Unless you’ve been living under a rock, Britney Spears is kind of a big deal again.  With a #1 single and an inevitable smash comeback, she wants to publicly shrug off the negative press from her past year; and she’s doing it, in the form of MTV’s new documentary For the Record.

The hourand a half-long documentary will be debuting November 30th on the cable conglomerate at 10pm ET and will obviously be ushering in the release of the pop star’s new album Circus in the following sales week.

So much has gone on over the last couple of years and there’s a lot that people don’t know about me that I want them to know,” Spears told MTV News in a statement about the special. “I wanted to make this film because I started to feel like I wasn’t being seen in the light that I wanted to be seen in. This is an opportunity to set the record straight and talk about what I’ve been through and where I’m headed.”

The documentary combines personal stories with behind-the-scenes footage of her comeback. Cameras follow her to the recording studio, to rehearsals, to press tours, to the video shoot for her latest single, “Womanizer,” and even to her hometown in Louisiana. Backstage footage from her recent triumphant appearance at the Video Music Awards is also featured.

Through it all, we hear Britney talking about the hardships that led up to this comeback. “I’ve been through a lot, and there’s a lot people don’t know,” she says in the film. “Sometimes it can get lonely ’cause you don’t open the gate. I’m stuck in this place, and I just cope every day.”

Check out the trailer:

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