Britney Spears is one of the most-known female singers in the early 2000s, making most teenagers’ childhoods memorable. She started her career in 1992, with a stint on the show Mickey Mouse ClubHouse along with Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling. Spears signed at Jive Records in 1997 at age 15. At age 16, Britney released her first song “Baby One More Time” in 1998, later selling 25 million worldwide. She later released over 170 songs, leaving her with six albums on the billboard 200 and four number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100. Britney was known to many older, and younger audiences for her groundwork for the modern-day pop landscape. However, over the past few years, many people have become concerned about Britney and her life. It all started on February 16, 2007, when Britney headed to a Tarzana hair salon late at night and shaved her head right in front of the paparazzi. Former photography director for US Weekly said, “She’s saying essentially with no hair, she quits. Whatever the fans are looking for in terms of her coming back and being that person again, that person is gone, and you have destroyed her.” Britney received so much hate throughout her young career, which led to this breakdown that caused lots of attention from the pop artists’ listeners. The fact that you could look at these images from that night and only see a ‘crazy person’ just tells what kind of vulturous society she was working with. Later, after the breakdown, Britney comes out and says that the reason she shaved her was that her ex, Kevin Federline, reportedly wouldn’t let her see her two kids, Sean and Jayden. 

However, there was a news report written by the New York Post, stating “Britney Spears didn’t shave her head in a fit of rage — he did it so there would be no way to trace her drug use.” which was claimed by her former manager in court. He also claims that “Spears was just afraid a judge would order a test of her hair and if drugs were found, the judge could take her two sons away and give custody to the ex-husband, Kevin Federline.” After this occasion, lots of media started coming up with rumors about Britney and her personal life. Britney stayed off social media for a while until she made a reappearance on Instagram with some concerning posts. After her break from social media, she made a post on Instagram of a candid photo, where she wrote: “There are rumors, death threats to my family and my team, and just so many crazy things being said. I am trying to take a moment for myself, but everything that’s happening is just making it harder for me. Don’t believe everything you read and hear. My situation is unique, but I promise I’m doing what’s best at this moment. You may not know this about me, but I am strong and stand up for what I want!” However, most fans believe that Britney has not been able to speak freely and has been sending secret help signals to her supporters through these Instagram posts. In July 2020, a post of Britneys went viral, where in previous posts her fans commented “If you need help, wear yellow in your next video.” Remarkably, Britney did wear yellow in her next video – posting a clip in which she showed her twirling around in a yellow top holding a bunch of flowers. Britney captioned this video: “HOLY HOLY C**P. My florist surprised me today by making the flower arrangement all different colors… I was so excited I threw on my favorite yellow shirt and just had to SHARE.” Now, this context can say a bunch of different things. Is she just genuinely excited? Is she hinting that she needs help? Around the same time as the yellow shirt post, another fan sent a message to Britney on Twitter telling her to share a post about doves if she was in trouble. Days later, Britney took to Instagram to post a picture of a painting by artist Hans Zatzka that showed women surrounded by doves and cherubs. 

Britney is now, as of December 17, 2022, living with her husband, model Sam Asghari, in Los Angeles. In April of last year she announced she was expecting her first child with Asghari; the following month, she revealed that she, unfortunately, had a miscarriage. Her two sons, Jayden and Preston, are in full custody of their dad, Kevin Federline, and are currently still living with him. Britney has gone through a lot of weird things in the past decade, or more; taking her father to court and eventually winning a battle to end the 13-year conservatorship he placed on her. If she is going through something, it would be best to give her time and space to process it and talk about it on her own terms, rather than jumping to conclusions about her whereabouts. When we know more about where Britney is, not including all of the missing and dead conspiracies, we are sure she will give out information about her time away from social media.