14 DAY TRIAL // Last week Katy Perry did an extensive interview in Rolling Stone magazine, but this week we have some new parts that didn't make the print version. Among the things that didn't get mentioned the first time around is her outlook on fame, and this is going to shock you, Katy doesn't like being famous.
This kind of defeats the purpose of building a career in pop music, but who are we to judge? The singer goes on to criticize the concept of fame when she's worked very hard to achieve that very same status.
“I never wanted to be famous. That’s a byproduct of what I do. Fame is truly a byproduct of the dream that I had. People want to be recognized for their work, but nobody wants to be famous for nothing. Fame is, I think, disgusting,” says Perry without holding back.
Then she explains why she thinks that fame is so repulsive and why she never wanted it to stick to her own person, “Useless fame is disgusting. I think if you’ve got a talent or something to offer, a creative thing to offer to the world, then I think that’s beautiful. But that famous for nothing thing is kind of gross. It’s a bummer. And, you know, I only ever just wanted to make music and be on stage and play.”
While this sounds all very noble and decent, it doesn't explain the fact that Katy herself has sought fame throughout her career and she's still doing it, whether she likes it or not. If she just wanted to make music, that could have easily been done with a YouTube channel, not by actively engaging in a contract with a big record label and doing all sorts of promotional materials.
Katy isn't the only celebrity to speak against fame once she's gotten it. Not by a long shot. In fact, people are getting used to this whole “bite the hand that feeds you” attitude from stars nowadays, who don't seem to be able to make the difference between real problems and invented problems.
Many celebs have recently compared being famous to being in a war, or being raped. Kanye West, in his usual overinflated style, likened being famous to the persecutions black citizens went through in the ‘60s in America.
More and more of our current celebs seem to be getting increasingly out of touch with reality and also more and more self-involved, up to the point that they start throwing some serious words around and using them just because they sound cool: getting followed by paparazzi can never be likened to rape, war and racial discrimination, but famous people like to feel important.