![]() ![]() "Everytime" is allegedly about Spears's ex-partner Justin Timberlake. ![]() Critics took note of the video for its religious references to The Passion of the Christ, Kabbalah and stigmata, as well as for foreshadowing Spears' own struggles with fame. The original concept had Spears kill herself from a drug overdose, but that part of the plot was removed after it received criticism from organizations such as Kidscape, who perceived it as a glamorization of suicide. In the hospital, doctors fail to resuscitate her, while simultaneously a child is born in the next room (implying she has been reincarnated). She starts to drown in her bathtub after bleeding from a head wound from a paparazzi camera hit. It features Spears as a pop star fighting with a male companion as she is hounded by paparazzi. Inspired by the cinematography of the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas, the accompanying music video for "Everytime" was directed by David LaChapelle. The song has been covered by artists like Glen Hansard, Ethel Cain, Kelly Clarkson, Lewis Capaldi, and James Franco in the 2013 film Spring Breakers. On her tours, Spears also performed: the song on piano in a flowered-themed setting at The Onyx Hotel Tour (2004), while suspended on a giant umbrella at The Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009) and in an angel costume at Britney: Piece of Me (2013). ![]() Spears did a series of live performances, such as for TV shows Saturday Night Live on NBC and Top of the Pops in the United Kingdom. In United States, the single peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. Commercially, it became a global success, topping the charts in five countries, including Australia and the United Kingdom, and reached the top-ten in 12 other markets. "Everytime" received universal acclaim from music critics, who praised its lyrics, composition, and Spears' breathy vocals and songwriting, deeming it amongst the highlights of In the Zone. According to Artani, it was written as a response to Timberlake's 2003 hit " Cry Me a River", which Spears has neither confirmed nor denied. Spears composed the music herself and wrote the lyrics with Artani. Musically, it is a piano-driven pop ballad, which lyrically plea for forgiveness for inadvertently hurting a former lover. They started writing songs together at Spears' house in Los Angeles, and then traveled to Lombardy, Italy, where they collaborated on "Everytime". After her relationship with Justin Timberlake ended in 2002, Spears became friends with her background singer Annet Artani. It was released as the third single from In the Zone on May 10, 2004, by Jive Records. " Everytime" is a song by American singer Britney Spears from her fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003). ![]()
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