“The One That Got Away” by Katy Perry
Sometimes, looking back to the past brings about an intense amount of heartache especially when you’ve lost the love of your life. “The One That Got Away” tells the story of someone in their...
Sometimes, looking back to the past brings about an intense amount of heartache especially when you’ve lost the love of your life. “The One That Got Away” tells the story of someone in their...
This is a song that is both nostalgic and present-based at the same time. By design, “Teenage Dream” is meant to harp back to the feeling of falling in love for the first time, which...
Following a heart-breaking divorce in 2012, Perry was caught in a dark place and wanted her fourth album, “Prism” to be one where she “explores her darker side.” Unfortunately, or fortunately rather, the album became filled...
“Where We Started” is one of those we-can-take-on-the-world love songs, though it takes a different approach than other tracks that tend to fall into this category. Usually in these cases, the vocalist’s focus would...
Katy Perry’s “Firework” is a feel-good motivational song that is set to lift our hearts and souls, especially those who suffer from bullying and/or low self-esteem issues. Comparing one to “a plastic bag drifting...
The lyrics of “Part of Me”, even though Katy Perry later stated they have more of a general applicability, were specifically about her relationship with a fellow singer, Travis McCoy, who she dated from 2007 to 2009. ...
Katy Perry’s “Electric” is a song of both inspiration and encouragement. It commences with the vocalist prodding an unfulfilled and seemingly-depressed addressee to make a power move out into the unknown. In other words, as argued,...
Katy Perry, as she’s professionally known, began her musical career at a very young age after she performed in a local church. She originally started as a gospel singer and released her first gospel...
“Smile” is the title of a 2020 single released by singer and songwriter Katy Perry. The lyrics of “Smile” are inspirational as they talk about overcoming the failures and challenges of life. The lyrics...
The title of this song is based on a popular idiom, which you’ve likely heard before, that reads pushing up daises. This metaphor alludes to the concept of death. Basically if someone is ‘covered in daisies’, as...