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Rumors have been swirling a few musical comeback from Britney Spears in latest days, however in a brand new Instagram submit Wednesday, the singer shut them down saying she’ll “by no means return to the business.”
Minutes earlier than her submit, nonetheless, a supply near the Spears project-in-the-works tells Rolling Stone that the singer’s group was getting ready new music to get the singer to return to the studio, however that she had not but been “actively in recording.”
“Proper now, administration and A&R are attempting to get her excited for the music,” the supply says. “As of proper now, she’s not actively in recording however they’re getting [songs] achieved to current to her.”
“Nothing is cemented or in stone,” they add.
Spears’ group had tapped Julia Michaels and Charli XCX as writers, producer Cirkut, and several other of the collaborators from Glory, together with Jason Evigan, to make songs to current to the singer, the supply says. Evigan labored on “Man on the Moon” and “Liar” from her 2016 LP, whereas Cirkut produced all of Ava Max’s Diamonds and Dancefloors final yr, together with Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy.”
”The hype round that is that everybody desires her to make music once more, however I don’t know if she’s there but,” the supply says, including that each pop ballads and uptempo songs had been ready to current to the singer.
In a fiery Instagram submit Wednesday, the singer mentioned that a lot of the information surrounding new music “is trash,” and added that she had “written over 20 songs for different individuals” within the final two years, opting as an alternative to ghostwrite.
“They maintain saying I’m turning to random individuals to do a brand new album … I’ll by no means return to the music business !!!” she wrote. “Once I write, I write for enjoyable or I write for different individuals !!! For these of you who’ve learn my guide, there’s hundreds that you simply don’t find out about me.”
Spears’ new submit aligns with what she wrote in her memoir The Girl in Me. “Pushing ahead in my music profession will not be my focus in the meanwhile,” she mentioned. “It’s time for me to not be somebody who different individuals need; it’s time to really discover myself.”
Spears final launched “Thoughts Your Enterprise” with Will.i.am earlier this yr, although her vocals have been recorded years prior. The observe marked her first musical launch since “Maintain Me Nearer,” her music with Elton John, which reimagined a number of of his hits again in August 2022. That single served as her official comeback following the tip of her 13-year conservatorship.
Although many Spears stans have shared their pleasure concerning the prospect of latest music in latest days, some instructed Rolling Stone final yr that they may respect regardless of the singer chooses to do subsequent.
“Any time there’s no clear-cut reply as to what’s happening with Britney, there’s a stage of hypothesis,” mentioned Jordan Miller, who runs fansite BreatheHeavy.com, in August following her divorce from Sam Asghari. “There’s a component of the unknown that makes Britney mysterious to everybody.”