Worst Fantasy - Timberbrit Music Video

TIMBERBRIT is a full-length opera starring fictional versions of Britney Spears and her erstwhile lover Justin Timberlake. In an alternate pop universe, Britney's latest breakdown has propelled her into her final hours. Justin learns of her imminent demise and rushes to her side to profess his undying love. The music of TIMBERBRIT is inspired by incredibly slowed-down versions of Britney's own songs. Composer Jacob Cooper stretches the tempo to its breaking point, infusing the familiar pop structures with a deranged, nightmarish intensity. Breezy tunes about teenage crushes become statements of mortality and supreme love, much like those common in traditional opera.

This music video is for the aria "Worst Fantasy," which opens the stage production with Britney waking from a (drug-induced?) haze. Like the opera as a whole, the video transfigures popular material, particularly through alteration of tempo. Fragmented, warped, and reduced to a glacial pace, found footage of Britney is rendered strange yet oddly familiar.  "Worst Fantasy" unfolds in visual and aural slow motion, while also addressing notions of voyeurism and the cult of celebrity. 

Britney: Mellissa Hughes
Justin: Ted Hearne
Video: Switch Pictures
Composer: Jacob Cooper
Stage Director: Jaime Castañeda
Librettist: Yuka Igarashi

Category:

Music

Tags:

• timberbrit
• britney
• spears
• justin
• timberlake
• opera
• jacob
• cooper
• mellissa
• hughes
• federline
• sherng-lee
• phelps
• harmon
• yuka
• igarashi
• switch
• pictures
• worst
• fantasy
• modern
• experimental

[lynnkfletcher]

I feel terrible for the turns this poor girl's life has taken. While the video makes an interesting commentary- it's still another person making money off of Brittany Spears' personal life as documented by the press. I don't like it.

[danielstephenjohnson]

If it makes you feel any better, I don't actually think they're making that much money off of this. Britney Spears makes much, much more money off of Britney Spears' personal life than any experimental opera composer is likely to do.

[markus9134]

i want more... part 2 pleeeeze. :))

[getback85]

WFT!!!!!!

[Livi2102]

Awesome concept and editing! Gimme more of this!

[paulinarubi0sucks]

aburrición total... parece un perro gimiendo

NEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXTttttttttttt

[bigb2366]

Ich bekomme heute bestimmt Albträume!!!

[mariLpBCN23]

como dice hoy en el pais el que hizo la coña este video sobre BRITNEY y de su cancion baby one more time que podria traducir cariño te necesito antes de morir.... . con lo buena que es BRITNEY en su trabajo y despues de tantas polemicas me parece que ya se estan pasando demasiado ya cachondeandose de ella con tantos videos como este hay quien dira que se lo merece pero yo digo que no se lo merece . ya esta bien no?

[kewebothes]

I would much rather have a porcupine shoved up my rectum than have to struggle through this atrocity once again. Wow... Have we really sunk this low as a society?

[franckolat]

It's so scary!

[gabi18britney]

u can see justin face at 1:33

[natali980]

love it

but where is justin in the clip ??