The production team who made Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” one of the year’s most recognizable and overplayed tracks is now working with Britney Spears. The Matrix is working with Spears on her upcoming album.

“It’s definitely not anywhere near Avril,” Lauren Christy of the Matrix told MTV. “It’s really hard to put it in a box. It’s not really R&B-based or dance-based, it’s just really good songs. It’s not done in a rock way at all, though.”

The Matrix team presented Spears with songs they have already written, but she has been working with the words to suit herself.

“Lyrically, it’s a little deeper, just a little more grown up, but not trying to change the world or anything,” Christy said. “The great thing about Britney is she really knows what she wants. She knows if she’s trying something on that doesn’t fit right for her. She’s like, ‘No, that’s not me.’ She’s not one to strap on some sort of fake image.”

Also working with Spears on her new album are 7 Aurelius (Ashanti, Tupac), Rodney Jerkins, the Neptunes, and Fred “I’ll do anything to get close to Britney. Produce? Sure, I could do that” Durst of Limp Bizkit.






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