"Why I Hate Katy Perry"
Here's what I know about Katy Perry: Her album One of the Boys went gold, her single "I Kissed a Girl" went double-platinum, and her boyfriend is Gym Class Heroes cutie Travis McCoy.
Here's what I don't know about Katy Perry: How any of this is remotely possible.
I know I'm not alone in my antipathy for Ms. Perry. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of allmusic.com wrote that she "distills every reprehensible thing about the age of The Hills into one pop album."
My favorite blog, Go Fug Yourself, regularly berates her for deeming ensembles like a 1950s bathing suit and fishnets appropriate eveningwear.
And I'm sure Zooey Deschanel must hate Perry for taking her wide-eyed stare, raven locks, and pinup figure so far down market. How often must look-alike shots in Us Weekly or In Touch force Zooey to call up friends to say, "That wasn't me! I would never wear purple stonewash jeans!"
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But I can claim to be an old-school Perry hater. It began in 2004, when she told another music magazine, "I'm completely outrageous and I'll do anything for attention!" This from the daughter of two pastors, who had already attempted to be a contemporary Christian music star, but whose debut didn't skyrocket her to Michael W. Smith heights (despite Christianity Today calling her song "Growing Pains" "pure ear candy with the message that we're being molded perpetually into Christ's image").
After that, she decided to give shock-pop a try -- with or without Jesus's help -- and become "outrageous."
Her dream came true in 2007 when she lit up Perez Hilton's life with her texty single "Ur So Gay," which some people who actually were gay found offensive and others who weren't clueless found moronic. (H&M is "gay"? LOL!) In interviews, she tried to redeem herself with a Sarah Palin-ish claim to having tons of homosexual friends and then gave a writer for thenewgay.net the cryptic assurance, "I know gay men that are more of a man than some of the men I slept with." This, in an interview in which she also compared her confessional writing to that of Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Naturally, the follow-up to "Ur So Gay" would be "I Kissed a Girl." Which was so shocking. Totally taboo. At least if you discount Jill Sobule's same-titled song of 1995, which, unlike Perry's, was both good and credible. Of course, after its release, Perry clarified that she has only smooched dudes -- that her single was, in effect, a straight-up-the-middle "Girls Gone Wild" pitch to girl-on-girl fans across this great nation of ours.
I know this kind of thing is nothing new. Perry is almost designed to be a blip on the pop radar, and with luck she'll be here and gone with the speed of an IM. But still I must ask, in Perry's parlance, WTF? Why is she popular? Why did MTV ask her host the Europe Music Awards last week? And, more importantly, why did they let her wear a red football uniform and straddle an atomic bomb-size tube of cherry Chapstick? Why are people buying her album and not Zooey Deschanel's?
I'm serious. Tell me. I'd like to know.
Watch: Katy Perry falling at the MTV Latin American Awards













Crazy! I just typed into google "I hate Katy Perry" and this article popped up. I cannot stand her. I agree with someone who posted on Katy being on American Idol. Man, she was a f***ing B on that show, carving the shiz outta people trying out, when she f'ing sucks. She can't sing and she's totally full of herself. I never knew she tried to make it as a Christian rock star, that she compared her writing to that of Anne Frank or that she pulled a Palin. All the more reasons to add fuel to the fire that is the total hate I feel towards her. She sucks, her 15 minuted have been going on way to long, and her stupid songs suck a$$ big time. I think she needs to fall off the face of all celebrity magazines and I hope that now her "anything for attention" attempts at fame are totally shadowed by Lady Gaga's crazy behaviour and outfits. While I am not a huge fan of Gaga's music, she at least seems genuinely sweet as a person and she can sing without the use or aid of voice synthesizers.
