Britney Spears is expressing her love for Madonna!

The 44-year-old “Hold It Against Me” pop icon shared an image of the 67-year-old Queen of Pop from her photo collaboration with Steven Klein, X-STaTIC PRo=CeSS, on her Instagram on Sunday (January 18).

“The beast within … I prefer to call it the spiritual animal awakening,” Britney wrote, seemingly referring to “The Beast Within,” the opening of Madonna‘s Re-Invention World Tour, which featured imagery from the X-STaTIC PRo=CeSS shoot.

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“It’s been a long time for me … I know the wild ones more than anyone !!! Yet, we’re honestly all the same under our mask we secretly wear every day !!! Vulnerability, fragility, insanity, real innocence … but also confusion, depression, extreme hurt, anger … stuck in our heads,” she continued.

“We go through all of these and sometimes the spiritual animal is the only way to cross to the other side … it’s the most unknown powerful existence there is, yet it’s usually defined as ‘dangerous’ !!! This picture is clearly an understanding ‘DO NOT PISS HER OFF’ … Name XILA RIVER RED ROSE 🌹,” she went on to write, referring to the name she changed her Instagram handle to years ago.

“I admire and look up to Madonna more than anyone … wise, incredibly strong and has remained gentle and genius. Again … DO NOT PISS HER OFF !!!”

“PS … explore page, f–k you too and suck my d–k !!!,” she added.

See every time Britney mentioned Madonna in her memoir, The Woman In Me.