Are YOU ready Britney Army??!?!

It is going to be a very Spearitual Sunday! Executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic speaks to EW on Britney’s upcoming Video Music Award performance and reveals that Britney’s upcoming performance is something you’ve not seen her done before! Check out the interview below :

Britney Spears’ new album Glory is shaping up to be completely different from anything she’s ever released. Expect similar surprises when it comes to her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday, where she’s slated to sing the lead single off Glory, “Make Me…” with G-Eazy.

“She’s not one to do the same thing she’s done in the past,” executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic tells EW. “It’s going to be something you’ve not seen her do before. It’s going to separate her from other performances.”

That’s no small feat considering the other stars slated to appear: this year’s VMAs will also feature a career-spanning medley from Rihanna as she accepts the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. (Spears accepted the award in 2011.)

Spears, of course, has a long history with the VMAs, from her iconic costume change in 2000 to the snake dance in 2001 to the infamous Madonna kiss in 2003. “She grew up on MTV,” Ignjatovic says. “She’s so connected to the network, and I know back when I worked on the channel in the ‘90s she was the darling of MTV.”

The last time Spears actually performed at the VMAs, however, was in 2007, and, well, we all know how that went. Ignjatovic says fans have nothing to worry about this year: “It’s amazing [to have her back],” he says. “To have her in such great form with a huge hit, she’s super relevant and current—I think the young people watching MTV now are as connected to her as they were back in the TRL days.”

A PERFORMANCE BRITNEY HAS NEVER DONE BEFORE!??!?!?!?! Britney is really coming for blood this era and we are SO here for it! The Britney army is READY for Britney to take the VMA stage this Sunday, August 28th! Are you ready Britney Army??!?!

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Today we celebrate the 17th birthday of Britney’s iconic hit, ‘(You Drive Me) Crazy.’

Like Britney’s ‘…Baby One More Time,’ this song was written and produced by Max Martin. B told MTV News in 1998 that she thought it was an extension of her debut hit saying, “It’s an uptempo (song). Kinda like ‘… Baby One More Time,’ same feel a little. A bit of rock in it.”

Rock?

Britney played a waitress in the song’s music video. Brit told MTV News, ”Actually, the concept of the video is all my idea,’ adding that she thought “it would be cool to be in a club, and we’re dorky waitresses, and we break out and start dancing.”

The video stayed in the top 10 of TRL for a massive 65 days and was nominated for MTV’s video of the year in 2000.

The choice to release (You Drive Me) Crazy as single has been improvised – Email My Heart was chose as single only for USA – The song wouldn’t have had to be a single because in any commercial board said it but with the release of “Drive Me Crazy” movie with Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier (both in the official video f the song) has been asked a promotion request, so Jive remixed the song for to rend it more commercial and it came out as (You Drive Me) Crazy [The Stop Remix]

Adrian Grenier did not want to be in the music video – however he was convinced by Melissa Joan Heart and Nigel Dick:

The song featured on the soundtrack of the romantic comedy film, Drive Me Crazy. Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier reprised their roles from the movie in the video. Nigel Dick, who directed the promo told MTV News that it was a struggle to convince Grenier to make an appearance in it. “The big issue is that Adrian Grenier did not want to be in the video,” he said. “So, I was given instructions to ring him up and make sure he appeared in the video. I said, ‘You know what, Adrian, I just think it would be great for your career, and Britney’s a great girl and she’s fun to work with.’ Eventually he came around.”

In the video Britney’s dancers hold up outfits which Britney asked if it can be incorporated in the video. Wade Robson appears in the video – he is the guy in the white workman suit.

Britney made an appearance in Sabrina the teenage witch where it was discussed that Melissa Joan Heart appears in her video. The song was used in Melissa Joan Hearts movie ‘Drive Me Crazy.’

The movie was named after the song. Melissa quoted that at first she was really unhappy with them changing over the original title to match the single of a ‘one-hit wonder’ new girl on the scene…She could not have been more wrong… If she knew then what she knows now… Melissa claimed saying that was one of her biggest errors.

Did you know the Japanese version of the single came with a booklet?

Nigel Dick directed all of Britney’s music video’s up until this point Check out the making of the video:

Celebrate by watching the iconic music video with us!

Happy Birthday Crazy!!