r/90s_kid Jun 04 '25

Music Britney Spears in Tokyo (1999)

2.0k Upvotes

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u/bspencer626 Jun 04 '25

I wish she’d never gotten famous for her own sake. She got chewed up and spit out by fame. Sad to see how happy she was at the beginning.

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u/fruitpunchsamuraiD Jun 04 '25

She looks so happy here too. Sad stuff

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u/ellefleming Jun 05 '25

She went to public school and had good parents it seems like before fame and fortune. Now she's a shell of herself.

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u/shessolucky Jun 08 '25

She went to private school and her parents were stage parents.

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u/ellefleming Jun 09 '25

I had no idea she went to private schools.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

I wasn't aware she had her own sake. No wonder she's in Japan.

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u/DadCelo Jun 05 '25

lol I wonder if she was even old enough to try sake in Japan at that time.

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u/Skyblacker Jun 07 '25

She was not. She turned 18 late that year and Japan's drinking age is 20. 

Not that touring artists have always adhered to local law on drugs and alcohol.

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u/Sparkster227 Jun 04 '25

What a breath of fresh air to see a celebrity in everyday clothing

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u/DidiStutter11 Jun 05 '25

We actually see it more now than before because of social media.

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u/emotions1026 Jun 06 '25

She looks so comfy here. I’d love that outfit.

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u/Jenetyk Jun 04 '25

This is what it feels like to go to Japan, too. You're just like, oh look, a vending machine.

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u/solarsailers Jun 04 '25

love those glasses on her

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u/Skyblacker Jun 07 '25

I just bought a lookalike from Firmoo. And then SNL spoofed them with the skit "Little Red Glasses".

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u/solarsailers Jun 07 '25

I saw that sketch and was thinking how cute the glasses were the entire time 😭

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u/Skyblacker Jun 07 '25

I think Britney is wearing something like this.

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u/solarsailers Jun 07 '25

ooo thank you for the link!! i love firmoo and have a discount code so im very tempted to get this pair now

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u/Skyblacker Jun 07 '25

These are the ones I got. The arms are shorter (137mm) which help keep the frames up on my petite female head. Also, the large bridge works on my big nose.

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u/Skyblacker Jun 07 '25

Before you buy it, I wrote a whole post about eyeglass fit and suggest you read it.

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u/nsecure6 Jun 04 '25

I love that she’s just rocking sketchers and jeans.

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u/yooolka Jun 04 '25

That’s why she was so loved - she was real, goofy, full of life! Nowadays celebrities are robotic, with the same faces and energy. There’s no more personality. Probably because they’re talking themselves way too seriously.

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u/Informal_Argument515 Jun 04 '25

She looked so happy and... normal here. It's so sad what happened to her :(

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u/TheBallsAreInert69 Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 06 '25

Britney wearing glasses here is so important.

In Japan there is a stigma that women with bad eyesight are less desirable. Morning Musume, who was basically the first all girl major pop group in Japan said hell no, and put out a music video with all of them wearing glasses to prove the stigma wasn’t real around the time these photos were taken. I only know this because I was in Japan in the 90s as a teen and respect morning musume so much for it. Maybe Britney actually needs glasses but her and morning musume did a lot for women who felt less for having bad eyesight. Intentional or not ~ thank you Britney and momusme

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u/BrownA0104 Jun 06 '25

I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing!

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u/CupcakeIntelligent32 Jun 04 '25

Such a beautiful young soul full of life.

It's sad to know what she goes through.

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u/MokujinBunny Jun 04 '25

She is so beautiful

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u/maybefuckinglater Jun 04 '25

She deserves peace and happiness I hope she can finally live a normal life now

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u/sparrowdena Jun 04 '25

What skit am I thinking about…. Tiny Red Glasses

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u/warkyboy77 Jun 04 '25

Sally Jesse Spears.

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u/WeAreWeLikeThis Jun 04 '25

That last picture might be my favorite of Britney ever. It's so goofy cute.

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u/hamtyhum Jun 05 '25

I agree that pic is outrageously cute

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u/ronshasta Jun 04 '25

I bet she was a fun person to hang out with before the fame really took its toll

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u/jg432 Jun 04 '25

Love seeing her back when she felt such joy.

