When Katy Perry and Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden were spotted in the same place, at the same time, over Valentine's Day in Las Vegas, rumors began circulating that the pair was canoodling. However, Katy has taken to her blog to insist that's not the case.
In a blog post titled "I Wanna Be Like Grace Kelly," Perry, who broke up with Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy earlier this year, insisted that she and Madden are nothing more than friends. "Oh kittens! It's two pseudo-famous people sitting next to each other … doesn't mean we were bumping uglies!" she wrote. "You know I don't just do that with anyone! That's just how the media works, as you can tell.
"I was there celebrating a really fun show and a boozy Valentine's with all my good friends. We were like a group of 25." she continued. "Benji is a nice young fellow, but my heart really belongs to [my cat] Kitty Purry," she wrote, adding that it also belongs to her friend, actor Markus Molinari.
And in case you're wondering why Perry wants to be Grace Kelly, well perhaps her trip to Monte Carlo, where Kelly happened to be a crowned princess, has something to do with it. "Oh shayth do I have frequent flyer milez for days," she wrote. "I wonder if you can cash in frequent flyer miles for a boyfriend rather than just dinners and gift certificates for Starbucks? 'How many miles for Brad Pitt, pls?' "
Editor's note: After this blog entry was published on Monday, People.com ran a correction stating that its report of Katy Perry's Los Angeles show, upon which this blog entry was based, contained erroneous reporting, particularly with regard to Perry's comments about Travis McCoy. MTV News regrets spreading the erroneous news.
What happened, Katy Perry? We thought this whole mess with Travis McCoy and how you make big sweeping public statements about him was over. And, we thought we vowed we never were going to talk about it ever again. Remember?
And now, 10 days after you said you were joking about being celibate, here we are once again wondering why it is you're bringing up your former flame in concert when you know you should be singing about kissing girls and getting all excited about the Grammy awards on Sunday.
"Girls, if you have ever dated a boy — specifically the lead singer from Gym Class Heroes — don't do it!" you reportedly said in concert on Saturday in Los Angeles, according to People magazine. "Boys should have a heart. You know what I mean girls? Boys just want the milk, but they don't want to buy the cow."
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Maybe at this point, we should assume everything Katy Perry says about her personal life is one big joke. And maybe we should assume that if she says one thing, the next day she just might backtrack and say that she meant something else.
Basically, we need to take every word uttered by Perry with one giant grain of salt. Why? Well, in today's edition of "I didn't mean what I said," Perry insists that yesterday's celibacy vow was taken out of context and was meant to be a joke.
Here's the quote: "I've actually taken a vow of celibacy this year," the Grammy nominee told TV Guide. "No kissing anyone. Just my cat: Kitty Purry."
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It's Pop Week here at MTV News, and that means we're catching up with and getting to know everyone who's going to make a splash in pop music and culture over the next 12 months. Whether they're just arriving on the scene or are already the name on everyone's lips, these are the artists we expect big things from in 2009.
It's a new year and you, Female Pop MVP Katy Perry, have so much going on for you (tour, Grammys, etc.) — especially now that you're a single pop star. Read more...
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). Read more...
If Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera ever found themselves in the unlikely situation of a sing-off, Perry says that maybe — just maybe — she can use her background in gospel to take on the blond pop star on known for her strong vocal abilities.
"If Christina Aguilera wanted to have a run-off, I could maybe muster up that soul, that gospel that I grew up in," she told MTV UK. Perry, whose parents are evangelical Christian preachers, grew up in the church. But, ultimately, the "I Kissed a Girl" singer admits that even with gospel in her soul, she can't compete with Aguilera's killer pipes. "No, I can't," she admitted.
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By Jordan Upmalis
Blogs have certainly leveled the playing field as far as reactions go -- if an artist doesn't like something someone has written, they can come to their own defense within minutes. Well, Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy has done just that in response to a Billboard report about The Quilt, his band's follow-up to 2006's As Cruel as School Children.
The article, which Billboard published on Friday, says that on the group's previous album, McCoy's lyrical "vice of choice was cocaine" and on this one "it's women," referring not only to the first single, "Cookie Jar," but two other tracks, titled "Innocent" and "Come Clean."
By Saturday, McCoy had responded on his personal blog with an entry entitled "Billboard 'REVIEW.'" In it, he calls Billboard one of "the most prominent music publications in the industry," but goes on to question their musical-interpretation abilities. "Do these people really listen to the music," he asks, "or do they just skim through it?" He admits that "Coming Clean" can be "misleading," as it refers to his "affair with music," but with the exception of "Cookie Jar" he says the theme of the record has little to nothing to do with infidelity, as Billboard speculated.
As fans await The Quilt's arrival on September 9, McCoy leaves the interpretation to them, saying, "I like to let our albums be somewhat of a 'choose your own adventure' listen."
(by David Harrison)
WESTWOOD, California — When you have artists like Lil Wayne, Fall Out Boy and Gym Class Heroes backing you, life is pretty darn good. So it goes for Tyga, cousin of Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes and the newest MC to come straight outta Compton. Tyga's debut album, No Introduction, dropped last week and the first single "Coconut Juice" is already blowing up on the charts and the radio. Not bad for an 18 year old.
We caught up with Tyga at his album launch party at Whiskey Blue where he told us about all of his mixes, remixes and re-remixes, making him just about the busiest teenager I've ever met. You may already know Tyga from the original remix of Lil Wayne's "A Millie," although he'll be the first to admit that even though Chris Brown, Fabolous and Jay-Z all have good versions, nobody can kill it like Wayne did on the original. Tyga also spoke of a "Coconut Juice" remix, and we can only keep our fingers crossed that Wayne will return the favor ("Congratulations, big homie," he added about Lil Wayne earning the #1 spot this week).
The night was capped off by a performance by Tyga, complete with a special appearance from McCoy, because as the "Juice" lyrics go, "it runs in the family." Expect much more from Tyga, as he plans on releasing a second single in the fall.
