Current:Home > NewsYou’ll Scream and Shout Over Britney Spears and will.i.am’s New Song Calling Out Paparazzi -WealthFlow Academy
You’ll Scream and Shout Over Britney Spears and will.i.am’s New Song Calling Out Paparazzi
View
Date:2025-04-27 21:16:27
Britney Spears and will.i.am are ready to bring the action.
The Black Eyed Peas member teamed up with the "Toxic" singer once more on a new single, "Mind Your Business," out July 21, which calls out the invasive paparazzi.
The pair sing about being watched by photographers with "eyes up in the sky" and being followed "uptown, downtown, everywhere, turn around, Hollywood, London." At one point, Britney chants, "Where she at? Where she at? Where she at?"
Before its release, will.i.am explained the important message behind the track, noting in an interview with CBS News, "There's a thin line, and everyone deserves their version of privacy."
Of course, Britney has long spoken out against paparazzi, criticizing them for embarrassing her on vacation, sneaking shots of her outside a public bathroom and more.
In his interview, Will.i.am acknowledged the struggles Britney has faced—most recently during her conservatorship battle—but noted that her music and dance videos on social media help spread positivity.
"I see the same light, the same joy, the same love and passion," he said. "And when you have that connection with music and rhythm and song and melody and harmony and you express yourself through that, it helps you with anything that you're going through."
The "Pump It Harder" artist previously teased their new song with a snippet of his 2013 collaboration with Britney, "Scream & Shout," followed by new lyrics of Britney singing, "Mind your business, bitch."
In addition to "Scream & Shout," Britney and will.i.am collaborated on her 2011 track "Big Fat Bass." He also served as an executive producer on her 2013 album Britney Jean.
Britney's new release with will.i.am marks her return to music since her collaboration with Elton John on "Hold Me Closer" last year. Prior to that, the 41-year-old had not released new songs since her 2016 album Glory.
Outside of music, Britney is preparing to tell her story in upcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, which is scheduled for release on Oct. 24.
"OK guys, so I just got finished with my book," Britney said in a video posted to Instagram July 11. "It's coming out very soon. I worked my ass off for this book. I had a lot of therapy to get this book done. So you guys better like it. And if you don't, that's cool too."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (21)
Related
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- How the Google Pixel 8 stacks up against iPhone 15
- How the Google Pixel 8 stacks up against iPhone 15
- How inflation's wrath is changing the way Gen Z spends money
- The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
- 10-year-old Illinois boy found dead in garbage can may have 'accidentally' shot himself, police say
- Sen. Cory Booker says $6 billion in Iranian oil assets is frozen: A dollar of it has not gone out
- State Rep. Donna Schaibley won’t seek reelection, to retire next year after decade in Indiana House
- Could your smelly farts help science?
- 'A cosmic masterpiece:' Why spectacular sights of eclipses never fail to dazzle the public
Ranking
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Azerbaijanis who fled a separatist region decades ago ache to return, but it could be a long wait
- In solidarity with actors, other Hollywood unions demand studios resume negotiations
- UAW breaks pattern of adding factories to strikes on Fridays, says more plants could come any time
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Executive at Donald Trump’s company says ‘presidential premium’ was floated to boost bottom line
- The history of skirts (the long and the short of it)
- Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer struggles to poke holes in Caroline Ellison's testimony
Recommendation
How to watch new prequel series 'Dexter: Original Sin': Premiere date, cast, streaming
Hospitals in Gaza are in a dire situation and running out of supplies, say workers
Philadelphia officer leaves hospital after airport shooting that killed 2nd officer; no arrests yet
12-year-old's 'decomposing' body found in Milwaukee home, homicide investigation underway
$73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
Maryland court order enables shops to sell hemp-derived products
Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück dies at 80
Armenian president approves parliament’s decision to join the International Criminal Court