If there’s one thing I know for certain, it’s that I am the person I am today in part because I bumped Britney Spears’ “Piece of Me” on my BRAT-green iPod shuffle every day of my eight-year-old life.

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...