Katy Perry will not give up until she beats Michael Jackson - listen to her new single 'Part of Me' now!

"Sir I'm afraid this is for first class passengers only"

Oh Katy Perry.

Maybe it's her ruthless and insatiable desire for success.  Maybe it's that she just broke up with her husband and wants to prove he's missing out.  Or maybe she's just a vapid cog in her management team's moneymaking scheme.  But regardless of the reason, Katy is soldiering on in her quest to shatter the record for most number 1 singles from an album.  And that, friends, means 'Teenage Dream' is getting re-released, BECAUSE OF COURSE IT IS.

'Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection" is the star's last ditch attempt at landing a giant, noteworthy chart record of her very own.  She recently tied none other than THE ACTUAL MICHAEL JACKSON, who until recently was the only artist in history to notch 5 number ones from a single LP, but obviously Katy won't settle for second best unless we're talking about men or album producers. 

It almost happened a couple weeks ago, but things didn't go quite as planned for 'The One That Got Away,' Katy's last single, though it did make it all the way to #3 before it sputtered out.  But NEVER FEAR, POP FANS - since the words "flogged to death" mean nothing in this day and age, the entire parent album is being retooled, some mixes added, and of course, it will feature a BRAND NEW TRACK which may very well set the charts alight.

Whether new single 'Part Of Me' will hit the top is still to be determined, of course, but even if it does it will likely have a dubious place in the record books.  Does having 6 #1 singles from an album really count if one of them wasn't even on the album in the first place? (everyone: "NO.")

Our guess is Katy Perry's management thinks so, and so will just about every press release that Capitol Records chucks out for the next year if they pull this thing off.

In any case, the new track is "very good" in that way that Katy Perry songs are "very good" if you like Katy Perry.  If you don't, you probably aren't reading this post anyway, so we'll just save the typing and get right to the preview:



"so there's that then."

Ok Katy Perry's 'Last Friday Night' video is awesome and we need to talk about it

KATY PERRY KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A VIDEO AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO ALL ACCEPT.

Ok we know we've been kind of hard on Katy, but we think that if we are all honest with ourselves we know exactly why.  She's always come off kind of snotty, and had a forced "OH MY GOD YOU GUYS I'M SUPER FUN AND WILL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A HANDY-J IF YOU BUY ME SHOTS" vibe.  Plus she married that hairy scarecrow thing.

So it has been with a certain amount of dismay and dread that we have watched the whole promo campaign for 'Last Friday Night' unfold.  First there was the literally epic single cover that showed up on "the blogs."  Then there was the cute little teaser that introduced the world to KP's alter ego - the nerdy outcast with thousands of dollars of corrective dental gear named Katy Beth Terry.  We knew the day would come when the video would come out in full, and that on that day our WORLD AS WE KNEW IT MAY BE CHANGED FOREVER.

And today, dear readers, is that day.

For there are a lot of amazing things in this song, and more importantly there are a lot of amazing things happening in this video.  In fact, a rather large proportion of all the things in the video clip are actually amazing.  95%, to be exact.

There is the wheelchair kid from Glee who somehow learned how to walk for this clip, there is Hanson, there is DEBBIE GIBSON, there is Kenny G, and in a SURPRISE TWIST there is Katy Perry being an actually tolerable person. 

Katy Perry's Last Friday Night Music Video from Katy Perry

Dammit.  Now we have to like her.

Katy Perry is funny and likeable in her new video - watch the teaser for 'Last Friday Night' now!

Syphilis.

We have sort of a love/hate relationship with Katy Perry.  In fact, you might say that our feelings toward her are Hot and Cold (Ed Note: this is terrible.  DELETE.).  But not only is her new song 'Last Friday Night' kind of great, she's begun teasing what promises to be a genuinely amusing clip for the new single.  This is VERY DISCONCERTING for us, as we were quite comfortable in our haughty disdain for the sugary starlet.

