{"id":4459,"date":"2011-04-21T17:22:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T21:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/2011\/04\/17\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T17:22:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T21:22:06","slug":"britney-spears-is-dancing-to-the-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=4459","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears is Dancing to the Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world is going to come to an end, and Britney Spears intends to dance her way to the apocalypse. Spears’ latest album “Femme Fatale” is the pop music equivalent of LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out”. It’s a game changer for the artist. While many critics are whining<\/a> that the album never wavers from its dance floor sensibilities, or that the album is more a victory for the producers than for Spears, I see it differently.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thankfully the pop music landscape has changed in recent history, and I think for the better. Thanks to the efforts from female artists such as Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Robyn, and as always Madonna, female driven pop music blends more styles and takes more risks than ever before. Sadly, these innovations made still relatively young Britney Spears something of a pop music dinosaur. Despite her releasing some songs that could compete, overall she hadn’t managed to break through to the new era. <\/p>\n

“Femme Fatale” rips open with “Till the World Ends”, a pounding booty shaker and it never lets go. The album draws heavily on the ever encroaching electronic\/techo sound (Yay!) with a heavy helping of thumping beats. Don’t call it a comeback, Spears could always make you dance, and thanks to her long time producers, everyone is being reminded. Oh boo hoo, it’s a whole album of music that makes you want to dance. What a waste of time that is! You know what, sometimes I don’t want<\/em> a ballad, sometimes I don’t want<\/em> to dissect songs for deeper meaning, in short, sometimes this middle aged white girl just wants to feel good, and “Femme Fatale” delivers.<\/p>\n

I can’t consider this review complete with directing your attention to some videos. (Note that both videos have a 15 second advertisement in front of them.)<\/p>\n

This first one is for the opening song “Till the World Ends”. As an occult fangirl I was tickled at the use of the ever popular December 21st 2012, even if it’s already getting a little played out. Also, there’s some pretty shots of a city getting wrecked. I don’t know who actually choreographed the video, but it’s got the fingerprints of Paula Abdul’s “Cold Hearted Snake”<\/a> all over it. (Remember the part where they pull the blinds down? Yeah, that part.)<\/p>\n