Tuesday morning pick-me-up: Katy Perry honors Aretha Franklink’s Inauguration Hat to End All Hats with her own tiny version of the famous bow.
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Have you guys seen this comparison between Katy Perry, pre-airbrushing, and Katy Perry, post-airbrushing?
This summer, pop music flowed like Pellegrino: Robin Thicke, Justin Timberlake, and Daft Punk immersed us in retro-R&B grooves that were effervescent, sophisticated €”and only a tad more adventurous than tap water.
Katy Perry, what is your damage?
What is your damage, Katy Perry? You’re making me feel like a hard old bitch.
Until yesterday my impression of you had been somewhat vague, a smattering of visuals and a strong of nonsensical set of aural hooks. If I heard your name, I’d think of rainbow sherbet, hot dogs that are really people, Snoop Dogg rolling a pair of sugarcube dice, and gummy bears come to life. Basically a child’s, or stoner’s, paradise. (If you did a “Downtempo Snaxxx Remix” of each hit single, by the way, you could easily corner another segment of the population.) I’m pretty sure I could pick your voice out of a police lineup, for crimes against candy. And without even trying, I somehow know all of your singles. Are there drugs in those? I hear them once and by the second go-round I’m BELTING them like some wall-licking beast.
I went to see your new Independence Day movie Katy Perry: Part of Me yesterday, in search of some quality 3-D action after Spider-Man had let me down. Ha, no. I went because I wanted to get to know you, give you a better chance. You’ve annoyed me since 2007, when a 7-inch vinyl copy of “UR So Gay” landed on my desk. I couldn’t bring myself to throw it away because I kept thinking “I will eventually look into that… creature and write about how awful it is.” Of course I never did. That record haunted me for at least a year (Was I gay? and unrelated: why was I so lazy?) and you, whoever you were, were dead to me for equating “gay” with “lame” just to fling yourself onto the radar. It wasn’t the end of the world but I was still all “Ugh, no.” Same with “I Kissed a Girl,” pretty much. Ugh, no.
Many would say that Perry’s accomplishment isn’t that big a deal, since the way that numbers are tracked now is very different from the less-scientific charting of Billboard’s earlier incarnations. But those people are haters, and, as we all know, nobody should ever listen to the haters.
EXCLUSIVE: How did Katy Perry first start singing?
You know her for singing about human fireworks and teenage dreams, but there was a time in Katy Perry’s music career where she sang about a single sacred subject: Jesus Christ. “When I was five [years old], the guy that was preachin’ at the revivals — he came up to me,” an 18-year-old Perry says in this exclusive clip from her upcoming 3-D documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me. “Out of a few thousand people, he said to me, ‘You’re gonna sing.’”
Katy Perry discusses if there's a response to 'Bad Blood' on her upcoming album.
- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: There are rumors that “Bad Blood” is about you. Does this album have a reaction to “Bad Blood”?
- KATY PERRY: Well that’s not my question to answer — if it’s about me. I think [my new album is] a very empowered record. There is no one thing that’s calling out any one person. One thing to note is: You can’t mistake kindness for weakness and don’t come for me. Anyone. Anyone. Anyone. Anyone. And that’s not to any one person and don’t quote me that it is, because it’s not. It’s not about that. Honestly, when women come together and they decide to unite, this world is going to be a better place. Period end of story. But, let me say this: Everything has a reaction or a consequence so don’t forget about that, okay, honey. [Laughs] We got to keep it real, honey. This record is not about anyone else! This record is about me being seen and heard so that I can see and hear everyone else! It’s not even about me! It’s about everything that I see out there that I digest. I think there’s a healing in it for me and vulnerability. If people want to connect and be healed and feel vulnerable and feel empowered and strong, God bless and here it is.
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Baby, she’s a firework.
Guys, I think Katy Perry’s trying to tell us something.
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