I HATE KATY PERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i want to see katy & zooey in a movie together
Her singing voice is absolutely horrid. And she has the right to judge on American Idol?? I'd love to see her try singing a ballad with no music....but that won't happen, because she can't do it! Neither can Avril, really...but I digress. The reason she didn't make it as a Christian singer is plainly because her voice sucks, and with the low media following of Christian music, your voice is kinda all you have to be somebody. She almost didn't even make it with secular music except someone probably told her she needed to be outrageous to make herself stand out cuz her vocals sure weren't cuttin' it!! So she pulled out her inner lesbian, added a couple catchy lyrics (courtesy of other songwriters), and VOILA! you have a whore in a wacky handbag! Not to mention she can't keep her slime-trap closed. It's bad enough that she sounds like Mr. Ed with laryngitis. I suppose negative attention is better than no attention at all...
In closing... she'll keep popping up like herpes in Hollywood until hopefully one day the Katy-fad will pass like those Tatoo (Tatuu??) girls did, or she'll end up like Christina Aguilera (crazy whore to loving mom) since she's already in the crazy whore stage. In the meantime, I'm waiting for the reaction she deserves, which is a fist in the mouth. If someone catches that on camera, please PLEASE send it to me!
i actually used to like katy perry but i've noticed from interviews and generally in the media, that she is a fake. she pretends to be innocent by widening her eyes ALL the time, she poses with her hands under her chin on most of her music videos, sometimes even using the fake innocent wide eyed stare combination, and uses syrupy sweet voice one moment, then being a total bitch in another. as showed in american idol. i mean, why was she so annoyingly "sweet and innocent" while interviewing karl lagerfield, then rude and obnoxious to kara dioguardi of AI and the contestants? was it the fame factor?
She's the epitome of our society today, an attention whore. She's just another manufactured pop princess who is making the big bucks for the record companies. She has no soul, she is a whore.
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Katy is HOT and very talented. what else do you need to be popular ?
Since she broke up with the hip hop guy I'll forgive her that mistake.
People don't like her vintage clothing ? so what
Zooey should feel complimented when she is confused for Katy. Zooey isn't much of an actress. Has anybody heard her sing ?
I agree the I kissed A Girl Song was annoying for its content, but Katy Perry can sing and write a great pop melody.
I cannot say the same for Zooey Deschanel.
Just hearing her voice on the "The Touch, The Feel, the Fabric of our Lives" Cotton commercial was enough for me to un-fan myself from Zooey.
The tone of her voice is irritating, and her "So ****ing alternative that I am better than you attitude" is, well, bothersome.
I am bothered now officially by Zooey.
Katy Perry is, well, a delicious pop tart to be enjoyed with great pleasure in small amounts.
OH BTW, her unplugged performance of I kissed a girl....embarrassingly bad!
Something about her bugs me! Her wonka party was ridiculous and childish. It was painful and embarrassing to see Russell Brand involved in that nonsense, but he's in love...BLECH!!! Russell? Really??????? Of all the gorgeous women in the world you chose her!!!???? She's a dingbat! ok, she has boobs...big deal!!!! She has no depth of character. She's like a piece of sugary hard candy. A good little suck and it's all gone.
u stupid count ... she got NO ****ING TALENT ... I HATE THESE ,,STARS" who cant sing a **** live ... OMG what a stupid idiot .... i watch her sing with the sound on mute just to see her legs lol
To Daniel: Here's my personal reply to you,I am interested to see how you will make me or anyone else " feel like ****" because we actually like music and know manufactured crap when we hear it. Blah,blah- so you can say she writes her own songs( which ones,exactly?) and plays the guitar. How does that make her worth listening to? She has to try to come up with "outrageous" acts to stay in the beloved limelight. If she were a valid musical act she wouldn't have to do that, the music would suffice if it was indeed good enough to warrant validation. I have a life ,thank you very much, so don't try to pull that old accusation to say that's why I can't stand this FAKE rip-off of Zooey Deschanel. So, bring it on,Daniel. You have your opinion of this wannabe star as you are entitled to, and we have ours. Also, before you try to label me as some kind of hater of certain types, I would like to say that Lady GaGa may do some weird crap but she REALLY is a songwriter ( her own and for others) and an example of a REAL musician. I like her. Now get with Mr. Daniel- set the world straight on why we need to tolerate Katy Perry!
