I’ve got FANTASTIC new Britney Spears news to pass along today … last night, a demo track showed up on You Tube that purports to be the demo version of Britney Spears‘s new single Hold It Against Me. The electronic-sounding track features lyrics that have reportedly been linked to the song. Today there is NEW word that the leaked demo may be genuine!!

While the skeptic in at first doubted that this “demo” has anything at all to do with Britney‘s new single, there is growing likelihood that it could be the real deal (which we won’t know for sure until we get official confirmation). Considering how close to the vest Britney‘s people have been playing the release of her new music, I find it shocking that a demo of the song could leak online so easily. What do y’all think … could this be an actual demo of the song?

UPDATE: Popjustice is reporting that this track is the actual demo of Britney‘s single Hold It Against Me. According to the site, The next time you hear this song …the production, vocal and structure will sound very different. And you don’t have very long to wait. So … uh … there you go. Apparently the woman singing on this track is Bonnie McKee, the songwriter of the track (who also wrote California Gurls and Teenage Dream for Katy Perry and Dynamite for Taio Cruz). It’s sounding more and more likely that this is Britney‘s new single … now what do y’all think?

UPDATE 2: Producer Dr. Luke has finally chimed in about the demo, confirming that it is a genuine, early version of the song:

that version of hold it against me is really really old… it don’t sound like that anymore… it’s WAY better :-p

In other Britney Spears news, her manager Adam Leber posted a message on his official Twitter profile announcing that he met with the folks at iTunes to talk about the release of her new album. Oh and he also promises an official announcement about when we can hear the first single for ourselves:


As I reported yesterday, there is a plan in the works by Britney‘s record label to get fan participation involved in the release of the single … but we still don’t know when the blessed event will take place. Soon, y’all … I can feel it … we’ll be jammin’ to Britney‘s version of this new song very soon.

[Source, Source, Source, Source, thanks Tom]