The first song she's ever written is

[Fita]

So in this ABC special Britney says that 'Everytime' is the first song she's ever written... But what about 'Dear Diary' which she said in 2000 that she wrote...?

And what about songs from 'Britney' like 'Lonely' in which she said she had more songwriting involvement?

Or in Britney she only co-wrote them?

 

Edit: the previous song she wrote that I was referring to was actually I'm So Curious.

Edited January 15 by Fita

[Mutya]

Officially the first song she's ever written was I'm So Curious. 

I feel like she said that about Everytime because it was 100% her. Even though there's this other lady who is a co-writter, Britney relates more and is more proud of Everytime, a song that she wrote lyrically and composed the music herself.

[kgid]

I think she would have been more technical in saying Everytime was the first song she ever composed, wrote and produced, start to finish.  

 

Her involvement as a lyricist previous to that didn't involve composition.  She developed the piano chords, produced the lullaby quality of the song and wrote the words.  It's a full body of work that made that song.  

 

She has this kind of verbal/mental tick to generalize things in a sort of grandiose way, to where technically speaking they're true, but omit a lot of minuta behind what she really means. 

 

Like: I've never ridden a horse, I made out with Wade, this is the first song I've ever written.    There are elements of truth to it, if only in the specific way she means at that moment that she doesn't say out loud.  

 

She's rode a horse before, but riding post conservatorship feels like the first time, she made out with Wade but had an emotional affair that was deeper than she cares to admit, she wrote other songs but not in the total way she was involved with Everytime.  

[femmef4toole]

5 minutes ago, kgid said:

I think she would have been more technical in saying Everytime was the first song she ever composed, wrote and produced, start to finish.  

 

Her involvement as a lyricist previous to that didn't involve composition.  She developed the piano chords, produced the lullaby quality of the song and wrote the words.  It's a full body of work that made that song.  

 

She has this kind of verbal/mental tick to generalize things in a sort of grandiose way, to where technically speaking they're true, but omit a lot of minuta behind what she really means. 

 

Like: I've never ridden a horse, I made out with Wade, this is the first song I've ever written.    There are elements of truth to it, if only in the specific way she means at that moment that she doesn't say out loud.  

 

She's rode a horse before, but riding post conservatorship feels like the first time, she made out with Wade but had an emotional affair that was deeper than she cares to admit, she wrote other songs but not in the total way she was involved with Everytime.  

I wholeheartedly agree with this. I think she also loses track of what she’s said too!

[PolySpears]

Even Everytime had a co-writer 

[PolySpears]

1 hour ago, Fita said:

And what about songs from 'Britney' like 'Lonely' in which she said she had more songwriting involvement?

She said she had been involved in those songs, so it's probably just co-writing.

[Alio]

39 minutes ago, Mutya said:

Officially the first song she's ever written was I'm So Curious. 

Yes.

[TTrouble]

 

[darlingbud]

9 minutes ago, kgid said:

I think she would have been more technical in saying Everytime was the first song she ever composed, wrote and produced, start to finish.

 

Her involvement as a lyricist previous to that didn't involve composition.  She developed the piano chords, produced the lullaby quality of the song and wrote the words.  It's a full body of work that made that song.

 

She has this kind of verbal/mental tick to generalize things in a sort of grandiose way, to where technically speaking they're true, but omit a lot of minuta behind what she really means.

 

Like: I've never ridden a horse, I made out with Wade, this is the first song I've ever written.    There are elements of truth to it, if only in the specific way she means at that moment that she doesn't say out loud.

 

She's rode a horse before, but riding post conservatorship feels like the first time, she made out with Wade but had an emotional affair that was deeper than she cares to admit, she wrote other songs but not in the total way she was involved with Everytime.

Bingo. Just to piggyback a tiny bit, writing lyrics and arranging music will each earn a songwriting credit, typically, and I guess "Everytime" would've been the first time she felt responsible for both. It's why people like Walter Afanasieff show up in Mariah Carey liner notes for songwriting, for example, despite her notoriously writing all the words.

[itsxrichiexbish]

i’m positive she said it was the first song she wrote by her self… aside from the fact that the evil women took her to court for co writing credits… the other songs she collaborated with other writers

[Fita]

52 minutes ago, Mutya said:

Officially the first song she's ever written was I'm So Curious. 

I feel like she said that about Everytime because it was 100% her. Even though there's this other lady who is a co-writter, Britney relates more and is more proud of Everytime, a song that she wrote lyrically and composed the music herself.

Yeah, I guess it was I'm So Curious lol. I struggled to remember the exact name of the song. Thanks, sweetie 

[Fita]

7 minutes ago, TTrouble said:

 

Exactly. The one she was most proud of. 🦚

[PrinceAli89]

That comment at the ABC special always confused me! I remember thinking "what about I'm So Curious, or Dear Diary, or all the songs from the Britney album??" 

[Fita]

37 minutes ago, PrinceAli89 said:

That comment at the ABC special always confused me! I remember thinking "what about I'm So Curious, or Dear Diary, or all the songs from the Britney album??" 

yes!! exactly what I was like

[Peter Pan]

Like someone already said she probably (partly) composed Everytime whereas for the other songs she just contributed to the lyrics.

It makes total sense to me lol.

Edited January 15 by Peter Pan

[rik]

 she’s lying Lou will use this in court too 

[Blackout2006]

They probably mean it's her first song that she has written completely by herself though I would not be surprised if the case is otherwise,

[Isla]

I'm So Curious was the first (released) song she had a writing credit on. Even Everytime has a co-writer (Annet Atari or whatever her name is). 

[ElectricPlatypusLove]

I'm So Curious is such a bop. I'd love a more current tropi-pop remix

[Lex993]

12 hours ago, PolySpears said:

Even Everytime had a co-writer 

One. Not a lot of the girlies can say that as it requires multiple. And even then Britney composed the music.