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Some singers use a stage name, basically creating a double life. For example, Katy Perry is a pop singer who performed at the Super Bowl. Katheryn Hudson is the type of girl to trip on a red carpet wearing a hoodie. Rihanna is a boss bitch, a good girl gone bad. Robyn is the girl who makes jokes backstage

I feel like Britney didn’t want a “stage name” because in her prime, Britney acted the same way on stage and off stage - a sweet girl who loved to sing. She didn’t need an “alternate identity”.

But that raises the question- if Britney had a stage name, what would it be? Comment your ideas

I’m referring to the song or the album or both

Also, share both your first BOMT memory, AND your favorite BOMT memory (unless your first memory is also your favorite memory)

For me, my first memory was in 2024, I watched Kung Fu Panda 4, and at the end, Jack Black sang this cool song called …Baby One More Time. I liked the song and I looked it up, and then I found it was a cover of a Britney Spears song. I listened to the original version and that’s how I got introduced to Britney

My favorite: just watching Britney sing BOMT live, especially at a young age, brings a smile to my face.

First of all, I know the book is amazing as is. I’m wondering what did you want to see in Britney’s book, but surprised she didn’t write about?

The saddest part of Everytime isn’t that it’s a lullaby to her aborted baby. It’s that Britney is blaming herself. She’s taking responsibility -“my weakness caused you pain, and this song’s my sorry…”. Even though Justin pressured her to have an abortion and cheated on her and blamed her, Britney was still protecting Justin over herself.

Felicia was Britney’s friend; the only person who saw Britney as a person, not a product. I wish they could reunite someday. I know Britney still has Felicia in mind, as she mentioned Felicia in her book

Basically, how many links do you need to get from yourself to Britney?

For example:

If you met Britney in person, your degree of separation is 1.

If your mom met Britney in person, your degree of separation is 2, since you need 2 links. You-your mom, then your mom-Britney.

If your coworker got to have a meet and greet tickets to a Snoop Dogg concert, your degree of separation is 3. You-your coworker, then coworker-Snoop, and Snoop was supposed to make a cameo in the Outrageous music video, so Snoop-Britney. 3 links.

Simply being in the same room as somebody else does not count as a link. You need to talk to the person. For example, if you were at a Britney concert in the audience, that is not a degree of 1. If you had a meet and greet with Britney, that’s a degree of 1.

Also by example, if you attended a Snoop Dogg concert but you didn’t talk to snoop, your degree is not a 2 since you-snoop is not a valid link