’s the truth about her conservatorship? What’s the truth behind her Instagram posts? And should you spend your hard-earned cash on it? This video explores these questions & more.
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00:00 Introduction
00:24 What’s it like?
01:49 Family
05:36 Career
07:38 Media
10:36 Justin
11:36 Verdict
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I was never a Britney fan but i feel so bad for her 😢
Yes I’m not a huge fan but she’s had such a hard time of it. Poor girl
The Gimme More music video and the album cover it self are tragically bad but iconic for their trashy aesthetics. I love the Gimme More cuz it looks so low budget. The whole album era captured 2007 as a year in Britney’s life perfectly. Looking at the cover or anything related to it and you’re immediately sent back to that year.
As a long life long fan of Britney listening to the audio book (physical copy is yet to arrive). I wouldn’t say much shocked or was new to me outside of the abortion, which sounded horrific. But the important part is her perspective on said big events in her life.
Small glimpses behind the scenes like recording an album etc is what I wanted selfishly the whole book to be about. But as you mentioned that’s not what we got. But I get it, this is a memoir for casual readers and fans. Not us nerds that care about the music and the making of it.
I “enjoyed” the pre fame stuff the most i think. Her being a bit of a rebellious smoking 13 year old girl etc as you mentioned. Reading that makes one wonder how they cleaned her up so well that she then went on to become the girl next door role model of our generation. When she could’ve easily ended up as P!nk from the sounds of it.
There are parts that clearly are meant to connect the dots when it comes to her family’s drama and traumatic background to how she was treated by her family. It’s really messed up.
She never, due to the conservatorship spoke about any of the big events, outside of the brilliant Circus era documentary “Britney For The Record” which in hindsight shocks me that it was ever even made since it revealed quite a lot about the early days of the conservatorship.
Overall it’s a good read but disappointingly short and not super rich on details that i care for. Mariah’s memoir was shorter too but it felt jam packed with inside information about her artistry. While Britney’s book feels like a guide to the 2000s celebrity culture. Which is timely with gen Zs obsession with the 00s.
The misogyny of the 2000s looking back was absolutely disgusting and a big low point pop culture wise. Even if it did give us great classic albums like Blackout, it was the times of assholes running the media outlets and male comedians giving too big of a stage.
I’m always going to admire Britney for her strength and resilience. At times it sometimes seems that people want her to be a tragic figure more than anything. But for me she’s a symbol of hope and a survivor that went through things that a lot of us can’t being to comprehend. I mean being under a 13 year long conservatorship alone, how she got through takes a certain person to be able to handle.
P.S hearing her speak so poorly of the onyx hotel tour hurt a bit as a fan since it’s my favorite tour of hers. AND I like the book cover, it’s an imagine i hadn’t seen before and I from the age of fifteen have seen every photoshoot she’s done lol.
Such an astute analysis. 'She's a symbol of hope' ❤️
What had me hooked on the book was how Britney never had a strong family foundation behind her, rooted in abusive patriarchy to keep the women in line and obedient. It's a never ending toxic cycle.
Her parents are solely just absent minded, narcissistic and selfish lard eating imbeciles who were slithering like snakes in the grass waiting for Britney to be at her most vulnerable and distressed and then sink their fangs into her and mooch off her riches.
I do wish the memoir had some extension on her discography, whether she enjoyed a certain album or not. Though she does reflect her joy on recording Baby One More Time and Blackout, sharing her frustration and disgust with the Onyx Hotel tour (which is my favourite tour), I would've loved to have heard a lot more.
It's nice to hear that she speaks highly of her former chaperone/P.A Felicia Culotta, who is truly 100% a godsend 😊😇
Also her friendship with Madonna was the key to building Britney with enough agency and courage to stand up to her family her managers and the public during her rebellion phase.
The chapters in which Britney opened the floodgates regarding Justin and how he used their breakup as fuel to launch his solo career exemplifies how cruel he was being with his revenge narrative.
He seemed quite upright smug about embarrassing Britney as the "harlot who had broken the heart of America's golden boy". Did he really need to do that? NO!
Another good part of the book, was when Britney acknowledges all the misogyny from creepy middle aged journalists who felt entitled to examine and value her solely for her blossoming sex appeal or whether or not she was still a virgin as her record label (Jive) had propelled her into multi million dollar superstardom by marketing her as a baby faced Lolita- as mentioned by her 1999 Rolling Stone cover, which I do agree was very creepy and predatory to capturing a 17 year old girl in that light.
In addition to this, the journalists, American media and general public never valued young women like Britney in the 2000s for their talents or accomplishments, but how they did not perform "the correct idea of femininity" whatever the hell that means 🤔
Here's the truth. Britney Jean Spears is not your Madonna Whore fantasy, she is not the role model that parents should force upon their own children, she is a super talented musician and performer, a loving mother but otherall a woman who is now recovering from trauma ❤
Such a well-written comment. I will have to get you to write my scripts from now on 😂
@@jonnyharvey I don't know about that. Besides I have another calling awaiting me: hairdressing and saving the world from unspeakable demons.
i’m so happy you finally recognized britney as the princess of pop
I'm glad you're happy!! I didn't realise anyone cared that much but thanks 😀
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Learning more about her childhood and realizing that she used music to escape her family's problems the same way i did to her music is just heartbreaking, Britney made me dream for years ,her always being so gracious and sweet to everyone was always something i looked up to , i hope she finds healing and love she deserves it .
Totally agree with you! I wish there was more information about her artistry and her music because there are so many questions unanswered. I would also like to know if she really didn't record the vocals for Britney Jean or it's just a fan theory.
oh I never heard about that. I think she says in the book she wasn't really into her music around that time (I think)
I love the cat ❤
Thank you 🐱🐱
I wish Britney mentioned her cancelled album "Original Doll" and why her record label prevented the release back in 2005? 🤔
yes I would've liked to have heard about that.
@@jonnyharvey Yes, it's horrible they put Britney on lithium like her grandmother Emma. Britney gave her family everything & they threw her away. 😢
I just saw behind you that you've collected your books on the shelf by the colors. It's actually so cute.
Thanks 😀
Excellent review!!!
Thank you 😀😀
1.1m it sounds like her album sales back in the day.
It’s 2000 all over again
I was waiting for your book review video :)
Hope you liked it 😀
@@jonnyharvey Yes I did, like always :)
Thank you for this video ❤
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I actually do like Britney and always did my brother picked on me for it.
Not cool
I kinda want us to be best friends Jonny
are you sure? I'm very grumpy & socially inept 😂😂
@@jonnyharvey exactly the qualities I'm looking in a friend
God bless the eternal Princess of Pop ❤
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I mean, Justin was already shady in 04 for what he did to Janet
Yes he was. He hung Miss Jackson out to dry. It’s funny how attitudes change over time.
I laughed at her being relieved at Justin outing their sex life. I get it. However, that was still very trashy on his part. She finally got the chance to pop the image bubble they wanted to keep her in at the time.
It was very uncool of him definitely. But I'm glad she wasn't upset about it.
It doesn't have to be great i read because I hate how she's been treated for years by family media etc.
It was boring .
If you are a fan, you probably knew a lot of it already. And a lot of the big revelations were reported in the media.