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Katy Perry covers the May issue of Teen Vogue, and yes, she’s still semi-rocking that ubiquitous hair color. As far as the photoshoot goes, Teen Vogue had a blast playing up Katy’s blue hue. I’m amazed that she’s hung onto the same tint job for so long and am wondering if she’ll go violet next. These clothes are cute enough though, and at least Katy’s rack isn’t hanging out all over the place. So that’s some serious editorial restraint on the part of the magazine.
Within the interview, Katy discusses the smash success of her latest single, “Part of Me” (which I still believe is about Russell Brand no matter what she says to the contrary) and her alternatingly avant-garde/trashy and faux-hardcore fashion sense. Also — get this — Katy insists that she’s so tired of being famous because she’s, like, just all about the music. Seriously.
Was she excited about her 7th #1? “Of course! I’m not like, “Ugh, number one again.” It’s funny, though–my label gets so caught up in the statistics, just because they’re excited. But for me, I don’t need to grind it into anyone’s head that I’m popular. If you like my music, great, and if you don’t, whatever. I’m going to keep making it either way. This does feel a bit like the record that never ends. But I wanted to release The Complete Confection for the hard-core fan who wants everything: three new songs, the remixes, and it’s all in a cute little package.”
On acting: “There was a time when I was going to be involved in The Help–just a small part, I wasn’t going to be Emma Stone or anything–but I couldn’t because the shooting schedule conflicted with the release of my record. And I was upset about that; I knew it was going to be an important film. Not that I need to do drama first, but I do want to do something that makes a strong impression. You don’t really get off the hook being a musician first … I feel like the stakes are really high.”
On glamour: “I don’t like to take fashion too seriously. I love it, and I am so grateful when big brands want to associate with me, but mostly I just want to take chances and have fun and truly live. And sometimes that means wearing some ridiculous, cat-inspired outfit rather than whatever happens to be in this season.”
Her style influences: “I love Agyness Deyn, Chloë Sevigny, Daphne Guinness, Natalie Wood, Judy Jetson, and Wonder Woman. They have the ability to adapt and evolve and change. Like, I’m still doing the pinup thing, but now when I do it, I want to be the pinup of the future, like Rachael in Blade Runner. But I’ve always been quirky–it probably started when I was nine years old, and my father used to wake me up at seven every Saturday morning to take me to garage sales. I couldn’t afford the clothes that the other girls at school were wearing, so instead I looked for things that were unique to me.”
On fame: “I’m tired of being famous already! But I’m not tired of creating. Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do. It’s quite a delicate creature– it’s a wild animal of sorts. It can love you, and then it can attack you. I still want to be as approachable and relatable as possible–when I meet fans and they’re crying, I’ll say, ‘Calm down, there’s nothing to cry about. I’m not going to bite you or attack you or grant you three wishes. Let’s just hang out and have a good time.’ But really, I stopped focusing on what other people think a while ago. If you try to be everything to everyone, you’ll only end up completely confused.”
[From Teen Vogue]
Bloody hell. Can you imagine if Katy had actually been featured in The Help? We’d never hear the end of it if she actually was part of an Oscar-nominated production. Otherwise, I can’t believe Katy’s actually complaining about fame since her team’s business model seems to solely consist of famewhoring through the quirkiest means possible to reach the maximum possible exposure. How on earth can one shoot whipped cream and firecrackers from their boobs and still complain about the annoyance of fame? I doubt that Katy’s trying to be ironic with her comments and has probably actually conned herself into thinking she’s a true artist. You know, a true artist who plants herself next to a hot male model and encourages a fauxmance just to generate publicity.
During the rest of the interview, Katy also talks more about her ill-fated 3-D movie, but I didn’t include that excerpt because it didn’t seem like many of you were interested in the trailer. Here’s the rest of the photoshoot, which really isn’t that bad at all.
Photos courtesy of Teen Vogue
Written by Bedhead
Posted in Delusional, Katy Perry
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I get so tired of celebs saying they hate the fame and blah blah but then they are out there plugging everything they can and for Pete sakes this woman runs around in candy for underwear- as an outfit!- but it’s not for the attention.Um yeah, ok, Sure. LMAO! Let’s take away her fame and see what she says then.
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co-sign.
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what Tify said
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well said..
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All of this. You know people who don’t really care about fame? Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly; Sarah McLachlan and Alanis. They do their shit and keep it moving.
This ho is with RiRi swinging from chandeliers and getting drunk and what not and we’e supposed to believe that mess?
