Waiting for Britney Spears by Jeff Weiss; 2025. Softcover.

A true story, allegedly...

An account of Britney Spears’s historic rise and equally tragic fall, a gonzo, nostalgic, and mostly true recounting of Britney's rise and fall during his years in the tabloid underbelly of Los Angeles. The author follows America’s sweetheart through Vegas superclubs and Malibu car chases, annulled marriages and soul-crushing legal battles, all the way to Britney’s infamous 2007 VMA performance.

As Weiss lives through the years leading to Britney’s conservatorship, he observes a destructive culture of celebrity surveillance, and a country whose decline is embodied by the devastating downturn of its former golden child.