Did Katy Perry diss Beyonce and Shakira while talking up a Rihanna collaboration?

A few weeks ago Katy Perry was prancing around Paris Fashion Week and got herself linked up (gossip-wise) with the highest-paid male male model in the world, Baptiste Giabiconi. At the time, many of you found the idea quite amusing because Baptiste is widely known as the muse to Karl Lagerfeld, which may or may not carry certain other implications. Further, the photos of Baptiste and Katy sitting in the front row of the Chanel show seemed to indicate that these two were not interested in each other at all.

Well Katy’s been hanging out in London over the past few days, and throughout this post, I’ve included photos of the various “wacky” outfits that she’s worn around town. But more important to our current interests is the fact that (according to the Fame/Flynet photo agency) she and Baptiste arrived together in a Eurostar in London on Monday. So are they just feeding the rumors, or are they truly seeing each other? Who knows. Whatever the case, I think Katy has moved towards using a blue wig instead of touching up her own roots.

In the meantime, here’s some more Katy-oriented drama. The blue-haired one has been accused of dissing Beyonce and Shakira by telling BBC Radio 1 that their song, “Beautiful Liar,” is essentially the exact opposite of what she wants to record during her rumored future collaboration with Rihanna. Here’s the dress that Katy wore during the interview as well as her slightly sanctimonious words that have launched a mini-controversy:

Diva dis!

Katy Perry made a subtle dig at fellow pop superstar Beyonce during a recent interview with BBC Radio 1 (via PopDust).

Perry, 27, is in the midst of planning a duet with her BFF Rihanna. “We’ve collaborated on a lot of things, but just not songs yet,” the “Part of Me” singer said. “It’s one of those things that’s got so much build up that we have to deliver.”

And Perry she knows just what she doesn’t want the song to sound like. “I want it to be like that Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin song ‘Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves,'” she said of a classic female empowerment tune from 1985. “Not ‘Beautiful Liar.'”

“Beautiful Liar” would be Beyonce’s smash 2007 collaboration with Shakira, which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Perry added of her not-yet-record Rihanna ditty: “How disappointed would you be if that song came out and it’s no good? Sometimes you have to wait for greatness.”

[From Us Magazine]

Miss Katy sounds so sure of herself, doesn’t she? Kaiser thinks she’s completely “full of herself,” which is certainly the case, but I don’t know why we’d expect otherwise from a spoiled pop princess. Yet this may not be the diss that Us is making it out to be. If I understand the meaning of “Beautiful Liar” correctly (and I don’t claim to know that much about pop music), the lyrics reference two women who (unbeknownst to each other) are dating the same man, and when they discover this fact, both women decide he’s not worth it and dump his sorry ass. So all Katy is really saying is that she’d prefer to forgo that kind of backstory and just crank out a more straightforward female empowerment tune instead. Of course, Katy and Rihanna will probably screw it up, but we’ll have to wait and see.

As far as the “controversy” with Katy’s statement is concerned, it really doesn’t exist at all. Honestly, the only surprise in this story is that Katy chose to mention Beyonce’s collaboration with Shakira instead of taking aim at Beyonce and Lady Gaga’s “Telephone.” Now that would’ve been a diss.

Here’s Katy with a softer-looking hairdo that doesn’t seem nearly as wiggy as in the above photos. I’m thinking this is her more “natural” blue hair, which doesn’t look that bad in these pin curls at all.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

51 Responses to “Did Katy Perry diss Beyonce and Shakira while talking up a Rihanna collaboration?”

Comments are Closed

We close comments on older posts to fight comment spam.

  1. anya says:

    I personally love Beautiful Liar! Does Katy think she’s in the same league as Aretha and Annie? Too easy

    • Leikyn says:

      And if she did a song similar to “Beautiful Liar” everyone would say she was trying to rip off Shakira and Beyonce and does she think she’s in the same league as them. The girl can’t win. I like Katy Perry. She’s cute and bouncy. She’s not especially deep, she’s more honest than some, and after a long day sometimes I want “Last Friday Night” over “Rolling In The Deep”.

