Britney SpearsBritney Spears‘ manager has revealed Britney calls this her “rocky moment” and she knows what she has to do to make it right.

Larry Rudolph said this week: “She understands what’s going on right now, and she calls it her ‘rocky moment.’ Britney knows exactly what she needs to do. I’m not defending [her behavior], and she’s not defending it.”

He also again denied her New Year’s Eve party collapse: “We were sitting there drinking orange juice. She got tired in a club, and we took her back to her room. Suddenly, I’m hearing words like ‘collapsed’ and ‘passed out.’”

“From what they’ve been seeing and hearing, I understand the disappointment [from fans]. But Britney is increasingly motivated to get out there. She sees this as a challenge, that some fans may be questioning her. She is respectful. She sees this as her challenge to win them back. She’s taking all the right steps. Britney Spears will be back and absolutely at the top of the entertainment industry very soon.”

Larry added that Britney’s comeback album is already half-finished and the first single is expected to be released at the end of the summer, with the full album to follow shortly after that.

Britney herself has posted a message on her website saying that she is keen to get back to performing and touring:

“The last couple of years have been very enlightening for me and now that I’ve had the time to be ‘me’, I’ve been able to sit down and think about where I want to go with myself as an entertainer with absolutely no strings attached. I am now more mature and feel like I am finally ‘free.’”

“I’ve been working so hard on this new album and I can’t wait for you all to hear it and to go on tour again! I would like to exclusively tell you that I am working hard to release the new album sometime later this year, but the date is of course not certain yet.

“I look forward to coming back this year bigger and better than ever, and to also reaching out to my fans on a more personal level.”