Body Language Breakdown of Britney Spears...What Her Cues Reveal

Britney Spears has some very unique body language cues. In this video, I explain Britney's body language throughout the years and what these subtle cues reveal about herself, her situation, and what she was communicating nonverbally.
I will teach you about reading people and body language both verbal and nonverbal and why we've been so worried about Britney in the first place.
Here is the full microexpressions guide mentioned in this video: www.scienceofpeople.com/micro...
Here is the video I reference when talking about her vocals and how they've changed over the years: • How has Britney Spears...
In this video:
0:00 Intro
1:55 What does a fear microexpression look like?
3:57 Analyzing Britney's Baseline
7:20 Hotspot #1: Self-Soothing
13:33 Hotspot #2: Sadness Microexpression
17:48 Hotspot #3: Incongruent Nodding & Shaking of Head
19:19 Why We Were Worried About Britney: Fake Vocalizing
24:10 Lifeless Eyes
26:56 Fake Smiles & Odd Faces
28:29 Breaking Down Body Language Cues
I break down tons of #cues in my latest book Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication. Be sure to pre-order your copy here: www.scienceofpeople.com/cues/
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[@ScienceOfPeople]

Learn more about Britney and her body language in the full article: www.scienceofpeople.com/britney-spears-body-language/

[@BorderGuards]

Why is she a gum chewer?

[@HassanAbramowicz]

This is helpful and good tutelage. Thank you.

[@Lavdinova]

You are amazing in analysing everything. It's really sad that she needs to fake so much of her life, words, expression and attitude. I wish more young people realise what is the cost of all the "fabulous" life we usually see on the Internet, TV and etc.

[@ScienceOfPeople]

Thank you - I really love making these for you = )

[@shayleeledevre6401]

Loucifer Taylor pay YOU for this one too. Britney spent thirteen years being horrifically abused for thirteen years and before that she was a small town girl thrown into the industry at 15 with no loving parental support. Being assassinated by the media for her every move . The industry even stole her voice. She has power alto vocals and they made her sing out of her range in the " baby voice" because they didn't want her and Christina to be too similar since their first albums were dropping at the same time. That is why she often lip synced in concerts because she wasn't going to strain her voice further. Britney CAN sing. Thank you for validating what we already knew , that she wasn't okay and people were calling us crazy conspiracy theorists. #freedbritney

[@yourunknownfriend1234]

Next body language decode of elon musk . please 😊

[@jarecerv]

Great video!! Britney’s story is a sad one, she is so sweet and never deserved all of this. There’s so many more cues in her videos before the C ship ended…!like rocking back and forth, hands in pockets, nervous hand gestures, looking away from the camera… anyway great point finding early videos and comparing her voices, which is a big one!

[@sintyacozma237]

I found easier to remember social clues from videos like this rather then someone just talking about them as they would be reading a book out loud if that makes any sense 😂 I hope you will make more videos like this ❤️🤗

[@ScienceOfPeople]

Thank you so much I will!

[@mischmarrs]

I know you didn't mean to laugh at many points but man I found those parts hilarious 😂 I truly learnt a lot from this video though and thank you for freely sharing it with us 👍🏾 I hope persons don't look at it as anyone disrespecting Britney Spears, but rather see it as a lesson on how to decode body language.

[@ScienceOfPeople]

I wanted you to laugh = ) And i love doing these for decoding body language as well!

[@riseup6112]

I don’t think it’s funny

[@jordanpatrickfitness]

This was very helpful! Your breakdowns are well organized and easy to follow

[@ScienceOfPeople]

I'm so glad! Thanks for watching.

[@elly7199]

What’s heartbreaking for me is now that she is not under the control of others, she might very well be a perfect target for another manipulator to prey on…*ahem* her current fiancé. He sure has a lot to gain by love bombing her and being such a wonderful “support” for her. Boy, I’ve been there so I speak from experience. She should let herself date herself for awhile. We fall into the same abusive patterns SO easily unless we work hard at understanding why we do what we do.