  2. paola says:

    If she had half of the talent Beyoncè and Shakira have.. then she could talk! I think katy Perry is the most overrated singer of our time and it’s a shame that many young artist out there struggle to sell their music when katy is selling records worldwide with absolutely no singing skills.

    • paola says:

      And probably, if Rihanna and katy Perry found out they were dating the same guy they would go for a threesome 😀

    • Mi says:

      Amen!!

    • Tapioca says:

      Talent they HAD.

      While Beyonce has a passable singing voice and owns the stage whilst performing live, her now near-legendary thievery of other artists’ songs, imagery and choreography overshadows any genuine talent she might have had.

      Similarly, Shakira USED to be a great pop-rock singer, now she’s a piss-blonde glorified stripper dancing round a pole to a lame-arse Pitbull track and antagonising sea-life.

      Obviously, Rihanna + Katy Perry = Dreadful, but Beautiful Liar only made number 1 in the UK after they rush-released a dance remix. The original version of the song was recieved with an almighty “meh”!

      • Minty says:

        I’m not condoning it, but Beyonce’s thievery is exactly what Madonna has regularly done to stay relevant in the cutthroat music industry. The difference, of course, is that Beyonce can actually sing. When she was taking breaks from ripping off Classic Hollywood, Madonna paid more talented people (songwriters, producers, choreographers, video directors) to make her look good. These days, they aren’t succeeding.

        As for Katy, I lost what little respect I had for her when I saw the California Gurls video. Talk about taking Candy Land and childhood imagery and sexualizing it. But she, Rihanna, and Madonna do what mediocre talents have always done: Let’s distract people with sex/spectacle/manufactured controversy so they’ll forget how vocally challenged you really are.

      • Tiffany says:

        I agree, Madonna did steal a lot of her music and images as well. Even over looking the obvious (Marilyn, Marlene Dietrich, etc.), she had the song “Frozen” banned in Belgium because she was found guilty of plagiarising.

      • Minty says:

        @Tiffany:

        Yes, exactly. Frozen plagiarized a song by Salvatore Acquaviva. The album Erotica is banned in Lebanon because 2 of its songs sampled without permission a song by Lebanese singer Fairuz, who sued Madonna for plagiarism. Her lyrics for Sky Fits Heaven (Ray Of Light album) ripped off a poem recited in a 1990s Gap commercial!

        Madonna was sued by the son of deceased photographer Guy Bourdin, for plagiarizing his father’s photos in her Hollywood video. They reached an undisclosed settlement. Years earlier, she did the same thing in her Vogue video. She copied the photos of famous Old Hollywood portrait photographers like Horst P. Horst (who wasn’t happy because he never gave her permission and she never gave him credit), George Hurrell, Clarence Sinclair Bull, Laszlo Willinger, and others. They didn’t sue her because most of them were dead. The few still alive at the time were very old and possibly didn’t have the strength and energy to get into a legal battle.

        Express Yourself heavily copied the film Metropolis. Justify My Love copied from The Night Porter. In her Cherish video, she totally ripped off Brigitte Bardot’s wet-dress-at-the-beach look from And God Created Woman. Her video for Love Profusion ripped off Billie Piper’s Honey To The Bee video. This Used To Be My Playground ripped off Boy George’s To Be Reborn video. These can be verified on YouTube, which Madonna stans won’t ever bother to do.

        Sorry for the long post. I know this is a thread about Katy Perry/Rihanna, but Madonna paved the way for them and other mediocre pop acts that followed. She taught them that you don’t have to be a good singer, you just have to copy better and lesser-known artists (Beyonce was listening). Lack of talent won’t matter. As long as you sell a sexed up, porno-esque image and act “controversial”, enough people will buy it. I did for a while, when I was a foolish, impressionable teenager. Madonna is no longer getting away with it as much, because the sexy/in-your-face/rebellious pose works more effectively when you’re attractive and young.

        Madonna has some nerve calling Gaga reductive when she’s guilty of the same thing. If the internet existed when Madonna first started, more people would know what a thieving hack she really is.

    • someone says:

      the term “singer” should be used loosely when referring to Katy perry. I’ve watched some live videos of her ok YouTube…let’s just say there’s a reason she’s always talking about her boobs…and you’re right it really sucks how many talented people are out there and instead people like KPerry are chosen…

    • Maya says:

      You said it, perfectly.

