Britney Spears‘ court-appointed lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III has reportedly filed paperwork to resign from his role.

The news, reported by Deadline and TMZ, comes less than 24 hours after Spears’ longtime manager Larry Rudolph’s own resignation upon learning the singer is considering officially retiring.

ngham was first appointed as Spears’ lawyer in 2008 by Reva G. Goetz, a former judge in the conservatorship case, and represented her for the following 13 years. Per Los Angeles Superior Court documents published by Deadline, filings state “SAMUEL D. INGHAM III hereby resigns as court-appointed counsel for BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS, conservatee, effective upon the appointment of new court-appointed counsel”.

The same documents indicate the simultaneous withdrawal of law firm Loeb and Loeb from the Spears conservatorship case.

As the publication notes, the withdrawals must be approved by Judge Brenda Penny who has presided over the case in recent years.

the singer expressed her frustrations towards her
nay-sayers with a written post that was uploaded on her Instagram stories. The singer reportedly pointed out the hypocrisy of malicious comments made against her by haters, while declaring that she will “live however I want”.

“You criticize that I am fat if I gain weight, that I look sick if I lose weight, that I look like a guy if I wear baggy clothes, that I look too racy if I wear tight clothes,” Taeyeon wrote, as translated by Allkpop. “I am a pig if I eat a lot, that I am too picky if I eat little, that I am a gold digger if I like luxury brands, that I have no style if I wear bonded fabrics.”

“Whatever I do the people who will hate on me will hate, so it is better to live however I want,” she added. It is currently unclear if Taeyeon’s post was meant for any one person and if a specific comment had elicited her response.

Taeyeon’s sentiment on living life “however I want”, as she described, was also reflected in the lyrics of her latest single, ‘Weekend’. “It’s okay to do whatever I like / I can do whatever I want,” she sings on the track, which was released on the same day.

Perfume is easily one of the most prolific groups of the last fifteen years, with their sound evolving in conjunction with producer Yasutaka Nakata. However, with their new song ‘Polygon Wave’ that hit YouTube today, they’re taking it back to their origins.

erfume has become known for their electronic sound, thanks to Yasutaka Nakata and auto-tuned vocals, but their recent releases haven’t had the same flavor as the songs that they gained their popularity from. ‘Polygon Wave’ sounds like something that you would have expected from 2010 Perfume more than 2021 Perfume, and this is a great thing.

Since the release of the song on YouTube, Perfume fans have been praising the group’s transition back to the sound that made them fans to begin with. The song starts out with a really funky groove much akin that you would hear from French producer Moe Shop. As a Perfume fan myself, I have had this song on repeat since it hit YouTube earlier today.