Into It: #FreeBritney’s Dark Turn

The Cut

New York Magazine

Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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At the end of Britney Spears’s conservatorship in November of 2021, most of her fans rejoiced. But conspiracy theories have a subset of #FreeBritney fans convinced she’s still not really free. They focus on what they see as oddities or glitches in some of her Instagram posts. Vox reporter Rebecca Jennings says there are even theories that Britney has been replaced with AI or a body double. Rebecca and Sam talk about her current piece for New York Magazine and get into the TikTok sleuthing of this extreme set of Britney fans, how the conspiracy theories mirror QAnon, and what Britney herself thinks about her fans’ actions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:24.6	episode. What is the deal with Britney Spears? I mean, actually, what is the deal
1:30.4	with Britney Spears fans? If you spend enough time on TikTok, you will soon see
1:36.4	there's a subset of Britney fans who have become... just gonna say it. Conspiracy
1:43.0	theorist. Seriously, there's this one TikTok all about Britney's teeth.
1:48.0	Especially Britney Herbot and Teeth have always been a part of her smile. It's got
1:53.2	this creepy music playing and these computer-modulated voices talking over all
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