We were going to make a massive post about the new Britney single...

...and post the new MP3s and all that, but we got to thinking about the old Britney and how much we loved her. As fucked as it seems now, Britney Spears (or at least the people who wrote her songs, produced her, marketed her and styled her) was a pivotal componant in the modern pop landscape, and though she always seemed to teeter on the brink of total failure, she released some solid material (a lot of it was shit, obviously, but a lot of it is undeniable). We mean, remember this girl?:



The first time we heard "Baby One More Time", we were in a McDonald's in the south of France watching MTV, and all of a sudden this instantly memorable, completely ridiculous song comes on and, like it or not, things sort of changed forever. She can't really sing, she can sort of dance and now she's complately fucking nuts: it's kind of depressing but we love Britney Spears.



Amazing.



Amazing.



Amazing.



Amazing (and apparently, this song was written for Janet Jackson, which is hilarious).



Amazing.



Amazing.



And finally, amazing.

We think it says something that Britney's new single begins with the words: "It's Britney, bitch." Er, indeed.