The next music video from Britney Spears' album Blackout may shock you.

No, not because of any topless shots or orgasmic moaning, like in "Piece of Me," or for her parading around bored and forgetting the words she's lip-synching to like at the VMAs while performing "Gimme More."

In "Break the Ice," a smoking-hot, animated Britney Spears works her way through a futuristic environment. Why go the animated route?

"Since Britney Spears has been otherwise occupied this was a creative and fun way to do her next video," a source said, being rather diplomatic about it.

That's a nice way of saying crazy. Anyway, who do you think is hotter: Animated Britney Spears (2008) or real Britney Spears (circa 2001)?