Britney Spears has returned to music for the primary time since being free of a authorized conservatorship that allowed her father, Jamie Spears, full authorized management over her funds and day-to-day existence from its signing in 2008. On Friday, the 40-year-old pop star launched a duet with British singer Elton John referred to as Maintain Me Nearer. The track that mixes the refrain and verses of Elton John’s classics hits Tiny Dancer and The One. It’s Spears’ first new materials since her 2016 album Glory.

“It’s fairly rattling cool that I’m singing with one of the traditional males of our time … Elton John!!!! I’m kinda overwhelmed… it’s an enormous deal to me,” stated Spears in a message on Twitter.

Spears was one of many largest pop stars of the late Nineties and 2000s, releasing chart-toppers akin to as Womanizer, Poisonous and Oops!.. .I did it once more. However, lately, her private life has attracted extra consideration than her music. In January 2008, she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after succumbing to media strain. Spears left the power that very same 12 months, however her father, James Spears, was appointed as her conservator, a task which have him management of her daughter’s funds and lots of different features of her non-public life.

Throughout the 13-year-long conservatorship, Spears recorded 4 albums, did 4 world excursions and took part in 248 exhibits in Las Vegas. The singer was lastly launched from the conservatorship on November 13, 2021, which she described as “the very best day of her life.”