Chapter 8: Teenage Dream: The Follies Of Youth>Watch the music video here<Teenage Dream is, seemingly enough, a more serious song, with a considerably more serious video. The combination of the serious tone and the whimsical, carefree lyrics of the song illustrate the follies of youth. The song is essentially a love letter to teenagerdom. It's about Katy, as a high school student, going to the beach, getting drunk and losing her virginity in a seedy motel room to "the one." The idea of romanticizing something as trashy as what her lyrics imply is something that only teenagers to. I mean come on, remember when you were a teenager and you were at that school dance or basement party and you saw a cute guy across the room and all you wanted to do was dance with him and then his eyes met yours and you looked away for one a moment, and then back and then he walked over to you and without even saying a word, not even his name, he turned you around and started grinding with you to Nelly's Hot in Here. Romantic huh? Well it was at the time and that is because teenagers are idiots and constantly live in a state of heightened senses due to the complete imbalance of hormones.
You can tell I'm in high school because I'm standing behind a locker.
We drove to Cali
And got drunk on the beach
Got a motel and
Built a floor out of sheets
I finally found you
My missing puzzle piece
I'm complete
Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I
We'll be young forever
God, her boyfriend is such a gentleman! After he deflowers her in a trashy motel room he puts his skanky leather jacket around her naked body to keep her warm! Katy's song is obviously commenting on the "teenage dream" as a completely unromantic and tacky idea that, to a teenager, is probably the best thing in the world. Like eating a popsicle!
And now for Prof.PurplePants and his snooty, art observations!
This is AWESOME. I’ve always thought of Katy Perry as not-your-typical-popstar, even if her songs are pop sound to the nth level. It’s not just because she reminds me of Zooey Deschanel. Just by looking at her, and how she does this sexy-sultry-sex siren image with so much enjoyment, I never even thought for a moment she’s one of those dumb popstars. And yeah, her lyrics speak volumes even with the bubblegummy dancey-tuney melodies.
Teenage Dream is, seemingly enough, a more serious song, with a considerably more serious video. The combination of the serious tone and the whimsical, carefree lyrics of the song illustrate the follies of youth. The song is essentially a love letter to teenagerdom. It's about Katy, as a high school student, going to the beach, getting drunk and losing her virginity in a seedy motel room to "the one." The idea of romanticizing something as trashy as what her lyrics imply is something that only teenagers to. I mean come on, remember when you were a teenager and you were at that school dance or basement party and you saw a cute guy across the room and all you wanted to do was dance with him and then his eyes met yours and you looked away for one a moment, and then back and then he walked over to you and without even saying a word, not even his name, he turned you around and started grinding with you to Nelly's Hot in Here. Romantic huh? Well it was at the time and that is because teenagers are idiots and constantly live in a state of heightened senses due to the complete imbalance of hormones.
God, her boyfriend is such a gentleman! After he deflowers her in a trashy motel room he puts his skanky leather jacket around her naked body to keep her warm! Katy's song is obviously commenting on the "teenage dream" as a completely unromantic and tacky idea that, to a teenager, is probably the best thing in the world. Like eating a popsicle!
And now for Prof.PurplePants and his snooty, art observations!
This is AWESOME. I’ve always thought of Katy Perry as not-your-typical-popstar, even if her songs are pop sound to the nth level. It’s not just because she reminds me of Zooey Deschanel. Just by looking at her, and how she does this sexy-sultry-sex siren image with so much enjoyment, I never even thought for a moment she’s one of those dumb popstars. And yeah, her lyrics speak volumes even with the bubblegummy dancey-tuney melodies.