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Iggy Azalea had a lot to say yesterday when Pretty Girls, her new single with Britney Spears, completely flopped, reaching a limp number 23 in the US charts and not even making it to the Top 50 in Ireland.

As this much anticipated duet didn't do as well as they had hoped, Iggy tried to shift the blame to Britney by tweeting "It's difficult to send a song up the charts without additional promo and tv performances etc. unfortunately I'm just featured."

Even more cutting, she then concluded with: "I dont have to suck the womans a**hole 24/7 to be her friend, do i?" 

These tweets received a lot of backlash from Britney fans and they were later deleted, but not before the Oops.. I Did It Again singer saw them and replied with a few cutting words of her own.

Britney retaliated with an extremely subtle dig at Azalea saying "can't wait to get back to Vegas. So thankful I have shows for the rest of the year to look forward to… #YouWantAPieceOfMe"

Meow! Fans jumped to the conclusion straight away that this was aimed at Iggy who recently cancelled her entire tour for the rest of the year without much explanation. 

Well played Britney..

 

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It was the song that was supposed to be the summer hit of 2015: Britney Spears (who's shifted 100m albums in her 15-year career) and Iggy Azalea (who's the hot, young rap artist to collaborate with) came together and produced Pretty Girls.

They performed at the Billboard Music Awards, and the duo pushed their tune on social media. They have, after all, a combined following of some 47.5m (42.3m for Brit Brit; and 5.3m for Iggy) on Twitter.

The accompanying video – a bizarre, Eighties-inspired dance-fest – was released to much fanfare too. It notched up 78m views on YouTube, but was still widely panned as ridiculous.

The song itself hardly fared much better: in Iggy's native Australia, it peaked at No.27. In the US, it reached No.23. In the UK, it made No.16, while in Ireland it limped to No.60.

And today, Ms Azalea was asked by a fan why she thought the song did so badly. 

"It's difficult to send a song up the charts without additional promo and tv performances etc. unfortunately I'm just featured," the rapper tweeted in response, effectively washing her hands of the song's poor showing.

Even more cutting, she then concluded with: "I dont have to suck the womans a**hole 24/7 to be her friend, do i?" 

However, this evening she posted two more tweets – seemingly in response to the negative backlash to her earlier claims.

"Genuine friends have genuine opinions," she wrote. "Its possible & healthy to have a differing thought without it being bitchy or shade."

The Fancy hitmaker had earlier revealed to Access Hollywood that she wanted to take the lead on Pretty Girls, with Britney instead being the featured artist. 

"I rewrote parts of it and it became my song, and I tried to make it all mine and keep it," she explained. She added, however, that Ms Spears then came knocking. "So I swung it back her way because she's Britney Spears, you have to do that," she said.

"She gets whatever she wants. She has her verses I have my verse, but it's not just me kind of popping in it."

It's been a turbulent time for Ms Azalea. She had to scrap her world tour, as well as a high-profile performance at the Pittsburgh Gay Pride Show – the latter when old tweets surfaced that seemingly showed her using homophobic language.  

Still, the rapper recently got engaged: namely to professional basketball player Nick Young, who popped the question with a huge 10.43ct ring worth €450,000.

 

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Hurrah! The video for Pretty Girls has finally landed.

The Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea summer anthem was released last week, but the video only made its debut yesterday – and it’s already notched up close-to 3m views on YouTube.

The duo perform the song live for the first time this Sunday on the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, and if the video is anything to go by, we can expect plenty of OTT Nineties attire, inflatable pool accessories in neon colours, and back-combed, crimped hair (think Kylie Minogue in her 1988 classic, Locomotion).

And Ms Spears certainly proves that her dance moves are back to their absolute best – that and diehard fans will welcome the oodles of toned Britney midriff on display.

Britney previously told New York’s Z100 radio station that she’s a “huge fan” of Ms Azalea, while the Aussie rapper in turn has taken to Twitter to gush about Ms Spears.

The song was put together by the Invisible Men, a London-based production and writing trio who have also worked with Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Jessie J, and Coldplay, and was recorded in the autumn of last year. The video was directed by Cameron Duddy – who’s a favourite of Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson. 

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The summer tune of 2015 has been all-but confirmed as Pretty Girls – the positively infectious new tune from Britney Spears and Iggy Izalea.

Released yesterday, it’s already getting serious air-time.

Britney and Iggy have combined their talents on Pretty Girls

 

“I saw her video and I was just a huge fan,” Britney told New York’s Z100 radio station this week of how the collaboration came about. “I was thinking about my next single for my next album and what I was gonna do, and I wanted to do a girl anthem," she added. "Something that was very girl empowering and that was kinda funny.”

Electro-pop infused Pretty Girls, which runs to less than three minutes, has strands of Gwen Stefani’s Hollaback Girl. It was put together by the Invisible Men, the London-based production and writing trio that have also worked with Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Jessie J, and Coldplay.

"She invited me to her house, and I met her dog and we had salads,” Britney contined. “She's a very sweet girl. We hit it off.”

Although the video has yet to be released, we were given a glimpse of what’s to come last month when the pair were seen filming in an array of Eighties-inspired attire: there were leopard-print crop tops, double denim, and neon accessories.

Britney was seen filming the video last month

 

And Iggy and Brit Brit have confirmed that they will perform the song live at the Billboard Music Awards on May 17, held in Las Vegas.

 

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