California Dreamin...

Hey KatyCats!

    So I was thinking (because I had a performance today) that I'd take the time to talk about and think about Katy's ways of performing. And what better performance to talk about than the California Dreams tour!? I never actually went (sad, yes I know) but I know a lot about it-thank you "Katy Perry: The Movie Part of Me". There's a lot of concert footage in her movie, actually. But you can also go on YouTube and find video of the whole thing! That's what I did...it's not the same, but it's close enough. I'll go through the whole set-list and talk about each performance.
    The first song she does is "Teenage Dream" and the show actually starts with an opening video played on "cotton candy" clouds. Here's a video of it along with her performance:

I love her outfit here, first of all. Though it wasn't originally this dress. The peppermint dress was her original outfit for "Teenage Dream" but it was replaced with this cotton candy and sequin heart dress after the spinning peppermints on the other dress were malfunctioning. This video was from the European tour so I guess I'll try to just stick with this one. Anyway, I thought this was a wonderful way to begin the show- in an outfit people would remember and with a BANG! I mean, the whole tour seems to kind of follow a storyline and this is where the story is introduced.The next songs to be performed are "Hummingbird Heartbeat" and "Waking Up in Vegas". Waking up in Vegas was a really cool performance! She had a human slot machine, showgirls and even an Elvis impersonator on stage with her and it was really fun to watch!

    Then there's a brief costume change and a video is shown. This video shows her taking a shortcut in Candyfornia that leads to a candy forest. While she is searching for Kitty Purry, she runs into a couple f mimes who then join her on stage for "Ur So Gay". She then goes on to perform "Peacock" after changing into a feathered costume. I LOVE this whole performance. The peacock tail is amazing and the performance of it with the feathered fans is simply genius!

    Katy's next song is "I Kissed a Girl." This is a really cool performance also- it starts out slow and Katy is in this gorgeous sparkly green dress with a feather boa. It's sort of sensual to start and then goes into the real song and a boy is brought on stage for Katy to flirt with and kiss. She also slides underneath her guitarist which is really cool. It's overall a great performance.

    The next section starts with another video where Katy is trying to pull Kitty Purry's tail out of a bush and discovers that the tail is her own. She had eaten a brownie that the mimes gave her and she discovered that it must've been the brownie that turned her into a catwoman! It had been an evil plan of the butcher's the whole time! It then goes into her performance of "Circle the Drain" while sausages and hambones swing above her head. During the song, she battles her dancers who have dressed themselves as butchers.

 It then goes into "E.T." and it's a really futuristic performance. There's laserbeams and the lyrics are shown on screen alshing in different futuristic fonts. It continues with "Who Am I Living For?" which I talked about last night, where Katy is being pulled and tugged on by her dancers with elastic strings and she ends up on the ground, defeated.

    Katy then moves on to sing "Pearl" after being saved by her two backup singers. She also is changed into a really sparkly white robe-looking thing. Then there's a brief video interlude where a happy couple is seen sharing a moment of affection and Katy returns to sing "Not Like the Movies". It's a wonderful performance where Katy is strapped into a swing. The swing rises as she sings and on a curtain behind her plays sweet romance kisses of classic cartoon characters. It's very sweet.

    This next part is really cool. Katy descends and then picks up her guitar to play an acoustic version of "The One that Got Away". There was one performance (I forget where, but it's shown in her movie) where Katy was having a really rough time and when she got out to sing this song for the crowd, they were all screaming in unison "We love you, Katy!". It was in Portugese (Yes in Portugal) so she didn't understand what they were saying until later but she started crying anyway. Then Katy goes on to perform some of her favorite karaoke songs with her guitar.She does Rhianna's "Only Girl (In the World)", Jay Z's "Big Pimpin'", and Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair". It's a really interactive part and really awesome of her to do, I think. Although, at select locations on the European tour, Katy covered Adele's "Someone Like You", so I'll include both versions!

 Then another really fun part came up. A giant cotton candy cloud descends and she straps herself onto a candy cane and flies above the crowd singing "Thinking of You" with her guitar. I don't even have to explain any further how cool that is.

    The next section of the concert has another video interlude where Katy finally finds Kitty Purry and they head to the Bakers City Ball where Katy hopes to find her Baker's Boy. Poor Katy can't decide what to wear and then we see her reappear for "Hot N' Cold" where she does some cool quick costume changes on stage. Then she bursts into  "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" In one city (again, forgive me for not knowing where, I just saw it in her movie) she dresses her sister up as the famous Kathy Beth Terry and has her dance on stage. But normally, it just flashes pictures of fans on the screen during the song.

    Katy then covers Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody". She and Kitty Purry invite fans in costume to come up on stage and dance with her. I think it's awesome and shows how much she really loves her fans. Then she does a very "sparkly" performance of "Firework".

     Then begins the final interlude of the show where Katy wakes up, realizing her entire adventure in Candyfornia was a dream. Then the Baker's Boy shows up in her bedroom and brings her the cupcakes that she ordered for breakfast. He starts dancing goofily and then Katy comes back on stage in a silver bra shaped like Hershey's kisses to sing "California Gurls", the final number. Towards the end of the song, she gets out a whipped cream cannon and covers the crowd.

Well, KatyCats, for those who, like me, didn't go to the tour itself, you've now seen it all! I think it was amazing! Hope you enjoyed it!
Love You All,
-Autumn The Purrfect KatyCat

Who Are YOU Living For?

Hey KatyCats!

