Never one to fall behind the curve, teeny-bop sensation Britney Spears has set her sights on outer space.
In the promotional video to her song "Oops! ... I Did It Again", the title track to her upcoming second studio album, Spears wears a red spacesuit and cavorts with astronauts on a trip to Mars.
The singer joins musician-actress Courtney Love, who recently
Space is a serious business
Fans had previously looked to the release of the video, which premiered Tuesday on MTV's music-request program TRL, with mingled anticipation and concern.
In late March, "part or all of a camera" fell on Spears during filming, necessitating four stitches and leading the singer's mother to speculate that she had received a concussion.
No reports on whether the accident occurred during the creation of any of the video's science fiction effects sequences were immediately available.
Spears, 18, had not previously displayed a strong astronomical interest beyond stating her zodiac sign as "Sagittarius."
Regardless, the space angle seems to be all Britney -- Nigel Dick, the video's director, has stated that Spears "wanted to do a dance video on Mars with a cute guy (but no spaceships please)."
"Wipe the drool"
Fans applauded the change in direction as both an artistic and technical triumph.
"I loved the whole concept of her being the ruler of Mars and stuff," one booster, "RZV81," gushed on a dedicated Spears bulletin board. "The guys ... HOT!! Especially the guys who were controlling the handles and stuff. WOOWEE!!! *Wipe the drool* The astronaut wasn't that bad either! Then, for the guys ... BRITNEY. She looked absolutely beautiful. She even looked older."
"And finally, the special effects ... OFF THE HOOK!!! WONDERFUL! I especially loved the very beginning with the entering the Mars orbit thing. And when the astronaut was walking on Mars."
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