While she never took herself seriously in the way Gaga has of late ("EVERYTHING I SAY IS VERY IMPORTANT "), KP always gave off the impression that she took not taking herself seriously very seriously ("NOTHING I SAY IS IMPORTANT AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW I THINK THAT") which is maybe even more annoying.  Because, as any kid on a family vacation to a water park can tell you, forced fun is infinitely worse than no fun at all.

But here we have Katy "bringing the LOLz" and such, and that throws a giant glittery monkeywrench in our Well-Oiled Machine of Largely Unwarranted Hate.  And we will never forgive her for making us like her.

And now the Katy perry video - watch the premiere now!

This is what Russell Brand sees

Following on from our earlier post that had nothing to do with Katy Perry, here is a post COMPLETELY ABOUT KATY PERRY.

Apparently she has a new video or something, for a thing called 'E.T' and it is KIND OF AMAZING in spite of featuring Kanye West.


Here it is:



And there it was.

Katy Perry makes cancer better in new video for 'Firework' - watch now!

Katy Perry took a break from terrorizing India with her wedding to film a video for new (and not completely terrible) single 'Firework,' the third taken from her 'Teenage Dream' album.   Shot in sunny Budapest, there is some nice camera work and Katy herself looks remarkably good, but the "plot" is super self-congratulatory and QUITE A BIT RIDICULOUS. 

A lot of LIFE AFFIRMING boxes get ticked in this baby... hot gay boys making out because KATY SAYS IT'S OK, an overweight girl making peace with herself because KATY SAYS IT'S OK, dancing amongst dangerous explosives in an architectural landmark because KATY SAYS IT'S OK and a girl dying of cancer but everything is fine because KATY SAYS IT'S OK.   

Thank you, Katy.  Thank you for the hope.



'Firework' is out now for download.

Let's all take a look at how the Katy Perry album did, shall we? (Hint: NOT VERY WELL)

We here at ScopiSat have mixed feelings about Miss Perry and the ridiculous things she says/wears/does/has sex with, and apparently the record-buying public does as well. 

Just a week ago, "industry insiders" and the like were championing Katy Perry's new LP 'Teenage Dream' as one of the sure-fire can't-misses of the year.  Accordingly, her label EMI shipped a million physical copies to retailers all over the country, in the standard practice of shipping twice the product you expect to sell the first week out.  Analysts had predicted anywhere between 400,000 and 700,000 sales, so the million unit shipment would be about right on.

Well, we're guessing some of those analysts will be serving you your double tall mocha capp with no whip at Starbucks next week, because Miss Perry's first week album sales came in at....wait for it... 192,000.  Now, keep in mind this includes about 35,000 digital downloads of the long-play, meaning that out of those million units sent to shops, about 160,000 were sold.  That is.... less than spectacular.

It's a shame on one hand, because the album has some great moments on it.  On the other hand it's actually a perfect outcome - an album that is half good sold half of the projection.

Katy Perry does a ballad and it works somehow. We are as surprised as you are - listen now!

What are the words you think of when you think of Katy Perry?  If you're anything like us, it's words like "cheap hair dye" and "genital herpes,"  but we think we speak for everyone when we say that "effective" and "balladeer"  are not among them.  That all may change with new single 'Teenage Dream,' which manages to shoehorn the K.P. trademark sound into a ballad form in a way 'Waking Up In Vegas' attempted but failed miserably at.  After the all-conquering 'California Gurls' and now this, it seems Miss Perry might actually be here to stay.  While that prospect terrifies us, we can at least take some comfort that with every single she releases, Valtrex stock doubles in value.

Katy Perry shows us her 'California Gurrls' in new video - watch the premiere now!

Ah, always classy, this one... True to form, Katy's got all sorts of debauchery and nonsense up in her new video.  There are COLORS and BOOBS and COLORFUL BOOBS and Jell-o for some reason.

It's actually quite fun, and matches the unapologetically pop sound of the track perfectly.  It's also one of the few songs we don't mind having a completely pointless rap on.  Somehow the whole thing just....works.



Out now in the US and from June 21 in the UK.

