Unpopular opinions: Britney Spears

[DrKindnessKunt1999 5,975]

-Initially I disliked the sound that Glory had (the chill 2016 tropical house sound), but I grew to like and even love some of the songs from Glory. That being said:

Britney Jean > Glory 

I dislike Britney Jeans’ bad songs less than Glory’s bad songs. 

-Femme Fatale > Blackout

I love Blackout, but Femme Fatale is my favorite Britney album. It’s going to be the soundtrack for my funeral, along with ARTPOP, Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection and some Charli XCX songs (stream Crash!)

[dopega 3,723]

Glory is Britney's best album yet 

[Magneto 13,363]

Pretty Girls is a BOP!

[TEANUS 14,827]

Glory is one of her best albums 

[Ladle Ghoulash 20,281]

Baby One More Time is better than Oops! I Did It Again

[Bling 31,288]

1 hour ago, Saint Hollywood said:

Do You Wanna Come Over? should’ve had a music video. It deserved more success

Truly "Slave 4 U" 2.0, I still can't fathom how so many gheys sleep on it. The hand drums 

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45 minutes ago, TEANUS said:

Glory is one of her best albums 

 

1 hour ago, dopega said:

Glory is Britney's best album yet 

Honestly idk why it gets hate, I love almost every song and she took some risks. Some paid off and some....didn't. 

But as a long time Britney stan, it's easily her best produced.

[KillerMonster 2,361]

Britney Jean is one of her best albums

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Oh and also

This is one of her best songs (even though it's on Britney Jean )

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The free britney movement was super hypocritical in the way that it demonized the media and paparazzi for invading her personal life while doing the exact same thing. 

Britney fans cling to the “she was forced to sing in a baby voice” excuse for dear life. It was still her voice, and it’s still unpleasant. 

I don’t understand the hype about her in general. Even at her peak she seemed like a super generic, cookie cutter pop star.

Hate that she’s somehow immune from the criticism other singers face when they don’t sing live. Even before her conservatorship, she rarely sang live. 

I don’t like how the internet rally’s in support of everything she says solely because of her conservatorship situation. You can go through horrible things and still be wrong. For example, the way she called out Christina for not speaking on free Britney, like girl what?? Her fans have essentially weaponized her conservator situation and use it to combat any criticism of her. 

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23 minutes ago, streamstarcrossed said:

The free britney movement was super hypocritical in the way that it demonized the media and paparazzi for invading her personal life while doing the exact same thing. 

Britney fans cling to the “she was forced to sing in a baby voice” excuse for dear life. It was still her voice, and it’s still unpleasant. 

I don’t understand the hype about her in general. Even at her peak she seemed like a super generic, cookie cutter pop star.

Hate that she’s somehow immune from the criticism other singers face when they don’t sing live. Even before her conservatorship, she rarely sang live. 

I don’t like how the internet rally’s in support of everything she says solely because of her conservatorship situation. You can go through horrible things and still be wrong. For example, the way she called out Christina for not speaking on free Britney, like girl what?? Her fans have essentially weaponized her conservator situation and use it to combat any criticism of her. 

Long post, but I could not disagree more. The Free Britney movement was advocating for an end to this woman's abuse and trafficking at the hands of her family and team. Entirely different than media and paparazzi and the way they abused her for years. Britney herself said that the movement saved her life and has thanked them on numerous occasions, so what makes you think that there is any parallel with how the media hounded her?

Your thoughts on her voice and music is a matter of opinion, but there is no denying that she is a landmark artist in pop and has been a huge genre defining figure in music, videos, and pop culture. Not sure how she's apparently immune to criticism when clearly she faces criticism for rarely singing live, from yourself included. It's not that she is immune, it's just that she is so highly revered that criticism doesn't make a dent in the connection she has with her large and diverse fanbase.

Her social media post about Christina is also a matter of opinion, considering that Christina has made many unkind comments about Britney in the media over the years, with Britney always taking the high road. You can disagree with the fact she addressed it publicly, but nobody is weaponising her conservatorship in defence of her. It's just that the reality is that it's a very nuanced situation, and criticising a woman who has been through almost two decades of unthinkable abuse isn't very empathetic or kind. Especially when she is one of the few artists who have consistently and unwaveringly been known in the industry as a genuinely kind and humble person who treats everybody with respect. She's allowed to finally use her voice and call somebody out if she feels betrayed by the fact that they were silent about her abuse for many years, particularly when she states that they knew about it and they have had a personal relationship for almost their entire lives.

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She’s being revisited and faaaaaar too positively so after FBM. The vast majority of her music is highly generic, unoriginal and with no discernible input from her other than (sometimes) vocals. She had her glory days and people cling to them to justify whatever mediocrity she’s served since. 
 

Yes she has some absolutely unquestionable pop masterpieces but other than the highlights it mostly dime a dozen filler. 

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25 minutes ago, Night Vision said:

The Free Britney movement was advocating for an end to this woman's abuse and trafficking at the hands of her family and team.

Sure…while also prying into her personal life. The comparison is in how fans obsessively went above and beyond researching and checking for clues in everything she said/did as if her life was some mystery game for them. Not that they had bad intentions, but there certainly were a lot of people way too invested in the movement, which mirrored the media’s hyper focus on her. 

25 minutes ago, Night Vision said:

Your thoughts on her voice and music is a matter of opinion

Exactly, this is an unpopular opinions thread, which is why I’m stunned that you’ve put so many words into countering my opinions. 

25 minutes ago, Night Vision said:

Her social media post about Christina is also a matter of opinion

Right! 
 

Edit: “criticising a woman who has been through almost two decades of unthinkable abuse isn't very empathetic or kind.” - this is exactly what I meant when I said ‘weaponizing her conservator situation.’ No one needs to coddle britney when they disagree with her simply because she survived something traumatic. 

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Glory is a good album. Full of bops. 

Unreleased Make Me music video is one of the most sexiest music videos ever. 

Her stage presence is sooo good that I don't really mind if she's singing or not. 

[Night Vision 3,068]

7 minutes ago, streamstarcrossed said:

Sure…while also prying into her personal life. The comparison is in how fans obsessively went above and beyond researching and checking for clues in everything she said/did as if her life was some mystery game for them. Not that they had bad intentions, but there certainly were a lot of people way too invested in the movement, which mirrored the media’s hyper focus on her. 

Exactly, this is an unpopular opinions thread, which is why I’m stunned that you’ve put so many words into countering my opinions. 

Right! 

There's a very large and obvious difference though, so I'm not sure why you are pretending to be obtuse on the matter. If you see someone being abused, should you not try to help them? Equating it to prying into her personal life when it is publicly available information in the probate court system is also totally contradictory, especially when Britney herself openly expressed in public court documents that she "appreciates and welcomes" the support and the research her fans were doing in her case, wants the case to be open to the public, and that she was actively being silenced and coerced to benefit the people who were abusing her. Drawing a parallel between genuine activism and research on conservatorship abuse, and the years of stalking and bullying she went through at the hands of the media is pretty ironic too considering that the one time she could have used some actual investigative journalism from the media, they were giving crickets for a decade. It seems that your dislike for her as an artist is skewing your perception of a situation that is ultimately about a woman being abused, or that you aren't understanding the scale of the situation she was in, and the implications it has for the conservatorship system in general. If it weren't for her fanbase, she would most likely still be stuck in that cycle of abuse and being forced to work, and bills for conservatorship reform to help vulnerable people who don't have the platform and fanbase she has, wouldn't be getting passed in congress.

And I'm aware those are your opinions on her music and social media posts, all I'm doing is countering them and debating them with you. Isn't that the point of a discussion thread?