     So tonight I am talking about another Katy song and this will be rather lengthy because there's a lot to go into on this song. This is about Katy's song from the "Teenage Dream" album called "Who am I Living For". This song can be interpreted in two different ways and I'll go into detail on them both! So, let's dive in!
    First you may want to look at the lyrics here. So  the first way to look at this song is the common way of this is a religious song. As I've said before, Katy was raised Christian and her first record was actually a Christian/Gospel record. This song is seen by most (as I'm sure she intended) as a throwback to that version of herself. I'll go line by line and explain: The first stanza can be interpreted in two ways even with the religious meaning. I see it as she is feeling new and different from who she was around the time of her gospel record, but in the Christian religion, believing in Christ is seen and felt as a rebirth of the person and so, hence, the phoenix which is a bird that dies and is reborn. In this view, the other lines in the stanza about marching to a different beat could be about how she is doing her own thing but basically has to swallow her pride and admit she made a mistake. A mistake about what? We'll find out. The road less traveled many times refers to the christian life and the other lines are very clearly biblical.She is battling over a life changing choice and it is only a choice that she can bear or make. The lines "It's never easy to be chosen, never easy to be called. Standing on the front line when the bombs start to fall, I can see the heavens, but I still hear the flames calling out my name." are also really heavy if you look at the song in this matter. The first two lines are referring to many of the people who have been chosen by God in the bible.  The "standing on the front line" part refers to a major battle she is having internally-probably a moral battle. And of course the heavens and flames thing is about how she wants to live a Christian life but feels like she is being tempted by the world in her career. The chorus, talking about the war is the moral war she is facing that was mentioned right before. She doesn't want to lose her career but feels conflicted about her life and her beliefs. That's the jist of the song. The second verse is about how she needs the strength of God (making a reference to Esther) to make her choice about what to do in this predicament. And at the end, she still asks the question, "Who am I living for?".

    Personally this isn't how I like to look at this song so for those who don't want to think of this song in religious terms I have provided an alternate way of looking at it. The phoenix reference can be seen as a simple rebirth of the self, turning yourself into a new person. I still see the song as an internal battle, but a different sort. It's a battle between the old and new person, perhaps someone who has reformed and their old habits wanting to come back and it's a battle that the person is constantly fighting and "suiting up" for. And instead of the heavens and flames in a literal/or religious sense, I choose to see them as simply the good and bad parts of us that are always battling. We always have to make the decision to do either the right or the wrong thing and it is always a battle.  And that's how I see this song. The chorus: I can't ignore this war is exactly how it's meant. It's a battle we ALL face, regardless of our religious beliefs...the battle between right and wrong.And we need to recognize the war and pick a side (hopefully the right one!) and we need to choose right now who we are going to live for; the you who wants to be successful and live a happy life or the you who wants to throw it all down the drain. For me, that's what this song's all about and I think in this sense, it's truly inspiring.
    On Katy's California Dreams Tour, her live performance of this song showed her being tugged at and pulled on by bright glowing "chains". Demonstrating the constant battle and how difficult it is and how we are pulled in so many different directions because even if the battle is internal, it can be affected by outside forces. I thought it was a really cool way to show the meaning of the song in a very artistic way.

    Well, KatyCats...either way you look at this song it has a wonderful message: Live your life the way YOU want to. Don't let anyone or anything stop you from doing that. I hope this song makes a difference for you, whoever you are, whatever you believe in.
Love Always,
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

P.S. You can listen to the song here and watch it live below!

I Don't Wanna Be "One of the Boys"...or do I?

Hey KatyCats!

    So, yes this is about Katy's song (not album) "One of the Boys". There isn't much to report on this song, since it never really got famous, but it's still a fun one. It is (obviously) off of the "One of the Boys" album considering it is the album's namesake. This is from Katy's breakout as a major artist. Now without further a due, let's get started on this song!
    The song's lyrics are here. So this is another kind of straightforward Katy song. It's about wanting to be more feminine. Katy started out as a Christian/Gospel music singer as "Katy Hudson" (her real last name). After her record label dropped her and she decided to go a different way with her career, she was pretty tomboyish! She was tomboyish during her Christian music days, also.

    I think it's pretty awesome how she was able to totally reinvent herself. That's kind of what this song is about, and maybe it's from that time in her life. She wanted to reinvent herself, so she did. And I think she's trying to tell us that anyone can. We can be more girly if we want to, or we can be just like "One of the Boys" and either way is fine! The point is to be yourself!
    So that's really it for this song! As I said, there wasn't much to this one. I may revisit it someday, but I might not. So long for now and I hope that by listening to this song, you will realize that you can be whoever you want to be!
Love you ALL, KatyCats, and remember to be true to yourselves!
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

I'm not gonna stay and watch you "Circle the Drain"

Hey KatyCats!

    Well, today I write about a more serious Katy song. Serious you say? How serious could a Katy Perry song really be? Well, I'll show you exactly how serious it could be when talking about her song from the "Teenage Dream" album, "Circle the Drain". This song shows a kind of edgier side to Katy, I think. She's a little pissed off in this song and it's a really interesting thing to see.
    This song is all about an ex of Katy's and what their relationship was like prior to their split though I think it was probably around the time they broke up. Lyrics can be found here. So basically, this song is really straightforward. This ex of hers was a major drug user. The drugs became way more important to this guy than she was. It talks about how she wants to be there for him as a girlfriend, and not as someone who has to take care of him when he's too messed up and high and drunk to take care of himself. So she decides not to put up with it anymore and she's "not gonna stay and watch you circle the drain". She doesn't want to see him throw his life away, so she leaves. It's about the strains that the drug use puts on their relationship.

 
     As for the song's inspiration, it was based off of Katy's relationship (once again) with Gym Class Heroes singer, Travie McCoy. It seems she wrote a lot of her songs about him. And I can see why most of them are negative. When asked about this song when it first came out, Travie hadn't heard the song but said this in an interview:

"I heard she put out a song that's about me, or about some old habits or whatever. [And] I look at it like this: I'm just stoked that she finally has a song with some substance on her record. Good job."

