“Electric” by Katy Perry
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, fulfillment is not going to be achieved by sitting on your behind.
Moreover, there is a “big world” out there to see and experience. And now is the time to make the move, as there’s no advantage to waiting. And amidst all of the insinuations towards shall we say blind bravado, Katy Perry also acknowledges that there will be failures along the way. But when such does transpire, the addressee is advised to “get up” and continue pressing forward anyway.
Then, the second verse begins by recognizing that venturing out as such, despite being a “big step”, is just one part of the process. In fact there is a “long road” that has to be traversed. But it’s not as if the addressee is partaking of such alone. There are also others who are apparently on their own respective journeys.
And at times the paths of such individuals cross, as seemingly has those of the singer and addressee. And what she is telling him, as further encouragement, is that she has his back. Furthermore, she concludes the second verse by once again alluding to the unavoidable challenges ahead. But Katy is also confident that if the addressee remains “headstrong”, he or she will make it “through the fire”.
Chorus of “Electric”
And it also upon such a premise that the chorus, and it can even be said the entire song is based. Some of these aforementioned challenges will be in the form of other people “try(ing) to bring” the recipient of Katy Perry’s words “down”. But said individual “now” possesses “the power” to overcome such.
And if he or she does “believe it” and presses forward accordingly, then they may realize an “electric” life. Or put otherwise, this state of existence reads as if it may be – for lack of a more concise description – the fulfillment of one’s destiny.
And first off, realizing such takes initiative. But even more importantly is the persistence which must be practiced throughout. Indeed all lyrics considered, it can be gleaned that this perseverance and everything it entails is the only ingredient necessary for one’s life to be ‘electrified’.
Pokémon
This track is part of a musical project that is officially entitled Pokémon 25: The Album. It is the soundtrack to the official 25th anniversary celebration of the release of the first Pokémon game, Pocket Monsters Red and Green, that came out back in early 1996. Since then Pokémon has developed into a media franchise extending way beyond just videogames.
In fact all of the related merchandise has earned it the distinction of outselling any other franchise in history, with an estimated take in the region of $100 billion. Meanwhile every other franchise that has exceeded $50 billion, including the second-place Hello Kitty, had been around for at least two decades prior.
That information is valid as at the release of this track
Music Video
The director of the Electric music video is Carolos Lopez Estrada, making Katy Perry the biggest musician he has performed this service for to date. And the clip actually features the songstress acting alongside a CGI version of Pikachu, the most popular character from Pokémon. And accordingly the clip is based on a sci-fi inspired storyline.
More Facts about “Electric”
On the 14th of May 2021, “Electric” was officially released. It was made public Capitol Records.
Also at this time, Katy Perry’s first public performance of the song is slated for 23 May 2021. And the venue is the finale of the 19th season of American Idol.
This song is the lead single from the aforementioned soundtrack. And just to note, said album will also feature other big-name artists such as Post Malone and J Balvin.
Katy, herself claiming to be a “lifelong… fan” of the Pokémon franchise is one of the writers of this song. Furthermore, in appreciation of this project, Perry has expressed her joy at “being a part of anything that is playful and … good storytelling” and contains ‘a really good message to share with the world’. Furthermore she claimed to be a big fan of Japanese culture (the country where Pokémon originated).
And there are quite a few other songwriters involved. Amongst them are the track’s producers:
- German
- Bruce Wiegner
- The Monsters & Strangerz (Stefan Johnson and Jordan K. Johnson).
Then rounding up the list are Lucas Marx, Rachel Kanner, Albert Calderon and Jon Bellion.
The song was first teased by The Pokémon Company, the business entity behind the entire franchise, on 13 January 2021.