[@vanheusen242]

Really enjoyed this video. Loved the lively presentation and the video editing as opposed to other presentations on body language that lack references to the body language cues. Cudos to you Vanessa

[@zeinabsleman2918]

Wow! How amazing and mind provoking👏👏 Thanks a lot.. I was waiting for this video because I've been always a fan of her growing up!

[@madaramozga1723]

Please make more videos like this, this is so helpful!

[@NathalieLazo]

Extraordinary person reading this, you are not define by your circumstance or your past. It’s not what happened to you that determines your success in life; it is how you deal with those circumstances that determines your success in life! You are strong, you are capable and practice forgiveness (Forgiveness is for you) and gratitude everyday. This will change the course of your life forever! Love you always and I believe in you wholeheartedly ✨❤️ - Nat

[@brianlittrell797]

Thank you for your beautiful comment.

[@adolfo.sirias]

This is so underrated, we want more!

[@ScienceOfPeople]

Noted!! ❤

[@DarylAnton]

I adore all the knowledge I get from your videos, but it’s the smile what makes me always return. You’re simply amazing.

[@ScienceOfPeople]

Thank you so much ❤ That means a lot!

[@jessicaa8975]

Just listened to your podcast on School of Greatness! So good! Thanks for the knowledge 👏🏻

[@cmestrada3007]

Me encantan tus videos gracias Vanessa

[@magportillotx]

Vanessa you are amazing! Great video!!

[@sintyacozma237]

Loved this! ❤️

[@stankulp1008]

I don't think the Julie Roberts move was an attempt to change direction but something that she had in her memory because of how it was not enamored by the media as much as she was being. We have to take her response based on her experience, not our anticipation of the topic.

[@DagoDeLaRosa]

very interesting. please do more of these videos.

[@ucandoit2peace]

Thank you for your content!

[@tk3yo901]

Your degree of critical analysis is inspiring! I can’t wait to continue to learn from your content 🤗

[@ScienceOfPeople]

Thank you for being here! =)

[@vanessamoretz5007]

My name is Vanessa too and you give a lively presentation. Though I was never a fan of hers, I appreciate your considerate analysis of Britney.

[@upsty6499]

Ty for illuminating her cues,

[@nicolerhodes1887]

this was perfect for my life - thanks! 🙌🏾👏🏾💯

[@TriannaSerene3]

So informative and educational. You are a star Vanessa Van Edwards!

[@EthanHayez]

Thank you so much for the info! Great content!

[@ScienceOfPeople]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@shayleeledevre6401]

To be fair he was attacking her as a human being. Not just here but the whole interview because the media has ALWAYS been horrible to Britney no matter what she does. Diane Sawyer made her cry because she was so awful. #BelieveBritney #JusticeForBritney

[@joyk2327]

Exact. She was defensive. She was trying to defend herself, because she was attacked from all sides. Also, this was during her second pregnancy and she had perinatal depression (probably undiagnosed at that point), so her entire nervous system was screaming.

[@alcudiababe1]

I did catch the self soothing immediately, rubbing of her leg. I did notice that her speech was slower and not so quickly because of her baseline but I thought she had gum in her mouth and that's why she made faces with her lips

[@Teesukisuki]

That Julia Roberta bit was basically an attempt to stop the direction the interviewer was trying to take it to, which was pretty much trying to demonize her. Make her look like she was intentionally trying to wreck a home. Some interviews seem to try to focus less on letting someone clarifying things, and more on pushing forward a certain narrative.

[@Joy-zd3wu]

I agree with this one. She got defensive with her actions and her words because no one got all over Julia for it.

[@pattiansl]

Fascinating

[@anikalee9012]

Defend denial is a coping mechanism for those with childhood trauma. Me one of them. If we act like we are finevthat means nothing happened that means save. We don't even know we denial because it happen in our entire life. If we gonna feel something uncomfortable (don't wanna feel it) we say I'm ok just to be able to be normal feel save and can go on in our lives. Of course I don't know I have anxiety. I only know uncomfortable just say anything to just get away. I don't know i need help. Don't know i have to ask for help. Showing you worry make me notice I'm not ok I can't let that happen. Traumatized people don't wanna know they have trauma being afriad to stay there with the pain that we running away from it our entire life.

