tour Something really seems off with Britney - her hands & face

[HairFlipQueen]

I know, it's nothing that a lot of us haven't been saying for a while, but last night I couldn't sleep and found those HD videos on youtube from Brighton. I only watched a couple but she really looks so unhappy up there. Everything seems fake, she knows how to do a **** expression, how to do a 'don't mess with me I'm a fierce *****' face, how to smile at the correct moments etc. but her eyes look so distressed, I don't know if it really is anxiety - I know that gets said a lot on here and maybe there is some truth to it. She seems VERY unrehearsed.  Trying to keep an open mind. 

What I'm left with is a feeling of unease when watching her

Idk how to do multiple time stamps but I'll write the things I noticed under each video:

CIRCUS

1:31 - 1:36 - Her hand. I've never seen it that bad before, it's so weird.

2:06 - 2:10 - She looks anxious and upset in her eyes.

Her hands really are moving fast in this, they never used to. It's almost as if the song is sped up because she's dancing so fast but obviously it isn't! It's just so bad.

TOXIC

Her hands seem jittery from about 1:42-1:46

When they lift her at 1:55 she seems so tense and stiff and doesn't seem to enjoy it at all.

At 4:15 she has to be escorted to the other side of the stage, maybe that's because it was dark though? But she looks like she is completely lost.

I have to go out soon so don't have time to list anymore details but if you just watch the videos through maybe you'll see what I mean.

 

[zone]

She just needs a huge break and new team ofcourse 

[OopsOverprotected]

I think she had a fight with Sam. He unfollowed her and deleted a video of her live concert.

[Prince Ali]

12 minutes ago, HairFlipQueen said:

I know, it's nothing that a lot of us haven't been saying for a while, but last night I couldn't sleep and found those HD videos on youtube from Brighton. I only watched a couple but she really looks so unhappy up there. Everything seems fake, she knows how to do a **** expression, how to do a 'don't mess with me I'm a fierce *****' face, how to smile at the correct moments etc. but her eyes look so distressed, I don't know if it really is anxiety - I know that gets said a lot on here and maybe there is some truth to it. She seems VERY unrehearsed.  Trying to keep an open mind. 

What I'm left with is a feeling of unease when watching her

Idk how to do multiple time stamps but I'll write the things I noticed under each video:

CIRCUS

1:31 - 1:36 - Her hand. I've never seen it that bad before, it's so weird.

2:06 - 2:10 - She looks anxious and upset in her eyes.

Her hands really are moving fast in this, they never used to. It's almost as if the song is sped up because she's dancing so fast but obviously it isn't! It's just so bad.

TOXIC

Her hands seem jittery from about 1:42-1:46

When they lift her at 1:55 she seems so tense and stiff and doesn't seem to enjoy it at all.

At 4:15 she has to be escorted to the other side of the stage, maybe that's because it was dark though? But she looks like she is completely lost.

I have to go out soon so don't have time to list anymore details but if you just watch the videos through maybe you'll see what I mean.

 

The 4:15 ****** was always there... wheter in Vegas or during iHeart radio show. It’s just part of the show..

[celebcity88]

To be honest... i've seen those nervous ticks live in person at her berlin show and it was tragic. 
she just is not there, she doesn't want to be up there.

 the dancing is sloppy af. either she's too slow or too fast, but mostly just not on point. 
she doesn't look happy and there's zero passion or even interaction between her and the dancers nor the crowd. 

she needs to retire. 

[HairFlipQueen]

7 minutes ago, zone said:

She just needs a huge break and new team ofcourse 

When you say a huge break, what do you mean? Because she just had quite a long one from December up to the tour...

Yes a new team definitely, do you not think she needs to take responsibility for anything though?

[HairFlipQueen]

7 minutes ago, OopsOverprotected said:

I think she had a fight with Sam. He unfollowed her and deleted a video of her live concert.

Oh I read that he unfollowed then followed her back, I didn't know he deleted a video though? Maybe it's that then but these issues have been there a while :/

[HairFlipQueen]

4 minutes ago, celebcity88 said:

To be honest... i've seen those nervous ticks live in person at her berlin show and it was tragic. 
she just is not there, she doesn't want to be up there.

 the dancing is sloppy af. either she's too slow or too fast, but mostly just not on point. 
she doesn't look happy and there's zero passion or even interaction between her and the dancers nor the crowd. 

she needs to retire. 

