This feels like it came from an alternate universe where Katy Perry never attained mainstream success. In that universe, none of her albums got widely released, meanwhile her various canceled and postponed projects slowly leaked through MySpace and file-sharing websites before ending up in bits and pieces on TH-cam and old, forgotten MP3s. In that universe, a 10-second snippet of this song, deemed "As Simple as it Seems" is the most wanted "lost wave" song on the internet, and Katy Perry is living a normal life somewhere, having long forgotten her dream of being a worldwide superstar. That would be a strange world to live in.
I know that she evolved as an artist and became the biggest pop star on the planet. But I can't help but come back to this song and appreciate it for when she was just starting out.
On the Prismatic World Tour, a few seconds of an instrumental version of this song is played right before her acoustic set. Best surprise. Love this song.
Haha it was spiritual....but i wish they should have played the song not the instrumental. I love that song. She is not even performing that in the tour.
YES!!! I WAS JUST WATCHING PWT ON TH-cam SINCE I SAW IT LIVE IN JUNE AND OH MY GOD I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS SIMPLE UNTIL I WATCH IT AND NOW I HAD TO GO DIGGING JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS. IM LITERALLY CRYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW
Katrina Neve kyle edward Haha it was definitely simple at my show! I was at the first show on the American leg of the tour. Maybe she changed it later.
just type in "katy perry unreleased songs" and you'll find loads of songs like this. my favs are Long shot, Bullet, Diamond, Time's up and some more :p
Every month i always came back here to hear this song. I really liked it, it just popped into my head once in a while and i go here to listen to it over and over again. Anyone who read this, Where are you from, how old are you, what you do for living, how's life been treating you?
@@ominous_light popstars won’t always be on top of the chart, sure she fell off as some you may say, but you could never deny the impact she had on pop culture during 2010s.
Godd this was 7 years ago!! Brilliant song, very beautiful and nostalgic. Katy Perry is a true artist. She didn’t have any money or fame during this video, and I’m proud of how far she has come. She still has this spunk and humble groundedness in her attitude today despite being a global superstar.
I'm super late to the party, but I found this song on Instagram and have fallen in love with it. I've been finding myself longing for the past more and more intensely these days. It's probably just because my life as it is now isn't as fulfilling as I'd like it to be, but I digress. This song takes me back. Even though I didn't know the year it released, I knew right away from the tone and production of the song itself that it was from the early to mid 2000s. Seeing the video only confirmed my suspicion. This song in all its entirety is such a time capsule; a portal back to simpler times. It reminds me of a song I'd have heard on Head Radio while cruising around in GTA III when I was a kid. From the time of this song to now, Katy went from a niche artist to a household name. While I wish I could go back to the "good old days", this song, to me, serves as a reminder that even if life currently isn't what you want it to be, theres still time to turn it into one that is.
Coming back here before she released Daisies on May 15th... Just want to go back to where she all started... I still like her old songs. Very pure and gives so much nostalgia. But i like her also now.
I love this original superstar, who a far from drama, and gossip. I love her simple life, her simple in everything. She's like true artist! Those moments is precious.
I seriously never thought of her as a talented artist since most of her songs are heavily produced and written by other people. Until coming across this. She’s clearly been considerably sanitised and flushed out by the industry.
I mean, this was written by somebody else, but it wasn't Dr. Luke. It was the guy from Reliant K. But she'd absolutely have been able to pull this off if the decade was kinder to her. It was so much more unique.
@Thaitea Student shes got up to 40 million spotify streams and still counting, a networth of over $330 million and several academy awards PLUS nominations. What do you have?
I remember finding out about Katy when I Kissed A Girl was a huge hit back in June 2008...I think I was finishing 5th grade and about to enter middle school but I did some internet digging and found all these unreleased songs of hers. I had this on repeat all year during that year and had no idea what these lyrics actually meant but I remember the entire song itself and the chorus being SO special to me...
I just love this video, it fits very well with the song. Her dress, her umbrella, her hair, and her makeup are oh so simple, whereas the city where she roams is one of the busiest cities in the world. I simply (no pun intended) love the contrast between Katy Perry and Tokyo.
