If U Seek Amy
Britney Spears
This one deserves an award for her greatest F-You to pop radio. Honestly, when I heard “Womanizer” I was a little disappointed. After all the media frenzy and the video for “Pieces of Me,” I got pretty used to everything she did actually having meaning for a change, and being line-by-line specific to her life and her distaste for the celebrity culture that was slowly killing her. So when something safe and tepid like “Womanizer” kicked off her comeback album, I was left wondering whether pop success has to equate to complete removal of personal relevance. And sadly it seemed to: “Circus” followed and with a title like that I hoped at least for it to be used as a metaphor for the craziness that she’d been through, but instead it was just another “hey everybody, look at me, let’s dance” insta-hit. But after playing her cards right in the beginning, Brit’s finally calmed the crowds enough to throw a little controversy back into the mix. “If U Seek Amy” is by far one of her cleverest songs yet, and even if it’s a little cheap and trashy, its “oh, damn…” factor renders all that irrelevant. Essentially an excuse to say on mainstream radio that, “all of the boys and all of the girls are beggin’ to F-U-C-K me,” the song uses quick elocution to deliver the homophonic phrase and give the finger to the Apple Pie/Lolita image that brought her to an impossible level of fame. The video takes the sentiment even further and has Brit tip-toeing around like a 5-year old wearing her mother’s makeup and heels and silently radiating the words, “look what I’m getting away with…”. I was never a Britney fan, but after this one, I just might be able to say that I am without wincing.
Reader Comments
I agree whole heartedly. The song and the video are amazing, probably my favorite Britney song. She just says screw everyone, I am who I am…
By tintinex on 05-09-2009
