'Hold Me Closer': Britney Spears returns to music after six years with Elton John

Britney Spears (Mississippi, USA, 40 years old) returns to music for the first time after winning the legal battle against her father.

He did it this Friday with the help of Elton John (Middlesex, 75 years old) with the release of

, a new song that takes advantage of the chorus and verses of two of the singer's classics,

and

and a pinch from

.

John has recently collaborated with other renowned artists such as Dua Lipa or Lady Gaga.

Spears' return for this duo occurs six years after her last work, the album

, released in 2016.

The singer has not hidden her enthusiasm for the launch of her new work.

“It is very cool to be able to sing with one of the most classic men of our time.

I am quite overwhelmed.

It is something very important to me”, explained the artist on Twitter.

Spears has also referred to her mental and emotional state: “I am meditating more and learning that my space is valuable.

I learn that every day is an opportunity to try to be a better person and do what makes me happy.

Yes, today I choose happiness.

Every day I tell myself that I must leave behind the bitterness of the pain and try to forgive myself and others for what may have been painful.

I want to live without fear like I did when I was younger and stop being fearful and scared.

I pray that there really is truth in the holy spirit and I hope that it is with my children as well.

Yes, today I choose happiness and joy, ”the singer wrote on her social networks.

Hold Me Closer

sounds almost like a disco song from the seventies, another theme that vindicates a period where the mirror ball reigned.

It's already a trend among pop stars today: just listen to the new albums by Beyoncé, Dua Lipa or The Weeknd.

In

both sing, but it sounds uniform, as if it were actually just one vocalist.

It is a perfect theme to dance in a relaxed way.

Spears and John met at the AIDS Foundation Oscar party in 2013. They later met at their respective Las Vegas residencies, she at Planet Hollywood, he at Caesars Palace.

is recorded separately, with each one in a studio in a different city.

Elton John has explained to

the experience of recording with Spears: “Britney was broken.

I've been through that feeling and it's horrible.

Fortunately, I've been sober for 32 years and it's been the happiest period of my life.

Now I have the experience to be able to advise people and help them because I don't want to see any artist in a dark place."

Spears is one of the great figures of pop music of the late 1990s and 2000s, with such recognizable songs as

and

.

However, in recent years she has been talked about more because of her personal life and her personal drama than because of music.

In January 2008, the star was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after succumbing to media pressure.

She left the institution that same year, but from then on her father, James Spears, took over the finances and many other aspects of her daughter's life through a guardianship.

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They were 13 years of abusive control, as the judges have declared, during which she recorded four albums, undertook four world tours and participated in 248 shows in Las Vegas.

That stage ended in November 2021, when a judge eliminated the guardianship, a decision much celebrated by a legion of followers of the artist who, aware of Spears's poor state for a long time, claimed with the slogan

that their star be "freed". ”.

The singer herself reacted on her social networks to the event, showing gratitude to her fans and declaring that it was "the best day of her life".

In another post that she later deleted, Spears also revealed that it was her mother who gave her father the idea to take over her guardianship.

Later, in an interview with

magazine , she reaffirmed her rejection of her mother: "She ruined my life."