The new Katy Perry sounds like a Ke$ha B-Side :( - listen to the premiere of 'California Gurls' now!

We love 'Hot and Cold.'  We really do.  We even liked 'I Kissed a Girl' for a few days back in '08.  And even if 'Waking Up In Vegas' was the aural equivalent of a root canal performed in a back alley, at least Katy Perry's "Katy Perry-ness" came out in it.  Unfortunately that's not something we can say about her new track 'California Gurls' (yes, with a "u" instead of an "i" because she is "hip" and "sTrEeT," and also because that's how she spelled it one day and since she's famous no one wanted to correct her). 

'Gurls' (shudder) does update Perry's sound a bit, adding in the rave-y 90's synths that are becoming all the rage, but at the same time somehow loses any sense of identity in the process.  In fact, if we heard this and didn't have any background or source identification, we'd guess it was a Ke$ha track. 

Still, there are worse things we could be listening to.  There could be a new Black Eyed Peas album, for instance.  Or something from Nickelback.  So we'll take this mediocre slice of crowd-pleasing paint-by-the-numbers pop, but with the hopes that Miss Perry's new album skews a little less obvious, and includes a little more of the personality that made her a star. 

Let's take a little listen, shall we?



Ugh, never mind, it's kind of good. 

Dammit.

Out to radio now, to download soon (the radio date had to be moved up because of leaks so the download date is a bit in limbo), and an album will follow in August.

Timbaland and Katy Perry mug for the cameras in 'If We Ever Meet Again' video - watch now

This is a tough one for ScopiSat.  We love Timbaland.  We also tend to hate Timbaland.  We really enjoy 'Hot n Cold' but, more often than not, can't stand Katy Perry.  You might even say we're hot and then we're..... no we're not going to say that.  Anyway this video for the TimbaPerry collaboration presents us with quite the challenge - two artists who can get it really right or REALLY wrong ('Waking Up In Vegas' anyone?) working together on a plot-heavy video.

First things first - the plot is kind of cute and works well with the song.  Other than that it's a bit of a visual mess, though, isn't it.  4 minutes of Katy Perry being 'sexy' and Timbaland touching his chin and incessantly for no reason.  Seriously.  Stop touching your chin.

Second - the music alternates between hands-in-the-air pop glory and overproduced autotune nightmare.  And sometimes...just sometimes...it's both at the same time.  Something about Katy Perry's voice just doesn't suit the track, and by the time Timbaland has finished with the production both singers might as well be Japanese sex robots for all their 'artistic contribution.'

Fully realizing that everything we've written up to this point is decidedly negative, it's only fair to tell you we pretty much can't stop listening to the track.  Why?  Because sometimes a trainwreck is just what you need.  A big cargo train full of bubblegum barreling into the side of a pop mountain.  As you watch each car derail and fly into the abyss, you know it's terrible.  You know you should be ashamed that you're enjoying watching it.  And you know it's going to make a mess.  But what a wonderful, wonderful mess it is.

So lets all talk about celebrity Kanye reactions

ScopiSat hates Kanye West. Not the music, but the man. Pride, bravado, etc is all well and good but christ...
Well Last night the man was in action again, as I'm sure you've all heard or have seen. He grabbed the mic during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech to express his dissatisfaction with Taylor winning over Beyonce. Pure class, right?

Kanye was kicked out of the VMAs after his outburst, and the always dignified Beyonce later forfeited her acceptance speech to allow Taylor the chance to speak...

anyway, we have nothing really new to add to the discussion, so instead we're going to take a look at some of the reactions to Mr. West's little speech:

Pink: Kanye West is the biggest shit on Earth. Quote me.

Katy Perry: Fuck you, Kanye. It's like you stepped on a kitten.

Kelly Clarkson: Dear Kanye, what happened to you as a child? Did you not get hugged enough?

Kellie Pickler: Kanye grow some fucking balls, bitch

And perhaps the best so far, a comforting reassurance from Spencer Pratt: Let's be very clear - King Spencer would never do anything like what Kanye just did to a sweet soul like Taylor


Amazing.