Review: Britney Spears New Song

Yesterday I noticed Pitchfork linking to the lovely Perez Hilton who had posted an "exclusive" stream of the new "leaked" Britney Spears song. Now, rarely is anything leaked by accident these days, and so I am guessing someone on the "Project: Britney Comeback" team had something to do with this. That is, if the "Project: Britney Comeback" team is still in existence. Matters just keep getting worse from Britney, with every sexual partner and anyone who once caught a glimpse of her cleavage selling a story to the highest bidding tabloid. So how about a song to, well, shut up all the haters. Unfortunately, this new tune, which I will call "Baby Boy" just isn't doing the trick.

The beats pretty simple but that makes it pretty dope and it actually sounds like Brit Brit can sing. Unfortunately, it sounds like she probably wrote this one herself in her hour of need. In fact, it's the lyrics that convince me this really is Britney. She sings, "Everyday, I’m in a daze/ Looking for that someone/ And everyday, I sit and kneel and pray/ Oh, sweet love, can I get some?/ So why do you desert me, baby boy?/ I need your love right now!/ And if you desert me, baby boy/ Don’t you leave me in your crowd." Oh Britney, I want to root for you - I really do.

The weirdest part of the tune would have to be her spoken word interlude, where she appears to be talking to said "baby boy" on the phone. "Hey baby, what time you gonna get home?/ Oh, really?/ [Sigh]/ Alright, well, I’ll see you later, then/ Oh, wait/ Would you mind getting some…/ Yeah, when you come home/ Yeah, that’s it/ I love you too/ Bye."

"Toxic" it is not I'm afraid.

On a more positive note, I streamed the Junior Boys remix of The Decemberists' "Perfect Crime" and that shit was hot.