Britney Spears hints at collab with former One Direction star as she announces new project

Britney Spears has been busy lately, releasing a tune with Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am and creating her memoir, but she's also teased several other projects could be on the way

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Hot on the heels of her new song with Will.i.am, Britney Spears has hinted at another huge collaboration.

Taking to Instagram, the songstress, 41, shared a snap of former One Direction star Zayn Malik playing the piano. She captioned the post: "I've never played on RED!!!" as the image showed the 30-year-old playing the red instrument with a matching coloured hat on top of it.

Fans weren't able to share their excitement at the potential link-up however as the Baby One More Time singer turned off the option to comment. It did however come after she had revealed she was busy with a another "little project" in her Instagram Stories.

Britney Spears shared a snap of Zayn on social media (

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The now-deleted post seemingly gave fans a sneak peek into what is next for the star following her collaboration with The Voice judge and former Black Eyed Peas man Will.i.am. It read: "Whose readyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Had to do the yyyyyyy because for some reason my sister does that on her gram!!!!!!"

While the upload didn't include any sound, there were three stories which appeared to share lines from a poem that could be an address of her 13-year conservatorship. One of the lines read: "In the middle or did you get 'em?/The thieves are little/They serve little skittles/The pain no walk/We say when you talk."

She is also planning to release her tell-all memoir, although the release date has had to be pushed back several months. There were said to be concerns about possible litigation from Justin Timberlake and Colin Farrell as parts of the popstar's book were reported to include claims about each of the men. An insider went on to say that unless Britney removed these statements, lawyers would pursue the case.

The songstress has several projects on the go (

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This apparently led to her making a difficult decision about how she wanted to proceed with publication. The content of these claims is yet to be revealed, but it was thought to be enough to raise a red flag to both Timberlake and Farrell's teams.

An insider told The Sun last week: "Lawyers demanded to see her book in advance and were adamant that some of the revelations were removed. There are still plenty of gobsmacking tales but Timberlake and Farrell were conscious about what could be said about them."

Thankfully, the source claimed that any tension has since subsided and following much back and forth, the parties have agreed on what can and can't be included. Now, "her autobiography is all ready to go," the insider revealed.

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