I used to have this downloaded on my phone around 10 years ago, i miss this times! Katy i still love your songs, thx for being my favorite artist at teenage years ❤
it's so amazing to see how much katy has grown up. from "simple" to "the one that got away." it's incredible how successful this woman is. i love the 2006 katy all the way to 2012 and more. forever a katycat
I love this song. So SIMPLE and so is the Video. Still a young and inspiring young singer that just is so pure and GOOD. It is, for me, my favorite Katy perry song, for being so true and not overly commercialize. She is a real talented artist. lets appreciate her for what she creates. Cheers Slinky
@Luciferish Tingz well, she was indeed poor even as a child. she has crocked teeth because her family wouldn't be able to pay a dentist, but yeah, she worked her ass off to be where she is right now, it wasn't an easy journey and she achieved it all by her own.
oh how i wish we could somehow go back to this kind of simple music style and that she would re-release her 2001 album and all of her unreleased material from the 2000s in a compilation or something
She should make more songs like this! It sounds so good! The harmonies are excellent. And her pronouciation is brilliant! They should release more songs like this! And she should make a movie, not like Part of Me movie but like a actual movie where they have a story and scenario. It would have lots of viewers!
4 super hit albums . 9 #1 singles.. being the most streamed FEMALE solo artist in TH-cam history nd one of the biggest selling female act but still this song has a special place in my heart❤
@@Inferno-fpshuh you haven't seen katys TH-cam streams ..... Roar has 3.8 billion on TH-cam, dark horses has 3.6 billion on TH-cam go nd look it upp ...Roar is the most streamed female music video ever on TH-cam history go nd look upp
This song is really good, lyrically, sonically, the whole vibe is just there. Katy should let go of trying to remake teenage dream and just embrace music like this or expand to new horizons, 143 was such a mess but I hope if anything it serves as a wake up call. Anyway, this music video is so cute and early 2000s, I love music and aesthetics like this it’s so cozy and so full of charm xoxo
i can only imagine Katy Perry crying if she watches this video again , like look at where she is right now. shes on forbes most powerful celebrity and a millionare too, 9 number #1 hit singles and still working. so proud of her :*
For some extreme coincidence I got to know this song when I was 12 years old in 2008 and it introduced me to Katy Perry. After listening a lot to OOTB and TD I was really disapointed at the direction she decided her carreer to go. I understand artists change their style over time an being successful and getting rich is important, but... I miss this so much! Anyway, we'll always have it to remind us of this amazing artist, who's one of the few I've had an opportunity to watch live almost 10 years ago. Absolutely worth it!
In her movie "part of me" it said that a famous alanis morissette song inspired her to sing it was the first song that wasnt christian that she had ever heard thats probably why
Right and i had so much faith for her to redeem her career. She still has time to, she just needs to let go of dr. luke, Get an ENTIRELY new team, and sing more music. I believe she will try again with another album because 143 was shit.
ya'll need to stfu saying "omg i miss the old katy" "i want the old katy she's better" tHERES NO OLD KATY, KATY IS STILL KATY AND SHE WILL ALWAYS JUST BE KATY it is all so simple, just deal with it
yade exactly like her sound always changed this is nothing like the I kissed a girl era or the roar era an artist is always evolving and the true fans evolve with them xx
I heard this song on a soundtrack before Katy Perry was famous, and was in love with it. I don't even her music at all now. How is this so good and different?
Wow. I love this more than anything else of her I've ever seen or heard. While I love her usual humor, etc., I've never seen her nearly so beautiful as she is here as her natural self in appearance and delivery. God bless you forever, Katy. Love, Prowdog7
I just wished she stop trying to live up to her former peak's fame and just do what she wants with her music. She's already a legend and doesn't have to prove anything anymore.
Well, Katy Perry is a persona that Was created as a tool for influencing the masses. So I always appreciate to see Katy Hudson, cuz underneath that Persona of KP is someone truly amazing, fragile and cute. ❤ and this video is reminder of it. I wish her to get back one day, cuz she wants a lot, but can’t now.
she said in her Part of me documentary that she didn't like this phase when The Matrix (producers) were trying to turn her into another Avril Lavigne but she objected cause Katy always knew what she wanted and it was becoming a big pop act
This feels like it came from an alternate universe where Katy Perry never attained mainstream success. In that universe, none of her albums got widely released, meanwhile her various canceled and postponed projects slowly leaked through MySpace and file-sharing websites before ending up in bits and pieces on TH-cam and old, forgotten MP3s. In that universe, a 10-second snippet of this song, deemed "As Simple as it Seems" is the most wanted "lost wave" song on the internet, and Katy Perry is living a normal life somewhere, having long forgotten her dream of being a worldwide superstar. That would be a strange world to live in.
this make me kinda sad
Except for the fact that this alternate universe is actually real? Who tf is Katy Perry? Never heard of her.
