The Next Cover of Rolling Stone: Britney Spears Returns

A year after her very public meltdown, Britney Spears is back to work and out of trouble. But what has the comeback cost her? Rolling Stone has Britney's full story in the issue of Rolling Stone that hits newsstands this week. "I feel like an old person now," Spears tells RS's Jenny Eliscu. "I do! I go to bed at, like, 9:30 every night, and I don't go out or anything, you know what I mean? I just feel like an old fart." Spears says she's considering lopping off the weave she's worn since shaving her head in 2007, and counts up her tattoos (they now number seven), giggling.

Click here for a first look at the cover story, and photos from the shoot — and stay tuned for much more:

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Song Stories

“Youth Knows No Pain”

Lykke Li | 2011

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”

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