[@ScienceOfPeople]

Thank you for sharing

[@PrivateEye_007]

You are so fascinating!

[@roxsanambrosini2449]

My confidence shall be regained because of you Vanessa...✋

[@gkelley2383]

Thank goodness for her fans. They knew she was not fine. She couldn't have screamed any louder for help.

[@schneeroseful]

Vanessa, I have not watched to the end yet, but as long as you explain bodylanguage and do not interpret anything into it, there will be no reason to give you hate about it

[@triciamedora9274]

Thank God. Yes, it's loaded. I am so glad that someone who specializes in this is going to give their professional opinion. There are a lot of concerning behaviors tonight. I actually was a guardian ad litem and have worked with vulnerable adults. I refuse to go along with what everybody says. Britney's parents were one-hundred-percent incorrect for what they did Criminal. However that does not mean there are no concerns about regarding Britney. So I'm sitting back with my popcorn ready to listen to what you have to say. Thank you Vanessa this means a lot to me. It's something that hits home as my daughter is being held against her will by her stepfather. Unimaginable in America law enforcement is involved. Just like human trafficking domestic enslavement is real.

[@MilanElan]

Hi Vanessa, love your shows! Can you do a body language breakdown of Latina diva JLO? Latina here and I WISH I had the GALLS that woman has to optimize what God gave her & though I know that is her job, I marvel at how someone so "normal looking" 30 years ago transformed into a true bombshell. It is a wonder to study her for tidbits women could use!

[@bookwormchats]

Vanessa, at 18:55 into the video when you say "yeah" and "no" I noticed you used the question inflection. But I know you are being honest, just from watching your interview on women of impact it taught me that. That's all.

[@mammon8822]

Thanks for your analyzing video, Vanessa :) As always, really great. I have one remark: Some of these cues are possibly quite contextual. For instance, if she does not seem happy when she says she is, isn't it conceivable that she is quite annoyed from all the media and rumors, and thus she kind of defends herself? Like saying, "F*ck you, I'm happy, your gossip does not change that!" Sure, with all the other information, it seems apparent that she is not quite honest, and it is interesting to understand what may be due to her "clear" mood, and what due to her mood in relation to the audience. Best wishes and keep going!

[@ScienceOfPeople]

I'm so glad you liked it! Thanks for sharing. :)

[@mobetterbreaks]

Ugh youre so gorgeous!!!

[@anam7735]

Bravo

[@susanstewart5194]

I would love to see you analyze Sophia Vergara.

[@alexiburkett8280]

What if we're just anxious and nervous people and that's part of our baseline? How do we differentiate between deception and just anxiety baseline? 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@ketullic]

U r too good 🙏Mam

[@drsakshijoshi]

I love you Vanessa! l absolutely love you! ❤

[@williamforbes1593]

The way she was treated early on, and it continued until recently it seems was with a lot of morally condescending. Like someone treating you like a small child who did something you didn't like, wile she was trying to have a courier doing what she loved.

[@Carousel12]

How does one differentiate between true dishonesty, trying to hide, or just being a complete nerve wreck? Because I am ALWAYS trying to study / analyze myself, wanting to see what others see when they talk to me.

[@DeePeeZee]

Me too!

[@cynthiaalsup3585]

I think what bothers me most about Brittney's behavior is that she's so manic. She.can't.stop.over,exposing.herself. I think she used to feel excitement and anticipation watching others appreciate all her potential but now she found out that's short lived and she doesn't know how to appreciate herself, appreciate just being alive, dig deeper, find joy in God, or give herself a break from the limelight. Poor Brittney. Let go. Let God. You're already worthy of respect. Look how far you've come.

