Released in 2008, Katy Perry\u2019s hit, pop-rock song, \u201cI Kissed A Girl\u201d, topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for multiple weeks and is still streamed regularly by music listeners. During this time, sexual orientation and curiosity pertaining to sexuality were quite rarely touched on in pop music, as well as popular culture overall, because prejudice against homosexuality was on a greater scale during the 2000s compared to that of 2022. In the genre of 2000s pop, it was common for artists to write and produce songs regarding love and the opposite sex. Although most artists refused to refer to homosexuality in their work, Katy Perry, known for her musical experimentation and \u201cwildness\u201d, has touched on sexual orientation on multiple occasions and can be seen as an artist who deviates from the \u201cnorm\u201d of pop. Specifically, \u201cI Kissed A Girl\u201d is about the female narrator getting drunk and soon becoming curious about a girl whom she does not know, even though she already has a boyfriend. She then describes kissing the female stranger and being torn on whether it was the right or wrong thing to do but concludes that she liked it. I find this song to be \u201cwild\u201d because at the time, girls were expected to not act so uncontrollable nor be homosexual. Perry acknowledges this expectation by stating \u201cIt\u2019s not what, good girls do\/ Not how they should behave\u201d. Because the narrator does what is not expected by her and, instead, does what she is naturally inclined to do, this song aligns with the definition of \u201cwild\u201d. As a result, a large listening audience was attracted\/shocked by its wildness, boosting its sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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