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  • Katy Perry Talks Competition Between Her And Gaga

    When Lady Gaga was compared to Katy Perry earlier this month at the South by Southwest music festival, she was none too happy. We reported her response a little over a week ago.

    Evidently, the 27 year old doesn’t like to be compared to other artists, especially one like Perry, who’s middle-of-the-ground-safe, and pretty much a record label’s dream when it comes to having catchy songs, a relatable message, and a girl next door appearance.

    “I don’t know what the f–k I have to do with Katy Perry,” answered Gaga very abruptly. “My music is so completely different and I couldn’t be more different.”

    Gaga’s answer refueled the rumors that the two were at odds and entangled in some very heated competition, but nothing could be further from the truth, said Perry, and she says that Gaga keeps her focused on performing well and staying creative.

    “She is a fantastic performer and takes a lot of artistic chances, and it is always interesting to watch her,” said Perry.

    “Sometimes, it keeps me on my toes as a performer. It’s nice to have that. But we both agree that we don’t like the competitive nature and we don’t encourage it from our fans, because you are not going to listen to one artist your whole life. You’ll listen to a medley of different artists.”

    If you recall, many fans placed Perry and singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles in a heated competition, especially since the two had similar sounding songs in Perry’s Roar and Bareilles’ Brave. But Perry said she didn’t want to be in a competition with Bareilles and she said the same thing about being competitive with Gaga.

    “It’s not a competition and we don’t like that,” explained Perry. “I think that…I like her artistic choices. They are always very interesting to watch.”

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  • Lady Gaga Talks About Recent Puke Peformance

    By now you might of heard that Lady Gaga likes to be vomited on, as throw-up specialist Millie Brown tossed her cookies all over the pop singer at this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival.

    For one, I didn’t know there was such a thing as a throw-up specialist or a vomit artist, nor did I know that vomit and art could share the same space.

    But hey, you learn something new every day and according to Gaga the whole disgusting thing was in the name of self-expression.

    “We both really believe in artistic expression and strong identities,” she said during an interview on the Today show.

    “I support her and what she does. ARTPOP, my new album, is about bringing art and music together and the spirit of creative rebellion. For us, that performance was art in its purest form. But we totally understand that some people won’t be into it.”

    The blonde singer also said she’s not really surprised the performance received so much press and that a lot of people were turned off by it.

    “I guess we weren’t completely surprised. Millie and I know that not everybody’s going to love that performance,” said Gaga.

    Additionally, the Applause singer said the throw-up stunt was for a very specific audience, and the fact that she didn’t do it on television or in front of children means that people should chill-out a little, and not be so close minded.

    And Gaga didn’t deny that the vomiting thing was just to get everyone’s attention.

    “Did we want the controversy? I suppose it doesn’t matter,” she stated. “Either way, we don’t make things for any intention in particular other than in the spirit of entertaining the crowd and creating something that is really for the moment. It wasn’t meant for the Today show. It was meant for a club performance in Austin, and we had a great time.”

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  • Katy Perry Slammed by Lady Gaga After Comparisons

    Katy Perry was majorly slammed by Lady Gaga after comparisons were made between the two recording artists. It was during Gaga’s speech at the South by Southwest Music Festival on Friday that she dissed comparisons made between her and the Roar singer.

    “I don’t know what the f–k-all I have to do with Katy Perry,” she said. “Our music is so completely different. I couldn’t be more different, really. I really don’t fit in pop music in a way, but I came through it and I’d like to think I changed it in some way so you can feel like you don’t have to fit into a mold.”

    It seems like Lady Gaga has experienced a change of heart since she last talked about Katy Perry. That was in August when her song Applause was released at just about the same tome Katy released Roar.

    “I really like Katy Perry and I like her fans,” she told Ryan Seacrest during a post Applause release interview.

    Something Katy Perry definitely wouldn’t do is carry on the way Lady Gaga performed at the South by Southwest Music Festival. In a collaboration with vomit painter (yes, you read that correctly–vomit) Millie Brown, Gaga was vomited on during her performance and continued throughout her part of the show drenched in puke.

    “I’ve known Millie [Brown] for I think like five years now and we’ve actually collaborated before . . . she was just in town and so we thought we would collaborate again,” Gaga explained of their collaboration during her keynote speech, as see in the video clip above. “It was just exciting to see people talk about performance art on the internet. We really just did it because we believe in the performance and we believe in what it meant to the song.”

    If that’s the kind of performance the Art Pop singer engages in, then Katy Perry should be beyond grateful that Lady Gaga doesn’t want any comparisons drawn between the two. Considering vomit to be art–and allowing oneself to be painted in it–is just plain disgusting.

    Roar on, Katy Perry. Ride that Dark Horse. Just stay out of the way of projectile vomiters, or your crowds might thin out considerably.

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