Teenage Dream (the song) is pop perfection and one of the best songs of the 2010s. My second fav single was actually “The One that Got Away” and to me belongs with the long list of songs that should have gone to #1 but peaked just shy of the summit.

Also loved Part of Me from the deluxe version and Firework. But unpopular opinion I actually hated ET and Wide Awake. They’re both kind of weird songs that didn’t deserve to go to #1 compared to some other much stronger songs.

This actually makes me feel bad for Katy. She isn’t as creative as Gaga and Madonna, edgey as Riri and lacks the vocals of Ariana or X-Tina but she did deliver solid pop and like X-Tina she’s too young to be written off and placed in the legacy artist column.