Britney Spears shuts down talk of a new album with Charli XCX, says she won’t return to the music industry

Following announcements in music media last week that Charli XCX and Julia Michaels would be working with Britney Spears on material for a new album, Britney has denied the activity and says she won’t be returning to the recording studio, let alone with those girls.

In a recent social media post, Britney insisted she’ll “never return to the music industry”.

“They keep saying I’m turning to random people to do a new album,” she added to her post. “I will never return to the music industry!!! When I write, I write for fun or I write for other people!!!”.

There are so many exclamation marks, I’m not sure if she is excited or confused or both.

The post was accompanied (strangely) by a screenshot of the 1631 painting ‘Salome Bearing The Head Of St. John The Baptist’ by Italian baroque artist Guido Reni and beneath it read: “Just so we’re clear most of the news is trash !!!” (more of those exclamation marks).

Several articles ran this week on websites including Fader, Perez Hilton and Consequence, stating that XCX and Michaels were working on new ‘comeback’ material with Britney which the artist has denounced. Fader, for example, wrote: “Her record label are putting together new music in the hopes of convincing her to return to the music world.”

Britney went on to say she’s keeping one foot in the music scene – ghostwriting for other artists.

“For those of you who have read my book, there’s loads you don’t know about me,” she continued. “I’ve written over 20 songs for other people the past two years !!! I’m a ghostwriter and I honestly enjoy it that way !!!”

Rounding out the post, she said: “People are also saying MY BOOK WAS RELEASED WITHOUT MY APPROVAL ILLEGALLY and that’s far from the truth … have you read the news these days ??? I’m so LOVED and blessed !!!”.

In November last year, Britney made an announcement hinting that a second autobiography would be released in 2024.

I tell you what, if she keeps going with those exclamation marks, any follow-up book is sure to be twice as thick…

Antonino Tati