Teenage Dream - the greatest pop era ever?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ค. 2024
- In 2010 Katy Perry dropped her multi-million selling second album, Teenage Dream, creating one of the greatest pop eras ever. So just how did Katy pull off such a masterstroke? Who did she really write ‘the One That Got Away’ about? What was California Girls inspired by? What were some of the lyrics rejected for the title track? What Rihanna song could’ve ended up on the album? Who were the producers Katy was was supposed to work with on the record but never got around to? And who was the music for ET originally planned for? This mini-documentary explores these questions and more.
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00:00 Introduction
00:40 Background
03:38 California Gurls
06:42 Teenage Dream
10:14 Firework
13:49 E.T.
14:53 Last Friday Night (TGIF)
16:30 The One that Got Away
17:20 Songs that Got Away
18:30 The Complete Confection
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This album was incredible. Its success was astronomical
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This album turned Katy Perry into a pop legend. She will forever be remembered because of this era.
Its was her career peak .... thus far
She should work with Bonnie McKee again
Its still surprising that she never won a grammy especially with Teenage Dream. Katy was unstoppable in that era.
I did a video on that th-cam.com/video/Dr3r0XMkNlE/w-d-xo.html
She did win a grammy but they changed the results multiple times, to make her not win. So Sad!
@@jimmyfab what? Which one?
I like all the artists of that era. The competition was good. Anyone could have won but there was Lady Gaga and others always snatching the award from her everytime
Critics hates her up until now, idk why they're so judgemental towards her
I do believe it wasn't planned to smash that hard, because Katy's OOTB wasn't huge seller. But she and her label crafted that success so masterfully.
It was a huge step up in terms of success from OOTB- in terms of sales & venues on her tour
@@jonnyharvey Of course, yes! I was a witness of this era, and this U.S. success was so effortless for her. Katy and her label have really tried their best luck with TGIF and TOTGA to promote it to No. 1.
Does anyone else remember the original pressings of the physical album being Cotton Candy scented??? It REALLY made the experience of listening to the album more magical!♥
I remember reading about that
I still remember summer 2010 with that song on top of everyone's radio blasting. It was such a fun, happy, energetic summer. I was 17 at the time.
A great year for pop music
When I think of "pop music," THIS album is exactly what I think of. It is fun, colorful, and energetic in both the music and visuals.
It’s pure pop 😀
The Pop Bible.
…is blackout
@@nxtlvlzeph i have to laugh 😂
@@nxtlvlzephme when I’m a lil delulu
………is like a virgin
@@nxtlvlzeph yesss
Such a shame out of all her peers she hasn’t had longevity. Teenage Dream definitely is the best pop era of the 21st century
She might surprise us all yet
It's too soon to say that....she never collabs with big artists neither she promotes her stuff but I think she is coming for blood soon
I think the strangest part was that she didn't have a "crazy" or "obsessive" fanbase like Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga had during her Teenage Dream era; it seemed like the KatyKats were nonexistent and Katy's fanbase was just the general public. If you would have asked anyone in 2010 who would get 5 #1's from an album, many people would have said Lady Gaga. I remember when people said that Katy was copying Lady Gaga when she wore that cube on her head at the 2011 VMA's. It wasn't until(I feel) the singles from PRISM were launched that she was now in the public conscious as a "big celebrity" along with the Super Bowl. However, it makes me sad that she is no longer "it," and I have stopped keeping up with popular culture since Katy's "Witness" release; Katy Perry brings up nostalgia for me because I remember first hearing "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008 when I was 11, and she just fizzled away by the time I was an adult.
You're actually right. It is strange that her most successful album isn't the most "notable" in terms of fan reception, but Prism is. Nevertheless, as a Little Monster during the ARTPOP/Prism era (which you know had a lot of Lady Gaga vs Katy Perry fanbase wars), I'm a bit bummed that Katy is not one of the main pop girls anymore. I really want her to have a comeback like Lady Gaga did with A Star Is Born. I miss them ruling the charts, streams and award shows together
@@SmallHappyOtteryess
@@SmallHappyOttershe does have a very dedicated core fan base, the thing is we’re aren’t stans who obsess over her. We appreciate her music and artistry, but we aren’t gonna give people hell over it. With that she has actually sustained herself and gained some great longevity. Her “flop era” is still one of the bestselling eras of the 2010s, that’s proof that Katy cats exist.
