Since the will.i.am collaboration with Britney Spears came out, Mind your businessfans raised questions about the track. Like when was it recorded and if the voice we hear is really Britney’s..
Neil Jacobson (CEO of Hallwood Media, will.i.am’s management company) told Billboard that Mind your business was originally recorded “a few years ago”, but the duo recently revised the track and updated it, “making changes to the music up to two weeks ago”.
While will.i.am was on his summer tour of Europe with the Black Eyed Peas (whose last stop was at a festival in Switzerland last weekend), the pop star recorded his vocals separately in Los Angeles with musical producer Anthony Preston, Jacobson says. . .
Fans question the authenticity of Britney Spears’ voice
After some fans noticed that the image of Britney Spears used on the cover of the promotional single came from from a photo shoot twenty years ago, doubts began to arise that the voice of the star is also not new.
Moreover Britney Spears has not posted any news about the song on her social media pages.except for the pre-save link in her Instagram Stories. He then deactivated his Instagram page after the song was released.
Another theory began to spread. A TikTok user named AllyNaston claims that Maya Mariea singer who has recorded vocal demos for Britney Spears in the past, could be a real voice Mind your business.
EllieNaston referenced Maya Marie’s 2019 Reddit Q&A where she was asked, “Which of your demos would you like Britney to record?” She replied: “There was a very good song written by will.i.am. It was some kind of rap. The title had something like “Business”, like Be in my businesssomething cool“.
However, Maya Marie did not confirm if Mind your business either the song he had in mind or his vocals on the track.
Will.i.am interferes with gossip on Mind your business
In a recent interview with Variety will.i.am told about gossip regarding the vocals of Britney Spears in the work. However, he did not specify when they wrote and recorded the song.
“It’s 2023, people want to hear it. They ask: when did I record a piece with Britney? And does she really sing? yes it is her“, explained. “When did I register it? It doesn’t matter. For example, there is a piece of my past, girl like me. I wrote and produced it for Shakira in 2008 and it came out in 2021. A long time ago. Not everything has to be instant like a good wine. We need to give things the right time, perfect them, perfect them. Some things appear when the time comes.”
He added: “Mind your business it took time. And now is the right time“.
The producer also noted that he and Britney Spears wrote the song together. “We met for long dinners, talked about life, I took notes about what we said to each other,” he recalls. “She asked to change this and that. He is the first person with whom I have written this kind of music that sits and chats about life, love, news, pop culture.. Just talking… I was showing her structures, rhythms, metaphors. She modeled and changed the text.”