--- description: An unedited vocal version of a song from Britney Spears' 2013 album, Britney Jean, leaked on July 2. title: Audio of Britney Spears Singing 'Alien' Without Autotune Leaks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Listen to Britney Spears Singing 'Alien' Without Autotune  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 9, 2014 3:18 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 9, 2014 3:18 PM CUT **Updated 11:11 a.m. ET Thursday** An unedited vocal version of a song from Britney Spears’ 2013 album, _Britney Jean_, leaked on July 2, and it didn’t sound good. After the untouched track of “Alien” (above) made the rounds over the holiday weekend, track producer William Orbit [released a statement](https://www.facebook.com/WilliamOrbit/photos/a.112193419862.93491.98843314862/10152841324499863/?type=1 "undefined") on Facebook saying that the track was a vocal warm-up and not the final product: --- > “” --- The leaked track was removed from YouTube by Thursday morning. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2969757/britney-spears-alien-autotune/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2969757/britney-spears-alien-autotune/"},"headline":"Listen to Britney Spears Singing 'Alien' Without Autotune","datePublished":"2014-07-09T15:18:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:02:46.107Z","description":"The pop star, unedited","url":"https://time.com/2969757/britney-spears-alien-autotune/","keywords":["Music","Britney Spears"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2969757/britney-spears-alien-autotune/","name":"Listen to Britney Spears Singing 'Alien' Without Autotune"}}]}] ```