Let me just say, he doesn't sound like such a great guy and Katy is WAY better off now. Yes, they broke up a while ago, but I'm saying that after they broke up, I think her career started to boom. See, Travie was exactly what Katy has said about him. A "Hot N Cold" drug addict who was "Circling the Drain". He has actually been addicted to pharmaceuticals since he was a teenager.She actually broke up with him over email. I have to say, I think that's kinda lame. About that, he said:

Speaking of their break up, McCoy admitted it “destroyed” him, with Katy ending it reportedly via email. He explained: "It started off with 'I love you so much I hate to do this...'” “Someone that you are ready to spend the rest of your life with sends you a f**king email just s**ting on your whole parade. It destroyed me."

But it also turns out that Travie wrote a song about Katy! I just found this out actually. It's not slamming her in any way, he said so in an interview. The song is called "Need You". He's said this about the song:

"But it's not a stab in any way," says McCoy. "And I haven't been sitting around for a year waiting for her to call me. She's moved on and I'm doing my thing." "Its about how tough it is to move on and explain to someone that you're bruised and not really ready to pursue something,"

Personally, I think they are both better off without each other. He wasn't good for her and I think he just needs...someone else.
    I think that "Circle the Drain" actually does have a message to it if you can think about it like this: if you know that someone you're with isn't good for you, then you shouldn't be with them. No matter how much you may love them, no matter how much you don't want to hurt them, no matter how much you think you can change them-you probably can't. Only they can change themselves; only they can make that decision. And if they really love you and want to be with you, they will make that decision to keep from losing you. But you have to make them choose. You can't just sit by and spend the rest of your life taking care of someone who is throwing theirs away. Don't just sit there and watch them circle the drain.
With Love, KatyCats,
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

P.S. I'm posting the videos for the songs "Circle the Drain" and Travie's song, "Need You"

"You're hot, then you're cold..."

Hey KatyCats!

    So, yes today I am talking about the Katy classic, "Hot N Cold". I think probably everyone that I know knows this song, but if you don't, get ready to hear all about it! This was Katy's second big hit and it's from her "One of the Boys" album. Man, has she come a long way since then!
    So, as usual you can find the lyrics, here. I think this song is kind of straightforward. It's all about a guy who can't seem to make up his mind about anything but especially about whether or not he wants to be with her. They are an on-again-off-again couple, as seen in the lyrics "we fight we break up, we kiss we make up." He can't make up his mind about wanting to stay with her or leave-"you don't really wanna stay, no. But you don't really wanna go, oh." And it seems to me, like she's just kind of fed up, but at the same time, she still wants to be with him. It's a song about a lot of conflicting feelings, all put together in a fun, dance-y way.

    The music video to this song is just about my favorite part. It's set at a wedding where Katy says "I do" and her groom is about to take his vows and he runs. Katy and her bridesmaid backup team chase after him, all over. From showing up in tattered dresses with baseball bats, to Katy on a stage in red leather in a club, to in street clothes doing some break dancing. It really shows how fast girls can change clothes! And there's a surprise at the end of the video that you'll just have to wait and see.
    As for the inspiration for this song, there wasn't much I could find. I only found one statement that Katy stated in an interview that it was written about her early stages in her relationship with Gym Class Heroes singer, Travie McCoy.
    I don't think this song has a real life lesson in it, but if I had to come up with one, it'd be to not be like the guy Katy's singing about. Make up your mind, or don't make the other person keep having to put up with your roller coaster. And if you're the one dealing with it, tell that person, "Hey, until you make up your mind, we're going to take a break. If you decide you do want to be with me, then come get me." because you shouldn't have to be constantly worried about when that person's going to break up with you and get back together five days later. It's not fair to you, and it isn't worth it. You're worth more than that, every one of you. Everyone's a firework in their own special way.
Hope I helped someone!
Love you, KatyCats!
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

P.S. You can find the "Hot N Cold" music video on my music video page!

Katy Perry's going for #3 already!

Hey KatyCats!
    Really exciting news tonight! I could choose to write about Katy and John Mayer looking for a house together in L.A. (ugh) or how great she looked at the UNICEF event recently, but no, I chose to write about her talk of releasing her third album as early as next summer!

    There is rumor of a new song already even. You can go to YouTube and look up her supposed new single called "Magic Love" I haven't listened to it myself yet mostly because I haven't had the time, but I am curious about it. As for the theme of this new album, Katy announced that this was going to be a "much darker" album. This would be quite the interesting turn for her, although I'm not so sure that that's how she wants it to be now. Katy had said this new album would be darker right around the time that her divorce from Russel Brand was finalized. But not that she's "really happy" with John Mayer and out of that darker place, perhaps this album won't be all that dark. Either way, I'm sure that Katy will still have chart-topping hits. She's said to still be working with Greg Wells and Bonnie Mckee whom she has been with for her last two albums, so I'm sure that if this album is dark, we can still expect a little signature Katy flair along with a great mind-blowing new sound. But that's because everything Katy does is mind-blowing. Either way, on the new sound, we'll have to wait until an official single is released to find out how this next album is really going to be.

Can't Wait! Love you KatyCats!

-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

"You're Not a Man, You're Just a Mannequin!"

