Let's be honest, circus-themed era was a genius idea

[No Seas Cortes]

I really love this idea. The tour and her performances, Circus music video etc... all of it looked so spectacular 

Britney made it so s/xy and entertaining. She looked like THE STAR of the Circus, other pop girls would probably look like clowns in eras like that tbh 

Obvi, not a fan of the camp style but at least it was interesting and creative 

[fays1]

I really hate circus themes in general, it will always look cheap no matter how much you try.

I love the tour and song, but I hate the theme.

Even at the tour they had some clowns and circus tricks between songs that looked so bad in my opinion.

[argentinian.in.telaviv]

I actually hated the whole circus theme, like Blackout was so edgy and Circus is so so so overdone. Nothing about that album was related to a circus except from the song Circus, they obviously wanted to clear her image, burry Gimme More and appeal to little kids once again.

And guess what, they did.

 

[blonderoman27]

I agree but idk if anyone remembers, (I know that anything after the cship, I don't like that much looking back) the merch was on point for this era though. They had so much to offer and never anything like it again. 

[CallMeTheGovernor]

Lol at other pop girls would look like clowns. 

Totally agree. It was so innovative. Others could never. 

[HisNameisChase]

The theme was random and a lazy concept.

She did look AMAZING but the retouching in some photos is terrible. 

[Slayer]

I remember the biggest meltdowns EVER when the album cover was revealed here 

People were SO angry that you could see the crease in the mesh part of her dress above the chest area.

[BlackoutITZ]

It was a pretty genius idea in the sense that she really was being used like a performing animal in a circus and was even performing inside a golden cage on tour.

[Wendy Williams]

A beautiful facade, but inside a woman locked in a cage.

[crazyasamuthafukka]

If her life wasn’t a circus at that time, I would a been like “random,” but this theme was perfect for her. Her life was a literal circus.

[Wendy Williams]

17 minutes ago, CallMeTheGovernor said:

Totally agree. It was so innovative. Others could never. 

Back To Basics tour 2006  

[No Seas Cortes]

2 minutes ago, BananaBoy98 said:

A beautiful facade, but inside a woman locked in a cage.

 

[Wendy Williams]

4 minutes ago, Henry. said:

 

It's hard to look happy when she's not happy.  It's nothing personal against you, but I'm more sad to see how much effort she put into not collapsing from the things she had to do just because they wanted it.

But yes, photoshoot was cute.

Edited November 8, 2022 by BananaBoy98

[SJK]

The name Circus was genius at the time because everything surrounding her personal life.  But… 

The whole aesthetic of the album itself is tacky IMO. The Circus video is another thing, that video was flawless. 

[PickleSpears]

Yeah I mean the concepts really did write themselves, I loved it!

[CHAOTIC STYLE.]

In a recent study, music nerds have come to an agreement that themed-inspired albums are the new thing! I love Circus! 

[Yasux35]

No it was a bad tour she only did it with a promise to release her from the Conserv. The opening epic yes. Did I think she had fun some night maybe . But they said it was just a misrable experience for her so im not praising it ......and im salty Kill The Lights wasn't performed. 

[argentinian.in.telaviv]

42 minutes ago, BananaBoy98 said:

Back To Basics tour 2006  

Thank you for bringing it up, this XTina tour is amazing!!

Christina really pulled off the Circus Theme, also the Hurt video, it was a flawless era for her.

[Oprah Winfrey.]

1 hour ago, BananaBoy98 said:

A beautiful facade, but inside a woman locked in a cage.

just like a RICCCUS  

[Alvy]

8 hours ago, BlackoutITZ said:

It was a pretty genius idea in the sense that she really was being used like a performing animal in a circus and was even performing inside a golden cage on tour.

I was looking for someone to say it!! 
I always thought the same, it was so staged, and so mean at the same time. Few months before Circus era she was having a rough time on her personal life, and then the Circus era came to "cleanse" all the stuff that happened to her, but, it was just like a forced set up. Like a real circus animal.

Yes, the photoshoots were gorgeous.
Yes, the Circus Tour production was excellent.
Yes, she looked amazing.
But all these things were shallow a.f, also this was the "beginning" of the damn conservatorship, ugh...