Some other recent tidbits from Timothy_b:
I don't have any info on the quality of the newly recorded material, but there are quite a few gems from the BJ era that didn't make the cut after Will.I.Am took over and him and the label went for a different approach. 1 song produced by Danja and 2 by Darkchild, which do deserve the stamp "Blackout 2.0". I know that A&R for this new project is nearly completed and that no Executive Producer has been assigned, which either means that it's going to be Britney herself or her A&R team at RCA.
If we really get what Britney wants, then it's a mixture of Blackout and BJ. And with BJ I mean the sound of "Don't Cry", "Hold on Tight" and "Perfume".
She has a bunch of demos, but they already decided which are for keeps and which not.
(The songs cut from BJ were) Not just great. Amazing! Very different from the sound that ended up on BJ, but absolute bangers!
A single will be dropped first, definitely! But there are plans to realease the album out of the blue!
dropping it out of the blue? I'm here for them announcing the release date a week before it's out. Or like 3 days or something. That keeps the fans hyped + more potential for momentum to not go to waste. But if she surprise released it, then that's just room for comparisons with BEYONCÉ (ie it'll be a mess) which would put a stigma on the album to perform similar to it commercially and critically.
dropping it out of the blue? I'm here for them announcing the release date a week before it's out. Or like 3 days or something. That keeps the fans hyped + more potential for momentum to not go to waste. But if she surprise released it, then that's just room for comparisons with BEYONCÉ (ie it'll be a mess) which would put a stigma on the album to perform similar to it commercially and critically.