Katy Perry Writes Teenage Dream
Katy Perry joins megaproducer Max Martin in a California recording studio.
Max Martin: Let’s hear what you’ve got for “Teenage Dream.”
Katy Perry: You make me/feel like I’m living a/teenage dream/I’m late for a class/that I don’t even remember signing up for/and it’s the day of the final and I’m unprepared
Max Martin: Katy, that doesn’t even rhyme.
Katy Perry: Wait, let me finish. Let you put your hands on me/in my skintight jeans/while we chase after a deer in the forest that we cannot seem reach/it represents my fleeting youth
Max Martin: Listen, this-
Katy Perry: My teeth are falling out.
Max Martin: Katy, stop. This is supposed to be like a fun pop song.
Katy Perry: What happened to pop music’s ability to tackle important issues? I was really hoping I could take a leap down into the rabbit hole that is my inner psyche, get messy the uncharted territory that is my subconscious, and come out the other side with a rockin’ lead single.
Max Martin: Fine. Continue.
Katy Perry: Let’s go all the way tonight/It’s raining blood/And everyone’s faces are melting/And their souls are being sucked out of their skull mouths/Into a black hole in the fire-red sky
Max Martin: Oh no, do you actually have nightmares like that?
Katy Perry: Compared to my nightmares, that was a good dream.
Max Martin: [silence]
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