Oh god it sounds bad   I keep reading how much better it is in person, but tbh the last few dates there have been more bad reviews and people saying exactly what you have. It's hard to watch.

[HairFlipQueen]

7 minutes ago, Poe Dameron said:

The 4:15 ****** was always there... wheter in Vegas or during iHeart radio show. It’s just part of the show..

Yes but she looks so lost while doing it.

What do you think of the rest of my examples?

[Silhouette]

It had been a while since we had a "she needs to retire" kind of meltdown, I missed them 

What surprises me is that you guys are acting like this is news. Her performing skills in 2014 were way worse than this, she seemed out of it for the most part and she had 0 energy, and then she began to get better and better and people began praising her again. She has always have ups and downs, I feel like she is a person who lets herself be driven by her emotions, and yes, right now she's not at her best and she might be going through something, and we know she's not the most professional singer out there, but we should be a little less dramatic and a little more empathic.

[tsss]

I don't know if it's funny or weird but in the last Freakshow video her dancers tried to help her with eyelashes while she was standing there like a lost child   

I honestly want this tour to end asap just for her sake, she seems miserable 

 

[hibiscus.berry.TEA]

It's been happening a lot over the last months, but it's getting worse and more obvious. To me it looks like she really just sees performing on stage as a job, she has to do it, but there's no joy in doing it.

She mentioned in an interview how she needs to "get into character" before every show, because it's not really her on stage, the thing is, it's not working anymore, you can tell she's just not feeling it - so it all looks like she's doing what she has to (give fierce looks, smiling at the right moments), but she just wants to get it over with.

Not rehearsing enough to know where to stand on stage shows how not interested she is in performing.

 

I wonder if she would still go on tours like this if her father wasn't the one to decide. (pretty sure he's the one who's like "make all the money you can possibly make")

 

[redacted statement]

if she's really so miserable then I don't get why she continues to perform, it's really hard to watch..  

[falka]

44 minutes ago, tsss said:

I don't know if it's funny or weird but in the last Freakshow video her dancers tried to help her with eyelashes while she was standing there lke a lost child   

That's what folks usually do when having something stuck in the eye
but Britney could walk on hands to shake it up  so lazy 

[brit4u1998]

Handney.  

[Snesh]

1 hour ago, Silhouette said:

It had been a while since we had a "she needs to retire" kind of meltdown, I missed them 

What surprises me is that you guys are acting like this is news. Her performing skills in 2014 were way worse than this, she seemed out of it for the most part and she had 0 energy, and then she began to get better and better and people began praising her again. She has always have ups and downs, I feel like she is a person who lets herself be driven by her emotions, and yes, right now she's not at her best and she might be going through something, and we know she's not the most professional singer out there, but we should be a little less dramatic and a little more empathic.

Just because we're empathic we see that she's not feeling it at all and should retire for a while to recover

[portrait]

her face expressions give me anxiety... she's not okay. When I saw the berlin videos I got a bit sad because the crowd was so amazing and it seemed like a lot of fun, but when I see those videos of her face I feel like it was a good decision to sell my ticket. 

girl needs to stop, the stage is not her home anymore. next year the next residency will start and the cage will continue.. 

[STJ]

Britney in those videos = Me on autopilot at work after having not slept the previous night due to insomnia 

[Scrappy]

1 hour ago, celebcity88 said:

To be honest... i've seen those nervous ticks live in person at her berlin show and it was tragic. 
she just is not there, she doesn't want to be up there.

 the dancing is sloppy af. either she's too slow or too fast, but mostly just not on point. 
she doesn't look happy and there's zero passion or even interaction between her and the dancers nor the crowd. 

she needs to retire. 

 

[Roger]

Every single night, 

The same arrangement,

I go out and dance the dance,

Still I always feel,

This strange estrangement,

Nothing here is real,

Nothing here is right,

I've been making shows of trading blows,

Just hoping no one knows,

That' I've been going through the motions,

Walking through the part,

Nothing seems to penetrate my heart !