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Music News: Britney Spears - 'Femme Fatale'
Member Since: 1/9/2011
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Originally posted by RyanC
I bet you think Bionic was a great album too don't ya?
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and NMST music video is unique and never been done before
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Originally posted by Duggu
and NMST music video is unique and never been done before
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LOL right?
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Member Since: 12/20/2006
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Whats with distorting her face in this vid??
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Can soomeone make avies??. I need a new one 
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Member Since: 8/18/2010
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Originally posted by Perez Hilton
P.S. We enjoyed the fight scene in the video, like the one in Mariah's Heartbreaker where she fights herself. And the day glo paint, like in Willow Smith's Whip My Hair video was cute too! And, of course, the lips, like in Rocky Horror!
Paying homage to other artists is very in right now!
P.P.S. We aren't hating. We LOVED the Womanizer and Circus video! (If You Seek Amy and 3 were disasters, though.)
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And this guy says he has changed? He's a better man now?
He won't write about Xtina anymore (*insert her nickname with flop in it here*), but he'll slam Britney at the crack of GaGa's whip.
I'm so glad that her team knows how much of a sly bitch he is now.
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Member Since: 10/28/2006
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Originally posted by BritneySpears
Hope you guys love it as much as I do. If you didn't I'll kung fu kick you like I did to that chick in the video.
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Member Since: 8/18/2010
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I really want an avatar of this:
If I knew how, I'd do it mahself.
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Member Since: 8/2/2010
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MTV Review:
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New video is both a big-budget spectacle and oddly organic.
It's not a stretch to call "Hold It Against Me" the most anticipated video of Britney Spears' 11-year career; after all, how many of her clips were preceded by a two-week teaser-thon that drove tens of millions of video streams and fans to the brink?
It's too soon to tell where the video will settle into Ms. Spears' pantheon of visually innovative music videos: pop-culture touchstone like " ... Baby One More Time" (the schoolgirl outfit) or "Oops! ... I Did It Again" (the red-leather catsuit), the darkly foreboding "Everytime" or über-sexy "I'm a Slave 4 U." Either way, it manages to outgun all those clips — and pretty much everything Brit's done since her 2007 Blackout album — in terms of sheer spectacle, while, at the same time managing to display an amazing amount of restraint.
Because while it covers similar themes of many of her videos — the constant spotlight under which Brit lives her life (see "Piece of Me," "Circus," "Womanizer," etc.) "HIAM" feels less heavy-handed. Sure, there are cameras, TV screens and microphones surrounding Spears at all times, but they're merely set pieces. We get the idea without having said idea shoved down our throats.
And much of the credit for that is due to director Jonas Åkerlund, who bathes Britney in a shimmering light, wraps her in a towering gown and eventually covers the entire set in DayGlo liquid spilling out of Spears' fingertips. Sure, there are also plenty of dance moves and special effects, too, but because of Åkerlund's deft, downright organic touches, "HIAM" also feels oddly elemental. The dress (from which she births her dancers), the fluid that flows from her fingertips, the softness of her hair and makeup — it all envelops the video's harsh, technological framework. There is a warmth to it, a heart that beats beneath the shiny veneer. And for a futuristic space-odyssey dance fantasy, that's saying something.
There are also the personal touches too: Check the monitors playing Britney's older clips, but most of them are doused in liquid and cast aside. And when coupled with perhaps the video's most organic moment — at clip's end, when Spears, covered in amniotic fluids, curls up in the fetal position — you get the feeling that "HIAM" also seems to contain messages of rebirth, re-emerging and beginning anew.
Yes, Britney also looks plenty hot, and the dance moves are sure to displace a hip or two, but at the end of the day, what puts "HIAM" on the pedestal of Spears' all-time best clips are the human touches. It looks great and it's certainly the biggest-budget thing she's released in a long time, but it's also restrained and controlled — still under the spotlight, but reborn and ready for the fight. There's genuine art to it, which makes it both beautiful to look at and powerful. She's not wearing a schoolgirl outfit or leaping out of airplanes, but she doesn't need to; not anymore. So while it's too early to know whether "HIAM" will be your Britney favorite just yet, give it a few years — you might be surprised by how well it sticks.
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Also, up to 20 on US Itunes!
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Member Since: 7/27/2004
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The breakdowns in that "other" thread 
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Originally posted by RAWR!
My analysis of the video: Birth Of a New Britney
I believe the overall concept of the video is a nod to the greatness of Britney's past works, & the acknowledgment that she has now moved on from that image.
This explains why her videos are playing in the background, why she trashed the monitors, jizzed paint all over the "perfect" dress & fought with her past self. She is no longer striving to be the perfect barbie doll pin-up & is showing her complete resentment of the idea. The fight scene could also symbolize Brit rebelling against her persona in the media & who is made out to be.
The eyeless ninja midgets are being controlled by her, as her minions, asserting that she is no puppet & she is in the fact the one in control of her career. The paint also represents this, as she is "leaving her mark" on all her past works.
The mic scene is her speaking out to the world & telling it like it is.  |
Loved this, and what her manager said solidifies your explanation further more
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what did Larry and Pauly D, etc. Say? Anybody know?
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Originally posted by Mr Telephone Man
MTV Review:
Also, up to 20 on US Itunes!
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Gotta love how there's no comparisons. 
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Member Since: 7/27/2004
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Originally posted by Bdawg
what did Larry and Pauly D, etc. Say? Anybody know?
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Larry lost his internet connection mid-way through 
No brand new information except we know the album is going to be epic.
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Member Since: 9/16/2006
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I just can't......
Brit >
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What makes me the most happy is that this video/song are 100% ORIGINAL 
and already Top 20 on itunes gerls!!!!
I'm expecting Top 3, since FP could go to #1 
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Originally posted by Chemist
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u mmm.
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u mmm.
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Member Since: 12/16/2010
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Originally posted by Chemist
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No please
She looks so tired...
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