Hey KatyCats

    So, I'm back to writing about Katy's songs. This time, it's another "One of the Boys" days song that not many people know. It's called "Mannequin". This is actually a rather interesting song and I think most people can relate. So, let's dive in, shall we?
    As per usual, you can find the lyrics here. It really does help. Anyway, I think this song is kind of straightforward, actually. It's basically about her relationship with a man who is not expressive whatsoever. She tries to express her feelings to him, but he just doesn't react. She can't seem to get him to say anything or tell her how he really feels. In essence, he seems lifeless to her, therefore a mannequin. It's kind of sad, actually.
    About the inspiration, Katy has said this about the song's inspiration:

" “Mannequin” is one of my favorite songs to play, as well. The lyrics were inspired just because I was in a relationship – I don’t know if you could actually call it a relationship – where the other person was nonexistent. They were totally having mannequin characteristics, like all I wanted to do was love and be loved in return. It just wasn’t happening. I think that it was just because of personal problems, things that they were going through. I could not get through to them for some reason. And I tried everything."

Like I said, the concept is kind of sad. The song itself though, when you listen to it is actually kind of upbeat sounding. I find it interesting when she does that. I think she really wanted to relate to a lot of people in this song. I think almost everyone knows the feeling that this song conveys. Like you have tried so hard, but you can't seem to get through to someone. Whether it is in a relationship like love-wise or in another area of your life, everyone has felt the frustration of a person not listening or the person being distant. Just another way Katy tries to relate to her fans. I love how she does that.
    Well, KatyCats, I know this one is kind of short but I think that it has an okay and somewhat deep message to go with it. If you are experiencing a relationship like this you really have two choices but, in a way you only have one. You can either keep trying to get through to them but in the end you probably won't and you will be heartbroken (or maybe you actually will get through, but it will be a painful process), or you can do like Katy does and say "This one's outta my hands, I can't put you back together again." and move on with your life. It's a choice and it depends on how much you want to be with that person.
I hope this has made you think a little, KatyCats. Here's the video so you can hear the song.

Love you all,
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

Katy, Why John Mayer?

Hey KatyCats, I have some bad news.

    There have been rumors going around for a while now that Katy Perry and John Mayer have been dating. Personally, I am NOT a fan. It actually irritates me, so I decided it was time to write about it. The first time I saw serious rumors about this was a few months ago-like, back in September. I was too irritated to write about it then. So, I left it alone, hoping it was just another celebrity dating rumor. But then the rumors were confirmed.
    John Mayer is a known player in Hollywood. His past conquests include: Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Jessica Simpson, and Taylor Swift. Being a Taylor Swift fan also, let me just say she wrote an awesome song about him called "Dear John". Katy says she doesn't want to be another one of them, but honestly, knowing him, she probably will be. She'll be heartbroken and he'll be on to the next one.
    So far, they've been on-again, off-again. There has been all kinds of speculation, talk of how "Katy hopes to marry him" or how "Katy's parents threatened to disown her if she continued to date him." Personally, I think it's all stupid. The problem here is that they have neither confirmed nor denied their relationship. Now, about that rumor of her parents disowning her? Another source reported that her parents actually approve of her dating John Mayer and that they prefer him over Russel Brand. See what I mean about the rumors here? We don't know what's true and what's not.

   
    So, Katy's sources say she thinks he may be "the one". And they say she's even thinking about marriage already. I don't think this is a good idea. Even his ex, Jennifer Aniston is warning Katy to open her eyes. A friend of Jennifer's says:

 "Katy should really watch out. Take it from Jen. She's been there and done that," the source said. "And it took her years to recover. Jennifer gave John more than a year to prove himself as marriage material. Katy needs to be warned about John's hypnotic ways before its too late."

I think that's a pretty good indication of John's womanizing right there. I mean, if you read the lyrics to any of his songs, you see how much of a player he is. 

    Katy seems to think she can change John. But so did all the others. I think she might want to take a look at his track record. No, I don't believe in judging people based on what they have done in the past, but this seems a little too repetitive to be ignored. I just don't think she's going to make the right choice by staying with him and that she will just get her heart broken again. I just think that after all the bad-boys, she should go for someone GOOD! And that is NOT John Mayer.

    So the question I want to ask here, is WHY? Katy, why?

Love You, KatyCats!

-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

   

Just an update...

Hey KatyCats
    I just wanted you all to know that I updated the Purry Pictures Page so you can all see more of Katy's gorgeousness!
Love Always,
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

Shut Up and Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Hey KatyCats!

    So, this was one of Katy's biggest songs on the "One of the Boys" album and it's called "Waking up in Vegas." I remember that in about the 6th grade, this was one of my favorite songs. I remember even making up a dance to it. It wasn't very good, but it was still a lot of fun because this song is a lot of fun.
   This song doesn't really have a deep meaning, it's kind of all on the surface so I think I'll tell the story of the song, along with my favorite parts of it and talk about the music video and such. As per usual I will give you the link to the lyrics here. So, basically this is a song about a couple who goes to Vegas and parties and gambles. Personally I think that the chorus where she says "remember what you told me" and goes into the "Shut up and put your money where your mouth is, that's what you get for waking up in Vegas, get up and shake the glitter off your clothes now, that's what you get for waking up in Vegas" is about the fact that she started winning more money than he did and he got jealous and she is telling him to suck it up. But that's just my way of making the story more entertaining. Anyway, later in the song when she says "get me some cash out, baby" I think it's talking about her then losing a ton of money and they realize that they are broke. Ouch, that's gotta hurt. That's just my own personal interpretation, though. As for the inspiration for the song, Katy has said:

"Vegas gives me that 'what-the-f...' feeling. It's really close to LA so one night you could be having a beer with your friends and, when you wake up, you're in Vegas."

Katy has said that the song even has real-life inspiration. In an interview with PopEater.com, she revealed that she and her boyfriend of the time "decided to get fake married". She stated:

"I was 21. We took all the pictures with the minister, with the fake cake, in the fake chapel and got a fake marriage certificate. We went and bought a wedding dress and a suit at a thrift store, and scanned the pictures and the certificate to my family members, my manager at the time [and] totally freaked the crap out of them. It was the most hilarious, stupid prank I've ever pulled, I still have the wedding dress and the certificate."

