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Katy Perry – Roar
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“Roar” is the lead single off Katy Perry’s fourth studio album Prism. The song deviates from the electro-pop sound on Teenage Dream in exchange for a mid-tempo pop-rock anthem
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Katy Perry – Firework
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“Firework” is a song by American singer Katy Perry from her third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song was released as the third single, following the success of singles “
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Katy Perry – Cry About It Later
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[Intro] / I'll cry about it later / I'll cry about it later / Tonight, I'm havin' fun / Tonight, I'm havin' fun / I'll cry about it later / I'll cry about it later / Tonight I'm
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Katy Perry (Ft. Skip Marley) – Chained To The Rhythm
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“Chained To The Rhythm” continues Katy’s trend of releasing catchy lead singles, but also features more politically charged lyrics than her prior projects. Perry described the song
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Katy Perry (Ft. Migos) – Bon Appétit
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“Bon Appétit” is the second single off of Katy Perry’s fifth studio album, Witness. The song features the hip-hop group Migos. Perry teased the track in a pre-Grammy Interview with
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Katy Perry – Unconditionally
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“Unconditionally” is a soaring ballad about accepting one’s lover, both his virtues and flaws. The song was released as the second single of Prism, and Katy Perry’s favorite song
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Katy Perry – Daisies
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Marking the start of a new era, “Daisies” is a self-empowerment anthem by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry. Shortly after the track’s release, Katy took to her social media
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Katy Perry – Smile
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In the upbeat summer anthem, “Smile,” American singer-songwriter Katy Perry talks about battling failures and rejection before being able to “crack that smile.” The song was
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Katy Perry – Small Talk
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“Small Talk” is a single by Katy Perry which was co-written by singer-songwriter Charlie Puth.
Katy said in an Instagram livestream that the song is about a relationship that
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Katy Perry – This Is How We Do
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“This Is How We Do” is a record for those who throw the night away. It’s an ode to having a good time.
…Definitely not to be confused with The Game’s track, “How We Do” (featuring
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Zedd & Katy Perry – 365
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“365” is a collaboration between Zedd and Katy Perry. The track was originally confirmed by Zedd in August 2018 and later registered online in January 2019.
It was rumored that
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Katy Perry – Never Worn White
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Katy Perry’s first release of 2020, “Never Worn White,” is a wedding-themed ballad where she croons about wanting to have a long-lasting relationship with a lover. The track’s
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Katy Perry – Witness
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“Witness” is the opening track from the album by the same name. The song is about looking for a lover/partner that has witnessed her popstar life and can commit to her. The song
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Katy Perry – Rise
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“Rise” is about striving to overcome adversity. Katy Perry wrote the song after years of feeling “a need for our world to unite.”
Upon the release of the song, NBC immediately
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Katy Perry – Save as Draft
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“Save As Draft” uses technological allusions such as Twitter to convey her struggles to say what she has on her mind to her lover, but ultimately does not. In doing so Perry also
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Katy Perry – Harleys In Hawaii
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“Harleys In Hawaii” is the third single off Katy’s fifth studio album. It was preceded by “Small Talk” and “Never Really Over”, released earlier in the year. The release marks the
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Katy Perry – Mannequin
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“Mannequin” is a song about a boy who Katy doesn’t understand. She doesn’t consider him to be a man, but just a mannequin who isn’t capable of loving her like she loves him.
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Katy Perry – Waking Up In Vegas
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“Waking Up in Vegas” is a song by Katy Perry, released as the fourth and final single from One of the Boys. The song was born out of a suggestion by co-writer Desmond Child telling
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Katy Perry – Wide Awake
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“Wide Awake” is a song inspired by Katy’s divorce from Russell Brand, in which she reveals that now that the relationship’s over she sees everything clearly. The song details how
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Katy Perry – Roulette
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In “Roulette,” Katy Perry discusses letting down her walls for a night. Her past lover comes back into her life and she takes it as a chance to enjoy herself. The game of roulette
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Katy Perry – Birthday
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“Birthday” is one long double entendre in which Katy compares birthdays to sex. It serves as the fourth single to Prism.
