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LOS ANGELES - Pop star Britney Spears appears as an animated superhero in a futuristic world in her new music video.
The video for her latest single Break The Ice, - the third single from her album Blackout - premiered today on dedicated website BlackoutBall.com.
The release of the video, along with an upcoming acting role on US television comedy How I Met Your Mother marks something of a comeback for Spears, 26, whose career has been sidelined by psychiatric problems and months of bitter child custody battles.
Spears' Jive record company said the video was made in South Korea in Japanese anime style. Spears last year released two singles from the Blackout which has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide but whose commercial success pales in comparison to the singer's heyday six years ago.
In the past year, Spears has been in rehab, lost custody of her sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline and been hospitalized twice for psychiatric evaluation.
Management of her personal and business affairs have now been handed over by court order to her father.
Television executives said on Tuesday that Spears had been cast in an episode of How I Met Your Mother. The episode is expected to air on March 24 and according to insiders Spears will play a receptionist in a doctor's office.
- REUTERS