There's a ton of subtext to be read into this endless trend, almost all of it relating to industry-based misogyny-and Spears has certainly been through the wringer when it comes to the myriad ways that the music industry chews up and spits out female artists. Britney Spears - 'Till the World Ends' (2011)ĭid Britney Spears invent EDM? Put aside the outlandishness of the suggestion for a minute, and consider the way female vocalists typically appear within the context of the genre-cum-marketing-term: painted on with total anonymity, not unlike the blank android faces in the faux-deep Will Smith sci-fi actioner I, Robot.