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Originally posted by pika
A song talking about having a good time & making bad decisions. Groundbreaking. If you want to take pop music so literally then you might as well write a paragraph of how all those ballads about catching grenades & jumping off cliffs for their lovers send a ~bad message~ to the public. Like get real.
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Except for one important point. When Bruno is saying he'll catch a grenade he is not talking literally, so to take it literally would be ridiculous. Katy Perry saying she respects people who make bad decisions is neither a metaphor, a hyperbole, nor any other literary device. It is just literal words.
I understand that Katy fans are going to defend her. It's natural. And I understand it's just a silly pop song, and it probably won't affect people. But she is not therefore immune from criticism and you don't have to defend the song just because you like her. If you think it's a good decision to spend your rent money on alcohol, then fine.
And you must have not heard the rest of the album which shows you how mature Katy has gotten. It's just one song with a rather immature lyrics and you're dragging her like she never grows up while ignoring another 15 songs of maturity.
