According to Britney Spears’ label-run site, the above picture is in fact the cover for her forthcoming Circus–and yes, that’s a brand-new photo of Brit Brit there, one where her shoulder is nearly as big as her head. But even odder than the Britney-as-contortionist tableau presented by the cover are some of the song titles that we should come to expect from Circus. Sure, “Out From Under” and “Shattered Glass” could have come straight from the Blackout sessions, but what to make of “If U Seek Amy”–could that be an ode to text messages that are mangled by drunken tying? Or “Mmm Papi,” which I hope is a big song about how she’s all hot and bothered over Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, and not an anthropomorphization of ex-hubby Kevin Federline’s popozao?
It’s Here [Britney.com]
[Hi-res cover via BritneySpears.com]
She even kinda looks like she’s experiencing pain, doesn’t she?
Worst cover ever. I thought it couldn’t be worse than “Blackout” but turns out I was wrong.
“If U Seek Amy”? Really? She’s redoing the “If You See Kay” gag?
Is she supposed to be wearing the dress? If not, what is holding the dreadful heartshaped bodice up? Glue?
Why did they put her arms on backwards during reassembly?
I vote we amend the constitution to regulate photoshop use.
As has been pointed out elsewhere, it’s odd how much they photoshopped everything BUT the flabbity vagina armpit.
Love you Brit, but this whole campaign is sliding backwards past Blackout on the ‘maturity’ scale…
The curtain/drape/wall hanging thingy she is posing in front of looks like a cheap, wrinkly piece of crap. Is it some sort of jokey homage to Chris Crocker’s in-front-of-a-sheet cryfest imploring people to LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE??
Honestly, I am stunned when someone with so much money on a massive label has an album cover that looks worse than something I could shoot in my own room and Photoshop on my own computer.
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