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Britney Spears and longtime person Will.i.am secretly teamed up for a caller track, and the duo dropped the summertime opus connected Tuesday, July 18. Pointedly titled “Mind Your Business,” Britney seemingly schooled the media and paparazzi with the assistance of her longtime person and collaborator. “They travel me, travel me, travel maine / Follow, travel maine / Uptown, downtown / Everywhere I crook astir / Hollywood, London / Snap, drawback is the sound.”
The lyrics seemed to straight constituent to past faceoffs with photographers — it’s a taxable she’s tackled earlier successful songs including “Piece Of Me” and “My Prerogative.” She besides promises to “send the dogs out” if the paparazzi “get up retired my face.” All of it seemed to reverberate her changeless telephone for state pursuing her restrictive 13-year conservatorship, which yet ended successful November of 2021. “Mind yo’ business, b****,” she croons successful her distinctive warble.
The song, a techno-infused, club-ready banger, is the “Toxic” singer’s 2nd merchandise since her restrictive, 13-year conservatorship was lifted successful November of 2021. Will.i.am took to Twitter connected Monday, July 17 to tease the drop, penning simply, UH OH!!!” and tagging @britneyspears, alongside a tantalizing clip of the song. Shortly thereafter, the vocalist amended the tweet to uncover the song’s title. “UH OH!!! You are present NOW rocking with will.i.am and @britneyspears,” alongside a brash enactment of occurrence emojis. He past added the hashtag, #Mindyourbusiness.”
UH OH!!!
You are present NOW rocking with https://t.co/9h25DLRAUu and @britneyspears…🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥#MINDyourBUSINESS pic.twitter.com/COqeuB2Jf2
— will.i.am (@iamwill) July 17, 2023
Fans went chaotic successful the comments thread successful anticipation of the release. “So ready,” wrote a fan, portion different commented, “BRING THE ACTION.” “BRITNEY IS COMING,” gushed a third.
It’s not wholly a astonishment they’d squad up, arsenic the Black Eyed Peas rapper was reportedly among the highly exclusive impermanent database astatine Britney’s star-studded June 2022 wedding to Sam Asghari. They antecedently collaborated connected the 2012 azygous “Scream and Shout.”
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And Will.i.am has had thing but benignant and sympathetic words for Brit and her plight. “Britney has endured some beauteous harsh treatment from her own and she’s an astonishing idiosyncratic and her bosom is pure,” helium told Metro.co.UK successful 2021. “Everyone’s had immoderate downfalls and immoderate choices that they’ve made personally but she’s awesome.”
Britney’s erstwhile post-conservatorship effort was a poppy revival duet of Elton John‘s 1976 deed “Tiny Dancer,” titled simply, “Hold Me Closer” and released successful September of 2022. Though neither of the legendary singers appeared successful the gorgeous euphony video, the opus itself caused a monolithic frenzy. And a root told america astatine the clip that Brit was heavy progressive successful the production.
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“Britney did person an progressive relation successful the accumulation of the ‘Hold Me Closer’ video and she is truthful arrogant of it and the mode that it turned out,” the insider told HollywoodLife for a September 2022 report. “She got ace affectional and cried blessed tears erstwhile she saw the last version,” they continued. “The interpretive dancers were flawless and, being a dancer herself, she feels that they conveyed the feeling that she wanted the video to have, which is hope, love, and triumph.”
They aboriginal teamed up to driblet an acoustic version of the hit.
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