Katy Perry covers the October issue of Harper’s Bazaar in an Asian-inspired shoot. The theme doesn’t stand out on the cover as much as the editorial. Katy thinks she’s super kawaii in real life. At least she’s not committing cultural appropriation again with “geisha style.” This shoot simply favors Japanese gardens as a backdrop. Katy was probably bored, and her poses reflect that attitude.

The interview is more interesting. Katy says Rolling Stone made up her quote about having a baby without a man. She shades pop stars (like Lady Gaga) for talking to their Twitter followers. Katy claims to not care about anything except finding a really smart man. She’s even studying the Dictionary.com app to land this dude:

Her lifestyle: She meditates “five to six times a week and has an “act-out day about every four to six months. I’ll have a cigarette, which I know is absolutely horrible for me, after a few drinks when I’m having a week off. I don’t do black tar heroin.”

Her future love life: “Open. As I’m heading into my 30s I have less time for bullsh-t. I look for the same characteristics: a sense of humor–someone who makes me laugh off the charts– someone who is sensitive, someone who loves and understands music, and who is really smart. A lot of times I’ve ended up with people who have been intimidated by me, unfortunately. They say they’re not, but it comes out in the long run. They’re threatened, or there’s resentment because they don’t know how to handle it.”

She gives “less of a sh-t” as she gets older: “I hear that the 30s are a better version of your 20s, because you know what you want for yourself. I’ve always been very attracted to gentlemen who have quite large vocabularies. One of my favorite apps is the Dictionary.com app.”

On Twitter: “I can go a week without tweeting and be fine. Like I don’t have to say, ‘Goodnight,’ to my followers.” She rolls her eyes.

She loves/hates the internet: “When I do these interviews, a lot of these clips people pull out are like, ‘Katy Perry doesn’t want a man to have babies. I’m like, ‘I didn’t say that. I just said, I’m good.’ Why am I a baby machine? Why can’t I be a mogul? I want to have a baby, sure, but I want to have a career. I want to have a record label. I want to have an incredible tour. So I’m going to have all of those things. Let’s talk about that. It’s like, get out of my ovaries, okay? I’ll do it in time.”

She loses it sometimes: When she’s having an off day, Perry gets “quieter. I can snap a little bit, be a little bitchy to the couple of people around me. Tamra, my assistant, is my closest punching bag. But she’s strong and understands that I have a lot of pressure on me sometimes. But, you know, I went to Santa Barbara, which is my hometown, the other day, and I just drove there, laid out on the beach in my bikini like a starfish, and nobody cared.”

Her fashion: “Whenever the Internet will put me on blast about whatever I wore, I’m like, ‘I ain’t dressin’ for you. I don’t dress for you bloggers who are still wearing bandage dresses.'”

[From Harper’s Bazaar]

Okay, I’m a little mean for chuckling over Katy’s endorsement of the Dictionary.com app since she feels bad about not having a great education. Katy did take a cheap shot at hot blogger fashion, so that makes us even. I don’t know about other bloggers, but I have never worn a bandage dress. Our standard uniforms are sweat pants, yoga pants, and tank tops with the bra built in for convenience. None of this “bandage” stuff.

Katy has a right to be upset about being characterized as a “baby machine” if she didn’t really say that stuff to Rolling Stone. No woman should feel like she has to have a baby, but Katy did play that bait-and-switch game with Rusty Brand years ago.

Oh, and the mean-girl blind item that Taylor Swift offered up yesterday? Katy pretty much outed herself on Twitter. Shade!

Photos courtesy of Harper’s Bazaar