    • Tiffany says:

      Katy’s voice is so harsh and shrill, I can’t stand it. She has the worst voice in popular music today, IMO (which is saying a lot). Even her recorded and touched up vocals are hideous. Live is even worse. So, so truly bad.

  3. Flan says:

    Ugh. Why would she want to colaborate with Rihanna?

    She’s been acting like a particularly vicious and immature twelve year old the last few months.

    • paola says:

      Because they are best friends and they both are 12 years old!

    • Marjalane says:

      Oh it’s a perfect pairing! They both have crap voices, (c’mon, Rihanna can’t do squat without auto tune) they both have hideous taste in men, (and clothing…) and they both like to walk around with their tits hanging out. Match made in pop princess heaven.

      • Flan says:

        Okay, okay.

        You both have a point.

        Though I used to think Rihanna the better one, after the whole ricecake incident, she seems the worst out of all of them.

    • Ainsley says:

      They both do tons of collabos because they can’t deliver on their own. Almost every song has a remix with a rapper thrown on it. They don’t have the talent or star power to do it alone.

  4. marie says:

    her music annoys me..

    • gg says:

      It more than just annoys me. Makes me want to tear her blue hair out. And it’s not a wig – it’s clip-on blue bangs. The rest of it is still coming up dirty blonde at the roots.

  5. MorticiansDoItDeader says:

    I’m sorry, but I just can’t look at Karl Lagerfeld or, his “muse,” Baptiste without thinking about this VERY disturbing blind.

    http://m.gawker.com/5894973/which-sexpig-designer-buys-male-hookers-in-industrial-quantities

  6. lisa says:

    Perry, Rihanna and greatness will never go together.
    Hint Katy.
    You need talent first.

  7. Lis says:

    I don’t think she was dissing Bey, but considering what some people here say about Bey, it’d be pretty hyprocritical for them to go after Perry on this one.

    • Happy21 says:

      Nor do I. I think she was saying they would be doing a song of empowermnent not necessarily doing a song where the women singing are pitted against each other over a guy – like Brandy & Monica’s The Boy is Mine too.

      I couldn’t say I’m a huge fan of Katy Perry but I do think she is fun and has some pretty fun songs. Rhianna on the other hand lost me as a part-time fan in the last couple of years.

  8. paola says:

    What happened with Keri Hilson??

    • tweety says:

      Keri Hilson has repeatedy dissed Beyonce in the past and always gets dragged on twitter because of it.

  9. Franny says:

    I think she is wearing a partial wig…or something along those lines. The bangs and the first inch of hair is not hers, but then you can see the roots in the rest of her hair.

    • Darlene says:

      I think they are clip-on bangs. It’s not a full wig; you’re right, you can see her roots in the back.

    • Naye in VA says:

      and its absolutely TERRIBLE> i get that the blue har is supposed to be different that doesnt mean it has to look so cheap. like if you cant find weave that matches you should just forego the color. you’d think her weaved up bestie would give her a heads up

      • gg says:

        Her expensively weaved up bestie is having massive hair issues herself, despite spending $$$$$$$$$s on it. Can’t understand the 3-inch black roots on a new weave.

      • Naye in VA says:

        dude i have no clue how she pulled that off unless the hair on the very top is hers and blended well into the pieces below. THAT mess is a whole story altogether but at LEAST we are no longer subjected to the ever growing cockatoo of 2009. i was begging please somebody tell Riri she needs a haircut lol

  10. Adrien says:

    “Oh Beyonce Beyonce, Shakira Shakira, Ay”

    ~Hmmm, Katy does have a point.

  11. Mitch Buchanan Rocks says:

    Shakira’s voice usually sounds like nails on a chalkboard or a bleating goat (no offense to goats, they are wonderful creatures) the song beautiful liar is not bad and is the first Beyonce song I’ve ever listened to.

  12. Jacq says:

    I don’t think the statement is controversial. The idea of doing a song in which Rhianna knows when to leave a man is laughable. That Rhianna could be involved in a song about female empowerment is downright hilarious.