And doe she really have a movie coming out? Is she a special snowflake or what?
Bitch please.
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this.
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Exactly! Let’s face it, only a complete attention whore would dress like a hooker and dye her hair bright blue.
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15,14,13,12…….
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Yes, clearly she’s a shy introvert who just wants to make music…please! She’s all about fame and image.
Or she’s just saying this now because she’s gotten some negative attention due to her personal life, and suddenly fame is “disgusting”.
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You nailed it! Seriously, when I read that…it was cringe-inducing. Give me an effin’ break!
** Scratching my head ** Does she really believe people are buying this BS? REALLY?! I’m so over her..I’m bored.
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yeah she’s so disgusted by fame she hawking a movie she made about herself and her life?
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and I thought ‘disgusting’ was referring to the by product of blue dye, which has obviously seeped into her narcissitic brain cavity
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If not for fame, she wouldn’t be making any money from “what I do,” and would be a Hooters girl instead.
If she doesn’t like being famous, I sure as hell won’t miss her when she fades away.
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If it’s all about the music, when is hse actually going to make some?!
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lol
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I know, right??? Her lyrics make me absolutely cringe. I’m embarrassed for her. It’s all throwaway junk, and that’s the stuff that doesn’t have some lame hook like her honking like a goose on “Firework”. How does the producer listen to this stuff a million times and not shoot himself in the head?
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Absolutely this^
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When I’m out and about somewhere and “Fireworks” starts playing, I start to panic. I know I need to find a way to get out of there before that awful chorus starts putting me at risk of becoming a homicidal maniac, making me a danger to myself and others.
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you made my day!
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I love the long white gown with the blue. And I’d like me in it, fantabulous, and I even have a party coming up I could wear it to .. Hmmmm.
I think I have a plan! Probably that plan consists of finding out how much it costs and lamenting, but it’s a plan regardless!!
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That blue hair suits her very well.
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Thank god she finally touched up those roots!! I don’t mind the blue hair but if you are going to rock a color like that touch it up weekly.
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I wonder if the blue has some meaning to her. I heard white is Russel’s new thing…
Dear, oh dear… suppose he hears from some “lifestyle guru” that white is all positive and blue is all blah and negative; then she goes: “Why, I love blue, I was going to dye m hair blue!”
TaNaNaaaaa… Hence the split.
Makes perfect sense to me.
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AGREE 100%! I can deal with it, but not with roots showing all the time, which she seemed to have most of the time! The roots showing completely ruin the look.
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I actually love that shade, but it needs to be kept totally rich, not having natural hair color showing anywhere, or fading.
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I had that exact same hair color in 1990. I called it “My Little Pony Blue”. Kept it about 6 months and finally had to let it go for work purposes. Fun while it lasted though.
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Bitch f*cking please.
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SAY WHAT?!
on another note,
that white-blue oscar de la renta gown…
OMG ME WANT!
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sit down, please! what else does she do besides famewhore around? “music”? those two are intertwined. she’s either a total hypocrite or totally unaware.
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Trust me Katy, you are not the only one who wishes you weren’t famous!!!!!
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She’s a disgusting by-product of the music industry and media putting fame before talent. She should do us all a favor and disappear. She can take her “complete confection” of fake #1 singles and atonal singing and stick it where the sun don’t shine!
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I’m completely with you on this one!!
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LOL singers who want to avoid fame can, Look at Kate Bush who releases albums few and far between with NO performances, NO televised interviews or anything and is still successful.
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I love love LOVE all of these clothes. That white and black number needs to be in my closet right now.
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If it is just all about the music she can go back to her church choir.
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Katy needs to calm her d-ck; you wanted to be famous and commercially successful. That’s why you got off the career path of Christian singer that no one cared about to…well whatever this ‘look’ is now. I cannot with these people.
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She thinks she’s Kurt fucking Cobain.
Fame is not the bi-product of her shitty music. The continual success of her shitty music is a bi-product of her fame.
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omg bless
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Blending In
Step One: lose the blue hair
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If she really hated fame so much, she wouldn’t stay in the business. It’s just like a guy and/or girl stating how they used to be really ugly when they wee going up, but meanwhile they are drop dead gorgeous. Oh, please….
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Co-Sign to you All!!!
Katy attracts what she puts out. She thinks her fans are hysterical lunatics? Really Katy? Well that’s because that’s what you attract. This is just her pretending to herself that she didn’t create her own reality. The tackyness, the negativity, the vacuity, the meaninglessness, ALL ARE HER. What she sees as her “fame” is just the reflection of herself in a mirror. That’s what fame is, it’s a shadow of what you put out there. If she thinks it’s grotesque, it’s only because she is.
