Written Analysis I

Katy Perry Controversy

            Katy Perry is a pop music singing sensation that is known for her controversial music. Katy Perry raised concern after her song “I Kissed a Girl” was released because it was radical to talk about bisexuality (Hollie, 2014) . Katy Perry is an icon to people of all ages who listen to pop music, and her fans listen to her music and take into consideration to what she says.

            The song “Dark Horse,” Katy Perry released in 2013 has continued to raise controversy amongst her fans. This song raised controversy because in a part of the music video there was a pendant being worn by a man that said “Allah” which is the Arabic meaning of God (Hollie, 2014).  This man is burned in the music video along with the pendant. A Muslim viewer did not agree with this part of the video and started a petition that had over 60,000 signatures trying to get the music video removed from YouTube. Instead of the music video being removed, Katy Perry responded by taking the pendant out of the video (Hollie, 2014).

            Popular icons have to be aware of the messages they are sending out through what they say, wear, perform, sing, etc. The better the icon is about listening to their fans, the more of a leader this icon will become.

            This type of performer gives me insight because she performs about whatever she wants, but is very conscious of peoples concerns when it comes to religious. Although Katy Perry does not specify a religion, she told Marie Claire magazine that she is very close to God, and never meant to offend anyone’s religious beliefs. I believe Katy Perry handles her fans and situations she gets herself into very well, and is a great idol for the music culture (Hollie, 2014).

References

Hollie, M. (2014, February 27). Katy Perry 'Dark Horse' video scrubbed after

            petition by Muslim critic surfaces. Fox 411 .