The lowdown: Fans were expecting anything other than a throbbing, thrashing EDM banger for the lead single of Britney’s most personal record yet™. But when President Obama asks you to use your powerful public profile as one of the world’s biggest pop stars to help get the stalled economic recovery back on track, you heed the call of patriotic duty. Britney’s staccato celebration of hot bodies, fast cars and overseas vacations has inspired millions of Americans. Since its release last fall, the unemployment rate has dropped more than half a percent, and though it snapped Britney’s streak of #1 hits, peaking outside the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, former editor-in-chief (and ATRL celebrity) Bill Werde declared it the biggest indie smash of 2013. “Work Bitch” better work, bitch.
ATRL says...: "Experimental Britney at her best," helloDer wrote. "It’s a shame the explicitness and lack of promo let this flop." bluth thought it was "actually an incredible pop song. The bridge and production are everything." Penk couldn't "decide if I like it or hate it. It's so dumb yet I seem to sing along to it all the time." lovesong had "flashbacks to this track playing on the radio! It sounds good, but kind of falls flat in the greater context of things." JakeKills insisted, "This album indicates that Britney should probably consider retiring, bitch." madonnas felt "this song is so frustrating. It’s the perfect sarcastic response to the barrage 'love yourself' inspirational songs. It’s the tough love version, and that appeals to me much more. Shame about will.i.am producing the song, though…"
Best bit: the "Work, work, work, work" breakdown, complete with signature dance move
Since its release last fall, the unemployment rate has dropped more than half a percent, and though it snapped Britney’s streak of #1 hits, peaking outside the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, former editor-in-chief (and ATRL celebrity) Bill Werde declared it the biggest indie smash of 2013. “Work Bitch” better work, bitch.
