I agree with the stage presense but if I turned my head from the screne and didn't actually watch her, I truly enjoyed how the song sounded. I'll admit, I like the song but I thought the performance of the song was better than the album version. I was impressed…and I really thought she looked cute.

We get it. You kissed a fucking girl. Good for you Katie. Good for you. *shocking* Didnt we here about this back in the 90's?

I agree personally, but in the grand scheme of things, Whitney, does she have to? Rihanna does this exact same shit without vocal talent, yet somehow gets a number one hit each time…I prefer Katy Perry, and if she doesn't have to learn dance routines or have a stage presence to make it, better her than Rihanna! Don't work hard, work smart! Lol

While yes, her walking back and forth and goofy overacting antics were detracting, the girl looked cute, she sang pretty well, and overall put on a decent performance. I tried really really hard to dislike this song. I really did. Unfortunatley for me its one of those mind fuck songs that just gets stuck in your head for days and days then you find yourself at work rocking out to it and singing it under your breath and a co-worker asks what you're singing and since all my coworkers are over the age of 60 (and i'm 24) I can't possibly tell them "I kissed a girl and I liked it" because nobody will have heard the song and will decide that I must be one of those crazy tattooed lesbians but they'll pretend to be ok with it and say something like "well…isn't that…interesting" then walk away and tell everyone else that the Admin is a raging lesbian.

I hate old people.

"You got no rhythm. You're like a breadstick." enough said…

"You kiss girls and you aren't even lesbian
No you aren't even lesbian"

So it's ok to kiss a girl but not okay if your boyfriend is gay?

I'm with ya Whitney, that performance was horrible. All the bopping up and down was irritating too. It looked like an early performance on American Idol to which Simon would have thrown his arms up in frustration and then leaning in on one elbow said, "That was absolutely dreadful. You belong in a kareokee bar."

jill sobule from 1995 called. she wants her song premise back.

If she would stop doing the Amy Winehouse crack bop and shake, she wouldn't sound so bad. has anyone else noticed that all her songs are gay themed? 2 in a row! who is she, T.A.T.U?

She is probably easing herself out of the closet. I kissed a girl, UR so Gay. Or she wants to be seen as a lipstick lesbian.

She's cute and I like the song, but Jill Sobule did it better.

i'm noticing that this girl has some blatant double standards regarding male and female sexuality…

My goodness, somewhere Jill Sobule is rolling her eyes.

Okay. I work karaoke for a living. I have a semidecent voice, but what really gets me is the lack of stage presence that each performer seems to have. Either they don't move at all, or they do exactly what this Katy did in this video. I think that I would agree with Simon, only I would add that the voice was good. The presentation was absolutely horrendous. I do better, to tell the truth.

"No I don't even know your name /It doesn't matter/You're my experimental game/ Just human nature

It's not what Good girls do/ Not how they should behave/
My head gets so confused/ Hard to obey"

Uugh. I'm STRAIGHT and I find those lyrics offensive. They totally play into that "non-threatening Lesbian" performance that drunk white girls put on when they have one too many mixed drinks and want some attention.

OMFG! Kissing my BFF is HOTTT!! Lolz.

someone throw katy perry a girls gone wild t-shirt already so she'll shut the fuck up.

Keebler; I glanced at your comment and thought easing was eating!! LOL

Meep: would it be less offensive if those lyrics were about a guy? I don't find them offensive. It makes me remember a time when i was a teen and just wanted to know what it was like to kiss a girl… and it wasn't terrible. I'm not really picking up on the whole 'drunk white girls' (don't girls of other ethnicities do this??) vibe… but maybe that's just me. She was WAY better than the HORRIBLE Pussycat Dolls fiasco. Oh my god. I think that made my ears bleed.

Why do I keep thinking one of those nonsense young "next big thing" girls did a song just like this a couple years ago? I an even think of her face…. Jose somebody? J… J… DAMN I LOST IT. Why do I keep wanting her to be Jose?

JOSS! Joss someboday, didn't she do this???

Kate: that's an interesting question about whether or not other ethnicities do it. I'll just say that I see it happen a lot in bars– and it's always two white girls.

