Britney Spears has had "such a crazy year"

She wrote on Instagram: "When people get emotional and say you are so seen and so loved, I'm like - I haven't even begun to be seen ... I haven't had a professional photographer in 6 years !!! I appreciate all that love and right here y'all, I just be COOKING !!! Stirring it up and putting them all together last year in 2023 !!!

"I have just had such a crazy year and could cry TEARS OF JOY !!!"

The '...Baby One More Time' hitmaker closed off her message by reminding her fans that they are "seen an loved" by her and jokingly warned them to always make "good" choices in life.

She wrote: I want you guys to know you are all seen and loved as well !!! CLOSE YOUR EYES MY BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS - what do you see ??? Meditate always on loving pure thoughts !!! Oh s***and one last thing: ALWAYS BE GOOD" (sic)

Over the course of the last year, Britney - who has estranged sons Sean, 19, and Jayden, 18, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline - finalised her divorce from Sam Asghari after just over a year of marriage, and also vowed that she will "never" return to the music industry.

Britney - who regained control of her multimillion-dollar fortune and various aspects of her life when a conservatorship that had been governed by her immediate family was terminated in 2021 - has become known for posting selfies and videos of herself dancing to her social media pages in recent years.

In a further update, Britney posed on a sun lounger where she marvelled at how "gorgeous" the weather had been in LA and that she had decided that "laughter" was the way forward.

She said: "It was so freaking gorgeous today !!! Laughing and being silly is life's best medicine."