Britney Spears Says She Looks Up to Madonna 'More Than Anyone'

Britney Spears is expressing her love for Madonna!

The 44-year-old “Hold It Against Me” pop icon shared an image of the 67-year-old Queen of Pop from her photo collaboration with Steven Klein, X-STaTIC PRo=CeSS, on her Instagram on Sunday (January 18).

“The beast within … I prefer to call it the spiritual animal awakening,” Britney wrote, seemingly referring to “The Beast Within,” the opening of Madonna‘s Re-Invention World Tour, which featured imagery from the X-STaTIC PRo=CeSS shoot.

Keep reading to find out more…

“It’s been a long time for me … I know the wild ones more than anyone !!! Yet, we’re honestly all the same under our mask we secretly wear every day !!! Vulnerability, fragility, insanity, real innocence … but also confusion, depression, extreme hurt, anger … stuck in our heads,” she continued.

“We go through all of these and sometimes the spiritual animal is the only way to cross to the other side … it’s the most unknown powerful existence there is, yet it’s usually defined as ‘dangerous’ !!! This picture is clearly an understanding ‘DO NOT PISS HER OFF’ … Name XILA RIVER RED ROSE ????,” she went on to write, referring to the name she changed her Instagram handle to years ago.

“I admire and look up to Madonna more than anyone … wise, incredibly strong and has remained gentle and genius. Again … DO NOT PISS HER OFF !!!”

“PS … explore page, f–k you too and suck my d–k !!!,” she added.

See every time Britney mentioned Madonna in her memoir, The Woman In Me.