She just needs a good lead single and it'll be fine. You know what I've always wondered though? What if Katy's debut single was "Hot n Cold"? Would it have been even bigger than IKAG? Would her album have been reviewed better? Would she not have gotten all the negative press for being labeled "anti-gay"?
Nah, I Kissed a Girl had to come first. I highly doubt Hot n Cold would've done anything if released first.
Though if it were released last summer as the lead single to the rerelease, or the lead single to her 3rd album next summer then we'd have the biggest hit of her career on out hands. Would've absolutely obliterated the musical world.
She just needs a good lead single and it'll be fine. You know what I've always wondered though? What if Katy's debut single was "Hot n Cold"? Would it have been even bigger than IKAG? Would her album have been reviewed better? Would she not have gotten all the negative press for being labeled "anti-gay"?
Everything would have been better without Ur So Gay.
IKAG itself isn't anti-gay, but with USG some people thought Katy was saying "two girls kissing is hot but two boys kissing is gross"
Best Original Song 2013 Short List Puts Katy Perry, Rick Ross, Adele In Contention For Oscars
A solid day of work from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, as the organization announced its short list of potential Best Original Song nominees at the 85th annual Academy Awards. Of course, "short list" is a relative term: 75 songs are eligible for a nomination despite the fact that only five will make the final cut. So! Which five songs should get nominated? Ahead a dream list of possible nominees that will never happen since "Suddenly" from "Les Miserables" and one of those songs from "Brave" will probably take up 40 percent of the list.
"100 Black Coffins" by Rick Ross ("Django Unchained")
Quentin Tarantino uses a bunch of anachronistic music cues in "Django Unchained," but none better than Rick Ross' "100 Black Coffins" (produced by Jamie Foxx, of course), which includes lyrics like this: "Hundred dead b--ches, hundred black coffins / Money on his head, B--ch I'm trying to make a fortune." AMPAS, Rozay sees your "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" and raises you !!!
"Wide Awake" by Katy Perry ("Katy Perry: Part of Me")
Whatever it takes to get Katy Perry on the Oscar stage in an exploding cupcake bra.
"Ladies of Tampa" by Matthew McConaughey ("Magic Mike")
Whatever it takes to get a shirtless Matthew McConaughey on the Oscar stage in a leather vest and cowboy hat.
"Skyfall" by Adele ("Skyfall")
If you thought there was a better movie-music moment this year than the opening credits of "Skyfall," you were wrong. Only Adele, in all her regal and royal glory, can rhyme "Skyfall" and "crumble" and make it sound Oscar worthy.
"Dull Tool" by Fiona Apple ("This Is 40")
Fiona Apple doesn't so much sing "Dull Tool" as spit its lyrics with righteous indignation. Bonus for the chance that she could accept an Academy Award, quote Maya Angelou and call the Oscars "bulls--t."
For a full list of Best Original Song eligible songs, head over to Deadline.com.
I say it's a long shot, but let's hope And imagine the meltdowns if she won
I literally have no clue what the video would look like It's like faux-sexy, although for some reason I always imagined like a Tim Burton esque dark "Alice In Wonderland" feel to it.
Makes no sense at all.
And imagine the meltdowns if she won 
First the Grammys, then the Oscars. 
It's like faux-sexy, although for some reason I always imagined like a Tim Burton esque dark "Alice In Wonderland" feel to it.