  13. Gia says:

    This chick has unwisely believed her own hype…and I use the word ‘hype’ very loosely. She will not be around too much longer. I wish she would realize that and just enjoy the ride. All the coke probable doesn’t help either. It will turn any decent human being into an a$$hole.

  14. Ainsley says:

    “Beautiful Liar” wasn’t great, but Katy Perry isn’t qualified to comment on anything. This idiot’s label bought her a few hits and now she thinks she’s God’s gift to the world. She’s a talentless, arrogant, obnoxious witch. Have you heard her live vocals lately? Horrible. And to compare herself in any way to Aretha and Annie…someone push her down the stairs for me!

  15. ol cranky says:

    I guess the call as to whether it was a diss should be based on who brought up “Beautiful Liar” . If the interviewer specifically asked about it, it’s not necessarily a diss but if she’s the one who brought it up, then it was a diss. The classy way to have answered if the interviewer was the one to bring up the other song would have been “no, we’d like to do something that has the energy and vibe more like “sisters are doing it for themselves” but Perry doesn’t come off as someone who thinks too much before she speaks

  16. Bronson says:

    She’s not wearing a wig in the first photos – she’s wearing a clip-in fringe / bangs piece.

  17. Michele says:

    When will she get over this silly blue hair phase? In some of the pictures, it looks like she has clip on bangs. I’m so bored with the crazy hair and ridiculous costumes.

  18. Tessa says:

    She’s seriously trying to compare her and Rihanna to Aretha Franklin and “sisters are doing it for themselves” lol they only thing worse is that these Two crappy singers teaming up to further hurt our ears:(

  19. Sweettart says:

    First, I have to say, I actually do like Katy Perry’s music. 😛

    I just think she is a trainwreck in progress in her personal life.

    So far her songs have been about superficial, teeny bopper topics. Fun, but superficial.

    If she thinks she’s going to write something with more depth to equal Aretha Franklin, she’s going to have to have something in her to pull from.

    Right now, I don’t see that happening based on her public gyrations. And the fact that she would try to collaborate on something like that with her BFF, who always looks like she’s on drugs and went back to a jerk that beat the crap out of her is *ridiculous.*

  20. Kim says:

    We’ll be waiting a lifetime for greatness from Katy. She has ZERO talent.

  21. Beatriz says:

    And how is her making the same generic pop tunes only focusing on her sex appeal any more empowering to women? This woman is ridiculous.

  22. jham says:

    a blue-haired woman with a slightly more-than-a-year-long-marriage and penchant for claiming christian while jacking whipped cream-cannon breasts and a girl who parades around the street with breasts, butt and everything shy of her x-rays exposed and is still not-so-quietly screwing the guy who beat her to a pulp and refuses to even apologize or discuss the matter… these are the ones to deliver a female empowerment message?! really?! gfy to both of these skanks… and heaven help the girls who actually admire them

  23. Sunlily says:

    What Gene Simmons just said about Rihanna, now that was a diss!

  24. Stephen says:

    Beyonce’s voice isn’t merely “passable”, the woman has vocal skills, but in studio and live. Shakira can sing too. As for Katy Perry, she isn’t a vocalist, even Rihanna can sing better(which isn’t a good thing)

  25. lileneboheme says:

    Does Katy not know how many fans worldwide Beyonce and Shakira BOTH have? Stupid move Katy, people will bring this up forever.

  26. Shannon says:

    What do people find appealing about Katy Perry? No, really, I need to know, there has to be something I’m missing. I get people want something superficial and fun and aren’t particularly concerned with the person having a good voice (I thought Britney cornered that market?) but come on! Her voice is absolutely horrible! The cliche little innocent candy girl with a naughty side is just sad, so so sad. I’m not a huge Beyonce fan, but I do think she has talent, and while it is a very different style, Shakira is a very talented (and incredibly intelligent) woman as well. Two women who manage to keep it together and enjoy success vs. two women who behave like spoiled, oblivious children. I actually felt for Rihanna after the whole Chris Brown mess, but as a survivor of abuse it’s like a slap in the face. I know, I know, but when your fan base are young girls like it or not, you’re a role model. That goes for you too, Katy. Empowered, independent women everywhere would like you both to put your big girl panties on…and some pants and a shirt while you’re at it.