Katy Perry

[jackolantern]

I'm resurrecting when nothing new has happened but lifetimes came on my work shuffle and it somehow gets shitter every time I hear it, that's an achievement within itself

 

[Yel]

Stevie nicks on Katy Perry

 

[Knight of Galador]

I'm not a Katy Perry fan but the music industry has always had rivalries (friendly or otherwise). Katy had one of the biggest music stars team up with a bunch of other high profile stars to make a diss track aimed at her over some dancer preferring to work for her. I don't think Katy is being paranoid to think some people in the industry are her rivals.

 

[bottlewrapper]

There's a difference though between an old fashioned professional rivalry in terms of ability, where being on friendly terms was almost necessary because otherwise you wouldn't know what parts your rival had gone up for/songs recorded etc, and Katy's modern version of rivalry which is more about sales figures and dominating markets and getting market share - nothing to do with ability, mainly because KP's ability is limited.

Also Stevie Nicks is unique and she knows it, so rivalry wouldn't be a concern to her.

 

[Harlot O'Scara]

I think fan/stan culture has made "rivalries" worse. They're not content to just support their favourites, they have to attack and tear down other artists as well.

I can imagine it getting into artists heads, unless they're totally removed from social media.

 

[ToxicPony]

Tbh I think Stevie is being naive if she thinks Katy can just avoid being pitted against other women if she stops thinking about it. Katy's had it her whole career and more than most. Seems like a shady way to try and paint her in a bad light otherwise.

Female popstars careers can be started and ended by these rivalries. Christina Aguilera benefitted from comparisons to Britney but never recovered from comparison to Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga herself then fell foul of comparisons to Madonna that tainted her whole Born this Way era. Katy Perry's commercial decline started right around Bad Blood. Mariah Carey was sunk for years by her ex husband promoting Jennifer Lopez in her place.

'I don't have rivals, I have friends'. Yes and let's not forget that one of those is Taylor Swift, who ironically mentions Stevie in a song all about how the industry compares women to each other.

 

[Yel]

After all the flags thing, shes using an Irish phrase to talk about the tour coming to Scotland and England

 

[newtoyou]

After all the flags thing, shes using an Irish phrase to talk about the tour coming to Scotland and England

Probably not a mistake! And doubt it was a mistake with the flag either

 

[PeteM]

I've never heard an Irish person say that phrase either.