@@migoym6079 I think Katy is at a point where she's happy with her life. Also she's got a baby to take care of so she's happier than ever. American Idol and her residency made enough money to take care of her family.
@@Greybell true. Still, I miss her though
It was strange that Katy had released One of the Boys and it did OK, but you wouldn't have thought that Katy would turn herself into a pop phenomenon and the biggest artist in the world. It's a pop masterpiece. The only artist who transformed their success and took their career to a whole new level with their second album since has been Dua Lipa with Future Nostalgia.
Very true but while Future Nostalgia did take Dua on another level, it doesn't really compare to what teenage dream did for katy's career.
Doja Cat did it with Hot Pink in 2019 (the album with Say So on it) and Nicki Minaj did it with Roman Reloaded in 2012 (The album with Starships). Both of them reached a whole new level of fame with those Sophomore efforts
I’d say Gaga also did with her second album The Fame Monster.
@@chulscapetillo Fame Monster is really an EP and an extension of The Fame. They're pretty much regarded as one album now.
U could say Ariana too. Her first album was a success but moderately, and only in the US. She became a global pop star as soon as she started her sophomore era, My Everything.
This album is so nostalgic. I didn’t give it a chance when it came out, but I love it now.
Yes the teenage dream era is the goat! Consistent hits and visuals that lead into a re release that had the same success.
Katy was on top of the world and we ate up every second!
TEENAGE DREAM IS NO DOUBT A LEGEND!! ❤
6 no.1 hits and 8 top 10 hits (deluxe version) IN ONE ALBUM!!
8 top 3
*TEENAGE DREAM IS THAT ALBUM! It really was the ultimate pop perfection album and would make an impact to this day* 💎‼️
Want my old katy back again, ruling charts, perform in big stadium and awards and hitting again billion views on TH-cam.
Maybe the moment has passed - everything must change
Teenage dream, 1989 and future nostalgia are like the holy trinity of pop albums tbh. The success all three of them had was phenomenal.
I need to listen to Future Nostalgia properly
@@jonnyharvey you should to listen Emotion by Carly Rae Jepsen instead 1989
@@cesarj.garciarios15081989 sold out Taylor is superior I'm sorry
No... It's Teenage Dream, 1989 and Thank you, Next
@@crazybabuskaman3923 Comparing sales vs. musical talent
Well, your standards are very limited
I would agree that it was probably the best era in pop music ever, as perfect as it could be. Taylor's "1989" and Dua's "Future Nostalgia" came really close to matching it, but it was still Katy who paved them the way. I was in high school when this album came out, and oh gosh, how many memories do these songs evoke. I was happy to spend my adolescence when such great pop music was around. Life was definitely easier back then, at least it seemed so.
P.S. "Hummingbird Heartbeat" and "Peacock" definitely deserved a single treatment as well!
Best era in pop music? You couldn't have been around 1996-02
@@cag88 teenage dream is better
1989 and future nostalgia combined could not compete with teenage dream.
@@Ivyonblond in what?
@@Fucoriicharts. I love Future Nostalgia but Teenage Dream would definitely beat FN.
WE NEED THIS AGAIN IN THIS DECADE
Yes we do. But can’t see it happening
true :( hope she makes a huge comeback
Fun fact: billboard changed the rule so that part of me doesn’t “count” towards the album. They did this to save MJ’S record. It’s weird because the re-issue’s sales count towards the standard edition on billboard, but for some reason the singles didn’t
This is not true, Billboard supports Michael‘s accusers and would want nothing more than for someone to break his record. Billboard changes rules all the time, it just so happened to not favor her at that time. Same way rule changes prevented MJ songs to hit #1 in the late 2000s. Has nothing to do with him.
same for the one that got away... they did not count remix sales for original single sales thats why it didnt went #1, it was supposed to peak at #1 her success is insane
During that era, I thought Lady Gaga was the next Madonna.....then came Katy Perry and her Teenage Dream. My God this is like True Blue version 2.0!!!
I was 13 when Firework was #1 on the Hot 100; Katy was not as omnipresent as Lady Gaga in my experience(despite Katy being more successful during 2010-14) and KatyKats seemed nonexistant until after PRISM was released; which is funny because I was watching another video and the narrator stated the same thing(that Katy didn't really have any hardcore fans). I didn't know about her holding a 5 Hot 100 #1's from an album record until like 2018. I remember when during the 2011 VMA's that people commented about Katy copying Lady Gaga for wearing that cube on her head.
