New Britney Spears video to debut next week

Pop star Britney Spears will debut the music video for her new single, Criminal, sometime next week, reports MTV.

"Just saw the final cut of the ‘Criminal’ video… It’s so hot. Can’t wait for you guys to see it next week," Spears wrote yesterday (October 13). The exact date of the video premiere has yet to be announced.

Details have been scarce about the new clip. "Not a whole lot i’m allowed to say about the @britneyspears criminal vid other than that i love this video and can’t wait for it to come out," video director Chris Marrs Piliero Tweeted earlier this month. "Oh and that she looks gorgeous in it… pretty sure it’s cool for me to say that…"

Even though it has yet to air, the video has already been a source of controversy. Officials in London, where the clip was filmed, accused Spears of sensationalizing the violence of the recent riots after she was spotted running around a badly afflicted neighborhood with a prop gun.

"The video is a fantasy story featuring Britney’s boyfriend, Jason Trawick, which literally plays out the lyrics of a song written three years before the riots ever happened," Spears’ representatives explained in a statement.