@@rao803 She’s not to known, but you should give her a try. Even though she hasn’t released any songs since 2007.
@@rao803 so clearly you lived under a rock during prism, one of the boys, AND teenage dream
Her old vocal production actually compliments her voice much better than her most recent ones.
Yepp, I agree. This feels so much more raw and not as processed.
@@XDanW91that’s the low quality production
@@nnnn-sc2im u got the original?
th-cam.com/video/hxPc5RFVYV4/w-d-xo.html
Katy definity has a rock voice. Which is why she stood out in the bubblegum pop genre.
3 hit albums and 9 worldwide number one singles further, and still this is my favorite song.
Mine too, and the box
same
Yeah
Mine too!!!
It's just his best song.
This may be one of the most underrated songs ever in the music industry
Seriously
PLEASE WE NEED THIS KATY PERRY, PLEASE COME BACK
I know that she evolved as an artist and became the biggest pop star on the planet. But I can't help but come back to this song and appreciate it for when she was just starting out.
Came here after her announcement that she's pregnant... time flies... im so proud of her ❤
esse video tem quase 20 anos que foi postado
They grow up so fast 💜
yassss
Hello from November 2024
On the Prismatic World Tour, a few seconds of an instrumental version of this song is played right before her acoustic set. Best surprise. Love this song.
It's not simple, it's Spiritual, from PRISM.
Haha it was spiritual....but i wish they should have played the song not the instrumental. I love that song. She is not even performing that in the tour.
YES!!! I WAS JUST WATCHING PWT ON TH-cam SINCE I SAW IT LIVE IN JUNE AND OH MY GOD I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS SIMPLE UNTIL I WATCH IT AND NOW I HAD TO GO DIGGING JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS. IM LITERALLY CRYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW
Katrina Neve kyle edward Haha it was definitely simple at my show! I was at the first show on the American leg of the tour. Maybe she changed it later.
mmt567
If Katy still made music like this I would be obsessed. Does anyone know any other songs of hers with a similar vibe to this.
Mia Stevans bullet and damn
just type in "katy perry unreleased songs" and you'll find loads of songs like this. my favs are Long shot, Bullet, Diamond, Time's up and some more :p
The Box
All of them before the Teenage Dream album...
Andy Fennell not only one of the boys but she also has an unreleased album with the band she was in known as Katy Perry and the matrix.And many more.
Every month i always came back here to hear this song. I really liked it, it just popped into my head once in a while and i go here to listen to it over and over again.
Anyone who read this, Where are you from, how old are you, what you do for living, how's life been treating you?
I’m from Oklahoma but my parents are from Poland but I live in Copenhagen I’m an med school dropout life is bad
I’m 23 and a burlesque dancer who found this because of a Wesley Willis song.
Moin! I'm from Germany and 21 y my life could be better but it's ok :)
This song has a nostalgia vibe and I'm here for it
Im 24, I live in México and I love this song since I was 12 years old
18 from England. i'm just enjoying the music :)
Japanese was like: who the hell is this crazy lady
Lmfaoo
pls lmao
Few years later.... THE Katy Perry!
i would love if she could bring back this old style of music 😭
I wish she were still singing songs like that.
***** This was her grunge stage
She was like
23 omfg
+Slow-MOE blame the industry for that
The music industry is a shame! In my opinion this grunge vibe fits her Voice better than pop she does now
Never stop dreaming guys. Who would've thought that in the years to follow she'd turn out to be the biggest popstar in the planet.
Although she's flopped over time
@@ominous_light Don't pretend like she didn't release teenage dream and Prism in the following years. She's a legend already.
@@ominous_light popstars won’t always be on top of the chart, sure she fell off as some you may say, but you could never deny the impact she had on pop culture during 2010s.
still one of her most beautiful songs after 13 years
this song released in 2005 though
This is the real Katy.
