@scrubbles @shortwavesurfer The memoir could go either way. Hopefully, she's given the space to talk freely and frankly about what happened during the conservatorship, and hold people to account. But there's a not insignificant chance it will just be soft-focus inspirational cliches with a lot of sidestepping around uncomfortable subjects.
If it's the former, I'm interested. If it's the latter, then I wish her well, but maybe it's not for me.
As for her music, while it was pretty much inescapable on the radio, MTV (when they still played videos), and the general zeitgeist, I honestly didn't listen to much. Admittedly, Toxic and Me Against the Music were a great video clips.
I gave her music a second go during the conservatorship saga. In that context, tracks like her cover of My Prerogative, Lucky, Overprotected, and Piece of Me take on a whole depth of meaning. On the other hand, the idea that the Lou and Jamie made her sing "Work Bitch" during the conservatorship is kinda icky.
The new singles, including the Elton one, are decent, but part of me is still holding out for that Blackout 2 album where she finally gets to take full creative control.