@@bluesamgGirl, Katy isn’t bigger than Gaga in 2010-2011 Gaga owned those years. The Fame + Monster was bigger in a Global scale. And sold more albums and singles
@@spilledbeans7000 When did I say Katy was bigger? By 2011, it was already known Gaga was declining. I didn't care about music then, only until a few years back that I went on a nostalgia trip that I learned that Katy even held a record or did I know what a "Hot 100" was and by then I was no longer a part of the demographic that consumed Top 40 music; to me, Katy was just simply "there."
yeah the True Blue of the 2010s
Untouchable iconic best pop era just everything abt it worked she knew what she wanted she wanted to be a main pop girl and she did just that
Yes she had a very clear vision then. She seems lost now musically
FAV ALBUM EVERRRRR
teenage dream & the fame monster are truly the two biggest pop eras of all time in general, out of male or female singers, imo
One of the boys was still raw despite others claiming it was outdated. Teenage dream and prism is undoubtedly pop treasures! Just bangers after bangers! It was like, Katy isn't stopping at all.
My favorite Katy album is Witness, but it's kinda mind blowing to think this was the last big era of the media monoculture era. I'm not even sure something like that could happen again because virtually all media has become fragmented towards specialized markets, so on top of the marketing costs having skyrocketed (since formats that reach 75% of the population like TV and radio don't really exist in any meaningful way anymore, meaning you have to spend way, way more money to reach the same number of people,) that fragmentation means people no longer "talk about the same things" the way they used to, because now everyone can watch whatever they want, listen to whatever they want, etc... it's ultimately good for variety and creativity, and more importantly, for the artists themselves (smaller artists are doing better than ever now, larger artists have way more freedom than they used to, etc...) but it does mean things like Teenage Dream might never happen again. Who knows though. Let's be glad it happened I guess? Even Katy haters can acknowledge it was a special thing. I wish she got that record lol.
I think the last really big monocultural moment in music was when Adele released 25 back in 2015. Also it was the last hurrah of physical media sales right at the doorstep of 2016 when Spotify would takeoff, largely contributing to rap and trap influenced beats becoming popular.
def the greatest, it wasn't about a good pop album but a massive pop era, she crafted a timeless imagery with 5 smash hits in a row while playing different personas
She will always be a big part of my childhood. ❤
She made a real impact in the early 2010s
i personally think katy perry is just one of the best pop girlies out there. like she's intensely versatile (from teenage dream to witness), and she also really puts effort into how her music and artstyle should be. witness to me is artpop for katy perry, cuz it's SUCH A MASTERPIECE, and ppl are just hating it because of the single choices.
maybe ppl will appreciate it with time
I kind of disagree,katy perry was never an album artist,which is kind of why her career turned out the way that it did,she lacked the strong fanbase her peers had like gaga or taylor or or riri,peacock or hummingbird heartbeat can’t hold their own with the singles,I think why witness “flopped” is because her formula got outdated after prism,and obviously a bunch of other reasons like the trump era and the karen hair.
Wow, thanks so much for the deep dive into all the singles. Teenage Dream was a huge coming of age album for me as a kid, so your video is super special to me! Bravo!!
I’d love to see your commentary on The Fame or The Fame Monster by Gaga
Only seeing this now - thank you 😀
It really was “Teenage Dream” is my Gold era for Music
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LOVE this video! Wish it was even longer
Thank you 😀😀🙏🙏
Yet another brilliant video!!
My presenting is kinda stiff, cause I’m trying to remember the lines. But thank you 🙏
The fact the album itself could have spawn more no.1 singles, peacock or hummingbird heartbeat could have been radio hits at the time with the right promotion and collaboration.
I LOVE Katy its a shame they hate her now just because of the TSwift feud and Witness.
Audiences are fickle
I’ve seen somewhere Esther saying that when they were writing peacock, the lyrics tried to encourage the guy to show his “peacock” but some parts were starting to get too inspirational so they took those parts out of peacock and started composing firework.
Kinda like when God created Eve out of Adam’s ribs
oh that's interesting - thanks for sharing
I remember she came in like a tornado out of nowhere she became the IT girl and i hope she comes back to the top
it is indeed. thee POP BIBLE
Best era ever on pop. Agreed. ❤
Kathy Beth Terry is my spirit animal
Geeks & nerds rejoice 😀😀
Yes indeed,to me it was her being the next Madonna moment that somehow stalled after Witness flopped,The One That Got Away,Pearl and Teenage Dream.
