Katy Perry, 'One of the Boys' (Capitol)

So, did Steve Aoki just forget to put her on the guest list?

"Ur So Gay," the breakout pop single by this former gospel prodigy, has been getting some big gay hype online because it perfectly captures the hipster zeitgeist of 2008 Los Angeles -- a trendy indie-rock mind-set with no discernible message, just a bleating electroclash soundtrack and a closet full of fey neon pants. When Perry wittily eviscerates an ex-boyfriend ("You're so gay and you don't even like boys") over a brassy, hiccupping beat, it's momentarily novel, but soon the song wears as thin as her man. The rest of the album plods with formulaic, hormone-heavy Kelly Clarkson outtakes, or perhaps Liz Phair during her bleak, sparkly descent. Exile in Gayville it ain't.

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Scrawlding

I like her songs. Very cute. But yeah, little kids singing them creep me out. :0

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apanda

seems like "g a y ness" and boyfriends are recurring themes with katy perry. in her other hit single "i kissed a girl" katy sings, "i kissed a girl just to try it, i hope my boyfriend don't mind it".....looks like he did though if she's singing about the same boyfriend, now ex-boyfriend (to be exact) in "ur so " 4 tracks later on this album. fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), "i kissed a girl" is extremely catchy and it's hard not to sing along when you hear it. just the other day, i heard a 5-year-old girl singing "i kissed a girl and i liked it, the taste of her cherry chapstick" who knows.....maybe katy perry will be featured on chapstick commercials soon?