Tag: Katy Perry
Katy Perry’s “Smile”: No Lily Allen’s “Smile”
As Katy Perry gradually regains all of her confidence back after the critical massacre of her 2017 album, Witness, yet another single slated for what [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #17: Katy Perry Grafting “Sexy” Pregnancy From Those Who Have Done It Better
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it affects. [Read More…]
Whoever Started the Trend of Proving the Extent of the Gargantuan Celebrity Ego With Fake Italian Balcony Videos is an Unwitting Genius
Maybe whoever started the trend was merely a bored fan of [insert pop star’s name here], and it wasn’t intended as some grand statement about [Read More…]
Can We Get A Bechdel Test For Pop Songs?: Katy Perry Takes A Lyrical Page From “Ex”-Nemesis Taylor Swift’s Playbook on “Small Talk”
Perhaps there ought to be a separate definition for the Bechdel test when it comes to the pop song, for it appears practically impossible for [Read More…]
The 2017 VMAs: An Exhibition of the Enfeebled State of Music
It’s not that you’re getting older (okay, yes, you are). It’s that music has genuinely gotten worse over time. For those who used to watch [Read More…]
Katy Perry Might Have Done Better Not to Release A Video for “Swish Swish”
Billed as being the most “unwatchable, eye-gouging blowout of the season,” the game that the sports commentators, Bill Walton and Rich Eisen, in the opening [Read More…]
Katy Perry Kind of A Pussy for Reneging on “Swish Swish” Lyrics
Though Katy Perry might not have technically made the declaration, “Don’t be tryna double back, I already despise you/All that fake love you showin’ couldn’t [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Gets Another Point in the “Bad Blood” Column Between Her and Katy Perry
Though Taylor Swift does her best to play the innocente, her vitriol was obviously peaked in the wake of Katy Perry’s “Swish Swish” “diss track” [Read More…]
No Receipts Required: “Swish Swish” Likely the Closest (And Most Overt) Katy Perry Will Get to Responding to “Bad Blood”
Though Katy Perry recently gave one of the most roundabout non-answers ever regarding whether or not any of the songs on her forthcoming Witness album [Read More…]
Miley Cyrus’ Pansexuality Takes on New Meaning With the Katy Perry “I Kissed A Girl” Revelation
Though Jill Sobule’s “I Kissed a Girl” remains superior to Katy Perry’s–just like Hole’s “Malibu” remains superior to Miley’s–there can be no denying that the [Read More…]