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Femme Fatale is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears, released on March 25, 2011. The album was recorded between 2009 and 2011, with frequent collaborators Max Martin and Dr. Luke serving as the project's executive producers. "Hold It Against Me" was released as the lead single from the album, peaking atop of the charts in seven countries, including the United States and Canada. The album's second single, "Till the World Ends", premiered on March 4, 2011 on Ryan Seacrest's radio show and was released the same day. Upon release, Femme Fatale was well-received by most music critics.

Background and development

In June 2010, during an interview with Rap-Up, Danja commented that he was working with Spears in the pre-production of Femme Fatale.[1] Darkchild, who was also reportedly working with her, said during a Ustream session in August 2010, "Britney fans are gonna be so happy in a few weeks", hinting about the release of new music. However, this was denied by Spears's manager Adam Leber, who stated, "No new music news right now....Wish people wouldn't mislead you guys with BS info. Not cool! PS- The guys that ARE working on Brit's next album ARE NOT talking about it..."[2] Leber later spoke with Entertainment Weekly, calling the sound of the record "progressive" and "a departure from what you've heard."[3] In November 2010, Dr. Luke announced that he would be the executive producer of Femme Fatale, along with Max Martin.[4] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Spears explained that she had worked with Luke during the production of Blackout (2007), stating that "he was incredible back then and he has only gotten better over the years. About Martin, she commented that "he has been there since the beginning so there is such a huge level of trust. [...] There is nobody I feel more comfortable collaborating with in the studio."[5] On December 2, 2010, the day of her 29th birthday, Spears thanked her fans for the birthday wishes and announced, "I'm almost done with my new album and it will be coming out this March. I AM IN L-O-V-E WITH IT!"[6] Following the announcement of the album's title and cover on February 2, 2011, Spears said about Femme Fatale,

"I've poured my heart and soul into this album over the last 2 years. I've put everything I have into it. This album is for you, my fans, who have always supported me and have stuck by me every step of the way! I love you all! Sexy and Strong. Dangerous yet mysterious. Cool yet confident! FEMME FATALE."[7]

Recording

Spears spoke to V about the sessions for Femme Fatale, commenting that she had been recording the album for two years.[8] She explained that her idea initially was to make an album that was "fresh-sounding [...] for the clubs or something that you play in your car when you're going out at night that gets you excited, but I wanted it to sound different from everything else out right now." Spears also stated that she wanted to make sure Femme Fatale was completely different from Circus (2008), and that the album felt "really connected from start to finish."[5] After "Hold It Against Me" was written, originally, Luke and Martin wanted to give the track to Katy Perry, but they later decided that "it definitely wasn't a Katy Perry record." They continued to work on the song with Billboard, and Luke commented that before giving the song to Spears, "I wanted to make sure it didn't sound like everything else I've done".[9] Darkchild stated that while working with him, Spears was very "hands-on" and "had a lot of ideas for me."[10] He later commented he had produced two songs for the album, with one of them featuring Travis Barker. Darkchild added that the song "[has] this rock feel which is out of the box, out of my norm, and I think it's out of her norm as well."[11] On February 8, 2011, Spears tweeted she was in the studio with will.i.am. He described the collaboration as "a monster. It's mean, pretty, edgy, next level. [...] She's singing fresh over it. It's something that today needs."[12] Spears later commented that she is a fan of the Black Eyed Peas, and would love to work with will.i.am again the future.[5] She also explained that she discovered Sabi through a friend recommendation, and had always wanted to feature a new artist in one of her albums, hence they recorded "(Drop Dead) Beautiful".[5] Luke spoke to Rolling Stone about the direction of the album on February 2, 2011, commenting that the final tracklist had not been chosen. He added, "We're in the middle of it right now. [...] We're working with a lot of producers and overseeing it with her A&R and record label and management and trying to make something cohesive."[9] William Orbit confirmed he had co-written a track for Spears with Klas Åhlund, but it was left off the final track listing.[12]

Composition

On February 10, 2011, Spears described Femme Fatale on a Twitter chat as "moody, edgy pop with A LOT of energy" with "a few mid-tempos that could be considered ballads".[13] In an interview with the V she further commented on the album stating, "I wanted to make a fierce dance record where each song makes you want to get up and move your body in a different way. That’s what I want from the music I listen to. This record is for the clubs, or something you play before you go out at night. It’s definitely my edgiest and most mature sound yet. [...] There are songs on this album that don’t sound like anything else and are completely revolutionary, but I also believe that this album expresses where I am today as a woman and is an evolution of who I am. [...] I think Femme Fatale speaks for itself. [...] I think it’s the best album I have ever made. There’s nothing to say. I’ll let the music speak for me."[8] Music writers noted electropop and dance-pop styles on the album.[14][15][16][17][18] Music journalist Jody Rosen wrote of the album, "Conceptually it's straightforward: a party record packed with sex and sadness".[19]

