POOR Britney. Her return to MTV at the Video Music Awards, which she kicked off with the highly anticipated premiere performance of her new “Gimme More” single, is almost too painful to watch.

I know she’s been through a lot, but if you’re going to try to make a comeback, do it with a bang instead of what looks like a half-hearted, barely rehearsed performance.

Check out this clip from SPIKE Powered by IFILM (don’t you just love saying that, heh. Ah, remember the good old days before MTV bought IFILM in 2005?) — you be the judge.

BRITNEY’S back, bitch. (And you’ll know why I’m saying bitch if you’ve heard the song, heh). Or is she?

Sure, she finally has a new single, “Gimme More.” But is it any good? Will she now be able to revive her career and make the public forget all the craziness that’s been going on in her personal life?

Well, listen for yourself if you haven’t already. Click here to listen to it on Z100, where the single made its worldwide debut.

Or check out this video clip posted by Hollyscoop TV.

Personally, I don’t find the song that great, but it isn’t bad, either. Fair warning, though: it’s one of those tracks that can make you suffer from Last Song Syndrome if you listen to it long enough.

Escape while you still can

By Erin Carlson
Associated Press

NEW YORK–It seems like forever since Britney Spears had six-pack abs and a hit song on the charts. But the fallen pop princess — tarnished by a tumultuous divorce, late-night partying and erratic behavior — is trying to get her music career back on track.

For real this time.

Her new single, “Gimme More,” debuted Thursday night on the website of New York City pop station Z100, and a new album is due for release Nov. 13 by Jive Records, the label’s representative, Wendy Washington, told The Associated Press on Friday.

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