She then  added that the song is not about apologizing: 

"[It's] basically a song about getting into trouble with your best friend or your boyfriend or your girlfriend - or whoever you're with - and not having any 'I'm sorry for what I did'."

   
    The song is fun and it has fun inspiration. But now, on to the video! This is probably one of the most entertaining, glitzy, bright videos I have seen. It really captures the glamorous side of Las Vegas, which makes sense because it was actually shot in Las Vegas.. It starts out with Katy and her boyfriend (I think he's her boyfriend in the video) standing in front of a slot machine. They pull the lever and three "blazing 7's" come up and the jackpot is deposited in quarters. It then goes into a flashback of the night before, where it shows the two winning at roulette. Then they head to a hotel and kick out Penn and Teller (famous magicians, if you didn't know). It then shows them playing various card games and racking up their winnings into the millions. They enjoy living the rich life. Katy drives a Lamborghini Murciélago and at the height of their Vegas fame, they are shown riding in chariots, dressed in show costumes (Katy's is above) down Fremont street accompanied by fire-breathers and an elephant. Then, Katy and the guy kiss in a money booth and things start to change. Their luck totally turns around. They start arguing, losing, and are even kicked out of their hotel room by Penn and Teller. The one thing they keep is a single coin. Then the video returns to the laundromat where Katy was at the beginning of the video. They pull the switch and win the jackpot and they look astonishingly at each other. It's a really fun video. You can see it on my videos page and I really recommend this one.
     Well, KatyCats, I know in the last couple posts that I haven't really had a very deep thought to leave you with. This is another one of those posts. I guess my message here, is to "Shut up and put your money where your mouth is" if you ever wake up broke and fake married in Vegas. Also, don't forget to shake the glitter off your clothes!
Love you all,
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

"But When I'm With Him..."

Hey KatyCats!

    So, this is kind of an old Katy song, and actually one of her firsts. She wrote this song by herself, before she was discovered as Katy Perry, and it's called "Thinking of You". As of June, it was labeled her lowest charting single to date. There's a video on YouTube of Katy performing this song in L.A. before she was discovered that was actually featured in her movie, "Part of Me". You can see the official music video on my music video page.
    This song is about not being over a past love. You can see the lyrics here. Maybe it was recent, maybe a love from long ago. It's about not being able to let go of someone, no matter how hard you try. It's a very sad song, and maybe even a little angry. In the song, the girl is with someone new, but still thinks about that other boy every time she's with the new one. She's just not over him yet. She still sees him as the best she could ever have, so "I guess second best is all I will know" is how she sees this new boy that she's with.
    The music video for this song is even more sad than the song itself. It's all themed in the time of World War II and it's about a girl whose lover is killed. It's kind of a montage of her memories with the boy but it also shows that she clearly still loves him and yearns for him instead of her new lover. It's really touching and dark and just really sad.
    I don't really know what the message of this song is, but I think that I will try to end this on a positive note. I guess my message is this: you CAN move on. IF you've lost someone or if you have been left by someone that you were in love with, you will move on someday. It may seem like forever and it may take a really long time, but I am sure that someday, everything will be okay again. So, don't lose hope, KatyCats.
Love you all,
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

Now, what happened "Last Friday Night?"

Hey KatyCats!

    Hope you all had a fun Halloween! In the spirit of fun, this post is going to be about Katy's most fun song: "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". I loved this song right when I first got the "Teenage Dream" album, which was shortly after it came out. I loved this song even before it was popular. It's just really fun and a song you want to dance to.
    Katy's inspiration for this song is mostly truth. You can see the lyrics here to know what I'm talking about. This song is about when Katy went out to party with friends and woke up the next morning and wrote about what she remembered. Perry stated:

“There’s nothing better than an impromptu dance party with my friends. My track 'Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)' is a song about debauchery because I had one of those nights in Santa Barbara. We went out to this place called Wildcat and got crazy,” Perry admitted: “We had a couple of beers and danced until we died, then brought the party back to the hotel room.” She added: “Most of that song is actual truth, apart from the ménage à trois… unfortunately! But, yes, streaking in the park, that’s what we did, so we had to write a song about it the next day!”

Personally, I didn't know this until just now. I think that's kind of carzy. We don't really see the party girl side of Katy very often. But I think it's really cool that most of the song is based on truth from a crazy night with friends.
    The meaning of this song is not at all deep. Looking at the lyrics, it's pretty self explanatory and fits in with the "Teenage Dream" well. I mean, all teenagers love to party. So, this song really captures that aspect of teenage life.

    The video for this song is, I think, the most fun part about this song. It's totally 80's themed featuring Katy as her alter ego, "Kathy Beth Terry". The video shows Katy as a nerdy teenager with over-sized glasses and headgear. The video starts showing a very messy Kathy waking up in bed with a boy passed out next to her, and she has no memory of the night before. She goes online and finds pictures from the night before and is quite shocked. It then goes into a flashback of the night before where Kathy was playing Sudoku and went over to the house next door to complain about the noise. She's invited in and is given a makeover by Rebecca Black and the transformation you see above. Black tears off the headgear with pliers, waxes her upper lip, and dresses her in skin tight neon clothing. She gets the attention of the boy she wants and it becomes a total dance party. It's just a super fun and entertaining video. The party ends up moving to Kathy's house and she vomits from drinking too much and she ends up passing out next to the "jock" whose attention she had gotten. You can see the video on my music videos page.
    So, I am not totally sure if this post has a message. But I guess it's probably just to go out and have fun. Live life with no regrets. This is the time to have fun! So let's remember how great "Last Friday Night" and "this friday night...do it all again."
Love you all, KatyCats
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

Some Katy Costumes...

