Britney Spears Plays "Criminal" In Her New Clip

Britney Spears certainly had everyone talking when she dropped her steamy and already deemed controversial video for her new single "Criminal," the fourth official single from her worldwide smash "Femme Fatale" album. The 29-year-old pop princess and her real-life boyfriend Jason Trawick play a modern Bonnie and Clyde-style duo who play out their passions with little inhibition. It is guilty of being really racy, and more like a sizzling fantasy than just another music video.
Considered the only ballad of the album, "Criminal" is a guitar-driven midtempo track which incorporates a flute riff and a killer melodic chorus. This Max Martin and Shellback produced dark, downbeat tune finds Spears sings about being in love with an outlaw and pleads to her mother to understand why she's in love with a shady character and not worry about their relationship. It's influenced by the works of ABBA and Madonna, and the subject matter is similar to another disapproving parent-tune, Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach."
The accompanying porno for the song was filmed in Stoke Newington district of London and directed by Chris Marrs Piliero. It is set to follow the relationship between a woman in upper society and her lover. While the story line get moderately violent and steamy, the engaging film-like plot is too good for such a dreary song. The idea to include Trawick in the video was all Spears's, but director Piliero wasn't sure he was so into it. Now, the Bonnie and Clyde-themed visual has been officially released, and gun violence is just the tip of the iceberg.
As Spears and her abusive beau make their way out of the upscale party, with him yelling at her for standing up for herself as he flirted with other girls, they come across Trawick, who is playing one really hot bad guy with a heart of gold. The boyfriend slaps Spears, and he comes to her rescue Spears from an abusive relationship, then leads Spears on a crime spree that's, naturally, frequently interrupted so the two setting into motion their very hot and very naked love affair that some critics consider extreme, even by Spears' standards.