[@ritacarpinteiro8142]

I have a request! I would love to see you doing more videos but *also* focused on women, in the sense of charming/charismatic women, funny women powerful voice tone, intriguing, etc. I know it might be the same but at same time I wonder about the little things that might make us perceive something distinctly. And I too believe it would be so interesting if you could not only study "american" figures but also other culture figures. Because every culture has it je ne sais quoi, but at the same we all have the same human expressions, and that makes it all more amazing. I also find it so peculiar, why do accents sound so sexy, funny or interesting as well.. too many things I know ahaha. So, I'll give an example Iike Penelope Cruz. I would really appreciate it if one of this suggestions could be answered :) Thank you so much for sharing your brilliant insights with us! It has been such a pleasent and powerful process to witness your work and journey! So many great and useful things to learn and incorporate in our dailylife to better understand ourselves and the people around us!

[@lesliewinchester8225]

You haven’t lived out of the US. It’s very frustrating to be a smiling American woman with children in tow and have men pinch your but all the time because your suppose to frown at people. Your not allowed to point except with your elbow. Japan and South Korea too. Japan I felt like a bull in a China shop, and I am only 5’5” okay. Their stores had such narrow walkways in the store after store street level kind. And the drinks were so small I wanted to order two in the first place. I was only 118 lbs at most. I am a small framed even petite person in the US but I was tall and big there. Japan they drive on the left side of the road and it’s very disorienting. The old people hate you because you smell like milk or burgers and they smell like fish.

[@sarahgrandy7074]

I don't follow Britney Spears but according to the video clips. I noticed whenever Brittany is unhappy and faking happiness. She wears really dark eyeliner and eyeshadow, her makeup looks almost like she has been crying. I remember seeing a picture of her after she shaved her head and she had the dark eyeliner makeup too. In the older videos when she was happy she did not use dark makeup but had her makeup look more natural young and healthy looking.

[@gkelley2383]

The eye muscle thing.. I've seen this so much with people on certain medications.. The sedating type.

[@johnnovick1643]

I don't knowif you caught it Sarah, but right around 9:40 just before she mentioned about Julia Robert's Brittany's mouth and eyes shot backwards almost like she is gesturing to herself "am I really going to talk about Julia Roberts" " am I really going to go there" and then she says it.

[@carmenortiz1342]

👍👍

[@Vlimpse]

Vanessa love for you to breakdown Michael Jackson !!! 🕺

[@jeremyfromsd2148]

Amazing video. You can't make it so engaging then think you can get away with papa franku at 10:10.

[@dayc801]

First yes!

[@francesalmanza5747]

What is someone has some type of trauma, pstd, high functioning anxiety or even ADHD? Would you still analyze in the same way? I wonder this for me?

[@TheThetvguy]

If forgot about ms spears. Looking at the state of 2021 good about her life Gs up you know the rest 💯

[@themothers]

I think she wanted to make the point that other famous women (Julia) aren't noticed but they attack HER (Britney). She was pointing out the difference. I was listening to your content on another channel and then came over here.. :)

[@caitmlp]

If I'm honest, I think some, though not all, of her gestures and way of sitting, is to draw attention to her body for comfort. Knowing her body garners positive affirmation, can bring some comfort when feeling discomfort from the questions. I feel like a lot of her expressions and gestures were also that of a woman trying to distract a man from sticking to whatever topic is at hand, by turning his focus to the more sensual. I'm sure I'll get hate for this, but as a woman, I see a lot of these signals.

[@lauraneira5086]

👋 FYI, yes! you can botox your eyelids… usually is used in people that chronically squint their eyes and lower lids are stronger than a regular person

[@philswan1455]

If you watch “faking it (tears of a crime)” they study criminals who are lying in interview after conviction and shoulder shrugs are prominent within clusters at the time of lying. But in the context of Britney Spears it doesn’t indicate lying but a feeling of uncomfortable perhaps?

[@geek_peek]

Can I ask what the red points on the wall behind you are? I can't unsee them XD

[@beepbopboop7727]

All these cues could be taken with a pinch of salt. Unless you ask the personwhat they are thinking about, its inaccurate to make so many assumptions.

[@steffanymorales1847]

The mouth movements seemed more like moving her gum around her mouth than self soothing, she seems to be chewing gum.

[@lokinsea]

Vanessa, I think it's because she was probably on Meds.

[@borcepopovski7718]

Where is the other pop singers and their body language cues

[@DJRAJEE]

interesting

[@ScienceOfPeople]

Glad you think so!

