For instance, the contorted, synthetic sax solo before its final moments start to sound more like M83’s “ Midnight City” than anything from Kidz Bop its promise/threat to “do it aaaallllll again” sounds more psychotic than joyful.Īll of this is to say: I realize that, like Walt Whitman, Katy Perry contains multitudes, and although the multitudes displayed on her magnum opus Teenage Dream include “bad” and “gross”, they culminate in a profoundly underappreciated and truly bizarre body of work. I’m probably thinking about it too hard, but after two Four Lokos and a couple of hundred back-to-back replays, the song feels almost sad to me. “Think I need a ginger ale / That was such an epic fail.” Or maybe it’s the lyric to end all lyrics (which had already spoiled and curdled a million times over well before the first set of ears ever heard it), delivered so casually you’d think she was rhyming crazy with baby. Maybe it’s the total sacrifice of the rhyme scheme to include the term “ménage à trois” in the chorus. Maybe it’s the line about Katy Perry having been an international star for several years, not knowing what to “tell her boss” about the night in question.
But there’s something bizarre about “Last Friday Night”, too, that pushes it into the upper echelon of songs that will be sending rollerskating rinks into a frenzy for generations to come. It’s perfect pop: equal parts genius and stupid, well within the vocal range of everyone on Earth, and catchy enough to land you in a padded room. It’s easier to imagine it simply appearing onto a hard drive in all its glory. Like “ Hollaback Girl“, “ Milkshake“, or “ Toxic“, it’s one of those songs that’s impossible to imagine being written-too intergalactically perfect to have entered the world through anything other than divine conception-fully mixed, and mastered. This fundamental truth came into my mind’s eye (as it will for you one day if it hasn’t already) after a party I threw in my freshman-year dorm room, where I played nothing except for “ Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” on an infinite loop. These are the inarguable facts of life, though they may be difficult to accept. The early 2000s were a little different.Like it or not, three things are certain: we are born, we will die, and Katy Perry‘s Teenage Dream is a perfect album. Obviously, things have changed and people are so much more accepting now of bisexuality and/or bi-curiosity. Katy Perry was talking about a subject that was considered taboo at the time. The reason the song ended up becoming so popular is the fact that it had a lot of shock value to it. Katy Released 'I Kissed A Girl' & Became An Overnight Success (2008)Īlthough Katy Perry had been working on becoming a famous singer way before 2008, that is the year when the world figured out who she was! Many people know her but the whole world knew her after “I Kissed a Girl” was released. Here are some of her biggest moments in music history.
She tends to always come out on top and has even broken multiple records that other pop stars might only dream of. Katy Perry has been through so much over the years when it comes to her friendships, relationships, and her music career. RELATED: Katy Perry Hasn't Posted Pics Of Her Daughter Yet (Here's What She's Been Posting Instead) The song lyrics she writes are relatable in a way that makes people feel like they’ve actually met Katy Perry in real life. The ideas she comes up with for her music videos are innovative, clever, and original. Katy Perry is such a creative, imaginative, and expressive musician. There is a reason Katy Perry’s music is as adored as it is.