Katy Perry said her follow-up to the uber-successful Teenage Dream would be “real fucking dark” — and someone’s already up for the job to turn Perry’s peppy bubblegum pop into some dark (or at least purple-hued) territory. Electro-pop outfit M83 spotted the singer dancing up a storm during their set at Coachella this past weekend. ”I think I saw Katy Perry dancing on midnight city yesterday night,” M83′s Anthony Gonzalez wrote, referencing the band’s single. “Katy, let me write your next album:).” Hey, Katy might be on board with this proposal — not only was that her dancing in the Mojave tent Friday night, she tweeted after his set, “M83 ONLY.” We say go for it! It’s not like you’ve got Dr. Luke in your back pocket anymore. [Via PopJustice]
Every artist says their next album is going to be ‘dark,’ and rarely lives up to it because of pressures from their record label for a hit single. Case in point: Kelly Clarkson and her “My December” album and Avril Lavigne’s “Goodbye Lullaby.”
I’ll believe it when it comes out. Katy Perry said “Teenage Dream” was a throwback to the 80′s, music you’d want to roller-skate to prior to it’s release and that album did not evoke the 80′s in any way.