Katy Perry has revealed that her upcoming second album is inspired by ABBA and The Cardigans.
The singer explained that before recording the follow-up to 2008's One Of The Boys, she gave her producer Dr Luke a mixtape of songs by the two groups in order to demonstrate how she wanted her next record to sound.
Speaking to HitFix, Perry described her new material as "more groove-driven".
"When I went on tour, as much as I love all the in-between songs, I felt I was missing some of the stuff that made people bounce up and down. I really love that feeling when people are all jumping in unison," she said.
She continued: "We worked in Santa Barbara, we worked in Los Angeles. I was telling everybody I had a lot of jewels, but I didn't have the crown, and then I finally got the crown so all the jewels made sense. And now I have this thing, this crown that I'm ready to present."
The as-yet-untitled album is due this summer.
Hmm ... not sure how i feel about this. I guess it sounds good.
...same thing we've been hearing for a year now. I'm not entering another Katy thread until we get some actual news like the name of the first single or a release date.