The new year is already a bummer, and not just because I missed out on a four-team parlay by taking the Vikings yesterday. (Thanks, Tarvaris Jackson!) No, the reason 2009 is starting on such a bad note is that my favorite couple of 2008 has called it quits. That's right, Katy Perry and Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy apparently are no more.
It's difficult to say that I didn't see this one coming. After all, Perry — who first appeared as a blip on the radar with a cameo in Gym Class Heroes' "Cupid's Chokehold" video — shot to worldwide fame in '08, thanks mostly to her penchant for kissing girls (and liking it). She became a sex symbol, a lightning rod for criticism and, uh, a doll. McCoy, on the other hand, released an album that got a fairly underwhelming response. Oh, and he got tattoos of Hall and Oates on his hands. Through it all, they appeared happy, but Perry had eclipsed McCoy and become the more famous of the two. She was the one people asked about in interviews — whether it was about "I Kissed a Girl" or her face-plant into a Quinceañera cake (or sometimes, both) — and McCoy was probably getting tired of it (he sure sounded that way in this blog post).
Still, I held out hope that things would work out. In mid-December, there was the swirl of rumors that the couple had gotten engaged, rumors that were promptly — and rather curtly — shot down by Perry herself. And then: nothing. At least until the breakup, that is.
Apparently, they were broken up due to distance (both spent most of '08 on the road) and the strain of a relationship spent mostly in the spotlight. And if it's really over, well, then that makes me kind of sad. And not just because we never got the chance to give them a cute couple name ("Kavis"? "Traty"?), but because if two misfits — the daughter of a preacher who loves cherry Chapstick and a guy from central New York who loves "Maneater" — can't make it work, well, who can? Is love under great duress even possible? Why do we even bother getting out of bed each morning?
So yes, I am saddened by the loss of Kavis. Yet somehow I will manage to press on. Just like they are. In the days since the split, Perry has blogged about unicorns pooping Lucky Charms and McCoy has filmed himself getting ill-advised tattoos whilst drunk with T-Pain. It appears that all is right with the world, and that both will survive. And so will I. Somehow ...
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