This era of pop music 2010 /2017 is untouchable
Teenage Dream is a template of how to roll out an album campaign.Everything fell into place with this one.Teenage Dream(the song) is an immaculate piece of pop perfection,sounds pretty basic at the start,even juvenile someone might think,but gradually evolves into majestic.I get emotional each and every time that I listen to it. Props to everyone involved,special props to the magic pen of Bonnie Mckee🪄❤
Yeah the stars all aligned on this one
Almost every POP Icon (Top Queens) has had a HARD flop era: Madonna, Mariah, Gaga.,etc, etc, I feel Katy will get her flowers when she gets a come-back and I think she is on her way to get it! The girls that haven't really "flopped" are: Beyonce and Taylor but, I don't think they have had the highest highs of: Madonna, Mariah, Gaga, or Katy either.
That’s a good point - I hope Katy gets her flowers too
Interesting!
What was Gaga’s flop era?
@@Sapphire901 Art Pop, you can even say Joanne
this album is untouched to this day in terms of success for a pop record
Thanks for another very informative and entertaining video. One of my favorite albums!!! 😍🤩🍿🥰💖
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Thank you for the informative video of Katy Perry, who I’ve admired listening to her songs on the radio ever since I was a kid back in middle school. Even though I’m single, it was my “Adult Dream” to finally meet her numerous times at her PLAY residency in Las Vegas! 😊 Katy is such a down to earth person unlike Britney Spears and Janet Jackson, who are quiet and shy during their meet and greets.
You met her!! I’m so jealous
I love how u told about the history of origin of the songs. Teenage dream was great but Prism was her Magnum Opus.
thanks 😀Quite a few fans have said that - I need to give it another listen
@@jonnyharvey yeah! roar and dark horse were THAT hits
It’s crazy how she was massive with this album and a few years later her career as a popstar pretty much evaporated 😢
It’s really hard to maintain that level of success
she was on top for almost a decade before the decline tho
@@jonnyharvey Taylor CANT relate lol
Yes for the question
Her best album!! The album sold 9 million copies alone in USA (less one platinum to Diamond)
There was different certifications - does that include streaming & dowloads?
@@jonnyharvey yes, 9M by units
This album is so iconic!!
Teenage Dream is one of my favorite albums to listen to, even though I love the rock feel of One Of The Boys more, but TD is an amazing album. My favorite song is Last Friday Night, and it’s my favorite because it reminds me of a song I wrote in 2005 called Wanna Give It Up, which has the same chord progression.
That’s my favorite artist. I was in denial, but I’ve embraced it 😊😊😊😊
THIS ALBUM DESERVE SO MUCHH RESPECT
Classic pop
When I was younger and people like Katy Perry and Taylor Swift were getting really popular I wrote them off as plastic, soulless pop stars that made music for teenage girls. I still don't really like this type of music that much but I've grown to accept and recognize them as determined individuals with a passion to express what they think through the genres they like. Looking back I even grew fond of records like Katy's One of the Boys. That album and sound is like a time capsule to a simpler time, I think its a very fun listen.
Katy Perry peaked here. She may not replicate this again, but what a time it was. She is immortalized.
it would be very hard to top
I wish I could teleport back in time. To driving around and changing the station and hearing California Girls for the first time 😅😢❤
yes it was a great year for pop music
I saw this album preformed live during the Teenage Dream era and for Halloween, my mom and I made a costume from California Girls. I really love that album and I think about it all the time.
Lovely memories - thanks for sharing 😀
Huge props to those that worked with her to make the album too.
yeah she had quite a team of talented ppl around her. As most popstars do.
I honestly think Bonnie and Katy should work again together, I wonder what happened to their relationship
Maybe Katy just wanted a change. But yeah I’d like to see them work together again
Katy underrated legend
Yes. Next question
It was on its way of being the thriller album for that decade
sis and it was
in terms of single releases & success yes
The album sold 192,000 copies worldwide big win and pay day for both Capital Records and Katy
YES! NEXT QUESTION!
I can't believe this came out in 2010! It still sounds fresh to me - that or time is standing still for me, music wise. Also, I just listened to the single "teenage dream" just now. Parts of it, especially the chorus, reminds me of Tracey Chapman's "Fast Car" lyrically in terms of it being youthful and in the moment. Of course, they sound nothing alike, but its sort of two sides of the same coin IMO.
Thank you Bonnie McKee.