What's offensive about it is the reduction of the girl she is kissing to "an experiment"– one that "doesn't count" in the realm of "real" relationships (hence the line: I hope my boyfriend doesn't mind). The other girl is an object for her– and her "lesbian play acting" is harmless fun, not infidelity.

It makes me wonder how I would feel if I were queer… I can't imagine that I'd feel good about some straight girl commodifying and fetishizing my experience to titillate 14 year old boys. The whole thing smacks of "uugh."

It would be different if she were singing about straight experimentation because straight people aren't marginalized. One thing is certain, if she were singing about a guy, NO ONE would be talking about her crappy song and she wouldn't be performing it on SYTYCD.

On an unrelated note:

I think she may be the third Deschanelle sister.

I broke down and watched a bit of the video. I can't respect anyone who patterns their vocal style after the lead singer of The Motels. They, The Motels, were quite, hmm, unimpressive to say the least.
And I guess I am the only one who noticed that she is wearing PANTY HOSE! How very Kirstie Alley of her.

Well…i watched it expecting a train wreck but it wasnt. Her voice was great live…unlike most other talented "voice-modulated" twats out there. As for walking back and forth…eh, it wasnt that bad. She had nothing to work with on that stage…cept the other bandmates. She looked adorable too…

The song rocks! She also recently did a cover of The Outfield's song "Use Your Love" thats pretty bitchin! Loved that song!

whats wrong with panty hose?? Women used to ALWAYS wear it…now everyone bitches when they see it. GOSH! ;D

Personally I dont wear it and if i had to wear those butt hugging skirts and booty shorts that Katy's been wearing lately, I'd probably opt for some nylons too. lol.

Meep

Ding ding ding. I was trying to figure out who she reminded me of, your right,third Deschanelle sister.

kwitcherbitchen: she definitely needs a funky ball of tits from outer space.

I think she looks like Rory Gilmore. I thought it was her the first time I seen her in a magazine.

But if she looked like Zooey Deschanelle, I'd probably kiss her and like it.

Meep, you are so right. I went to a women's college and every weekend we'd have parties that were inundated with guys who'd flocked from far and wide to either (1) hit on the "desperate" straight women; or (2) see lesbians in action. The only folks putting on a show for them were the drunkest straight girls who would make out with each other to turn on the guys ..it drove me crazy because many of these girls were actually raging homophobes.

i love so you think you can dance but i'm glad i missed that performance.

I like when girls kiss girls. Pittsburg Slim.

I also like performers who don't wear a hole in the boards by traipsing back and forth.

I finally listened to this song (I've been avoiding it) because I was like "how bad could it be?" Now I know. It's The Faint - light - with a topic, as cooter/amy said, sobule did way better. I can't bear another listen, but there was something fundementally disrespectful about Perry's version. Which is too bad becuase other than her little huhh-thing at the begining of her phrasing, I like her voice. Why do sucky people get inborn talent? WHY?

I actually saw Katy live on Thursday for that gay FN MTV show hosted by Pete Wentz (I was duped into going) and both her performances were awesome compared to the one above. Maybe she was just tired or something, but the show I was at she was very interactive with the crowd and def. knew how to utilize the stage.

Oh, and in regards to Meep about her being the lost Dechanel sister, funny enough Zooey was there to introduce a music video and everyone there thought it was Katy Perry. I'm a huge Zooey fan and for a second I couldn't tell the difference!

She totally looks like Zooey! Haha! But Meep… it's just a song. I think you also need to hang out at different bars… girls over the age of 19 usually don't do that. At least in my experience. And… why can't it be an experiment? Didnt you 'experiment' with boys and maybe girls when you were younger? All i get from the song is, she wanted to see what it was like to kiss a girl. that does not make a relationship. but it does make for one heck of a peppy song!

I wish I was Curt @ comment #14.

I wish I did Karaoke for a living.

I saw it. I thought she was adorable! Since when is it bad 2 just have a fun pop song? Why pick apart? Why take offense?Just effin have fun and dance 2 it!

Yeah, shez gr8. I luv 2 dance! Effin A, ppl. Do it 2 it. 2 legit 2 quit!

Sorry Lisa about the lack of swearing. My bad. I just don't pop music seriously.

Sorry Lisa about the lack of swearing. My bad. I just don't *take pop music seriously.