She's crazy.

She's done it again.

She's a slave.

And now she's performing this Thursday at The Bryce Jordan Center with O-Town. She's Britney Spears, and she's coming to present herself in a new light.

The former Mouseketeer has made quite a transition into maturity. Where once she was seen in videos tapping a pencil on a desk or spinning a basketball, she now finds herself thirsting in an unfinished room and even being licked, a la her latest video for "I'm a Slave 4 U," the first single off her third release, Britney. If the video wasn't enough of an indication, the song itself provides some insight to her newfound coming over age.

Pleading to be looked at as more than a "little girl," Britney sings – and even pants – to a subtle, sultry beat that has kids dancing along to yet another trademark sequence featured in the video.

Miss Spears has always been a trendsetter for youths everywhere. The now 19-year-old has already attained multi-platinum sales with her first two CDs, Baby One More Time and the bitingly sardonic Oops! . . . I Did it Again. Britney will feature some new territory for the pop star. Spears wrote melody and lyrics for some of the tracks on the latest CD, and even had some authority in selecting some of the guest producers — specifically the Neptunes, who wrote "I'm a Slave 4 U."

To add to the high-pitched screams that will be booming through Happy Valley, O-Town will also make its way to the Jordan Center stage before the princess of pop makes her State College debut. The group headlined a show this past Aug. 27 at the Jordan Center.

The rise (and perhaps fall, depending on how things proceed) of this latest boy craze has been thoroughly documented in the ABC show Making the Band. The show will enter its third season soon, and some of the taping for that show will be done at Thursday's concert.

Ben Selle, release coordinator for Making the Band, said that cameras are always rolling at O-Town shows in the hopes of catching a TV-worthy moment of the boys – an argument, etc.

The show started with a very uncertain future. No one, including Selle, could predict that that band would take off and even have a third season ahead of it.

Selle said that as long as interest is still present, the boys of O-Town will still be stars of the show no matter what happens to them as a band. There is a possibility of acquiring a second band if public attraction diminishes, but Selle said the show works with the idea of using only one band and chronicling its highs and lows.

This new season will be slightly different from the last because it will feature a more in-depth look at the boy wonders and how each member's lives will be shaped with all the newfound success.

"They have become used to the cameras and the management," Selle said. "Now, they're more comfortable with who they are as a boy band."

The show will start at 7:30 p.m. and tickets for the show are still available for $68.50, $52 or $41.50. Further information can be found on The Bryce Jordan Center Web site, www.bjc.psu.edu.