Celebrity Britney Spears Confirms She's "Working Hard" on a New Album By Meghan Overdeep Meghan Overdeep Twitter Meghan Overdeep is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn who covers all things celebrity and pop culture. She worked as a News Blogger for InStyle for two years and is currently a Senior Staff Writer at Southern Living. InStyle's editorial guidelines Updated on November 4, 2015 @ 09:00AM Pin Share Tweet Email Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Ooops, she did it again! After months of speculation, Britney Spears confirmed on Twitter Tuesday night that she's busy working on her ninth studio album. "Working hard and hardly working...new album...wheeeee!" the 33-year-old singer Tweeted alongside a photo of her laughing with colleagues. Spears confirmed to E! Online in August that she had been in the studio working on new music, but didn't say whether or not an actual album was in the works. "We're having fun right now," she said. "I'm working with some women who are amazing writers. I have ballads and, of course, dance music—fun cheeky sexy stuff." See Britney Spears's New $7.4 Million Mansion Despite playing coy, Spears (who recently extended her Vegas residency) continued to tease fans with a possibility of a new album on social media, posting photos of herself in a studio and using the hashtag #B9 on Twitter. "Making magic in the studio with @thisisburns4real yesterday!" "JUST finished recording some vox. LOVE this song. It makes ME smile, and I hope it will make you smile too... #B9"