This Day in Pop: 'Me Against the Music' video premieres in 2003 (October 21)

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On October 21, 2003, Britney Spears released the music video for Me Against the Music featuring Madonna. It was directed by Paul Hunter and choreographed by Kevin Tancharoen.

It starts with parking a Mazda and entering a New York night club, where she's seen by Madonna through the monitors, in a room full of men smoking cigars. A cat-and-mouse like chase begins through different parts of the club, including a wooden maze (which served as inspiration for the Piece of Me performance in Vegas).

As the video progresses, we also see scenes of Britney performing the choreography on various sets, including a neon-like room decorated with grafitti

and the iconic scene where we see Britney and Madonna separated by a wall, but dancing in synchronicity as, according to the director, Madonna's spirit pulls her making Britney anticipate her moves.

Britney finally reaches Madonna at the end of the video, only for her to disappear as we hear her laugh before Britney could kiss her.

 

 

 

The music video premiered on MTV's Making the Video, and it was later premiered online on Yahoo! Music, where it reached more than 2 million views on its first 5 days. It landed at #36 on MTV Latin America's Top 100 of 2003.