I still love her but I've never seen her like that since her career started.
That is what happens when they get a hold of them
@@xx_mysticwolf_xx1492 no that’s what happens when you get a budget. also when it’s no longer 2005 and this type of music is out!!
@@Paris-jv8xo lol right it not being 2005 is your argument you got me deep with that
@@xx_mysticwolf_xx1492 girl that it nobody was trying to sound like Atlantis morriset in 2010!!
People change. Tbh she still seems pretty cool to me.
Godd this was 7 years ago!! Brilliant song, very beautiful and nostalgic. Katy Perry is a true artist. She didn’t have any money or fame during this video, and I’m proud of how far she has come. She still has this spunk and humble groundedness in her attitude today despite being a global superstar.
kyle edward shut up
Rekt.
Sam actually it’s from 2003
alexe. It’s from a movie that released in 2005
Ash Bacon i’ve heard it’s from 2003
She used to be so emo and sing from the heart.... I wish she was still like this 😭❤️
I'm super late to the party, but I found this song on Instagram and have fallen in love with it. I've been finding myself longing for the past more and more intensely these days. It's probably just because my life as it is now isn't as fulfilling as I'd like it to be, but I digress. This song takes me back. Even though I didn't know the year it released, I knew right away from the tone and production of the song itself that it was from the early to mid 2000s. Seeing the video only confirmed my suspicion. This song in all its entirety is such a time capsule; a portal back to simpler times. It reminds me of a song I'd have heard on Head Radio while cruising around in GTA III when I was a kid.
From the time of this song to now, Katy went from a niche artist to a household name. While I wish I could go back to the "good old days", this song, to me, serves as a reminder that even if life currently isn't what you want it to be, theres still time to turn it into one that is.
😅😅😅
Coming back here before she released Daisies on May 15th... Just want to go back to where she all started... I still like her old songs. Very pure and gives so much nostalgia. But i like her also now.
True
I love this original superstar, who a far from drama, and gossip. I love her simple life, her simple in everything. She's like true artist! Those moments is precious.
I seriously never thought of her as a talented artist since most of her songs are heavily produced and written by other people. Until coming across this. She’s clearly been considerably sanitised and flushed out by the industry.
I mean she didn't get famous for no reason lol
I mean, this was written by somebody else, but it wasn't Dr. Luke. It was the guy from Reliant K. But she'd absolutely have been able to pull this off if the decade was kinder to her. It was so much more unique.
this is my favourite katy perry song of all time.
i rememeber this so well.
i much prefer all her old stuff, its so true, and so easy to relate to :)
I'm so proud of where Katy's right now. And one thing that I thinks perfect in her it's the fact that she never forgot the start!
She sings gorgeously!
i looove her new stufff but this is still one of my faves :)
Drew are you still here ??? Ur part of history
I miss this era
who guessed this girl will rule the pop world
You were right
I did
@Thaitea Student Still she’s worldwide known and forever iconic
@Thaitea Student she's still KATY PERRY, like, this name have power in the industry if u don't think this u are stupid and dumb!!
@Thaitea Student shes got up to 40 million spotify streams and still counting, a networth of over $330 million and several academy awards PLUS nominations. What do you have?
Missed 2008 Katy Perry and early 2000s :( Who is here April 2020?!
me
Been listening to this song for almost 12 years 🥹 still my fave katy perry song
I really miss this version of Katy! Her og songs had grit and felt relatable!
This is such an underrated song. I love it.
Love her. She gives starting artists so much hope. ♡
Been listening to this since it came out, the best song she ever written.
I remember finding out about Katy when I Kissed A Girl was a huge hit back in June 2008...I think I was finishing 5th grade and about to enter middle school but I did some internet digging and found all these unreleased songs of hers. I had this on repeat all year during that year and had no idea what these lyrics actually meant but I remember the entire song itself and the chorus being SO special to me...
Any other unreleased songs you recommend?
I just love this video, it fits very well with the song.
Her dress, her umbrella, her hair, and her makeup are oh so simple, whereas the city where she roams is one of the busiest cities in the world. I simply (no pun intended) love the contrast between Katy Perry and Tokyo.
please never ever delete this
I keep coming back to this video. Its been 8years since I found this song and this is still my fav katy perry song.
