Ten years later, in a list that welcomes absolutely nothing related to clownery , we rank the songs that make up an album that shook the pop industry with its originality, oddity, and ultrafantasy, an album whose influence can still be heard on midsummer-themed playlists, a slow-dancing nanosecond at prom, and in the vivid gestures of pop artists like Dua Lipa or Doja Cat today.
The music video is equally questionable, seemingly venturing into a space that strives too hard to immediately solve deep societal problems, like homophobia or fatphobia, drowning the song in the sort of girl-boss platitudes of that era.
But at a. It yells high school. Listening to the words without imagery presents a labyrinth of correlation. And it works. In an odd fairy-tale-type of way, you want to know how the story ends. So forget about nuance and forget about Kerouac; put both hands in the air and submit to plasticity.
Teenage Dream came to have a good time and to hit it really, really big. Some pop stars spend their whole lives trying to put together a string of hits that amount to a lasting legacy; Katy Perry did it in the first 15 minutes. This album is a crowning achievement, not just of her career but of its style: EDM and disco and pop, bold and belting, entirely processed yet instantly recognizable, robust yet chintzy.
In , having it all was still enough. Get the Sunday Review in your inbox every weekend. Sign up for the Sunday Review newsletter here. Skip to content Search query All Results. All rights reserved. The No. Over the next few years, the record was approached several times. George Michael's Faith came one spot away, scoring a No. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation set a Hot record with seven top five hits, but again, only four No. It wasn't until 10 years ago this week in that an album would finally tie Michael Jackson's hallowed Hot record for No.
It's safe to say that Teenage Dream was a less-probable candidate for five Hot toppers than Bad had been 23 years earlier. Jackson was already the unquestioned King of Pop by the time of Bad , having made myriad other forms of chart history a half-decade earlier with his industry-shifting Thriller, but Perry just had one charted album and one Hot No.
Stomping breakout single "I Kissed a Girl" had taken her to the top spot in July , and subsequent top 10 hits "Hot n Cold" and "Waking Up in Vegas" -- all off 's One of the Boys , her first full LP since rebranding from Katy Hudson -- proved it wasn't a fluke. But Perry, by then established as a star in her own right, saw an opportunity to step things up on her second album, both commercially and artistically.
She saw the ability to make an even better record, and I think a record that she could have her fingerprints all over every single track. Perry and her team also took note of the evolving musical landscape around them -- which, thanks to the rising impact of dance music and the always-expanding influence of hip-hop, had moved top 40 away from the rock-based pop music that had defined the pop star's first mainstream go-round.
The first advance single released from Teenage Dream , 's "California Gurls," would certainly take it that bit further. It was just as propulsive as "I Kissed a Girl," but with a lighter, frothier, and more electronic touch than that previous lead single's bulldozing pop-rock. Luke, and Benny Blanco, was an unapologetically bubblegum fantasia -- albeit with just enough PG edge to keep it out of Radio Disney territory -- packing a '90s throwback vibe, an Adult Candyland-set music video and a knockout chorus that invoked the Beach Boys and G-funk in equal measure.
Inspired in part by the success that native New Yorkers Jay-Z and Alicia Keys had the year before big-upping the Big Apple, Perry's ode set to do the same for her own home state. But the real coup of "California Gurls" was securing a guest verse from one of the state's preeminent musical icons, Snoop Dogg.
Anokute remembers texting with Snoop while on a date with his girlfriend now wife , trying to persuade him to come listen to the track -- and then having to leave her with friends when the rapper decided to pop by the studio. The team was giddy to have Snoop in the building, and he quickly connected with the song's vibe. During an interview in June , Perry confirmed "Teenage Dream" as the second single from the album, and said that the song was about "kind of like feeling that way when you were a teenager: really emotional, really invested.
It's intense being in love and being a teenager. She added, "To me, this year is pretty heavy. I am going to be getting married and putting out this record, and there is so much going on that it's nice to think of those young dreams.
Perry saw many teenage couples at the Kid's Choice Awards and she hoped the song would capture that. She decided to release the song as the second single because it holds a special place in her heart. The song starts with relatively high vocals, with Perry singing in head voice; it also continues during the second verse.
As the track continues, the vocals get stronger and more powerful, "giving a musical indication of the power of the relationship being described", according to Bill Lamb of About. Amos Barshad of New York said that "if not for a bluntly muscular chorus 'You! According to James Montgomery of MTV, the lyrics refer to being in love, and about the feelings of commitment and security that it brings. Bill Lamb of About. He also added, "Technically, Katy Perry is not a phenomenal singer, but she has proven very adept at helping to create phenomenal songs to sing.
While it's still as saccharine sweet as her previous hits, there's also a rather, well, mature quality to it despite the title. That said, we are now mentally preparing ourselves for its ubiquity. After this song and California Gurls charted, Katy Perry became seen as the girl with the blue hair. It was directed by Yoann Lemoine. Prior to the release of the video, a lyric video for the song that included pictures from the shoot was uploaded to Perry's Youtube account on July 26, A second snippet was also released before the video itself on August 5, Katy Perry planned the concept along with the songwriters during the writing sessions of the song.
Pictures from the shoot were released that featured Perry kneeling in the sand looking up at a man played by Josh Kloss wearing orange speedos, while others show her kissing the man in a hotel pool.
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