Surprise, surprise, Britney Spears makes another bad career move. According to the NY Post, Spears has backed out at the last minute from recording a duet with her former flame, Justin Timberlake, a decision that’s gotten the head honchos at her record label, Jive, really worried.
Spears and JT were set to duet on a track that would have been produced by Timbaland at his studio in Virginia Beach.
Music insiders say that JT wrote the duet specifically for the ex-pop tart, and even though they wouldn't have been in the studio together, JT's voice would have been dubbed in with hers later.
"Timbaland set aside a week out of his crazy schedule to do this - and then, just before she was supposed to fly out, Britney abruptly canceled the session and refused to do the song.
"It's crazy," the insider added. "She's looking for a comeback, and this would have not only been a huge hit, but something she could have opened the MTV Video Awards with and really blown everyone away."
"People at Jive have been with Britney since album one, and have an investment in her. They have faith that once the material is there, she will become focused and step it up. She's very competitive, but at the end of the day, it's hard. She has to do the work - no one can do it for her."
As supportative as they're trying to be, the suits at her record label are concerned that Britney doesn't have a hit song to perform at the VMAs and she's basically going to crash and burn on stage. So much for a comeback right?