Hey KatyCats and Happy-Almost-Halloween!

    So, today I am writing about some of Katy's famous as well as not-so-famous crazy costumes. There are going to be a lot of pictures in this post. I will also give you ideas on how to achieve some of her awesome looks. Because Katy has so many crazy and fun outfits, I will only be talking about a few. I know, it's kind of sad, but I could go on forever about her outfits! I have to stop at some point!
    If you are looking for a Katy Perry outfit recreation, I recommend going to the website polyvore.com They have tons of cool outfit recreations and style inspirations for just about anything-and for a lot less. It's really neat and as I said, I highly recommend it.

    The first of Katy's famous outfits I want to talk about is her carousel dress. This isn't one that I think you could ever recreate. It's just too unique for that. I mean, really it's a full on carousel for a skirt. That's pretty amazing. I love all of the bright colors in the dress. It looks like there's a full carnival somehow squished into a dress. I also think that the flags coming off the dress add a nice touch.

    The next costume is from Katy's "One of the Boys" days. This is the famous fruit dress. I believe she wore this on her "Hello Katy" tour. This dress would also be difficult to recreate though I think it may be more possible than the carousel dress. I think this one would take a master seamstress though. Lots of sequins and fruit to sew on this dress! I think some of the other dresses would be easier-so let's just stick with the recreation of those, shall we? I do adore this dress though. I think it has a really cool halter top and I like that the fruit was carried into the halter top. I love the whole thing and just how fun and sparkly it is.

    This is one of my absolute total favorite Katy Perry dresses. Out of anything she has worn, this one and just 2 others make the top of my list. This dress is from her California Dreams tour. And (yay!) this is one that would be actually a little simple to recreate. All you need are some red fingerless gloves, a black wig (if needed), and a white dress. You can add the red trim very easily. Now I know, the main part of this dress is of course, the peppermints. How do you make those? Simple really. You can take some metallic paper and white paper and such and glue them onto cardboard is you want to save a TON of money. That shiny stuff is simply cellophane added onto the dress to seem like wrappers. As I said, simple and a wonderful, adorable costume. Or you can go online and find peppermint things just like these, I'm sure of it.

    This next costume is probably the easiest Katy costume to recreate. It's also my third favorite in that top 3 I mentioned earlier. This look is just totally fun and totally 80's. It really wouldn't take much to get this "T.G.I.F." look. Some crazily crimped hair, teased bangs and a skin tight neon pink shirt, lots of bracelets, and that awesome neon green bodycon skirt and you're good to go! It's a really fun look that makes you want to just party!

    Actually, I take back what I said about the peppermint dress. This dress form the "California Gurls" video is my favorite costume of hers ever. It's crazy and fun and colorful and the essence of cuteness. It's just great. Did I mention it looks delicious? This one isn't hard to recreate either, but it would be a lengthy process just getting all of that craziness onto the white top part of the dress. But personally, I think it would be worth it. It's a really cool costume and absolutely adorable. Also, if you aren't interested in putting this together yourself, there is an official costume you can buy. It's pretty cool, but not as amazing as a lot of the originals out there I have seen. In fact, this is my look for Halloween this year.
    Okay, KatyCats, I hope you have enjoyed hearing my opinions about some of Katy's great costumes and I hope I have helped you get some ideas if you want to recreate these looks.
Love you all, KatyCats, and Happy Halloween!
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

"I can't stop, don't care if I lose"

Hey KatyCats!

    So, this is another somewhat unknown Katy Perry song. This is going to be about Katy's song off the "One of the Boys" album, "Self Inflicted". At first glance, the title of this song can be a little misleading. It's actually...(wait for it) another love song! You can see the lyrics here.
    I really like this song, actually. I have since I first got the"One of the Boys" album. I actually couldn't find her inspiration for this song anywhere and there are also many different interpretations of these lyrics. Some think the song is about cutting, some think it's about an abusive relationship, and some think that it's about being in love with a person and it not working out or causing a lot of emotional turmoil. I think that it is a lot happier than that, especially considering the upbeat sound of the song itself.
    I think this song is about being so in love with someone that you would risk anything for them. It's about being so head over heels for a person that you don't care about any of the bad stuff you have to go through in the relationship-that the relationship itself is way too important to let anything get in the way of it, no matter what it costs you. I think this especially because of the lines "I'm going down in flames for you, baby you are the weapon I choose" and "With each scar there's a map that tells a story, what a souvenir of young love's like-jumping out an airplane, riding a tidal wave of an ocean of emotion, my heart rips me wide open" I really think this song is about being even "addicted" to someone you are so in love. Hence, the lyrics, "One more thing I'm addicted to." I think it's just all about an immense, intense love that you'd give up anything and everything for.

    So, I think it's safe to say that not all of us have experienced this kind of love but I think that everyone will at some point. That's how Katy relates to us in this song. But everyone interprets it differently, therefore allowing us to relate to the song individually. So, KatyCats, try to find that one person that you will do anything for because he is out there. You just have to look hard enough and you might "get a bloody knee" or a few scars along the way but in the end it will be worth it.

Love you all, KatyCats,
-Aututmn the Purrfect KatyCat

It's Supernatural...Extraterrestrial

Hey KatyCats!