That's REACHING
*1989 says hello*
The California gurls video made a whole generation of sapphic girls
It probably did 😂
The title's answer: YES
Best album of all time 🔥
It was a great pop record definitely
❤ Pop perfection. Kp6 is coming!!!
Ahhh I wish this era could have live on forever
THE POP ALBUM 💗
13 years later and the album case still smells like cotton candy
I didn't get one of those
Katy is loveeeee❤❤❤
‘Only Girl’ is perfect for Katy, wow.
☁️Teenage🥰Dream☁️
was Katys perfect pop moment
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This era, elevated Katy to the status & success of Gaga & MJ
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It grabbed the social/cultural psyche @ the time with it's brilliantly crafted songs, videos & live performances
🔊🎶🤩🎶🔊
It's a pity the 3rd album
🌈Prism💎
wasn't promoted as successfully becos that's an amazing album too👍
The late 2000s & early 2010s were a brilliant time in music 🎶📻🎶
Another entertaining & informative video👌
Thanks 4️⃣ this Jonny
Teenage Dream IS THE INDUSTRY!!!
If you think this was the best pop era you must have missed 1996-2002. Late 90s pop era is unmatched.
That era is my speciality. Examples?
@Jonny Harvey it was wild. The era of the spice girls phenomemon, baby one more time, xtina dirty, justin timberlake, steps, s club 7, nsync, backstreet boys, girls aloud, destiny's child, It was bubblegum pop on steroids and it was amazing 🤣
@@cag88 he means album era's darling. This album era from KP is the biggest one yet. Not as in a longer time period of multiple artists and sound
@RUDOLPH MUSIC OFFICIAL forgive me I'm new here but am I missing something. How can an album be an era? Surely its just the greatest Katy Perry album.
@@cag88 an album is with most artists an era in their discography. There's a reason why taylor named her tour ''the eras tour'', combining all her era's. And TD was one of katy's era's. And considered the best era of an artist with one particular album
for me the greatest pop era is 1989.
That’s cool - each to their own
best of best❤
I have never understood why Katy did not win a Grammy for The Teenage Dream album! There are a lot of rumors (which I believe all of them are true) that Katy’s Teenage Dream saved the American Music Industry in 2010.
I love this album.
A great pop record 😀
In recent years? Yes but ever? Absolutely not. Theres Michael's Thriller and Bad eras, Whitney's Sophmore era, Janet's Control, Rhythm Nation eras, Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad and Loud eras....i could go on.
Yes thanks for that. I’m just posing the question. They were all great eras
@@jonnyharvey ahhh, I get it now. I enjoy your videos
@@MosesJD86 cheers- thank you 😀
people who think Teenage Dream, Future Nostalgia and 1989 are the greatest pop eras of all time clearly only know pop music from Just Dance onwards
Yes, yes, yes
Pop Perfection
Real ones know how amazing hummingbird heartbeat is
I love that song. It would’ve been the seventh single if they had one
Music peaked during this era. Music died in 2016
yayy katy deep dive 🩵 love your videos and your historical approach to them!
Thank you 😀😀
Omg I didn't notice it before but E.T really sounds like All the things she said ... I always felt like this song is familiar 😅
how did they get away with it?
I love teenage dream because yes that era was absolutely amazing and filled with bop after bop BUTTT The one of the boys album sonically and lyrically is and will always be superior in my opinion
I haven’t listened to it in years. It’s much more pop rock, isn’t it?
No, but it's decent
the best era ever
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The connection between firework and peacock is pretty obvious to me. Peacock is just cheeky and not so literal.
Yeah - probably. I take everything so literally
@@jonnyharveyFair enough. Great video as usual.
@@Everymonthisaugust210 thank you 😀🙏
It really is the most impactful and biggest era of all time.
It has to be one of the biggest
@@jonnyharvey according to billboard it is the biggest era of all time!
ugh i love ur work! so organized and fun. about the information, i must say.... ester dean can't fool me! firework and peacock are NOT about the same thing haha. one is about showing true colours, the other is about showing....private parts. everybody know that and we love it. why did she lie about it tho? lmfao. anyway, i hope nobody comes at me for saying this, but i am not a huuuge fan of the album. it's pop perfection and a cultural reset, but it just wasn't my cup of tea at the time. i was too obsessed with bionic, i guess. someone had to be, since xtina was NOT. ugh she hates her fans.... but back to katy, umm, i love the one that got away - acoustic and wide awake from teenage dream, so.... that should count :)
thank you so much 😀