I think her singles have been pretty "risky." Not in the sense that any of them sounded like anything but something that would smash the pop charts, but the singles this era are pretty varied in their sounds.
In fact, I appreciate her singles. It's just the album as a whole that is a disaster.
I think "diverse" is the more appropriate word there. And good on her for it, it's only good strategy.
Difference is, 90% of Linda's output isn't just "Get The Party Started"-type of songs, whereas Katy has probably less than handful of songs at best with any semblance of substance.
People wouldn't go after Katy so much if she gave us more "Thinking of You" and "Not Like The Movies", and less "California Gurls" and "TGIF". I mean, a silly pop song is something we all like to do with once in a while, but it's really not good for an artist when that's all their music seems to consist of.
"Thinking of You" is a good song, but "Not Like The Movies" is
She's probably just mad because there is a Perry that is way more famous and pretty than her old gypsy ass.
