By Anna Swanson

It was a risk when she “kissed a girl and liked it,” but when pop singer Katy Perry released her new album, “Teenage Dream”, she was taking the biggest risk of her short music career. So was the risk worth it in the end? With “girl-gone-wild” lyrics and a “girl-gone-wild” album cover, “Teenage Dream” was a complete failure on Perry’s part.

Katy Perry has worked hard to appeal to the teenage market. This has resulted in some pretty pathetic lyrics. Take, for example, one of her songs: “T.G.I.F.” So what do typical girls do on a Friday night? According to this song, teenagers go streaking, skinny dip, break numerous laws, and of course take part in wild sexual antics. While this may be true for a select few teenagers, is this really a message that should be coming from a pop icon? Especially an icon with not only teenage followers but teeny bopper followers as well?

In addition, the CD also has a song about male genitalia.  At first glance, “Peacock” seemed that it had huge potential; it sounded whimsical, quirky and the title alone was nothing really ever heard before. However, upon further listening one quickly understands the true undertones of what “let me see your peacock” and “Come on baby, let me see what you’re hiding underneath” really do mean.

There are many kinds of music to listen to in this day and age. There are the songs that you have playing in your head all day, every day. Then there are the lyrics that are so lacking in creativity and that seem so repetitive that they just won’t go away; they practically burn like an uncomfortable rash. The latter are exactly what the songs from Katy Perry’s new album are: obnoxious lyrics that get stuck in your head.

Hopefully, after reading this, you’ll be convinced to spend that $9.99 in your pocket, not for this album on iTunes but on something else you’ll definitely love. Suggestions? If you still need that entertainment fix, don’t go to Katy Perry. Go see her soon to be husband, the comedian Russell Brand.