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Originally posted by jomarr
Do we have reviews for Private Show? I wanna know if critics are divided with the song as well.
So far, ATRL is polarized towards the song.
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Rolling Stone
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"Rhythmic, Slinky New 'Private Show'..."
For the slinky song, Spears gives a soulful vocal performance and promises a "private show" for her lover. The Las Vegas performer promises to "twerk it" and "spin it" during the song's chorus and peppers the verses with theatrical metaphors. "All my tricks, they're spectacular/ My encore is immaculate," she sings during the second verse.
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SPIN
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"Fizzy Private Show..."
It’s a bubbly, pole dance-inspired number built around a spiraling vocal hook and a clipped, “Work it, work it / Boy watch me work it / Slide down my pole / Watch me spin it and twerk it” chorus that sounds tailor-made for a Vegas show.
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The Interns
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She’s popped the album up for pre-order and with it she’s released Private Show, a song that sounds like scientists morphed Rihanna and Meghan Trainor which is actually not as awful as it sounds.
It’s got a doo-wop instrumental and a bridge borrowed straight from the Young Thug end of the hip-hop world. It follows on from Make Me which also borrowed elements of its sound from the hip-hop world.
God bless Britney for keeping up with the young kids. She’s still hip, you guys.
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Courtesy of @AlphaOmega
"Thankfully though, this latest track from Brit is definitely an "alone in front of your mirror, really ****ing feeling yourself" jam of the highest order. Seems like Britney's felling herself, too, and she's never sounded better."
-Paper mag
"Private Show," which is streaming now, is nothing whatsoever like its predecessor, the G-Eazy-featuring "Make Me." It brings together doo-wop, bubbly pop and some Gwen Stefani-esque chanting and blends it all together into something that's definitely nothing like what we've heard from the girl who gave us "Lucky." The song was previously teased in a commercial for her newest fragrance."
-Mashable
"It’s completely different from Britney hits of the past, but we love how much she’s growing and experimenting with her talent. Never before has Spears been so soulful. Glory marks the first studio album that Britney has released since 2013’s Britney Jean, so it’s great that she took the time to craft completely new material."
-Yahoo
"the full track proves to be even better as Spears returns to her seductive roots, singing about getting down on a pole and twerking behind the curtains over a doo wop-inspired backbeat produced by Young Fyre who has worked with T-Pain in the past."
-Complex
"The doo-wop-y "Private Show" was initially teased in a commercial for a perfume of the same name as the song. Britney sounds sassier than she has in a long time as she demands "Boy, watch me work it / Slide down my pole, watch me spin and twerk it" in her signature baby voice that yips over a throwback-inspired beat. It's strangely satisfying, particularly when Brit attempts gets a bit soulful with her delivery on the second chorus and on the chant-driven bridge"
-Fuse
"You can now listen to Spears new song "Private Show" via Spotify and, sweet mercy, is it good. Brimming with the sort of bubble-bursting pop that makes you want to bathe in pure sugary goodness, the song is Britney in full-on strutting showgirl form. She's back, you guys, and it feels so good."
-Bustle