By Jennifer Larson
With all the tragic news surrounding Britney Spears, it’s nice to see something positive about her. Britney’s new song, “Gimme More,” which she debuted in her disastrous performance on the VMAs, is climbing up the music charts. The song, which is one of 13 on her new cd, was released in August, and
starpulse.com is reporting “it topped Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs chart at No. 1 with 179,000 downloads, and jumped from No. 68 to No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100.” This couldn’t come at a better time, for the embattled pop star.
Earlier this week, Britney was ordered to give up custody of her two young boys to ex-husband Kevin Federline (link goes here). There is no doubt that something very serious is going on with the former Mickey Mouse Club member, and based on her latest performance, it appears as if she has lost her desire to continue with her career. But with her new song beginning to gain momentum, will all that change? My feeling is that this may be worse for her than better. By the way she’s been treating the opportunities that have come her way recently, I get the impression that she just doesn’t want to do this anymore. She’s had several chances to jump-start her fledgling career, and didn’t seem to take any of them seriously. There was the trashy behavior she displayed at her shoot for OK magazine, then the VMA follies and finally her refusal to follow court orders, with regards to her children.
This all seems to be a huge cry for help, so is the pressure of promoting her new cd, especially with the rising popularity of her first release, really the best thing for her? Britney fans may say yes, but if they truly care about her, they may want to rethink that. It may be best for her mental and emotional well being to lay low and try and live as much of a normal life as possible, at least for a while. Besides, she clearly needs help, and when you’re promoting a product for a record company they are more concerned with profits than the health of their artists. That being said, I am happy to finally see some good news for the poor girl. I just hope it doesn’t make matters worse.