KillingYourCareer Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Is this the music she was forbidden from doing for decades? Yet another Britney stans lie debunked jokes aside, this can be a dud (and I betcha, with Elton's croaking vocals) as long as her own material will slap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xTurn Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Great song! Could be a hit with some promo, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trash Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Tik tok will eat this up i fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Volcanoes Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 so boring and disjointed. sounds like it was created years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
°ColdFire° Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I refrained from listening the leaked version, and I have finally heard it now. I truly love it. The breezy production and retouched vocals give the song the fresh feeling and the perfect end-of-summer energy. Also, the piano closure. And the boy, have I missed Britney's voice in songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Yeah this has to smash, what a bop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimmelfratze Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Indeed a little disappointed since Britney really shined on the demo. Like many have previously spoken about the demo, it was like Britney‘s song. But she really like a background singer now as Britney herself said. I’m starting to believe that it was shade and there’s something brewing in the background and a reason why she deleted Instagram. Still a great song, just left a bad taste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreakinTheIce Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, pimmelfratze said: Indeed a little disappointed since Britney really shined on the demo. Like many have previously spoken about the demo, it was like Britney‘s song. But she really like a background singer now as Britney herself said. I’m starting to believe that it was shade and there’s something brewing in the background and a reason why she deleted Instagram. Still a great song, just left a bad taste! this is literally Elton's song and they *duet* on the entire track. no one is a background singer for anyone else. my god this needs to stop. if anything, she's the more prominent voice on almost all the parts they're both on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
°ColdFire° Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Guardian review - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/26/britney-spears-and-elton-john-hold-me-closer-review Quote Britney Spears and Elton John: Hold Me Closer review – a star is reborn 4 out 5 stars Spears’ first recording since 2016 is a reworking of two pop classics but filled with a power and poignancy of its own. On paper, yet another svelte, disco-tinged reworking of an Elton John classic is nothing to get too excited about. Last year the Dua Lipa-assisted Cold Heart fused Rocket Man, Sacrifice, Kiss the Bride and Where’s the Shoorah? Here, it’s Tiny Dancer mixed with The One and a dash of Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. Still, Hold Me Closer skips along nicely, a chunky bassline gliding through the song like a train of sequin-clad revellers at a 70s roller-disco. There are even some jazzy piano flourishes at the end for the Bösendorfer fetishists. But this is no ordinary streaming-friendly curio from a legend looking to fluff their back catalogue. Marking the return of Britney Spears on her first recording since the termination of her almost 14-year conservatorship last year, it comes tinged with something close to bittersweet; an example of what could have been if Spears’ megawatt pop-superstar shine hadn’t been dimmed all those years ago. For diehard Spears fans, or indeed anyone with a passing knowledge of one of the most distinctive pop vocalists of all time, hearing her sing again feels like a real moment (her last album was 2016’s Glory). As John’s heavily filtered vocals emerge from the fog, Spears unfurls a classic “ooh baby”, each crystal-clear syllable given the full quivering treatment. Throughout the song, her lively vocal trills and ad libs recall her full-bodied musical performances on Instagram, a place of refuge where she has been attempting to reclaim her public image and undo learned behaviours from years of control. On Hold Me Closer she seems keen to remind people she was a singer first: before pop fame, before controversy, before near-annihilation. Sensibly, she’s pushed to the fore in the mix, her engaged delivery coating the ghostly shimmers of John’s original vocals. It doesn’t seem accidental that she sings the line “drunken nights in dark hotels” solo in the second verse, the sadness in her voice quickly shaken off by another “baby”, the two lines’ close proximity nodding to both shiny past glories and their blackout consequences. She even throws in a few playful “yeahs”, ad libs that feel like actual yelps of joy rather than the robotic manoeuvres of someone being shuttled from studio to waiting car. Both The One, which makes up the verses, and Tiny Dancer evoke a sense of having found someone, or something, with the power to transform a life. A totem to hold on to and believe in. On Hold Me Closer, Spears seems to hint at finding that for herself again in music. Even if this is a one-off – and who can blame her if she doesn’t want to return to pop full-time – that feels like enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarCAL22 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, pimmelfratze said: Indeed a little disappointed since Britney really shined on the demo. Like many have previously spoken about the demo, it was like Britney‘s song. But she really like a background singer now as Britney herself said. I’m starting to believe that it was shade and there’s something brewing in the background and a reason why she deleted Instagram. Still a great song, just left a bad taste! Oh god, ya'll starting to sound like BANON... if anything, Britney is the one who wanted to dial it back... the song is essentially the same. Stop trying to speak for Britney... Enjoy the song and stop trying to stir up random conspiracies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britneyfan09 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 #8 on UK iTunes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariya Takeuchi Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Elton ruins it Britney sounds great though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimmelfratze Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, BreakinTheIce said: this is literally Elton's song and they *duet* on the entire track. no one is a background singer for anyone else. my god this needs to stop. if anything, she's the more prominent voice on almost all the parts they're both on. This is a duet. Even on Cold Heart Dua had her own verse. Britney‘s voice is mixed into the background. 5 minutes ago, CarCAL22 said: Oh god, ya'll starting to sound like BANON... if anything, Britney is the one who wanted to dial it back... the song is essentially the same. Stop trying to speak for Britney... Enjoy the song and stop trying to stir up random conspiracies How do you know it was her who wants to dial it back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miichael Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breathe On Moi Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 27 minutes ago, °ColdFire° said: Guardian review - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/26/britney-spears-and-elton-john-hold-me-closer-review omg the ACCLAIM! Let’s go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I love this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
°ColdFire° Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 iTunes UK #2 Hold Me Closer iTunes France #3 Hold Me Closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan_brit Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 UK #2 Time goes by sooo sloowly I need it now in my country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boys Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I wanna listen to it so bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breathe On Moi Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 3 hours and 23 minutes Easter time for us American sistrens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalAura Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I know some of us aren’t pleased that Britney’s major comeback ended up being… a mashup of old Elton John songs and a feature at that… but however this songs does, or however much you like it, one thing is for sure: this is an incredibly important part of Britney’s history. Her first release as a free woman since Blackout. We are experiencing history tonight ladies. I can’t wait to listen for the first time (I avoided the leaks) and I definitely will cry I’ve been stanning this woman since 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangbaby Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 That’s such a nice, happy song. I love the fact that her comeback is a duet with Elton and at this type of song. Great vibes! I love that Britney sings most parts with her lower pitch voice and not the regular high pitch girly like that it’s rumored the label forced her to use so many years now. Also that’s called a duet as both are singing together all along the entire song. It’s not a feature after all and that somehow is great for her comeback. Hope she comes back soon with an album she will enjoy a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC54 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Elton's interview about Britney made me tear up. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/26/britney-was-broken-ive-been-broken-and-its-horrible-elton-john-on-helping-britney-spears-sing-again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brazil Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, MC54 said: Elton's interview about Britney made me tear up. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/26/britney-was-broken-ive-been-broken-and-its-horrible-elton-john-on-helping-britney-spears-sing-again Great interview I'm excited, cant wait for the release. Haven't listened to the final version yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Perhaps they’ll surprise us with a remix featuring Britney’s lead vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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