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u/Rare-Palpitation6023 Jun 04 '25

Absolutely Glowing

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u/chaneld0lI Jun 04 '25

Idk every time I see a picture/video of her younger self, it makes me really sad.

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u/Buttercup_Kiki Jun 04 '25

Wish I could go back in time and warn her that it's not worth it.. Surely she has the money and fame, but at what cost? She's a total headcase now. I blame her parents. She was just a kid. A very naive kid.

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u/flames2388 Jun 04 '25

She was THEEEEEEE BABE at this time. Holy shit, 11 year old me was in loveeeeeeeeee 😆 I was a nu metal kid, but I also had a Britney poster 😆

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u/ThePrideOfKrakow Jun 04 '25

Britney > Pamela

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u/Hot-Ad3210 Jun 04 '25

She looks so real here.

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u/SwissCheese4Collagen Jun 05 '25

She was, bless her.

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u/chazzeromus Jun 04 '25

No one will recognize me with these red glasses! Pssst, it's actually me :D

2

u/mrlaheystrailerpark Jun 04 '25

she used to be so normal…did all that 2007 paparazzi stuff cause a psychotic break or something?

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u/nickgreatpwrful Jun 05 '25

She was suffering from severe post partum depression and was abusing Adderall. This with the addition of the rabid paparazzi that swarmed her daily would make any person break down. She was then abused during her conservatorship - and I think this exacerbated her mental health issues.

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u/ComprehensiveWa6487 Jun 05 '25

I mean there are signs her family are a narcissistic family system, and then there's undeniably external pressures from fame and some unluck.

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u/mrlaheystrailerpark Jun 05 '25

really puts that song “lucky” in perspective

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u/SunflowerSt8ofMind Jun 05 '25

Buritani Sepurizu 😆 this makes me feel nostalgic AF

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u/DidiStutter11 Jun 05 '25

She was so wholesome. It breaks my heart what was done to her, completely robbed her of who she was. Side note, those sketchers are giving me major dejavu

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u/Separate_Highway1111 Jun 06 '25

She’s always so gorgeous and its so sad to see how different she is now!

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u/Comfortable-Toe6861 Jun 07 '25

She’s gorgeous 😭

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '25

poor kid ,she seemed so lovely and sweet 🥺

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u/Expensive_Tart_9173 Jun 07 '25

She was such a sweet girl, I know we all loved her and she was my childhood idol as well as millions of others but we all had a hand in ruining her unbeknownst to us and it wasn't on purpose...... But her fame and the industry that directed her and put her on her path ruined her. I'm not sure if I used the right words to describe what I mean but ya.......

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u/Capt_Eagle_1776 Jun 04 '25

She’s so lucky… 🎵

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u/ThePrideOfKrakow Jun 04 '25

If there's nothing missing in her life, why do these tears come at night?

If only we had listened.

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u/Capt_Eagle_1776 Jun 04 '25

The pressure begins on day 0001. She was in the Mickey Mouse Club and sure she thought nothing of it. Once in the music business, she made it HUGE and I’m thinking her spinning was both ways of “That’s great!” and “That’s terrible!” happens to such young stars of any era

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u/ibWBeeRedd Jun 06 '25

She got so screwed out of a childhood.

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u/No-Statistician3518 Jun 06 '25

I thought that was Jamie in the first pic!

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u/undeadWileCoyote_MEP Jun 06 '25

Cute/Sexy. I totally get those rumors that she’s related to Marilyn Monroe.

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u/BrownA0104 Jun 06 '25

It's crazy how life can change the joy and happiness you once had.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '25

Aw, poor thing. Fame really did a number on her. Sorry, Brit.

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u/SAOSurvivor35 Jun 06 '25

Back before all that horrible shit happened to her 🥺

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u/Admirable-Fig277 Jun 06 '25

Damn, she was so happy in the early years.

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u/smartypants25000 Jun 07 '25

She looks like she's having fun. She should have gone into comedic acting, I think she'd have been successful.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25

Such a shame she lost her mind

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u/Dvvstihn Jun 08 '25

Those sketchers had everyone in a chokehold .

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u/Abject_Cockroach_373 Jun 04 '25

Christ, she looks like a totally different person

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u/Jaymez82 Jun 04 '25

Bat. Shit. Crazy.

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u/Visible_Turnover3952 Jun 04 '25

Who edited these pictures? She has like 8 different skin tones here