To Daniel: Here's my personal reply to you,I am interested to see how you will make me or anyone else " feel like ****" because we actually like music and know manufactured crap when we hear it. Blah,blah- so you can say she writes her own songs( which ones,exactly?) and plays the guitar. How does that make her worth listening to? She has to try to come up with "outrageous" acts to stay in the beloved limelight. If she were a valid musical act she wouldn't have to do that, the music would suffice if it was indeed good enough to warrant validation. I have a life ,thank you very much, so don't try to pull that old accusation to say that's why I can't stand this FAKE rip-off of Zooey Deschanel. So, bring it on,Daniel. You have your opinion of this wannabe star as you are entitled to, and we have ours. Also, before you try to label me as some kind of hater of certain types, I would like to say that Lady GaGa may do some weird crap but she REALLY is a songwriter ( her own and for others) and an example of a REAL musician. I like her. Now get with Mr. Daniel- set the world straight on why we need to tolerate Katy Perry!
Hey Anonymous: What up about Jesus? Don't tell people not to hate Slutty Perry when you speak of Jesus in that way! You are another who seeks attention by stating "I'm an Atheist"- you can say that and we can say we don't like a no-talent, fake, idiot who WILL soon diasappear ( Thank the Lord). As for the Jesus tattoo,that was probably another attempt by her "other" persona to be an OUTRAGEOUS Christian singer. Face facts,boobs will only get her so far and anyone with any taste in music will watch her fade into her fantasy world with her Willy Wonka crap and her irritating bud Perez Hilton- they can keep each other company when the Judgement comes to strike down the homosexuals openly promoting their perversity. Yeah,I said it and I believe it!
YOU ARE AN IDIOT IM AN ATHIEST SO SHUT THE **** ABOUT ****ING JESUS , KATYS HOT AND HAS A GREAT VOISE SO LAY OFF HER
Katy is a no talent idiot who will do anything for a chance to get press.She couldn't make it as a Christian singer,so she decided to become "outrageous". Why do you think she let it be known she sent a pic of her old boobs to Russell Brand with "poem" written on em? She wants people to notice her baaaaad! That fake wide-eyed look she always flashes,dyed black hair and eyebrows-yeah? Who are you Katy? Just anothet no-talent idiot blip on the La-La Land radar. Her music sucks and so does she.
I hate Katy Perry. I always bang on to people that I hate her and no one seems to share my opinions, but Ellen has nailed it on the head. She thinks she's so "outrageous" and "kooky" but her whole persona is so contrived and deliberate. Her music videos are immensley irritating and I cannot understand why or how she has been catapaulted to fame seemingly overnight. In the same way that she has shamelessy broken and entered into lives, I hope she disappears with similar haste.
the failed career as a christian music star speaks volumes
she may be 'funny' to some
some may find her talented
the point is: it *is* all an act
there's nothing genuine about her
so if you enjoy the act, great. but realize she is a manufactured product as contrived as the theme song of a sitcom.
Because she's fun. Unlike you, or most who would respond to this sort of thing, she doesn't take herself too seriously. That's something that Americans can actually relate to. Do you really think most people relate to the moody, self-important music of some chick named Zooey, wife of elite status indie rocker (I use that term very loosely here) Ben Gibbard? You can sit there on your lonely pedestal all day thinking, "People only like her 'cause they don't have to think! Not like me! I'm so smart," but the reality is that she is simply more interesting than someone like Deschanel.
Katy seems to have fun, so people are attracted to it. Self imposed intellectuality is so passé. America has simply wisened up and gained a greater ability to sense that kind of BS. People just want to have fun. Let it go.
KATY PERRY IS A NEW, FRESH FACE IS POP! she is not like anyone else, which makes her famous.
She can admit how much of a good singer she is. If you want to quote the article where she said she would do anything for attention also look at the quote where she said ''im only famous because i have big boobs.'' She doesnt think she has some huge voice, so maybe just be happy she got where she did.
She knows how good she is, and i think she is an excellent singer. I saw her live, which is more than you have of evidence and she is the most interactive singer of today. She actually gives a **** about her fans. and she talked to me =O how often does that happen in a concert!
