Britney Spears' manager Larry Rudolph has spoken in detail about the singer's forthcoming new album.

The pop princess is due to unleash her eight studio album on December 3 and the public have so far heard its lead single 'Work Bitch'.

Speaking to Billboard, Rudolph said the record is "so different" than anything the singer has released before, with hints of EDM and personal balladry included. He said:

"We don't have a title yet. But it sounds great. It's so different from anything she's done before. Will.i.am is executive producing it. After the 'Scream & Shout' exercise, which went so well, the public seems to really like Britney and Will together. There's something about them that works. He understands who she is and what her audience wants.

"'Work Bitch' is a great example of a song that's from this album, but I don't know that it necessarily defines the album. There's a lot of other material on here that is really rich. There's a ballad called 'Perfume' that she recorded recently. Britney wrote it with Sia. It's a breakup song that's about wanting the next girl to smell your perfume on the guy afterwards. The lyric is really unique and she sings the sh*t out of it. I think everyone will be really impressed by the song. I don't know if it will be the second or third single, but it will definitely be a single."

Rudolph continued: "There are a couple other songs that have a really modern EDM vibe and other stuff that has more of a 'Ray of Light' [Madonna] vibe. I really think of this as Britney's 'Ray of Light' album - it's kind of like that in a lot of ways. She wrote everything on the album with collaborators. There's one or two she wrote herself. That's something she wanted to do coming in. She wanted to make it very personal. They're all custom made for her, based on what's going on with her life and in her head."