Britney Spears Song Quiz

"Someday (I Will Understand)" Song

• "Someday (I Will Understand)" is a soft rock ballad by American singer Britney Spears.
• The song was originally included in the EP of bonus tracks of the DVD Britney & Kevin: Chaotic (2005).
• Spears composed the song two weeks before finding out she was pregnant with her first child.
• The song's lyrics are based on the empowering feeling of a pregnant woman, citing God and incorporating lines like "Nothing seems to be the way that it used to. Everything seems shallow".

Production and Release

• The song was produced by British producer Guy Sigsworth, his second work with Spears after the ballad "Everytime" from In the Zone (2003).
• The song was recorded in Conway Studios in Los Angeles, and Kate Havnevik recorded the choruses in Frou Frou Central in London.
• Spears played the piano, while Sigsworth played all other instruments.
• The song was released as a single in Japan and parts of Europe between August and September 2005.

Reception

• The song received a mixed critical reception, with some praising its sincerity and others calling it a "fiasco" and "monstrously cheesy".
• The song charted in the top 10 in Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland, and in the top 20 in Belgium, Finland, and Norway.

Music Video

• The music video was directed by Michael Haussman and premiered on UPN on June 14, 2005, after the last episode of the reality TV show Britney & Kevin: Chaotic.
• The video was edited entirely in black and white, showing Spears pregnant, lying in bed, walking barefoot in a house, and looking out a window at a Roman sculpture in the garden.
• The video was seen as a departure from Spears' previous videos and was compared to Madonna's Kabbalah conversion.

Background

• In July 2004, Spears announced her engagement to dancer Kevin Federline, whom she met on the margin of the Onyx Hotel Tour (2004).
• The couple got married on October 6, 2004, after a courtship that was heavily covered by the media.
• Spears announced her pregnancy in 2005 and gave birth to her first child, Sean Preston Federline, on September 14, 2005.

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