We really can’t talk about it,” Spears says, quickly shutting down any discussion of her ninth record, which comes at a critical time for her: her last release, December 2013’s Britney Jean, felt undercooked, despite its inclusion of the campy EDM delight “Work Bitch.” It was Spears’s lowest-charting album in the U.S. and U.K., and got a tepid reception from critics. If she’s going to reassert herself as a relevant pop star delivering new music, the time to do it is now, and Spears seems to know it. “I’m being more hands-on with this one,” she says.
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“Whoever is in the spotlight, people are really quick to judge. I mean, there are a lot of kids coming up who’ve experienced that. You know, Justin Bieber, he’s huge, and he experiences that. It’s just the way the world works, unfortunately. I’ve been doing this for 20 years. I kind of don’t pay attention to it. I have my relationship with God and myself and that’s what matters to me. I really don’t care what most people think.”