    So, this time I decided to do another love song, though this one is a bit...different. Today I'm going to be writing all about "E.T.". I absolutely love this song with its awesome futuristic sound and heavy beat. I think that it adds a really nice electronic touch to the "Teenage Dream" album. Though she has her very popular remix that features Kanye West, I prefer the original so that's what I am going to write about.
    These lyrics -link here- are really pretty straightforward, but the whole alien idea is just a metaphor. Sorry, Katy isn't hooking up with an alien here. She's talking about loving someone who is just different from everyone else. She is totally in love with a man who is completely different from every other guy she has ever been with before. It may not be on the outside (maybe it is) it could be in the way he treats her, makes her feel, or his personality could just be totally different. It's about falling for someone so hard that you don't care what other people say or think (from the lyrics "They say be afraid
You're not like the others, futuristic lover") they might be just scared because he is different-scared for her, scared she will get her heart broken. But in the end it's true love and nothing else matters. And I think it's about loving this person because they are different; about accepting and loving them for who they are.

   
    In Katy's inspiration, she has stated about the "Teenage Dream" album that she wanted to create "a different movie" for every song (which I think she accomplished quite well) and this was totally the sci-fi movie.Katy has said that the song is about "falling in love with a foreigner" but as I explained above, I think it has a little deeper meaning than that. E.T. actually came about as an accident. Its beats were accidentally played for her during a recording session and she knew instantly she wanted to do it.In an interview with MTV about it she said

"I heard it and I always knew I wanted to write this futuristic, alienistic song, and they pulled it up and I was like, 'Wait, I can wrap my head around this. I know this seems like a long shot, but I think I have the perfect material to put on top of this sound.' And I did, and it really worked out perfectly."

And thus, E.T. was born. Isn't it great that it was? I mean, especially considering that in 2011 it was the 4th most played song on the radio in the U.S. with 526,000 plays.
    So, personally KatyCats, I think a lot of people can relate to this song. It's about that one person who you can't get off your mind. That one person who is different from all the others. I think you know who I'm talking about.So, KatyCats, go find your extraterrestrial and when you do- never let E.T. go home. Don't let anyone else scare you out of getting to know him/her either because different isn't always bad. In fact, sometimes different is the absolute best.

Love to all KatyCats,
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

Living the "Teenage Dream"

Hey there KatyCats!

    So, I know that I already posted about the ALBUM Teenage Dream. But I realized that I never posted about the song itself, and since I'm doing songs about love, I figure that I might as well do one of my absolute favorites! So this post is all about my top Katy song, "Teenage Dream".
   I thought I should start with the origins of this song. Katy started her career with an "adolescent state of mind" discovered that after her One of the Boys album that she wanted to keep it that way. While writing "Teenage Dream" she had a "forever young" idea in her head. She looked all over at different artist's takes on teenage love. When she first came out with lyrics about Peter Pan...well "we wanted it to have more edge, more sex." Katy later said. They got stuck for a while and Katy said,

"I thought about my own adolescent years, my own first love. I thought about watching Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo and Juliet' and putting on a little mini disco ball light and just dreaming of Leo. I thought about me and my friends sitting around at slumber parties in the 90’s, giddy even just THINKING about boys. [...] I thought about what Benny said and I listened to the song again, and I was like The Teenagers… that’s such a great word, Teenager. It is a very descriptive word; it packs a lot of emotion and imagery into three syllables. [...] I couldn’t believe after all of our agonizing over 'youth' themes, that we had overlooked such an obvious one – the teenage condition."

    The teenage condition is very obviously love. It's what all teenagers fantasize about. Well, teenage girls anyway. Actually, even though they wouldn't admit it, I think teenage guys are ultimately looking for love, too. Everyone out there is looking for the one special person that they can spend the rest of their lives with. It's a part of who we are and what we want. And as teenagers (aka walking hormones) we will do anything to receive that love that we search so desperately for. Lots of times, we do stupid things and we realize that what we were doing in order to try and "earn" that love, isn't what love is about at all. So we get into another relationship where it feels like you haven't done anything and that love just...blossomed and all of a sudden you experience pure joy. And that's what this song is describing.

    These lyrics are all about the essence of love when you're a teenager. It envelops you and overwhelms you and it becomes the only thing on your mind. And you are infinitely happy. The lyrics "let's go all the way tonight/ no regrets/ just love/ we can dance until we die/ you and i/ we'll be young forever" really capture this well, I think. We as teenagers think (and wish) that we will simply be as young as we are now, forever. We want to just stay in this age of freedom and experimentation and life. We want to just live life and really experience it for the first time ever and one of those ways is through our relationships. And that's what teenage love is all about- a world full of firsts.
    This song has also been covered by tons of people and performed live amazingly well. I just thought I should mention that there is a cover by Ariana Grande on youtube -link here. This cover is amazing and I encourage you to check it out! That has absolutely nothing to do with what I am writing except that it's a cover of "Teenage Dream" but I feel that I need to include it simply because it is awesome and it's something I love.
    So, KatyCats the lesson here is that teenage love is a blissful thing that Katy captured very well in this song. I feel even that it has become an anthem of teenage love. It's what I look to when I want to describe my feelings of love. And I think that was Katy's intention. Well, Katy, great job! KatyCats, this song is the perfect "Teenage Dream".

Live your own Teenage Dreams KatyCats,
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

Does it Have to Be "Like the Movies"?

Hello KatyCats!

    This week, my two posts are going to be about a little thing called love.This set may actually go on  for more than just this week, though I am planning to do a little Halloween-type Katy posts as we get closer to my favorite holiday. But that's not what I am here to talk about! So, love is, I think, one of Katy's favorite things to write about. I know this can be said for any artist because it is a quite the topic to relate to, but I love the way that Katy does it. She makes you think about love. And for me, I think she makes you know what love feels like even if you've never been in it before. So, with that, I will get on with my topic of Katy's song, "Not Like the Movies".

