Britney's Life Is A Circus
Well, yeah, in that way too. But doesn't it just seem like yesterday we were talking about Blackout? Now, our little birfday girl has gone and released another album, Circus, dropping it on a packed 27th birthday where she also lit the tree in Rockefeller Center in New York City. She performed her new single Womanizer on Good Morning America yesterday morning (what, was she too embarrassed to face Matt Lauer?), and predictably, people were again Outraged! Mortified! Nay, angered! that she lipsynched:
Singing songs from her new album Circus in New York City today, Britney writhed on stage with her dancers, doing the same moves, wearing the same outfits, with the same pyrotechnics.Following her disappointing performance on Saturday's X Factor, where it was revealed her microphone was simply a prop when host Dermot O'Leary had to share his with the singer so she could be heard, fans could be forgiven for experiencing a sense of deja vu after today's set.
And once again I say...get over it. People have been doing this since darn near forever. Brit isn't the strongest singer around, her natural singing voice isn't all that great, and running around dancing and jumping about doesn't exactly lend itself to a strong vocal performance. Britney gives performances, not concerts, and you can't judge a performance by concert standards.
Robin Roberts said that this song would stay in your head all day long, and I'm not sure she was being complimentary. Overall, I'm a bit sick of it, but that's probably because I've had to listen to it in the course of writing these articles. The hook does play itself over and over in your head, I will give her that.
But in the recent clips I've seen of her performances, she still seems a bit sluggish and nervous. I wonder if all this is too much too soon...she's had a year from hell, compete with mental breakdown and a diagnosis of a mental illness. I understand her desire to get back to what she does best, but I have to think that perhaps a bit more time off might be in order. I'd hate to see her relapse.
I will say, the guy playing the "womanizer" is the tasty hawtness, despite the Anon Brazilianwax goatee. But maybe that's on purpose...
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