Britney Spears' fans claim she has been forced to speak and sing "with a baby voice for years" - and they think they have proof.
Earlier this week, leaked audio of the 39-year-old speaking to a judge about wanting to be free of a 13-year conservatorship surprised fans when they heard the Piece Of Me Singer speaking in a deeper tone than usual.
Her singing voice is similar to how she speaks in interviews, and can be described as quite high-pitched and nasal.
But a clip posted to TikTok by an account that heavily features pop-culture conspiracies shatters any preconceptions that these were her natural tones.
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The video, from 2001, shows her singing a few verses from Madonna's Like A Prayer along with the caption: "Britney's real voice before they made her sing and talk with a baby voice for years."
Fans and supporters of the FREE BRITNEY movement were quick to praise her naturally soulful tone, and compared her to fellow Disney Club alumni and 00s pop rival Christina Aguilera.
One said: "Her voice before this was even deeper and more soulful."
Another added: "The industry destroys people's talents it's crazy."
Other fans were saddened by the clip, observing at how happy and carefree she looked.
At the moment Britney is anything but happy and carefree.
She made a series of unsettling statements about her life, which is entirely controlled by her dad - who pays himself $16,000-a-month from her fortune to make her take drug tests, have therapy, and perform.
Britney called for her father to "be in jail" for the part he as played in the conservatorship.
And she confessed that the trauma caused during the whole trauma has led to her wanting to sue her own family for standing by him.
She said: "My dad and anyone involved in this conservatorship, including my management … they should be in jail.
"I’ve told the world I’m happy and OK. I lied. I am not happy, I can’t sleep. I’m so angry, it’s insane. And I’m depressed."
She said that when she refused to do a certain dance move when practicing for a potential Vegas residency he had her put on super strong drug lithium, which left her feeling "drunk".
She continued: "Ma’am, I am not here to be anyone’s slave. I can say no to a dance move."
"I just want my life back. It's enough," she later announced.
Most shockingly, she said that her dad and the other people who control every aspect of her life refuse to let her have her coil removed or to marry her boyfriend Sam Asghari, 27.
The star said: "I want to be able to get married and have a baby.
"I have an IUD inside of myself so that I don’t get pregnant, but [my team doesn’t] want me to have any more children."
She also compared her existence to that of someone who had been sex trafficked in to slavery.
