Britney Spears, Elton John Launch ‘Maintain Me Nearer’: Hear

A crowning second for the princess of pop. Britney Spears teamed up with Elton John for a duet impressed by “Tiny Dancer,” her first launch since the end of her conservatorship.

“Maintain Me Nearer,” which was launched on Friday, August 26, places a recent spin on the previous basic. Days earlier than it dropped, the 40-year-old pop star mirrored on returning to the studio for the brand new monitor. “Okie dokie … my first music in 6 years 🎶 !!!! It’s fairly rattling cool that I’m singing with probably the most basic males of our time … @eltonofficial 🚀!!!!” she tweeted. “I’m kinda overwhelmed… it’s an enormous deal to me !!! I’m meditating extra 🧘🏼‍♀️ and studying my area is efficacious and valuable !!!”

She continued: “I’m studying on a regular basis is a clear slate to try to be a greater particular person and do what makes me pleased … sure I select happiness right now. I inform myself on daily basis to let go of the damage bitterness and attempt to forgive myself and others to what might have been hurtful. I wish to be fearless like after I was youthful and never be so scared and fearful. I pray there really is fact to the Holy Spirit and I hope that spirit is with my youngsters as nicely !!! Sure … I select happiness and pleasure right now ☀️ !!!?”

Rumors in regards to the collaboration first surfaced final month, when a number of shops reported that John, 75, reached out to Spears to record a new version of his 1971 hit. The duo reportedly recorded the music collectively in Beverly Hills in late July, with Web page Six noting on the time that the “Womanizer” singer’s document label was “excited” in regards to the challenge.

Spears’ buddy Paris Hilton later shared her enthusiasm for “Hold Me Closer” throughout an interview with Paul Barewijk for his present, Paul Voor Je Neus. “It’s gonna be iconic,” the Easy Life alum, 41, gushed on August 2. “I simply heard it a pair days in the past in Ibiza and it’s … it’s insane.”

Earlier than “Maintain Me Nearer,” Spears had not dropped a brand new music since her 13-year conservatorship was terminated in November 2021. One month after her authorized victory, the “Poisonous” songstress revealed that she had determined to cease making music as a “f–k you” to the people who controlled her career. “It didn’t make sense how network television shows are showcasing my music with remixes of all of my music … but the one who owns the music is informed no,” she wrote by way of Instagram in December 2021. “They even gave remixes to my sister however why was I all the time informed no?”

The Grammy winner continued: “People have no idea the awful things that were done to me personally … and after what I’ve been by way of, I’m scared of individuals and the enterprise!!! They actually damage me!!! Not doing music anymore is my approach of claiming ‘f–ok you’ in a way when it only actually benefits my family by ignoring my actual work.”

Earlier this yr, the Louisiana native claimed being under the conservatorship “ruined” her experience working in the music industry. “Being a stay-at-home mother not having individuals do my hair and make-up … ready and ready in these dressing rooms with my dad and the weirdest girl ever in each f–king dressing room I used to be in for 14 years … I look again now and I’m like ‘how did I try this ???’” she wrote in an April Instagram publish. “Actually simply the considered being in the identical constructing as them not to mention the identical room makes the hair on my arms rise up !!!”

Spears informed followers on the time that she didn’t plan on returning to the studio till 2026, which might be a decade after she launched her most up-to-date album, Glory. “They’ve ruined the fun of the enterprise for me 100000% !!!” She wrote. “Let’s make it a 10-year break.”

Nevertheless, the Crossroads star appeared to vary her thoughts three months later, sharing a video of herself singing “… Baby One More Time” whereas doing laundry. “That is me yesterday doing laundry and separating garments…I haven’t shared my voice in an especially very long time…perhaps too lengthy,” Spears captioned the clip. “Right here’s me enjoying at my home with a distinct model of ‘Child’…the WORD as in WORDS…Present me the way you need it to be…inform me child trigger I have to know…give me a f–king signal…HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME!!!”

The “Gimme Extra” performer added that she wished her followers to know her ardour for singing by no means pale despite her ups and downs in the industry. “I share this as a result of I’m conscious of my love and keenness to sing, and my circle of relatives made a idiot of me,” she wrote on the time. “I’m not going to be a sufferer !!!”