Why The Boys Uses A Britney Spears Song For Starlight’s Backstory
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Boys season 3, episode 3.
The inclusion of a Britney Spears song in The Boys season 3 makes an already uncomfortable scene even more hard-hitting. Across the Amazon series' first two seasons, The Boys revealed flickers of Starlight's upsetting backstory. After receiving a big payout to let Vought inject her daughter with blue goop, Donna January immediately sought to capitalize on Annie's newfound superpowers, pushing her into all manner of pageants and youth groups on a relentless path toward Seven Tower. Needless to say, Starlight's relationship with her mother is now strained, as she comes to terms with being exploited for financial gain by the person who should love her most.
We've heard about Starlight's past before, but The Boys season 3, episode 3 («Barbary Coast») actually shows it. Played by Maya Misaljevic, the episode's opening flashback reveals young Starlight competing in Vought's «Little Miss Hero» pageant. She complains about costume discomfort, but Donna (once again portrayed by Ann Cusack) forces her daughter forward, and young Starlight steps on stage to perform a superpower-infused song and dance routine. It's icky. It's supposed to be. And to make audiences shuffle in their seats even more, the song Starlight performs in The Boys season 3 is "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears.
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Upon hearing those famous opening «da dun dun» chords, it's impossible not to mentally revisit Britney's iconic "...Baby One More Time" video, where the popstar paraded around a high school singing the track that would make her famous. The then-16-year-old Britney being presented in an overtly sexualized light caused
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