I used to have this downloaded on my phone around 10 years ago, i miss this times! Katy i still love your songs, thx for being my favorite artist at teenage years ❤
it's so amazing to see how much katy has grown up. from "simple" to "the one that got away." it's incredible how successful this woman is. i love the 2006 katy all the way to 2012 and more. forever a katycat
I love this song. So SIMPLE and so is the Video. Still a young and inspiring young singer that just is so pure and GOOD. It is, for me, my favorite Katy perry song, for being so true and not overly commercialize. She is a real talented artist. lets appreciate her for what she creates.
Cheers
Slinky
I love how simple she was :(
Hassan Mohammed dislike
she was poor
@Luciferish Tingz she didn't have money to not even pay her own dinner, so she would call to her brother to ask for money, but he wouldn't have.
@Luciferish Tingz
well, she was indeed poor even as a child. she has crocked teeth because her family wouldn't be able to pay a dentist, but yeah, she worked her ass off to be where she is right now, it wasn't an easy journey and she achieved it all by her own.
@@marcosa.6943 actually she lived in a very religious household
oh how i wish we could somehow go back to this kind of simple music style
and that she would re-release her 2001 album and all of her unreleased material from the 2000s in a compilation or something
we can, it just won’t be what captivates worldwide audiences the way a shiny pop star can. music like this is more known as underground nowadays
need her emo alanis morissette era back for KP7
I would love for Katy Perry to re-record this song😭😭😭
I was looking for famous Wesley Willis fans, and this is what I got. Katy Perry, you ain't bad.
I wonder if she knows about Alternative Tentacles, Jello Biafra, et al?
I miss this Katy! But I still love heeeer!
She should make more songs like this! It sounds so good! The harmonies are excellent. And her pronouciation is brilliant! They should release more songs like this! And she should make a movie, not like Part of Me movie but like a actual movie where they have a story and scenario. It would have lots of viewers!
4 super hit albums . 9 #1 singles.. being the most streamed FEMALE solo artist in TH-cam history nd one of the biggest selling female act but still this song has a special place in my heart❤
Taylor swift is the most streamed female artist on all platforms
@@Inferno-fps no in TH-cam it's katy
@@rajmehul1781 no it isn’t.. blank space and shake it off have the most views of any female artist
@@Inferno-fpshuh you haven't seen katys TH-cam streams ..... Roar has 3.8 billion on TH-cam, dark horses has 3.6 billion on TH-cam go nd look it upp ...Roar is the most streamed female music video ever on TH-cam history go nd look upp
@@Inferno-fpsget ur facts right
I always love classic Katy. There's always a reason to love classic Katy! :D
This song is really good, lyrically, sonically, the whole vibe is just there. Katy should let go of trying to remake teenage dream and just embrace music like this or expand to new horizons, 143 was such a mess but I hope if anything it serves as a wake up call.
Anyway, this music video is so cute and early 2000s, I love music and aesthetics like this it’s so cozy and so full of charm xoxo
this is the katy perry i fell in love with god time flies so fasttttt
all those people passing on her not knowing shes gonna be one of the biggest popstars of our lifetime
Literally just found this today. Thank you BBC Radio 1 😭💖
Out of nowhere I miss this song
PS who else is here watching this on 2021?
It is hard to believe that this is a real Katy Perry song but, as from as I've been able to tell from research, it is a real Katy Perry song.
i met her randomly on the street in japan a few years ago and i had to fight every urge to bring this song up
i wish i did now but i was trying not to be overwhelming
this song is so inspired by alanis morissette and regina spektor
i can only imagine Katy Perry crying if she watches this video again , like look at where she is right now. shes on forbes most powerful celebrity and a millionare too, 9 number #1 hit singles and still working. so proud of her :*
For some extreme coincidence I got to know this song when I was 12 years old in 2008 and it introduced me to Katy Perry. After listening a lot to OOTB and TD I was really disapointed at the direction she decided her carreer to go. I understand artists change their style over time an being successful and getting rich is important, but... I miss this so much! Anyway, we'll always have it to remind us of this amazing artist, who's one of the few I've had an opportunity to watch live almost 10 years ago. Absolutely worth it!
