Watch Sophie Lloyd turn Britney Spears' Toxic into a certified shred-a-thon

Sophie Lloyd
(Image credit: Sophie Lloyd / YouTube)

Sophie Lloyd has mastered the art of transforming popular songs into straight-up shred-a-thons. Her YouTube channel – which currently boasts over 600,000 subscribers – plays host to all manner of six-string reinventions, from a soaring cover of Muse's Plug In Baby to a face-melting take on Mariah Carey's festive classic All I Want For Christmas is You.

And now, in her latest video, the social media six-stringer has given Britney Spears' Toxic perhaps one of the most iconic pop songs of all time – the shred treatment, trading Spears' iconic vocal hooks for a frenzy of nimble two-handed tapping phrases and rapid-fire alternate picking runs. Check it out below. 

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.