Britney Spears‘ song Toxic, released in January 2004 as the second single from the album In the Zone, became one of the singer’s biggest hits, earning her a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. The song, with its electropop sound and Bollywood influences, remains one of the most iconic tracks of the 2000s. The music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, played a key role in the song’s popularity: set in spectacular scenes reminiscent of action movies and spy thrillers, it shows Britney in the role of a seductive spy. One of the most famous sequences is the one in which the singer appears almost naked, covered only by glitter applied to her body, an image that contributed to making the video provocative and controversial.
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