[@tracie3]

I was watching this and in the beginning when she rubbed her leg and her mouth puckered up.. She was chewing gum during this interview which I’m sure is something that is soothing to her.. But when she made the puckered kind of look it looked like she was going to blow a bubble with the gum.. Haha

[@KTR490]

I've never seen this interview before but I appreciate how the interviewer asks the questions. Brittany you said that you believe in karma and now that you're pregnant...😂 I miss these type of interviews now everything is so filtered and pc

[@nainajdn]

Please do some videos on lies and danger zone

[@alitaylor1235]

The lithium probably had a lot to do with the dead eyes, as well.

[@Joy-zd3wu]

The mouth gestures pointed out I do not think were gestures. She was chewing gum and playing with it in her mouth (keep watching to see further chewing). And to be fair, he wasn't exactly being nice to her. It was a "polite interrogation".

[@rorareikisoundhealing9125]

Wow what a weird question about him leaving while she is very pregnant! What a terrible thing to ask. Sad it didn't work it but she deserved better.

[@aussiebeermoney1167]

leave Britney alone! 😆

[@fgoldbuster]

26:51 Vanessa - I don’t think that’s Britney in that clip

[@MMark-oh3gl]

This was exactly my idea; that’s a completely different person imitating her

[@riseup6112]

She was in a manic phase in that dance video illustrated by the hyper sexuality

[@asaeaburns3515]

But did you really think that outfit was cute? ;)

[@badlandskid]

Hah!

[@savannahbolton4452]

Another strange thing I notice is vocal fry when people are acting like there is weight in what they are saying. 90% of the young adult females in church, when talking about God or spiritual things, will IMMEDIATELY switch to vocal fry. Possibly this is supposed to be a humility form, as they get quieter.

[@estefania5140]

Please do Eugenia Cooney

[@ShimmerRaven]

Some of the stuff you were saying was just her chewing gum

[@doggilif739]

holas que tal Vanessa

[@anneliesewright662]

I think Britney was happy with Kevin at that time, so she wasn't lying. I believe she made that face because she felt bad for the other woman. Body language can say many things, and no one knows for sure what someone else is thinking, so that wasn't nice of you to inject such negativity. It was really quite judgmental. 😢

[@Toltexan]

#britneyspears #rock #rockmusic #rockvideos #therockshow #gossip #shakira #madonna #criminal I think I'm going to do a hard rock album and I am going to call it 'Fluffy!" Here's a new version by Joan Jett, of course it can't be new as is she can't look like that as that was so long ago. Damn those alchemists. Aren't you glad you took the gangster's advice and took your parents drugs, took hard drugs, etc, etc, etc, as this is not possible asnd I am living a dream. A dream within a dream? No reality "If you want it, here it is, come and get it. Make your mind up fast- Badfinger." Go out and vote! Vote for your country! Vote to be a Patriot! Be Amazing and do what Weird Al did at the end of Amish Paradise! Be your perfect self. Do you like it? Version 10 Live It's like 92F out, 33C. I'm going for a walk, so don't panic. Listen to me. Take it easy, Lucky may have gone bad, but she's trying to be good. Put on my cutoffs. I don't know. Will I sing tonight? Will the band play? In a real time and space? Back from my walk. So hot like Mexico I'm sorry, but when it says like 2003 in the title of a video, that does not mean that is when it was made. That is part of the title. The dates of publication are tampered with for a purpose. As Part of your game for the day try to figure out why I would do such things. What are you doing this evening? So they don't give you plastic bags anymore at the grocery store in an effort to increase the price of garbage pail liners as now you have to buy them in a box and just a man go to the dump and they sell you woven plastic bags that will go to the dump when they are dirty, or are you going to wash your plastic bags

[@nat86bee72]

The conservatorship wasn't brewing behind the scenes till 2007. She was pregnant with her second baby in that first clip

[@StarBelle23]

Makes me think that there were problems brewing with her family & that there was a plot to take control of her life even earlier than we previously thought 😬

[@nat86bee72]

@@StarBelle23 oh definitely agree with you

[@seamasmanly]

She looks terrified, sad and remorseful. Also, NLP cues re eye movements. First referencing past memories (looking left), then, when she brought up Julia Roberts, looking right to improvise.

