If you happen to’ve been a fan of Katy Perry lengthy sufficient you in all probability know she used to lean extra indie pop-rock than the shiny dance-pop she’s recognized for right this moment on albums similar to Smile and 143.
Her breakout 2008 album One of many Boys featured tinges of Alanis Morissette-esque vocal storytelling and dramatic indie rock aptitude, none so extra evident than on her music “Considering of You.”
The tear-jerking ballad about regretting letting an ex go was launched because the album’s third single, and stays a favourite amongst longtime followers right this moment, thanks partially to a memorable and cinematic music video, but in addition because of Perry’s earnest, heartbreaking vocal efficiency.
Seventeen years later, the music has discovered a stunning resurgence on TikTok, the place followers have been playfully poking enjoyable at Perry’s vocal model on the time, whereas nonetheless appreciating the late 2000s love ballad for the pop masterpiece it’s.
Particularly, the second verse lyric, “You are like an Indian summer time in the midst of winter / Like a tough sweet with a shock middle” has gone viral on the video-sharing app, with folks lip-syncing alongside to Perry’s uncooked inflection and barely dramatic, word-chewing enunciation.
It is a light-hearted viral development general, however Perry herself would not seem to agree with the final sentiment.
In the course of the Might 7 cease on her Lifetimes Tour, the pop star reacted to the development by briefly performing the ballad on her guitar, earlier than immediately stopping and exclaiming, “I do not sing like that!”
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Hilariously, although, her efficiency did, certainly, sound precisely just like the studio model of the music. (Lengthy story quick, she does sing like that.)
Within the feedback sections of movies of the tour second shared on TikTok, followers identified that Perry ought to simply embrace the development and lean into it, particularly throughout a second in her profession the place she going through numerous criticism—for her tour choreography and costumes, in addition to for her controversial journey to house.
“Why would she not lean into it … It’s just like the one constructive development she has going proper now (and he or she doesn’t sound unhealthy),” somebody commented on TikTok.
“Beefing with us about how SHE sang her music,” one individual joked.
“I swear she dodges each alternative thrown at her to redeem herself. The music is trending proper now… Why not simply have a pleasant second along with your viewers?” one other consumer weighed in.
“That’s precisely how the music sounds! You probably did sing like that,” another person wrote.
Now if solely we will persuade Katy Perry to present us some extra nostalgic pop-rock bangers…
Beneath, uncover 13 forgotten pop stars who’ve pale from the general public eye since they first made promising debuts within the 2000s and 2010s.
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