In the music video, Katy assumes five convincing personas
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Katy Perry – Energy
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[Verse 1] / It ain't no accident, evident / I can see your love in a fingerprint / It ain't no mystery, I believe / When a feather falls right next to me, yeah / [Pre-Chorus
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Katy Perry – Not the End of the World
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Not The End of the World is the sixth track from Katy Perry’s 5th studio album Smile. The song is about pushing through hard times and knowing that it is not the end of the world.
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Katy Perry – Hey Hey Hey
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“Hey Hey Hey” is a power anthem from Katy Perry’s fourth studio album, Witness. On “Hey Hey Hey”, Katy declares to the world that even though she is feminine and soft, she is
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Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl
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“I Kissed a Girl” is a song recorded by Katy Perry, released as the lead single from her studio album, One of the Boys. The song finds Perry detailing an intimate experience with
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Katy Perry – The Box
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[Verse 1] / I was living in a small mind / With no lifeline / And no messages can reach me from the outside / When I looked out over the horizon / Didn't notice the sun was setting
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Katy Perry – Self Inflicted
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“Self Inflicted” is a song about a lover who Katy knows is dangerous and only going to result in heartbreak, but she pursues him anyway.
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Katy Perry – Thinking Of You
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“Thinking of You” is a song from Katy Perry’s One of the Boys, released as the third single from the album. The song became her first ballad to be released as a single.
The song
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Katy Perry – Double Rainbow
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[Verse 1] / You’re a one-of-a-one, a one-of-a-kind / That you only find once in a lifetime / Made to fit like a fingerprint / A code that clicks and opens a gold mine / [Pre-Chorus
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Katy Perry – Part of Me
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“Part of Me” details a relationship in which a man holds Katy down. He took a lot of things away from her, but she tells him that there’s still a part of her left that he will
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Katy Perry – Legendary Lovers
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“Legendary Lovers” is an mid-tempo, tribal ballad that evokes mystical elements to elevate Katy’s relationship with her ‘legendary lover.’
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Katy Perry – Spit
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[Verse 1] / If You came by me / Would I crown You my King / Or brush You off as though / I really didn't see / If You walked by my side / Would our souls then be unified / I swore
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Katy Perry – Not Like the Movies
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“Not Like the Movies” is about a love that is cinematic and dramatic like the kind of love you see in the movies. Katy sings about not having yet experienced that kind of love, but
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Katy Perry – Resilient
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[Verse 1] / I know there's gotta be rain if I want the rainbows / And I know the higher I climb, the harder the wind blows / Yeah, I've gone to sleep night after night punching a
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Katy Perry – Hackensack (MTV Unplugged)
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A Fountains of Wayne cover version that Katy Perry performs by singing the verses in a higher register and the chorus lower, which is the opposite of the original version.
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Katy Perry – Ghost
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“Ghost” is a song that Katy Perry wrote about her ex-boyfriend John Mayer. She sings about how she now sees through him and knows exactly the kind of person he is, and compares her
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Katy Perry – One of the Boys
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“One of the Boys” is a song about Katy’s frustration over being seen as just another of her crush’s friends. She takes it upon herself to attract the boy’s attention. The song is
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Katy Perry – Peacock
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This is an almost-embarrassingly obvious song comprised of one long double entendre.
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Alesso & Katy Perry – When I’m Gone
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“When I’m Gone” is the newest single from the Swedish DJ Alesso and the American singer Katy Perry, which was released 29th of December 2021.
Rumors of a new song started in late
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Katy Perry – Mind Maze
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The song is about losing your track and trying to find your way out of a situation in which it is a difficult choice between something. “Mind Maze” is the seventh track from Katy
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Katy Perry – Never Really Over
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“Never Really Over” is Katy Perry’s first solo 2019 pop single and her first promotional single since her 2017 studio album, Witness. The song was announced via Perry’s social
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