[@DesertVox]

I don't understand why the regime would treat one of its tools of mass-distraction this way. Britney has been literally dehumanized and dispossesed by the system in a very public way, showing no regard at all for basic human rights, especially for a very public personality.

[@brianlittrell797]

I suspect the people who took control of Britney's life wanted her money and the best way to do that was to take away all of her power. The regime you talk about and the people who have obviously controlled and abused Britney are mentally ill persons. They have extremely unhealthy minds - minds that are full of negativity/toxicity and those minds don't mind harming others and want a lot of power and money. To a very large extent this is the type of mind that politicians, corporations and intelligence agencies have. There is a lot of both good and evil in the world. I suspect the more we focus on the good the more we empower it. The more we focus on the bad the more empower it. That is why we have the mainstream media's main focus being on the negative things in the world. Because we empower whatever we focus on. And we create according to how we feel. Be it feeling fear or feeling love and joy. The regime wants people to feel fear and focus on the negative things. And yes it does want to distract people with what it considers meaningless entertainment too.

[@erinwickware8066]

Those interviews must be exhausting though.

[@lesliewinchester8225]

I felt like her dead eyes is bad psyche meds.

[@HassanAbramowicz]

I can restrain myself no longer of time. I held back from commenting about many illogical phrases, but have had the last straw when you used "self-soothed" as a verb. "Self soothing" is a noun (nominal phrase). If you want to turn the nominal phrase into a verbal one, then "soothe" is the verb and "self" is the direct object. "Soothes herself". No you must do voiceover in those erroneous spots.

[@HassanAbramowicz]

Her baseline didn't change, she changed FROM her baseline. Her volume didn't drop anything, she dropped her volume. I am getting, like 6-10 of these per minute. To be logical, you should stay aware of who is doing the action versus what is receiving it.

[@HassanAbramowicz]

All shruggings are shoulder shruggings. All buttings are head buttings. Like saying "a foot kick". All kickings are kickings of feet. Or like saying "a mouth smile" or "an ear hear" or "a nose smell". They all redound and are all equally unintelligent and unthoughtful. I get the impression that you have gotten into the habit of uncritically reproducing the ways of others. Take some time out and analyze what you hear before reproducing it.

[@HassanAbramowicz]

Here is an exercise for you. Go through any one of your videographs, and count the sum of times when you failed to convert a verb into a gerund, for example "an intake of breath" rather than "an intaking of breath". I bet you find a hundred in each videograph. Be the example, not the imitatrix.

[@shayleeledevre6401]

Okay, I apologize. I thought you were going for Britney in a bad way.

[@JezzaM77]

Australians have a really bad habit of starting sentences with; "No; yeah; no yeah; no". that by the way meant "no"

[@heylana719]

Dead eyes and voice changes came also from the meds she was put on

[@madaramozga1723]

You should do a video on Amber Heard’s body language!

[@ScienceOfPeople]

Do you have any videos I could analyze?

[@dzibanart8521]

The mouth thing, i think she was just playing with her chew gum.

[@ilaiketurtles5889]

You spent so much of the video pointing out the cues showing that she’s uncomfortable during the interview, isn’t that obvious from the start. She’s getting grilled about her personal life during a really sensitive time, It’s clearly an uncomfortable interview. ? Also kinda creepy just cackling at 14 min in 😬

[@ebbje567]

It's verry interesting how you call her the most verry unhappy "happy" person. I wonder how you feel about yourself Vannesa. There is nothing authentic about you in this video. How about you analyse your own video"s and let us hear your opinion about that?😊

[@24391]

It’s May 2024 and look at her now. 😞. Sadly, Brittany Spears is mentally ill and clearly off of her medication. I don’t agree with conservatorships, but at least she sounded and appeared like she was in a healthier place. She’s spirally down really fast and I have a feeling it’s not going to end well. 🙏