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| Britney Spears' 7th studio album, Femme Fatale |
The album is primarily composed of electronic dance tracks; the 3 previous singles (Hold It Against Me, Till the World Ends, & I Wanna Go) all have elements of trance and eurodance. Critics have generally praised Spears' new album. Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone called it "Britney's best album", while Entertainment Weekly's Adam Markovitz called it a "ballad-free, treadmill-ready playlist of tireless dance beats and top-shelf production".
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| Spears performing "Till the World Ends" on her Femme Fatale Tour, 2011 |
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| Spears performing her #1 single, "Hold it Against Me" on her Femme Fatale Tour, 2011 |
However, on October 6th, several songs were leaked that were previously unreleased and were not put on Femme Fatale. Of these songs was a ballad entitled “Every Day”.
Contrary to the bulk of Femme Fatale’s dance-oriented tracklist, “Every Day” is a slow-tempo song composed primarily of piano, violins, and strings. Another significant difference between the songs on Femme Fatale and “Every Day” is Britney Spears’ lack of Autotune. Commonly used in today’s pop music to alter and process vocals, “Every Day” is significantly less produced that other Femme Fatale tracks, and is reminiscent of older Britney Spears ballads like “Lucky”, “Everytime” and “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman”.
Critics normally name the emptiness of the lyrics as a major detraction; the Daily Telegraph states that Spears' album features a "weak voice and empty lyrics". However, "Every Day" is a more reflective and optimistic piece, which is in direct contrast to the sexually hedonistic themes explored in Femme Fatale. In it, Spears sings about bearing through the trials of life (possibly referencing her famed public meltdown in the mid-00's), saying "Every day, the sun comes again / A little hope begins, and it starts with you cause you get me through it / And every day, I'm closer to the shore / I smile a little more, and because of your faith I get closer now every day."
"Every Day" is not without fault, though. Many talk of "Every Day's" chord progression and arrangement as a copy of Christina Aguilera's 2002 hit "Beautiful", with Scott Shetler of PopCrush affirming that while "[Britney Spears] sounds good on the song, it's so similar to [Christina Aguilera]'s hit that we can't give her any point for originality", going on to say that "[i]f "Every Day" was truly intended for Femme Fatale, Spears showed great judgment by not allowing it to make the final cut."
Still, "Every Day" has become an Internet phenomenon: in the past 6 days, it has already accrued a total of 131, 762 views.
Listen to Britney Spears' "Every Day"
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Nice piece of article I must say. I like the fact that you have included enough information to aware the reader. Also, you article is supported by the critics point of views giving a nice overview of the popularity (positives and negatives) of the album. The only thing that made me confused towards the end of the article was that in the beginning I thought your article is about Britney's new album Femme Fatale. However, the last three paragraphs mostly comprise of the detail song her song "Every Day". Just a friedly suggestion that if you are writing about the song that you may want to write about it in the very beginning of the article and if it's about the album instead then you may want to consider the details about the song once again. Rest was pretty good. It's an intersting article supported by pictures and a video giving the reader enough information about her songs.
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