    This song is (and this is all in my opinion) from the perspective of a teenage girl who finds herself pondering true love. It's about a girl who thought she was in love once but, "it didn't fit, it wasn't right" and that that was okay. It's a song about knowing that her true prince charming is still out there somewhere. So, I recommend you look here at the lyrics for this next part. There are always many ways to interpret songs, but this is my interpretation of "Not Like the Movies" I think this song is saying that, for you to truly be in love, it doesn't have to be stereotypical or movie-like. I think that love in itself is a fairytale, so your relationship doesn't have to look like one to feel like one. You don't have to have that Hollywood relationship for it to be right. Plus, love isn't always easy like in those movies. It doesn't always seem like a fairytale, and that's what this song is pointing out. It doesn't have to be "that way" for it to be love. But as long as you have that person in your life, and you know that when you met (even if it wasn't dramatic or anything) that they were going to change your life, then that's a fairytale in itself. You don't need cinematic moments (though they do happen) to be truly in love.
    I guess I'm kind of repeating myself a lot here, but the point is one that I feel I need to get across. It doesn't have to be like the movies, or like the fairy tales we read as children for it to be true love. We all have those special people out there just for each one of us, and even if at first things don't work out or it doesn't seem right or it's not "cinematic" like we expect it to be...we will all experience our own fairy tales. And sometimes love is hard and things don't work out how we plan them, but if he/she's the one, you'll know. "When he's the one, I'll come undone and my world will stop spinning. And it's just the beginning." Maybe it won't be a fairy tale for you, but the point is that it will be real, and real, true love is better than any fairytale or any movie that I can think of.

    Katy actually sees this song as a two-part song because she wrote the first part after her first tour, the "Hello Katy Tour". She was conveying feelings of knowing something that you didn't really know in the first part. The second part was one that she had written while she was dating Russel Brand who then later became her husband. She has said that this song was very special to her because in the first part it was a story she needed to tell and the second part made her so relieved because she was able to put all of her feelings into it.
    So, KatyCats, what I want to leave you with is not to be disappointed if the love you feel is not "fairytale-like" or "movie-like" because LOVE IS A FAIRYTALE! Don't give up on it! And wait for your "prince charming" no matter how he comes about because he will be worth the wait. Because even if that love isn't cinematic...it will be real.

Love, love LOVE, KatyCats!
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

P.S. Here is the lyric video to this song!! Enjoy! :)

Let's Leave "Fingerpints"

Hey KatyCats,

    To continue with my need to do inspirational songs, I decided to do Katy Perry's song "Fingerprints" from the "One of the Boys" album. It is another great Katy song that not too many people know. It was never big, but I think it should have been. It has great lyrics that are about leaving your mark on life.
    You might want to click here to look at the lyrics for this next part. I think that these lyrics are for everyone who has ever doubted themselves or felt that others doubted them. These words are all about EXACTLY what they say. It's about leaving your mark on life and leaving a legacy. Every one of us is special and can do something special in this world. We can each leave a legacy to live on when we die. We can truly "go down in history" if we really put our minds to it and just DO IT. Everyone has the potential to do whatever they truly desire in this life and that is the message that Katy is communicating in this song. We each have our own lives to live and nobody can tell us how to live it, truly. That's something Katy knows well, actually. When she was signed to Columbia Records, they were telling her how her music was going to be. They told her what her image was going to be. And the truth is, if she had listened, she would not be leaving her mark right now. She wouldn't be the Katy that we know and love today. So this song is about listening to yourself and doing what your heart tells you to do.

    I think this song is one of Katy's greatests, but then, I think all of her songs are great. But I think that this song in particular really has a wonderful message for the potential for greatness in all of us. We can each be remembered for the great things we will do in this life if we simply put our minds to it. So, my dear friends and KatyCats, I simply want to say, let's leave our "Fingerprints" on life. Let's each leave a legacy for the future to look at and say, "Wow, I want to be like that person." because we can.

Leave your legacy, KatyCats!
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat

Katy, our "Pearl"

Hello, KatyCats!

    So, I have felt for a while like doing a little inspirational piece so I decided to do another "not-that-well-known" Katy song, "Pearl". Pearl is one of my favorite songs on the "Teenage Dream"album, actually. It's so empowering to any girl out there who has ever felt like she was being held back by someone else. I encourage you to, as you read this, click on this link to look at the lyrics.
    I think that what Katy wants us to get from this song is that we are ALL pearls. We each have a light inside of us that we cannot be let put out by anyone else. We need to let our true selves shine. And it's not okay when someone else doesn't let that happen and often it's out of fear. That's what the lines "But he's scared of the light that's inside of her, so he keeps her in the dark" are explaining. It's specifically talking about a relationship here. When you are inside of a relationship where the other person is trying to keep you down, like the song says, there is a way out. You simply have to be strong enough to get out. I read a quote once saying, "It he's stupid enough to let you go, be smart enough to walk away." That's a part of what this song is saying to us. We have to set OURSELVES free because nobody else is going to do it for us. We are an unstoppable force, each and every one of us. Each of us is unique, and each of us can be whoever and whatever we want to be. We simply have to realize that and put out minds to it.
    I think another part of this is that Katy really does know where we have been. She has been in the exact same place she is describing this girl (representing each of us) is. She said in the song, " 'Cause I used to be a shell, Yeah, I let him rule my world, my world, ohh, yeah. But I woke up and grew strong, And I can still go on, And no one can take my pearl." and it's true. Katy is a pearl and I think that we should all aspire to be more like her. We can't let anyone take our pearls.
    So, if you are out there reading this right now, please realize that you are a pearl, and that no one else gets to rule your world but you. I want you to realize that you are a pyramid, a hurricane, an avalanche, a pearl. And I want you to realize that you aren't stuck there. I want you to see that there IS a way out. All of us, are pearls. So it's time that we start shining like them.

Much love, my pearls, my KatyCats,
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat