Britney Spears’s ninth studio album, Glory, is out today, and a return to the ebullient, ear-candy synth pop that is her wheelhouse. It’s pretty good, actually! Spears has never sounded so comfortable or present on record. In fact, she may be too comfortable at times. The sonic freshness Spears’s producers provide is often second to what her own larynx produces. I have never heard many of these sounds come out of a human body before. I never thought I’d see the day when Britney Spears’s aptitude for vocal interpretation was so apparent, so…avant, even.
She reminds me of many things on this record—cool animals, babies, various women in danger. Below is a list of some of the things Spears sounds like to me with a corresponding sound clip underneath. Have fun.
A fly with a cold
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A CD being fast-forwarded under water
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A gentle goat wearing sunglasses
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