Will.i.am: Britney Spears is 'Hungry and Thirsty' for Music, New Video 'Scream and Shout' Soars

The "Oops!...I Did It Again" singer Britney Spears has floored fans with her music video with Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am that is titled  "Scream and Shout." This song is a part of his upcoming solo album "#willpower."

Will.i.am got speaking to MTV News over the weekend at Jingle Bell in Los Angeles.

He said knew he got the right singer for the vocals for his new album. "Britney and I, I did something on her album Femme Fatale, 'Big Fat Bass,' and that experience was such a great experience that we decided to work again and it's been great," said will.i.am, MTV News reported. "I would love to work with Britney again. She has great energy in the studio; she's a sweetheart, a doll of an artist and just a kind, kind person. And when she's in the studio, nothing matters but the music. So that's a great experience to have and share with somebody that loves music."

Spears just turned 31, Dec. 2. Spears and will.i.am scrambled to rejig after the leak of their song ahead of the scheduled release date.

"For like four months, I've been trying to keep this song with me and Britney under wraps and we did a really good job up until the last minute when it got leaked. And then we scrambled to try and get up to speed, and re-jigger our plan, because we had a different plan before the leak happened. So, everybody from Adam [Leber] to Larry [Rudolph] to Britney to Polo, Jimmy Iovine - we all scrambled to make sure our plan was solid and now we have a number one in 17 countries, a great video response. It's been three days [and] it's been up online and it has eight million views. It's a big global response."  

On Dec. 2, will.i.am Tweeted, "'@PeabodyMinaj: @iamwill & @britneyspears 'Scream and Shout' 10 million views in just 4 days, congratulations!!!' Thank you for support."

The video for "Scream and Shout" has had more than 12 million views.

He said Spears was amazing to work with, "She doesn't need the money. She does music because she loves it. And we are both in our careers where that's the only reason to do music now," he added. "It's refreshing to see an artist that has accomplished so much that is still humble and hardworking and hungry and thirsty for hot beats and hot hooks and global success just because we love it."