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Image Credit: Lauren Dukoff Katy and Kacey Take America
The pop princess and country newbie are from different music worlds, but as they’re proving on a new TV special and on tour this summer, they’re both “think-for-yourself type of women.”
Perry and Musgraves photographed by Lauren Dukoff on April 17, 2014 at Sony Pictures in Culver City.
KATY PERRY & KACEY MUSGRAVES’ BILLBOARD COVER: 5 THINGS WE LEARNED
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Image Credit: Lauren Dukoff Katy on Kacey: “I think [Kacey] straddles the line like I straddle the line of appropriateness and still maintaining a sexuality that is healthy and exciting. And it’s not all about that. Its about sending inspiring and empowering messages and being a think-for-yourself type of woman.”
Perry photographed by Lauren Dukoff on April 17, 2014 at Sony Pictures in Culver City.
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Image Credit: Lauren Dukoff Katy on Kacey: “She’s not just a country artist, she’s a crossover. She puts on a pop-country show, and she brings it.”
Musgraves photographed by Lauren Dukoff on April 17, 2014 at Sony Pictures in Culver City.
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Image Credit: Lauren Dukoff Kacey: “My parents aren’t crazy conservatives, they’re actually pretty open minded. But my grandparents are, and where I’m from, East Texas, is the Bible belt. It gave us perspective because we both have that. We both left those worlds.”
Katy: “We left those worlds, but we kept our compasses.”
Perry and Musgraves photographed by Lauren Dukoff on April 17, 2014 at Sony Pictures in Culver City.
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Image Credit: Lauren Dukoff Katy: “Maybe our worlds aren’t exactly the same, but anybody that appreciates great songwriting is going to be really into her.”
Musgraves photographed by Lauren Dukoff on April 17, 2014 at Sony Pictures in Culver City.
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Image Credit: Lauren Dukoff They certainly both agree about each other’s song writing. “At our cores, we both think a lot about narrative and characters and the subjects,” says Perry. Musgraves thinks “Teenage Dream” is “the best pop song ever written,” and adds, “If you have the lyrics first, then it doesn’t matter what the hell you do as far as fireworks or showiness.” Perry, no stranger to showiness, puts it in a nutshell: “If you don’t have the songs, you look really dumb in the costumes.”
Perry photographed by Lauren Dukoff on April 17, 2014 at Sony Pictures in Culver City.