{"id":807918,"date":"2020-05-29T12:06:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1007282"},"modified":"2020-05-29T12:06:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:06:31","slug":"britney-spears-releases-mood-ring-her-first-new-song-in-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/britney-spears-releases-mood-ring-her-first-new-song-in-four-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Releases \u2018Mood Ring,\u2019 Her First \u2018New\u2019 Song in Four Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shutterstock_editorial_5691727bf.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The princess of pop is a generous queen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/britney-spears\/\" id=\"auto-tag_britney-spears\" data-tag=\"britney-spears\">Britney Spears<\/a> surprised fans Friday by dropping a track titled \u201cMood Ring (By Demand)\u201d on all streaming services. The song was produced by DJ Mustard and was previously only available on the Japanese deluxe edition of her 2016 album, <em>Glory<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IvkWMFzwJKY?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The slinky, slow-burning track finds Spears deciding between two versions of herself to present to a possible suitor. \u201cLook in the mirror, who do I see?\/Who do I wanna be today?\u201d she purrs over Mustard\u2019s sparse, electro-tinged beat. \u201cMy love is a mood ring, up and down emotions, all these mood swings,\u201d she sings.<\/p>\n<p>The song is a hazy, alluring slow jam more in line with \u201cMake Me\u2026\u201d the first single from <em>Glory,&nbsp;<\/em>than the dance-pop tracks Spears is otherwise known for. Mustard had teased the track in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mustard\/status\/763215240397852674?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">2016 tweet<\/a>, but it was never commercially released.<\/p>\n<p>Spears says she decided to finally put out \u201cMood Ring (By Demand)\u201d as a gift to fans after a #JusticeForGlory hashtag got the album back to the top of the iTunes pop chart earlier this month. The \u201cBy Demand\u201d in parenthesis was added to the song title to acknowledge her fans\u2019 work.<\/p>\n<p>Spears promoted the \u201cnew\u201d song on Instagram Friday night, using a previously released outtake from her <em>Glory<\/em> album cover shoot. \u201cYou folks wanted a new album cover \u2026.. ta da there you go,\u201d she wrote, alongside a sprinkling of emojis. \u201cWhat was requested next is out now\u2026.. I hope you turn #MoodRing up sooooooo loud!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAwfCgpg6cl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" readability=\"-2.743648960739\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMood Ring\u201d is the first music release from Spears in four years.&nbsp;The singer, who recently topped <em>Rolling Stone\u2019s<\/em> list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/greatest-debut-songs-singles-990470\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greatest Debut Singles of All-Time,<\/a> has been largely silent on the music front since finishing her Britney: Piece of Me residency in Las Vegas in 2017. Spears\u2019 team opened a pop-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-pictures\/britney-spears-the-zone-pop-up-pictures-photos-945765\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram museum<\/a> in Los Angeles back in February that was inspired by her music video catalog, although the singer didn\u2019t participate in any of the launch events or activations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3>Popular on Rolling Stone<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/britney-spears-mood-ring-1007282\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The princess of pop is a generous queen. Britney Spears surprised fans Friday by dropping a track titled \u201cMood Ring (By Demand)\u201d on all streaming services. The song was produced by DJ Mustard and was previously only available on the Japanese deluxe edition of her 2016 album, Glory. 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