Pop star Britney Spears was dismayed to discover that a low-quality version of her song, "Work B**tch," which she had planned to debut Monday, leaked online Sunday morning.
Spears, 31, and her team combated the leak by moving the uptempo song's radio premiere to Sunday and by releasing the high-quality version on Vevo and YouTube.
As Lady Gaga did when "Applause" leaked in August, Spears and manager Adam Leber addressed the pop-music emergency on Twitter, keeping fans updated on the radio and iTunes release plans in a series of tweets:
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Woke up today and saw that a low quality version of Work Bitch had leaked :(
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) September 15, 2013
.@iamwill @OttoKnows and I worked SOOO hard on this song! Can't wait for you all to hear it like you're supposed to... #WORKBxxCHPremiere
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) September 15, 2013
Incredibly upset that a low quality recording of #WORKBxxCH leaked last night, ruining the fans first experience with the song.
— Adam Leber (@AdamLeber) September 15, 2013
We have moved the radio premier up 24 hours so you guys can hear the song the way it was intended to be heard...
— Adam Leber (@AdamLeber) September 15, 2013
and now we are working on moving the iTunes release up 24 hours as well. SPREAD THE WORD!
— Adam Leber (@AdamLeber) September 15, 2013
Disheartening that one bad apple had to spoil our release for the entire fan community but nonetheless, we hope you love #WORKBxxCH
— Adam Leber (@AdamLeber) September 15, 2013
PS- Please do your best and try and restrain yourselves from listening for a few hours until the actual mastered version airs on radio :)
— Adam Leber (@AdamLeber) September 15, 2013
Spears announced that "Work B*tch" will be released on iTunes on Sept. 17 at 12:01 a.m. ET.
Just got word that #WORKBxxCH is going to be on @iTunesMusic tonight at 12:01am ET! Who is staying up late w/ me?!
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) September 15, 2013
Spears will appear on Good Morning America on Monday to make an announcement associated with her new song, possibly revealing a Las Vegas residency.
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