She is not money driven and she is not a ****ing idiot. Give her a chance. Her best friend, Markus Molinari is gay. You obviously dont like the girl so you are trying to find things to criticise about her. Just listen to the song ''ur so gay'' she is not talking about hating gays, she is talking about her boyfriend being a stereotypical expectation of what society sees as a gay person. Which, i might add is not her fault. It is societies fault. She just expressed her song using what is understandable to us.
Yes, she has kissed a girl and yes her parents do love her. If anyone brings up her parents were dissapointed at her song ''i kissed a girl'' then, please tell me personally... because as i recall, her parents were in here NEXT big hit ''hot n cold'' and lets not forget ''thinking of you'' and ''waking up in vegas''
UUMMM??? yer... doesnt every singer need attention? She is just honest. If you dont bring attention to yourself, you will no longer be famous and you will fall into the crowd. DONT TAKE AWAY POINTS FOR HONESTY! and please dont ****ing bring her childhood into the equation.... She cant help that... and she loves jesus.. seen the tattoo??
THAT PERSON WHO TOLD HER SHE IS A DOLL IS SO CORRECT! kATY pERRY WAS MADE INTO A DOLL! literally... They made a few dolls replications of her. =) and if u mean that THE ACTUAL Katy Perry is a doll, cold and plastic then u should watch her concert u stupid haters... and by the way bitch who wrote that hate comment, U stole that doll quote =) just thought i ought to let you know
ANYONE ELSE WHO HATES KATY PERRY, PLEASE REPLY TO ME =) Ill be happy to make u feel like ****. What gives you the right to hate on people you dont even know, without even getting evidence. I hope you are not teaching young people to do the same.
and it makes me laugh that you go onto a website to ''express'' your hate for Katy Perry. Enjoy your lives sour bitches.... If you have one =(
I agree with this article 100% she is really stupid!! and she can't even take people beating her at award shows ugh i hate her with a burning passion and i wish she would die a slow and painful death.. and her music is retarted everytime i hear it i plug my ears or shut it off she really needs to get some singing talented because when she sings live she sounds like a dying rat thing!!
i think it's obvious why she's popular. its just so sad that she is because it speaks volumes about how immoral the world has become. i mean let's face it. it's obvious that this church girl won't be getting into heaven at the rate she's going.
I completely agree with the writer, I too hate Katy Perry. She is nothing but a wannabe and if all the people in the world defended her I would still hate her. I simply hate her...with a burning passion.
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You are so ridiulously right.
For the longest time I thought it was just an ongoing joke kind of thing.. that somehow she became popular with people who have awful taste in music, noone that i actually knew, but that it was an accepted fact she was a total spa, not to mention a dog..
I had started to doubt myself (learnt that some of my friends liked her) but now i'm confident in the knowledge she is, in fact, a sap.
Good one you (:
Who cares? This article is awesome.
Man, too funny. I just wanna know what YOU look like so I can figure out if its more of a physical insecurity.
She probably doesn't even know and/or remember you. And you feel so strongly about her, how sad.
I don't even know her but right now shes got more points than you lady.
haha im not going to react on most point because i believe they have been answered enough by woj5150.
Just going to react on the last 2 points. 1. I have no idea why Zooey Deschanels and Katy Perry's record sales are related in anyway, they just look alike. So people are probably not buying her records because she is dull and Katy is fun and REFRESHING(exclamation points and underlining) not like the endless love songs or bad RnB music.
2. Why she was riding a giant cherry chapstick in a football outfit, just because she's fun, weird and once again refreshing. I think people are finally wanting to see something different and not the same stuff OVER AND OVER again
She sings like Hayley Williams. No thanks!
"drr.lee: its pretty sad how offended people get about someone like her. katy sucks."
"drr.lee-About Me: i hate ****ty music and people who like ****ty music"
LOL! It's pretty sad how offended people get about Katy Perry and people who like Katy Perry. :)
The psychology of h8trz never ceases to amaze me. One could write a thesis.
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