A “Totally Focused” Britney Back in the Studio    ·    May 2nd, 2007

Britney Spears is making her comeback.

She’s already laid down five songs with songwriter-producer Sean Garrett — responsible for hits by artists such as Chris Brown, Usher and Ciara — and plans to return to the studio with him next week to record three more songs. “She’s back, totally focused on this new endeavor,” Garrett said Tuesday. “She’s worked really hard.

“She’s looking great. This new stuff is going to sound like ‘Toxic’ times 10,” he added, referring to Spears’ 2004 album.

Less certain, however, is when audiences will get a taste of Spears’ new music.

If various celeb-obsessed blogs, Spears-centric chat rooms and paparazzi are to be believed, that could happen as early as this evening. The Internet has been abuzz with talk that the head-shaving pop tart will reportedly perform as a member of the M+M’s, a group that is said to be made up of some of Spears’ backup dancers. The group is scheduled to perform tonight in San Diego and later this week in Anaheim and Los Angeles.

But the rumors remain just that, rumors. Spears isn’t talking. Nor would her publicist, Leslie Sloan Zelnick.

Still, by many accounts, Spears, who has maintained a high profile but has kept her mouth shut since a rehab stint in March, has been working hard to get her act together, even with the media hordes in tow. Most recently, the paparazzi followed her on Saturday to the recording studio of producer Jonathan “JR” Rotem, with whom Spears has been romantically linked. Rotem is a hit maker who has crafted songs for Rihanna, 50 Cent and even Britney’s ex, Kevin Federline.

Source: LA Times