Britney Spears has often been criticized for being a manufactured lip-synching mainstream pop puppet, but in an upcming interview with Rolling Stone, the pop tart insists that she is hands-on when it comes to her musical projects.
“I have always been heavily involved in every album I have ever made. I’m very stubborn when it comes to recording and will only record songs I love, which is why it takes me a long time to make an album. I have to feel connected before I record and the song has to spark something inside me. Very few songs do that. I guess it’s a good process because I love all of my music. I know there are a lot of artists that hate songs they recorded. I don’t feel that way.”
“When we first sat down to talk about Femme Fatale I knew I wanted to make a dance album that was ahead of everything else out there but unique to me which is why I was so picky with the recording process. I only wanted songs that I immediately connected to. I also wanted to make sure that this album was completely different from Circus or anything else I had ever recorded. I love Circus but I wanted something darker and edgier. I also wanted to make an album and didn’t want to just record a bunch of songs and put them together. I think Femme Fatale is really connected from start to finish.”
Britney continued in her interview, spilling more tea on the sound she wanted to get across for Femme Fatale including her favorite artists she likes to listen to and what it was like to work with Will.I.Am.:
“I wanted to make a fresh-sounding album for the clubs or something that you play in your car when you’re going out at night that gets you excited but I wanted it to sound different from everything else out right now. I also wanted to experiment with all the different types of music I love which is why you hear a mixture of pop, hip-hop and dance throughout the album. I also really wanted to play with my voice and change up my sound here and there which was really fun.”
“I listen to a lot of different music from all over the world and I guess I just gravitate towards what sounds fresh and what makes me want to move. I really didn’t want to record anything on this album that could be mistaken for anyone else out there. I think my first two singles, “Hold It Against Me” and “Till The World Ends,” sound completely different from anything else and I think when my fans hear the rest of Femme Fatale they’ll see how fresh every song is.”
"I love the Peas but I also love Deadmau5. I guess I’m all over the place. Lately I have been listening to Robyn and Adele non-stop but I also love to find new artists that very few people know about. It's one of my favorite things to do because it's like being part of a secret. Friends and people around me are always showing me new artists that they love and that's how I learned about Sabi and ended up working with her on “(Drop Dead) Beautiful.” I have always wanted to feature a new artist on one of my albums and she is really cool.
I disagree with you on Hold It Against Me Brit, but Till The World Ends is one of those songs that makes you want to dance until the end of the apocolypse. There's also this snobbery in the music industry when it comes to artists that don't write their own songs. i actuall have no problem with singers who sing other people's songs or talk to a songwriter about their feelings, which then become lyrics. Not everyone has the ability to write timeless lyrics, and the shouldn't be beat up over it. Rihanna doesn't write her shit either, but there's something about her that manages to always turn a mediocre track into a international smash. Britney has that X Factor about her as well. From majority of the songs I've heard from Femme Fatale, I am pleased with Britney's direction and as a stan I cannot wait to go out and purchase the record when it's physically available in stores.
To check out the rest of Britney's Rolling Stone interview, click on the highlighted Rolling Stone link at the top of the page.
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