Then again, the album itself is almost incidental to the self-styled fantasy that Katy Perry sells with this entire project. Isolated on the radio, the way вЂњHot N ColdвЂќ was in 2009, these singles will wind up obscuring the overheated and undercooked nature of Teenage Dream as a whole. It was released onto radio airwaves the day before. The song served as the second single off the album and was released on July 23, 2010.

It is also the title track of Perrys sophomore mainstream album, Teenage Dream. It's ironic that her best song finds her lurking behind the scenes, because Perry's greatest talent is to be a willing cog in the pop machine, delivering sleek singles like вЂњTeenage DreamвЂќ and вЂњHummingbird HeartbeatвЂќ with efficiency. Teenage Dream (song) ' Teenage Dream ' is a song written by Katy Perry, Bonnie McKee, Dr. Not for nothing did she give her best post- One of the Boys song, вЂњI Do Not Hook Up,вЂќ to Kelly Clarkson its pro-abstinence rally flies in the face of the masturbatory daydream sheвЂ™s constructed. ItвЂ™s tiring because, at her heart, Perry is old-fashioned and is invested in none of her aggressive teasing. All this stylized provocation is exhausting, and not just because thereвЂ™s so much of it (none of it actually arousing). And, once again, the music feels familiar, so Perry distinguishes herself through desperate vulgarity, wooing a suitor with вЂњyou make me feel like IвЂ™m losing my virginity,вЂќ extolling the virtues of blackouts and an accidental mГ©nage a trois, melting popsicles, pleading for a boy to show her his вЂњPeacockвЂќ (chanting вЂњcock cock cockвЂќ just in case we at home didnвЂ™t get the single entendre). Perry acknowledges some shifting trends - she salutes fellow attention-whore Ke$ha on вЂњLast Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),вЂќ replicates Ryan TedderвЂ™s glassy robotic alienation on вЂњE.T.вЂќ but tellingly avoids ripping off Lady Gaga, who is just too meta for the blunt Katy - but these are merely accents to her old One of the Boys palette. ThereвЂ™s no question Perry is smart enough to know every rule in pop but sheвЂ™s not inspired enough to ignore them, almost seeming nervous to break away from the de rigeur lite club beats that easily transition from day to night or the chilly, stainless-steel ballads designed to lose none of their luster on repeat plays.

And all Perry wants to do is have fun: all she wants is to frolic in the spotlight, and sheвЂ™ll follow the path of others to get there, raising eyebrows aвЂ™la Alanis, strutting like Gwen Stefani and relying on BritneyвЂ™s hitmaker Max Martin for her hooks.

All this labor produces fetching magazine covers - sometimes accompanied by good copy within - and grabbing videos but it undoes her records, since we always hear her fighting to be frivolous. Working hard is Katy PerryвЂ™s stock in trade: whether sheвЂ™s cavorting in the Californian sun or heaving her cleavage, she always lets you see her sweat, an effect that undercuts her status as a curvy Teenage Dream, the ideal she puts forth on her 2010 sophomore set. Blessed with a cheerleaderвЂ™s body, the face of a second-chair clarinetist and a drama club queenвЂ™s lust for the spotlight, Perry parlayed all these qualities into success via her 2008 pop debut One of the Boys, an album that worked overtime to titillate.

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