When Britney said she was taking an extended break from the music business, by break she meant going back into the studio to start work on a new album. That is to say, Jive Records have confirmed Ms Spears has begun work on a new long player - she even gave a sneak preview of one new song while be interviewed by LA's KISS-FM radio last week.
She told the station: "It definitely has the raw thing going on it. I recorded this song when I was on tour, right before
I hurt my knee. It was done, I think, four or five months ago.
My band, we didn't use ProTools or anything with it. It's all live. There's a lot of stuff you can do to make it better. It's going to get better. It will get better - this is a really, really rough mix."