With ‘Circus’ Britney is the Sad Clown

In the midst of what some are calling Britney’s long awaited comeback, the pop princess is busy promoting her new album, Circus, which hits stores on her 27th birthday, December 2nd.

But is she as excited about it as her manager and fans? Is her life still in shambles despite this year’s success? To me, it seems that way.

Britney is going two hundred miles an hour these days. Traveling to foreign countries, doing interviews, photo shoots, you name it. The girl is hard at work right now, and the pressure is on.

In the latest Rolling Stone magazine, Britney says once again that she feels there is no longer zest in her life.

She tells the magazine, “I feel like an old person now. I do! I go to bed at, like, 9:30 every night, and I don’t go out or anything.”

This seems to be a recurring topic for Spears who recently was quoted in her upcoming documentary, Britney: For the Record as saying, “There’s no excitement in my life anymore.”

Even though Britney keeps saying the same thing again and again, which to me, sounds like a sort of cry for help, the emphasis is still placed solely on her new album and her comeback.

Her manager, Larry Rudolph, is convinced that ‘Circus’ is going to be Brit’s savior. He says, “This is going to be the album that cements her legend status.”

But Britney tends to play the sad clown more often than the pop superstar.

Instead of talking about her “comeback” she talks about things she yearns for. Her children being number one on that list. “Every time they come to visit me, I think about how they’re such special people,” she says.

She adds that she is disappointed in her ex-husband Kevin Federline, who has been unknowingly teaching the boys words such as ‘stupid’ – and worse things. Sean Preston sometimes says the f-word.

“He doesn’t get it from us. He must get it from his daddy. I say it, but not around my kids.”

With so much going on in her life, it seems Britney’s latest album has been aptly named.

Because what a circus it is.

See Britney’s video shoot here.