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Katy Perry is only embarrassing herself with Beyoncé jabs: The most insecure popstar in the world
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Whatever happened to playing nice? We all know that the music industry is a vicious shark tank, with artists fighting to climb up the mainstream charts but for some artists, being ruthless and egotistical is only for their own shameless self promotion.
Katy Perry not only dissed Houston's own Beyoncé, but also her husband Jay-Z. All to create pointless buzz around an unreleased collaboration with her BFF Rihanna. It's just a little bit surprising because Jay-Z fueled Rihanna's career and it's an influential female pop star contemporary such as Beyoncé who helped pave the way for Katy Perry to even enter the pop world.
Beyoncé's collaboration's have always been smart and never require any prior promotion to stimulate the public's interest.
Perry visited BBC Radio 1 and shared a few opinionated words. "That's like the kind of song that I'd want to do instead of, like, 'Hips Don't Lie,' which was still a great song by Shakira and Beyoncé. I mean, not 'Hips Don't Lie,' what's that duet? 'Beautiful Liar.' "
"I want it to be like that Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin song 'Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves,' not like 'Beautiful Liar.' I definitely want to do something that is so iconic.”
And of course when these words went viral, Perry took to her Twitter account with a profanity-filled tweet railing against the press for a "misconstrued" message. But while at Radio 1, Perry didn't only drop those controversial words, she also put her own twist on an embarrassing and awkward rendition of Jay-Z and Kanye West's "N***** in Paris."
As far as Perry's career goes, she's had No. 1 hits and Grammy nods, but there's no comparing her to iconic figures such as the Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin. Bubblegum success has gone to Perry's head which is making her take pointless jabs. Just to clarify, "Beautiful Liar" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2007 and it was a spontaneous track that just worked.
Beyoncé's collaboration's have always been smart and never require any prior promotion to stimulate the public's interest.
Her recent hit collaborations with Lady Gaga on "Telephone" and "Video Phone" have also been instant successes because they're both on a different level, career-wise.
Maybe the real problem is no one is anticipating this Rihanna and Katy Perry "iconic" duet. Perry's jabs at Beyoncé just make it more likely to be a let down.
