In the spring of 2000, the song of Oops!… I Did It Again Britney Spears sounded around the world and specifically in the first week of May was placed at the top of the lists of success at the international level after its launch and that of her video, which would end in the ideal of the pop culture of the millennial generation.
Con Oops!… I Did It Again The singer presented her new image, that of an artist who no longer wanted to see himself as the angelic who sang Baby One More time And with the “i’m not That Innocent” (I am not so innocent) covered a second album that would give other singles of empowerment of its image as Stronger.
La idea que dio origen a ‘Oops!… I Did It Again’
Britney Spears He was 19 years old and signed one of those who would be one of his most famous successes and one of his most remembered and iconic videos, thanks in part to his red suit and a travel theme to the space in Mars that was the idea of the singer herself who was based on reference to the cinema.
Spears was the one who devised the concept of setting the video clip on Mars and that an astronaut who appeared on the planet fell in love with her, being a style of queen or leader in the place, with the clear reference of Jane fonda in Barbarellaand thus combine a futuristic and sensual theme at the same time.
-Previously, Barbra Streisand It had been the reference behind the song’s own composition as the Swedish producer recognized Max Martinwhich had been based on Woman in Love of the Interpreter, which had been written by the Gibbs brothers, Bee Geesand which was published in 1980.
Footprints of ‘Titanic’ and ‘Thriller’ by Michael Jackson
The video clip was directed by the same that had signed successes of the late 90s as WonderWall of Oasis o Believe of Cherand accepted the concept of the singer, being also not the only reference to the cinema that was made in Oops!… I Did It Againwith an end that makes a wink to Titanicwith the astronaut giving the collar the heart of the sea with the blue diamond, to which she responds with the remembered “Oh, you should not have bothered you.”
But if something has made this success of Britney Spears It has become an icon of millennial pop culture is the tight red suit made of latex, also designed from the singer’s creative mind next to Michael Bushwho came from being the costume designer who had selected the mythical jacket that Michael Jackson wore in Thriller.
The problems of the costumes ‘Oops! … I Did It Again’
This red suit was some problems to the pop star, as the stylist told Estee Stanley In an interview with El Portal Nylon: “The monkey gave me nerves because it was latex and I knew how much she was going to dance. I knew it was going to be very hard for her because, obviously, the latex retains all the sweat,” he said.
This problem with the costume was not the only one that Britney Spears had in the filming of that video, and although the red suit was not replaced, they were the red boots that had been planned initially, and the singer opted for used black shoes that were his for greater comfort, which shaped the look iconic.