Release and promotion

On February 2, 2011, Spears announced the album's title through her Twitter account, and also posted an image of the album cover.[7] Following the announcement, the title became a trending topic on Twitter, and then went on to become the tenth longest-running trend on the site, as well as the first music related trend to break the top ten. Spears tweeted, "Can't believe Femme Fatale has been trending 6 days. You guys are my motivation every single day. I love u all!"[20] Femme Fatale was released on March 29, 2011, primarily in a standard (soft pack/wallet packaging) version, and a deluxe version (expanded soft pack with additional booklet pages), which features four additional tracks. A premium fan edition was also released, including a limited edition 32-page hardcover photo book, the deluxe edition CD with exclusive artwork, a 7" vinyl picture disc with "Hold It Against Me" and the full album digital download on the street date.[21]

Promotion for the album on March 25, 2011 in a performance that included "Hold It Against Me", "Till The World Ends" and "Big Fat Bass". The performance was filmed by MTV at Rain Nightclub inside the Palms Casino Resort and is set to be included in a MTV special titled "I Am The Femme Fatale" which will air on April 3, 2011.[22] Two days later on March 27, Spears performed the same set of songs in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium before a crowd of 5,000 people for the March 29, 2011 episode of Good Morning America.[23] In addition to these two performances, she also performed and particpated in two skits on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on March 29 and is set to appear at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards.[24][25] Spears is also scheduled to guest host the 2011 Wango Tango concert series with Ryan Seacrest on May 14, 2011.[26]

Singles

"Hold It Against Me" was released as the lead single from the album.[27] After a demo version of the song performed by songwriter Bonnie McKee was leaked, the finished version premiered on January 10, 2011.[28][29] It was released as a digital download the following day. Most reviewers praised the song, although some criticized its lyrical content.[30] "Hold It Against Me" debuted at number one in Canada, Belgium Wallonia, Denmark and New Zealand, as well as on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it became her fourth chart topper as well as made Spears the second artist in history to have a multiple singles debut at number one, after Mariah Carey.[31] The accompanying music video was released following a two-week promotional campaign of teasers. The video features Spears as a pop star who fell from space to find fame on Earth. There, she becomes overwhelmed by the pressures of being a celebrity and breaks down.[32]

"Till the World Ends" premiered on March 4, 2011 on and was released as the second single from the album on the same day.[33]

Tour

On June 17, 2011, Spears will embark on her sixth concert tour to further promote Femme Fatale. It was announced on March 29, 2011 and so far includes 26 dates in North America.[34]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[35]
The A.V. Club(B+)[36]
Entertainment Weekly(B+)[16]
The Guardian[37]
Los Angeles Times[38]
The New York Times(mixed)[39]
Rolling Stone[19]
Spin(7/10)[40]
Slant Magazine[41]
The Village Voice(mixed)[42]

Femme Fatale received positive reviews from most music critics.[14] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[14] Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone commented that it "may be Britney's best album; certainly it's her strangest".[19] Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine viewed that Spears' presence on the album is overshadowed by its "high-class" production, calling the album "Essentially a cleaner, classier remake of the gaudily dark Blackout [...] a producer’s paradise".[35] Edna Gundersen of USA Today gave the album three out of four stars and wrote that Spears and her producers "have crafted a trendy, infectious and engaging ballad-free batch of electro-pop tunes".[15] Entertainment Weekly's Adam Markovitz called it "a ballad-free, treadmill-ready playlist of tireless dance beats and top-shelf production" and called Spears' vocals as "a confidently corrupt guide to a place where our only worry is whether the beats will end before the sun comes up."[16] Robert Everett-Green of The Globe and Mail gave the album three-and-a-half out of four stars and complimented its "grainy, glistening electronic sound", calling it "one of the major guilty pleasures in pop this year".[43] Kitty Empire of The Observer commented that Spears "has turned out the “fierce dance record” she promised".[44]

However, Andy Gill of The Independent gave the album two out of five stars and criticized its "single-minded dedication to dancefloor utility", writing that it "stays in electro-stomp mode for virtually its entire course, with only the tiniest of rhythmic variants or differences in electronic tones distinguishing one producer's work from another's".[17] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times commented that "much of the music on this album feels flat and redundant, no more invigorating than the average European dance-pop album of five years ago".[39] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis wrote that Spears' "voice is as anonymous as ever, a state of affairs amplified by the lavishing of Auto-Tune".[37] Chicago Tribune writer Greg Kot wrote similarly, "Spears allows herself to be treated like another passenger in these rhythm trains".[45] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters wrote that "Spears’ worldview is completely self-contained" and described Femme Fatale as "just a big dumb club album".[46] Chicago Sun-Times writer Thomas Conner complimented its "contemporary sounds and beats", but stated "The trade-off is personality [...] Brit's voice is processed so heavily on this record, and the lyrics so bland, these songs could be sung by anyone".[47] Rich Juzwiak of The Village Voice wrote that her "voice doesn't add much to the conversation", writing that her lack of presence is "problematic for an album whose subject matter is hedonism and how being hot facilitates it".[42]

Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani commented that Spears's lack of involvement makes "the success of a Britney song rest almost entirely on the quality of other people's songwriting and production, and almost every track on Femme Fatale succeeds or fails on that basis".[41] Los Angeles Times writer Carl Wilson noted that "it never invites more intimate listening [...] the lyrics rarely even try to be clever", but praised the "dozen of the age’s most accomplished record producers" and wrote that the album "finds unity of subject, style and sound by imagining scenarios in which vanishing into anonymity can be comfort and liberation".[38] Caryn Ganz of Spin gave the album a seven out of 10 rating and complimented its production, while stating "ignore the lyrics, Spears sounds even more like a programmed Britbot than on 2007's Blackout".[40] Sputnikmusic's Rudy Klapper wrote similarly, "while one can be assured that Spears’ lyrics remain as one-dimensional and cheesy as ever, it’s the sonically varied production work that prevents Femme Fatale from being a one-hit factory with a bunch of electro clones".[18] Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski of The Daily Telegraph gave the album four out of five stars and stated "Despite her weak voice and empty lyrics, [Spears] has placed herself at the avant-garde of pop with this masterful mixture of über-cool dubstep and sugary pop".[48] The A.V. Club's Genevieve Koski stated "While Spears’ vocals are inevitably the least impressive element of any given song, she doesn’t exactly disappear into the production on Femme Fatale; she settles into it, game for whatever and confident in the hands of trusted professionals who know how to best utilize her".[36]

Chart performance

Femme Fatale is projected to sell 275,000 - 300,000 albums in its first week in the United States.[49] In the United Kingdom, Femme Fatale is at number three on the midweek chart, and is predicted to debut at number three, behind Adele's 21 and 19 and Radiohead's The King of Limbs.[50]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Till the World Ends"Lukasz Gottwald, Alexander Kronlund, Max Martin, Kesha SebertDr. Luke, Martin, Billboard3:58
2."Hold It Against Me"Martin, Gottwald, Mathieu Jomphe, Bonnie McKeeDr. Luke, Martin, Billboard (co)3:49
3."Inside Out"Gottwald, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Jomphe, Martin, McKeeDr. Luke, Martin, Billboard3:38
4."I Wanna Go"Shellback, Martin, Savan KotechaMartin, Shellback3:30
5."How I Roll"Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Magnus Lidehäll, Pontus Winnberg, McKee, Nicole MorierBloodshy, Jonback, Magnus3:36
6."(Drop Dead) Beautiful" (featuring Sabi)Jeremy Coleman, Joshua Coleman, Ester Dean, Jomphe, Benjamin LevinBenny Blanco, Ammo, JMIKE, Billboard3:36
7."Seal It With a Kiss"Gottwald, Martin, McKee, Henry WalterDr. Luke, Martin, Dream Machine3:26
8."Big Fat Bass" (featuring will.i.am)will.i.amwill.i.am4:44
9."Trouble for Me"Fraser T. Smith, Heather Bright, Livvi FrancSmith3:19
10."Trip to Your Heart"Karlsson, Jonback, Lidehäll, Winnberg, Morier, Sophie SternBloodshy, Jonback, Magnus3:33
11."Gasoline"Gottwald, Claude Kelly, Levin, McKee, Emily WrightDr. Luke, Benny Blanco3:08
12."Criminal"Shellback, Martin, Tiffany AmberMartin, Shellback3:45
Total length:44:02
Deluxe edition bonus tracks[51]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Up n' Down"Shellback, Martin, KotechaMartin, Shellback, Oligee3:42
14."He About to Lose Me"Rodney Jerkins, Ina WroldsenRodney "Darkchild" Jerkins3:48
15."Selfish"Dean, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, Traci HaleStargate, Sandy Vee3:43
16."Don't Keep Me Waiting"Jerkins, Michaela Shiloh, Thomas LumpkinsRodney "Darkchild" Jerkins3:21
Total length:58:36
Japan deluxe edition bonus track[52]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Scary"Smith, Kasia LivingstonSmith3:38
Total length:1:02:14
Notes

Track listing and credits from album booklet.[53]

Personnel

Credits for Femme Fatale adapted from Allmusic.[54]

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format Label Edition(s)
Netherlands[63] March 25, 2011 CD Sony Music Deluxe
Denmark Standard,[64] Deluxe Edition (With Fragrance)[65]
Norway[66] Deluxe
Australia[67]
Germany Standard,[68] Deluxe Edition[69]
Greece[70] March 28, 2011 CD, digital download
Hong Kong[71] CD Deluxe
Mexico[72] Deluxe, Premium Fan
New Zealand[73] Standard, Deluxe, Digipak
Poland[74] Eco, Standard, Deluxe, Premium Fan
South Africa[75] Deluxe
United Kingdom RCA Records Standard,[76] Deluxe Edition (With Fragrance)[77]
United States[78][21] March 29, 2011 CD, digital download Jive Records Standard, Deluxe, Premium Fan
Brazil[79][80] Sony Music Standard
Philippines[81] CD Deluxe
Malaysia[82]
Taiwan[83]
Finland[84] March 30, 2011
Japan[85] April 6, 2011

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