The songs that musicians write and perform are certainly no exception to this rule.
But another song in the mix prompted some feelings of regret and self-reflection from Perry.
However, if given the chance, Perry would change a few things.
“I think we really changed conversationally in the past ten years.
We’ve come a long way.
Sexuality wasn’t as talked about back then, or any bang out of fluidity,” Perry acknowledged.
“If I had to write that song again, I probably would make an edit on it.
Lyrically, it has a couple of stereotypes in it.
Your mind changes so much in ten years, and you grow so much.
You know, what’s true for you could evolve.”
Hayley Williams, another mid-2000s superstar, released her own controversial track in 2007, “Misery Business.”
Though her band, Paramore, retired the song from performances, they’ve since brought it back.
When “I Kissed a Girl” was released, gay marriage wasn’t protected under federal law.
