Celeb News: Bonnie McKee talks Katy, Gaga, Dr Luke & Max Martin

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INTERVIEWER: Did you approach writing songs that you knew you'd be singing differently than you would for Katy, Ke$ha, or any of the other artists you write for?

MCKEE: When I started writing with Katy, I was just broke. I didn't have a cell phone or hot water, so I was really down and out. So I really gave it my all and pulled out all the stops, and all my bells and whistles and tricks up my sleeve, for that, because I was hungry and needed it so badly. As it progressed and as I became a more established songwriter, I started saving all those little tidbits for myself.

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INTERVIEWER: I'm curious about what you think of your own star persona.

MCKEE: I like to think of myself as the people's pop star a little bit. I respect Lady Gaga so much, and I love what she does, but she has this kind of mysterious, out-of-reach thing. I'm just not that—as much as I'd love to have that sort of mystique, I think I'm kind of an open book.

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INTERVIEWER: You've been working with Max Martin and Dr. Luke for four years. What are some of the best lessons you've learned from them?

MCKEE: Every time I write with them I learn something new. They are melody geniuses. I know this may sound like it becomes formulaic—in a lot of ways, pop music is formulaic, but they're like mad scientists. They've got it down to a mathematical equation, but they still somehow manage to write heartfelt, artistic pieces of music. It doesn't feel canned to me—it never does to me. There's something about their songs that always still strikes a cord and plucks at the heart's strings. It's very Warholian in a way, where it's mass-produced but it still makes people feel something.

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BadMonster

This is the third time already

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Shading Dr. Luke + Max I see.

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I like to think of myself as the people's pop star a little bit. I respect Lady Gaga so much, and I love what she does, but she has this kind of mysterious, out-of-reach thing. I'm just not that—as much as I'd love to have that sort of mystique, I think I'm kind of an open book.

So like, every other average charting pop star?

What a dumb thing to say. Even Katy and Ke$ha have a mystique to them.