And the Winner Is...Britney!

Upon the release of her album “Oops…I did it again,” Brit’s image was starting to be questioned. With risqué performances and sexual music videos, Britney’s image began to change. For example, in the music video for “Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Know,” Britney is practically having sex with a really cute guy, and climbing up trees in a bikini and daisy duke shorts. It was moves like this that made the mothers of young adolescent girls question Britney’s prerogative (no pun intended). Although Brit denied trying to change her image, her managers and producers of shows were constantly pushing her to bring more sexuality into her image; after all, sex sells, right? This goes back to the root of Britney’s troubles in the present day; in a world where you don’t even have control over how you portrait yourself in public, how do you find yourself? How do you grow up?

As everyone around her was selling her body for money, Britney was sending us more and more warning signs. “Lucky” was a song about the troubles of stardom, and how lonely it can be. With the words “If there’s nothing missing in my life, then why do these tears come at night,” Britney was obviously trying to call out to someone. Rolling Stone magazine reported that Britney used to get offstage from performing, and cry afterward because she thought everyone hated her. Naturally, her managers pushed her to go on with the show. I also found it ironic that she almost foreshadows her own downfall: “The world keeps spinning and she (Lucky) keeps on winning, but tell me, what happens when it stop?” The sad this is, we all now know the answer to that question.

On another subject of foreshadowing, back in 2000, when Rolling Stone critiqued the album, they were quoted: “Britney’s need for Satisfaction is complex, fierce, and downright scary,” Ironically tying in to the song “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction.” As our beloved Brit set off for her first world tour, we all knew something was changing in her. She finished the year with two more Billboard Music Awards, and two Grammy nominations for "Oops!... I Did It Again" in the categories of Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Our beloved pop princess had became a sex object around the globe.