JockBoy Music EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Katy Perry!!

I had the amazing opportunity to conduct an interview with the lovely and talented Katy Perry. If you haven't heard of her, you should most definitely check her out at www.myspace.com/katyperry  or at www.katyperry.com she is fantastic. I am anxiously anticipating her new album that is set to drop in late Spring...I will most definitely keep you all posted.

-I would like to say that I love your new song. The video for "Ur So Gay" was brilliant! I am really looking forward to hearing your album soon.

THANK YOU! :)

-When did you realize that you wanted to be a singer/songwriter?

Well, honestly it stemmed from competing with my older sister. Yes. She was 11 or 12 and I was 9 or something and I remember her coming home one day and talking about getting voice lessons and she had this karaoke tape she would practice to and I was pretty much forbidden to touch it... I of course touched it, stole it and practiced it on my own and performed it for my mom... she perked up and said, "maybe you should get voice lessons too!" That kinda started the whole thing. I then proceeded to sing "Oh Happy Day" a thousand times until I heard Killer Queen by Queen... and then it was all over.

-Did something happen that made it click or did you always just know?

I've always sang. Always. My mom to this day calls me a medley of bird characters, "Feather" "Bird" "Tweetheart" because I used to sing myself to sleep she said. I have always pursued music and nothing else. I studied Italian Opera in Santa Barbara when I was young, sang gospel and picked up a guitar at 13. I have nothing to fall back on... I never have, I might should've planned but I don't know what else I would do.

- I read that you are the product of 2 preachers, how did they feel about your decision to pursue music full time? 

They love me and support me as their daughter. Obviously, I may not have turned into the poster child that they would have painted... but I am still a work in progress and they just want me to keep my clothes on and not do drugs. That's easy enough.

-I'm going to assume that 'Ur So Gay' is written about an ex. What's the story behind the song? 

It's not about ONE ex in specific really... it's mostly just taking the piss outta the emo scene or just any guy who wears guy liner... they are pretty much subjected to this song. :) In general there's nothing wrong with being whatever you wanna be... but when my ex borrows my jeans and won't give them back... I draw the line... and write a song.

-How did you come up with the concept for the music video?  Were the dolls custom made? 

I had been thinking about doing a small time video just for the Internet and had lots of people submit their idea of treatments... but nothing hit me hard... and as a fan of all those kitch stupid videos on youtube I wanted something light hearted and fun that people would want to send to their friends as a "hee hee check it out type deal." So I was talking to a young up and coming director friend of mine, Walter May, and we started thinking and I just said, "I got it! Every girl has played with a ken doll at one time in their life and we all know he's NOT packing down there... we should do something with barbies!" Little girls grow up to be young women and have memories of our dolls and we all still giggle when we see a naked ken doll at a garage sale. hee hee. And NO these weren't custom made dolls, we used Jason Wu dolls which were FANTASTIC! The accessories these dolls came with were amazing... like tiny black american express cards. It was unreal. We did however build the sets from the ground up and even spray painted, died, wall papered and leather things... it was a project for sure. The label handed us a tinie tiny budget and we handed them back lemonade... (when life gives you lemons...)

-What is the biggest influence on you that affects your writing? 

Lyrics and getting the story across, sometimes with a splash of sass and spot of humor. I don't know why I can write heart break songs easiest, I feel like I can write those in my sleep. I think maybe cause I'm a bit of a passive person in a relationship until it all builds up in my little mind and comes to a nasty head in a song... :)

-Does your upcoming album have a general theme? 

Yes, awesomeness. And a general warning to my future boyfriends, don't fuck with my precious heart.

- Who's your favorite artist of the moment?

Robyn. Was on the same line up of her a couple weeks back at sxsw and she BLEW me away. What a FIERCE come back... who would've thought... show-me-love-Robyn...again? And that new Estelle track "American Boy" has me wanting to turn my prius in for a convertible. Of all time?  QUEEN. 

-Aside from music, what are you into? 

I LOVE my cat, Kitty Purry. She is my rock in times of loneliness. I know that might sound silly... but she doesn't say anything... and just crawls into a little crevice I make with my arms and loves me unconditionally. Obsessed. I am that cat lady, damn. Check out www.cuteoverload.com if you EVER get depressed.

-What's one random/odd fact about you?

Well, I have OCD with cleaning and I think that is because of the main fact that I watch Mommie Dearest a lot and my uncle directed it... therefore the dysfunctional gene was passed on.

As you can see, Katy Perry is pure awesomeness! That's why we at JockBoy Music LOVE HER!! She's so damn FIERCE!!

Comments

[Demii]

hi katy i love you so much and i think alll your music is great x btw juat egnorrrrr the comments on youtube i think you sound beautiful all the tym your one in a million x lv Demii

[Demii]

hi katy i love you so much and i think alll your music is great x btw juat egnorrrrr the comments on youtube i think you sound beautiful all the tym your one in a million x lv Demii

your so hot

[noj]

what is that look???

[kirah and remie]

HEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

are you a lesbian?
murrcchhh lurrrrvvv <3

YOU ARE REALLY BEAUTIFULLL

[Hamed]

Hi. I love u. U very nice.