We could talk about pop girls copying other pop girls until the cows come home. We could literally talk about it until a herd of cows wandered in to your front yard. Even if you don't live in a country that has cows. That's how much we could talk about it. It's literally gotten to the point where someone will have their hair in a bob and wear a red dress and someone will start screaming "ON JUNE 14TH 2009, KATY PERRY HAD HER HAIR IN A BOB AND WORE A RED DRESS! HA! BUSTED!"
At the end of the day, yeah, people are making comparisons, but at least there's something to even compare it to - a new video. These comparisons on MTV will be generating publicity for the music video and the song. More people will be aware that it's coming out and more people will watch it when it premieres. Monsters included. Who will probably be all over ATRL tomorrow, dragging it to the pits of hell, even if it turns out to be the best video of her career. But it's the fifth video of her era, and Gaga only has 2.
You can search for similarities at every turn...
But at least we're getting a new music video, and it's probably not the last of the PRISM era.