So good! Would be so cool if Katy went back to this style
And she went on to be a reigning pop superstar for 5 whole years
old katy is very bautiful 😍😍😍😍
+Fajar Eko Kurnianto she is so beautiful
stand up 4 girls yes she is. she is amazing :D
She still is
True
Young katy ;)
who’s here after tiktok???
Me 😌
Meee
Me love it
Meee
The birth of a SUPERSTAR. 👑
Happy Birthday #38 Katy, thank you for staying true to yourself and for being such a huge inspiration 💓 You deserve all the love
if Amy Winehouse sung songs that were written in Jewel's songwriting style...really cool mix...love it :)
If she continued this genre of music, i think she would be like hayley williams from paramore
Tiktok is about to blow this up again
Songs written by Katy and Matt are always her best songs.
I cant believe i lived enough to see simple trending
After living single for 30 years, and never having any kids.. When I see young Katy Perry… I see the daughter I never had.
i really really like this song i think the part where she says "and they say you got ocd" os great
Back when she was a literal underground artist
She should come out with music like this next! This is really good 👍
This feels so Alanis Morissette
seems like the cure to me!
Alanis Morisette was actually a big inspiration for Katy when she started to make music :)
makes sense, it was written and produced by Glen Ballard, a predator, who also discovered Alanis.
In her movie "part of me" it said that a famous alanis morissette song inspired her to sing it was the first song that wasnt christian that she had ever heard thats probably why
One of her inspirations that’s why
This song got played in her tour! I almost cried when that happened
+Yeex W what tour and when?
@@cactus2947 can’t believe
"all i want is a friend" lmfao
Here after that mess called 143 💔💔💔
this song is so simplleeeeeeee and good
Your insulting the same person who wrote this
Right and i had so much faith for her to redeem her career. She still has time to, she just needs to let go of dr. luke, Get an ENTIRELY new team, and sing more music. I believe she will try again with another album because 143 was shit.
LOVE Cody Simpson 🫶🏼
Dipp you’re my favourite Cousin ❤
I love the simplicity of this woman ... that it makes me listen to your music ... Katy Perry truth you are a marvel
14 years later n this song still means so much to me
that line at the end melted my heart
just randomly remembered this song at the end of 2022. Still iconic.
ya'll need to stfu saying "omg i miss the old katy" "i want the old katy she's better" tHERES NO OLD KATY, KATY IS STILL KATY AND SHE WILL ALWAYS JUST BE KATY it is all so simple, just deal with it
ikr
Öykü Yade Teke true!
öykü yade yup
yade exactly like her sound always changed this is nothing like the I kissed a girl era or the roar era an artist is always evolving and the true fans evolve with them xx
I like the old Katy ok
This is the best definition of a dollar and a dream and it makes me happy
this katy, that katy. true fans love katy no matter what. this is one of my favorite song of hers.
miss artists being real and raw like this..
Now it's 2019 and I'm still loving you and all your changes all over these years, Katy.
She should bring this style back
I heard this song on a soundtrack before Katy Perry was famous, and was in love with it. I don't even her music at all now. How is this so good and different?
Wow. I love this more than anything else of her I've ever seen or heard. While I love her usual humor, etc., I've never seen her nearly so beautiful as she is here as her natural self in appearance and delivery.
God bless you forever, Katy.
Love,
Prowdog7
I miss this Katy tbh.
Her earlier work was so good
I just wished she stop trying to live up to her former peak's fame and just do what she wants with her music. She's already a legend and doesn't have to prove anything anymore.
THIS SONG IS SOOOO UNDERRATED! BEST SONG OF HERS
is so amazing how years changes even so it's still loving Katycat by simpre
Love this song sm
I can't believe she went from this to "WOMAN'S WORLD"
I wish she would go back to this sound
Well, Katy Perry is a persona that Was created as a tool for influencing the masses. So I always appreciate to see Katy Hudson, cuz underneath that Persona of KP is someone truly amazing, fragile and cute. ❤ and this video is reminder of it. I wish her to get back one day, cuz she wants a lot, but can’t now.
she said in her Part of me documentary that she didn't like this phase when The Matrix (producers) were trying to turn her into another Avril Lavigne but she objected cause Katy always knew what she wanted and it was becoming a big pop act
She is adorable in this video, little makeup and "simple", just like the song.
Love you Katy. ♥