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Ditto the co-sign Jane and your comment. this is possibly the best thread of comments on any article on the internet EVER!
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I heard her voice on a television commercial the other night. Not being able to instantly access the remote and mute it, I wanted to punch myself in the face. If she looked like Kelly Clarkson and didn’t parade her boobs around she wouldn’t be complaining about fame, she’d be serving burgers at McDonalds.
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Yes yes!!! One time when I had to spend a few hours at a mall that played her songs on a loop I wore noise canceling headphones! Not kidding and that bitch’s shrieks still seeped into my ears. She’s like a swarm of locusts.
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The headline could also read:
BREAKING: KATY PERRY THINKS PEOPLE ARE STUPID!
This is the bitch that launched her career with the quote, “I’m skinnier than Lily Allen and fatter than Amy Winehouse”
Katy GTFO!
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both lily and amy are way, way more talented than she could ever dream of becoming
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Love the white and blue gown. It wouldn’t look good on me, but I still find it pretty.
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Oh, my. This is too funny. Pop stars seek out as much attention as they can get. She’s not an Adele. She is a pop star. No need to start playing it all highbrow now about I am “only” about the music. God, all these young pop stars slay me. Madonna was unabashadedly shameless about it all. Madonna is the Hilary Clinton of the pop world. She rarely whined and took her knocks and got back up and forged on, ignoring the naysayers. Katy is sounding like the Sarah Palin of the popworld. LOL These new little poptartlets whine about everything, fame is bad, big announcement – I’m not giving interviews for a long time (Gaga), or spend so much time “TRYING” to shock that it’s hysterical. Katy is kind of generic, just fun, frothy pop, with somewhat of a grating voice. Katy has a limited shelf life. She better grab it while she can.
Glenn Close was spot on when she recently said there will be another Madonna, that there’s no one like her. I am beginning to realize not even a close second as an overall pop package.
I agree with everyone. That gown is gorgeous.
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I don’t have much else to add here other than applaud and nod in agreement to all comments.
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The Help is so f*cking overrated.
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There are people that do things for the arts – and there are people that do it for the fame and money- she is the second
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plain and simple i dislike her and her bff rihanna…shame cause i use to be big fans of both…just seems like they both have gotten very arrogant and cocky
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she is soooo boring….and cannot sing.. why is she famous? how much longer do I have to see her?
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Ugh. Bitch, please. That’s all I have to say about that.
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Yes Katy, you’re SUCH a good singer.. you just need your voice to be memorable! that’s why you dye your hair blue, you dress like a cheap hooker, your boobs are always on display and you’re on every magazine..just because fame is disgusting! without all that no one would even know you because YOU CAN’T SING!! surpriseeee!
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Agree with everyone; sadly, nev, we will continue to be afflicted with her for awhile; her label has the money to bribe/cajole radio stations/networks, etc. to put her goofy brainless head and toneless warbling on. If she doesn’t like fame, follow P J Harvey’s path; m i feel for you that’s why I try to avoid mall shopping shitty piped in music and rude people everywhere.
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She could always go back to releasing flop gospel albums, no one was checking for her then.
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Dude, The Help is just another white saviour movie, just like The Other Side, what’s so important about that?
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Doesn’t she put in her rider that the chauffeur isn’t allowed to look her in the eye unless directed to. And by no means should there be ANY white carnations! Yes, this is definately someone who wants to be approachable and relatable. Give me a break. I just hate how she thinks she is all that and a bag of chips. When she did that awful “Ninjas in Paris” I wanted to throw up and then ask Jay Z, “How can you let her get away with this.” She thought she owned it.
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God who is she kidding. She loves it. She needs to make the most of it while it lasts, cause I feel like she has extended her use by date.
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Fame is what she does…the disgusting by-product would be the *music*.
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Ha!
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Agreed!
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ARGH, the hair! I need sunglasses just looking at this moron! I mean, what is she trying to do?! Become a smurf? Because there is no way those little guys will let her into their village. Smurfette is obviously WAY sexier!
Anyway, back on topic. Katy is one of the main fame seekers in the world, I mean she married Russel Brand for goodness sake. She’s lying, don’t listen to a word she says. She can’t even sing!
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Of course she didn’t mind fame when she was whoring out her relationship with Russell on twitter, etc. but now that the attention is more negative, she’s tired of it. I have a suggestion, get out of game if you can’t handle it.
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