'I Wanna Go': Britney Spears shuts down rumours about new album and vows to never 'return to the music industry'
4 January 2024, 19:07
Britney Spears has said she will "never return to the music industry" as she shut down speculation that she is working on a new album.
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The 42-year-old pop superstar made the statement on social media in response to US outlets claiming songwriters were gearing up to pen songs for a 10th studio album.
Ms Spears put the rumours to rest, writing on Instagram: "Just so we're clear most of the news is trash!!!
"They keep saying I'm turning to random people to do a new album... I will never return to the music industry!!!"
She added that when she writes now she does so "for fun" or for other artists, revealing that she has written more than 20 songs in the past two years for various people.
The I Wanna Go singer wrote: "I'm a ghostwriter and I honestly enjoy it that way!!!"
She also put an end to speculation that her new memoir, The Woman In Me, was released without her approval, which she said was "far from the truth".
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The book received rave reviews, with critics praising her for its "raw and unfiltered" approach when depicting her experience of fame, motherhood and living under a conservatorship.
Alongside the Instagram post was an image of the 17th century painting titled Salome Bearing The Head Of St John the Baptist by Italian baroque artist Guido Reni.
She has since seemed to have deactivated her instagram account.
Ms Spears, whose hit songs include Toxic, Oops!... I Did It Again, and ...Baby One More Time, last released music in July in the form of a collaboration with Black Eyed Peas member Will.i.am, titled Mind Your Business.
The track followed on from her collaboration with Sir Elton John in 2022 which was her first new music in six years and her first release since the end of her 13-year conservatorship.
Across her career she has released nine studio albums, which have all enjoyed chart and sales success.
She has also won a Grammy for best dance recording for her song Toxic and has been nominated for a further seven along with four Brit Awards.
