Elton John Previews Britney Spears ‘Hold Me Closer’ Collab at Restaurant in Cannes

Raw emotions. Britney Spears got candid in her latest claims against her family, accusing her parents, Jamie and Lynne Spears, of “set[ting] up” her conservatorship and alleging that she suffered from such “pure abuse” at their hands that she felt like her family “threw [her] away.”

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Britney Spears has posted — and deleted — an unsettling video to her YouTube account about her 13-year-long conservatorship.

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Britney Spears has accused her family of having "literally killed" her by placing her under a restrictive conservatorship for more than a decade. In a 22-minute audio message published to her YouTube channel but subsequently deleted on Sunday, the Toxic singer slammed her dad Jamie and her mother Lynne for the legal arrangement brought in following her 2008 breakdown that lasted until November 2021. "How did they get away with it?" Spears, who recently returned to music with an Elton John duet on Hold Me Closer, asked.

Britney Spears' mother Lynne has said she has tried her best to support her daughter in a message urging the star to have a conversation in private. It comes after audio was reportedly posted on Spears' YouTube account, criticising her parents over her now-ended controversial conservatorship, in a clip that is no longer available.

Britney Spears' mother, Lynne, has broken her silence amid an ongoing feud between the pop star and her entire immediately family. On Sunday, the "Hold Me Closer" singer shared a now-deleted bombshell YouTube audio clip, in which she stated that she felt abandoned by her mother during her 13-year conservatorship.  "Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes!" Lynne, 67, captioned the Instagram post, which features an old black-and-white photo of the mother and daughter in happier times, smiling.

Britney Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, is speaking out after the singer made a series of bombshell claims about her 13-year conservatorship in a lengthy audio file, which she released publicly on YouTube over the weekend. In the 22-minute clip — which has since been made private, though the audio of it has been reposted online — Britney issues a series of accusations against her family members, including parents Lynne and Jamie Spears, and expresses deep hurt and anger. «I felt like my family threw me away,» she says at one point. Lynne took to Instagram on Sunday with a response of her own, sharing a black and white throwback shot with her daughter. The pair are seen arm-in-arm, laughing, as they walk through a wooded area in the photo. «Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes! And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships! I have never and will never turn my back on you!» Lynne captioned the post.

Britney Spears doesn't want to do a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. The 40-year-old pop star gained control of her multimillion-dollar fortune and various aspects of her life when a conservatorship governed by her family was terminated back in 2021 after 13 years but despite receiving several lucrative offers, she thinks her story is "beyond" the concept of a sit-down interview. She said: "I really don’t think any of that is relevant, getting paid to tell your story.

Britney Spears' mother has begged the singer for a private talk after claiming her previous efforts to make contact have been rebuffed. Lynne Spears posted an emotional note on Instagram aimed at her pop star daughter - insisting she feels "hopeless" after after her calls and offers to visit were rejected and she insisted she wants a face-to-face meeting so they can talk through their problems and make amends.

Britney Spears has shared a new lengthy voice memo online about her conservatorship and life since it came to an end last year.Last November, Britney was finally freed from her conservatorship after 13 years after an extensive campaign from lawyers and fans. In July 2021, Britney called the conservatorship “abusive”, and that September, the star’s father was suspended from his role as her conservator, with the conservatorship ending after Jamie filed paperwork agreeing with his daughter’s wishes for it to end.Spears has been publicly critical of her family since September, saying, “I know the conservatorship is about to be over but I still want justice!!! I’m only 5’4″ and I’ve played the bigger person my entire life… do you now how hard that is???”Now, she has taken to Twitter to post – and then delete – an extensive voice note about the conservatorship.“I’ve had tons of opportunities — Oprah, interviews — to go on a platform and share the hardships and just really anything that’s going on in my mind,” Spears said on the Sunday evening post (August 28). “I really don’t think any of that is relevant, getting paid to tell your story.

Riding high on a just released hit duet with Elton John, Britney Spears dropped even more new audio today lashing out at her parents and others for the restrictive conservatorship held her captive under for over a decade.

