A VMAs without Britney Spears is like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without the peanut butter, the jelly, and also the bread. Please grace us with your presence this year, Britney!
Behold, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. It is 9/9/1999. A small-town girl with a massive hit, Britney Jean Spears, is about to change MTV/the world/your lives... forever.
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She walks the the red carpet in some insane shiny mini-coat and snakeskin pants. Even she wonders what the fuck she's wearing.
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It is her time to perform. With a snap, she commands our attention.
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It works. Her loneliness, which was killing her just before, is killing her no more.
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