“Perfume” and “Work Bitch” were bad enough, but those lead singles now sound like poetry composed by the gods compared to the banal rubbish that is crammed onto “Britney Jean.”
She was never much of a singer, but hearing Britney morphing herself into a horribly auto-tuned dance diva for her eighth album creates a bigger problem than the one she’s trying to solve. “It Should Be Easy” features the ever-awful will.i.am, and together, they warble robotically between bursts of lackluster EDM and a funk bass line that sounds like it was stolen from an ’80s video game. Elsewhere, “ ’Til It’s Gone” finds her repeating the main hook so many times, you can feel yourself getting dumber the longer you listen.
The album does hide a few passable features. “Passenger” is a striding and catchy track (thanks to writing contributions from Sia, Katy Perry and Diplo); opener “Alien” has an appealing, psychedelic-pop feel. And the fact that the whole album is only 36 minutes long has to count as a plus. At least the pain doesn’t last too long.
After being America’s sweetheart for so long, there’s still plenty of goodwill for Britney, but it won’t last long if “Britney Jean” is the best she can come up with.
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