Britney Spears‘ mom is addressing her daughter’s latest post.

Britney Spears has reportedly rejected an invite to the MTV Video Music Awards. The 40-year-old pop star and Sir Elton John have topped the charts in the more than 40 countries around the world with their new single 'Hold Me Closer' - but Britney won't be among the audience at the award show in New Jersey on Sunday (28. 08.

Britney Spears is getting candid. On Sunday, the 40-year-old singer tweeted out a link to a YouTube video, which turned out to be a 22-minute voice memo in which she discussed her life both inside and outside of a conservatorship.

Britney Spears’ side of her conservatorship in a 22-minute video that makes bombshell claims against her family. The video only has sound, but no picture, and does not show the singer’s face talking on-camera. The video, which was quickly made private and no longer available for the public to see, was initially posted onto YouTube with a link shared on the pop star’s Twitter account. (Spears’ Instagram was recently deactivated, and over the past few days, she has been posting more regularly on her Twitter.) Variety has reached out to a representative for Spears to verify the authenticity of the YouTube message.

Fans who have eagerly awaited new music from Britney Spears since the termination of her conservatorship in November can now rest easy. Today, she’s shared her first new music since the release of her ninth studio album, Glory, in 2016 — though “new” is relative here.

Britney Spears has celebrated from the bath tub after discovering her collaboration with Sir Elton John is proving a chart success across the world. They released their duet, Hold Me Closer, on Friday, marking her first new music in six years and her first release since the end of her 13-year conservatorship. The track mixes Sir Elton’s 1971 hit Tiny Dancer with his 1992 song The One, while parts of Don’t Go Breaking My Heart from 1976 also feature in the song.

Britney Spears is warming up her vocal cords with her best impression of Elton John!

Britney Spears is thrilled!

It’s Britney, bitch! Britney Spears is finally back with new music!

Britney Spears took to Twitter on Friday to celebrate her and Elton John's newly released single reaching No. 1.The song, «Hold Me Closer,» is an update of John's 1972 hit, «Tiny Dancer,» and was released early Friday morning. It's Spears' first music since the end of her conservatorship last year, and has quickly risen in the charts. Spears seemingly gave fans a glimpse of her morning routine with her reaction, posting a video to Twitter from the bathtub.

Britney Spears is back on our airwaves thanks to «Hold Me Closer,» a highly anticipated duet with Elton John and spin-off of his 1971 hit, «Tiny Dancer.» While it's racking up hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube, John revealed in a new interview that Spears was apparently hesitant about dropping their finished product. «We had to get her to approve what she did,” he told . “She’s been away so long – there’s a lot of fear there because she’s been betrayed so many times and she hasn’t really been in the public eye officially for so long. We’ve been holding her hand through the whole process, reassuring her that everything’s gonna be alright.»Not that there was any reason to believe it wouldn't.

It's official: Britney Spears' highly-anticipated comeback single "Hold Me Closer" has already reached the top spot on charts around the world, just hours after its release on Friday. The pop princess teamed up with music icon Elton John to remix his 1971 beloved song "Tiny Dancer." Shortly after its official release on midnight Friday, the tune shot up the iTunes charts in the United States, along with 34 other countries, including England.  "Hold Me Closer" combines elements of John's "Tiny Dancer" and "The One," featuring a dance beat that is accompanied by vocals from John and Spears.

eclectic duet “Hold Me Closer” on Friday — six years after the Princess of Pop last dropped music.The British musician, 75, shed some light on working with Spears, 40, as well as the grand finale of her conservatorship that she was forced to endure for 13 years.“It’s hard when you’re young. Britney was broken.

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Britney Spears has released her first new music since the end of her conservatorship - with the pop star exclaiming that "it's pretty damn cool" and "overwhelming" to be singing again - and with global music industry superpower Sir Elton John. The single - Hold Me Closer - is the 40-year-old American pop star's first single in six years and is a mash-up remix of some of Sir Elton's songs. The much anticipated duet mixes his 1971 hit Tiny Dancer with his 1992 song The One, while parts of Don't Go Breaking My Heart from 1976 also feature in the track.