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Jamie Lynn Spears Teases ā€˜Zoey 101ā€™ Reboot's ā€˜Crazy Twists and Turnsā€™

Jamie Lynn Spears is bringing back Zoey 101. Jamie Lynn Spears Zoomed with Ryan Seacrest on-air on Tuesday, October 27, and shared the reboot will feature a bevy of surprises as well as an equally grown-up Zoey. Big sister Britney Spears also helped reimagine the theme song.

ā€œThereā€™s a lot to know,ā€ Jamie Lynn teased. ā€œObviously, a lot has happened in the last 12 or 15 years, however long itā€™s been, and 2020 was a crazy year. Weā€™d been focusing on the reboot and giving it to fans at the beginning of the year and with everything that happened, we were like, well, letā€™s figure out a way we can safely give them something and we figured why donā€™t we give them a song? Give them something to finish 2020 out on a better note and look forward to the reboot in 2021. So, we're taking a lemon and giving them lemonade and wanted to have fun with it and just engage with the fans.ā€

Jamie Lynn and the team dropped the reimagined track, "Follow Me (Zoey 101)," produced in collaboration with Chantel Jeffries, after reuniting with her friends and former co-stars for a special first-look event last Sunday.

ā€œWith this one, obviously when I was 12 I was probably experiencing a different season in life, so I wanted to rewrite it a little bit and obviously [Britney] and the other co-writers gave it the nod and the OK for us to go on and make it something for todayā€™s generation,ā€ Jamie Lynn added of the theme song and Brit's involvement. ā€œThis is all rooted in the brains of my sister so thatā€™s why itā€™s good,ā€ she added of her famous big sis. ā€œThatā€™s why itā€™s still good.ā€

So, what can fans expect from the new Zoey?

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ā€œWe are in the creative part right now, figuring out where Zoey is and where the castmates from PCA are and figuring out how do we tell that story in a modern way for young adults?ā€ she added. ā€œItā€™s a fine line of making the OG Zoey 101 fans very happy and also inviting the new ones to come in and feel like theyā€™re part of the world as well. ā€¦ Weā€™ve heard some pretty crazy twists and turns that we're like, ā€˜We donā€™t think Zoey would go there?ā€™ So Iā€™m telling you thereā€™s plenty of surprises up our sleeve.ā€

The actress and songstress, who has also added mom to her resume over the past couple of years, added that Britneyā€™s always helped her navigate through life.

ā€œSheā€™s 10 years older than me so it's essentially like having a second mom, but in a good way,ā€ she shared. ā€œThere was never like competition. It was just like a different relationship than sisters that are closer in age.ā€

Watch back the full interview above and check out the reimagined Zoey 101 theme song as we await the official reboot in 2021!


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