- I love Katy Perry with hair. - That's so embarrassing
to have your lips on the wall like that.
Like, what?
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- I don't know what this is.
- She disappeared! Is it like sala-gadoola-menchicka-boo-la?
(laughs) - Oh my god! It's Katy Perry!
I love the music video.
- Oh! This is Katy Perry's new music video. Okay.
She kind of flopped after "Bon Appétit,"
so she's back. And I honestly really like this one.
- (squeals) Katy Perry!
- Katy Perry. - She looks like Taylor Swift,
but I'm sure she's not. (laughs) - That's how I get ready
in the morning. I'm like, "No."
- ♪ ...don't wanna fall down the rabbit hole ♪
- Another love song, huh?
- ♪ Cross my heart ♪ ♪ I won't do it again ♪
- This is what I needed to get back on board with Katy Perry.
- ♪ But once in a while I trip up and I cross the line ♪
♪ And I think of you ♪ ♪ Two years and just like that ♪
- Yes, Katy! You better go!
- ♪ Thought it was done, but I ♪ ♪ Guess it's never really... ♪
- It's catchy. - Same.
I love her, 'cause she kinda got
a little bit kooky. - The face is iconic. (laughs)
- ♪ Thought it was done, but I ♪ ♪ Guess it's never... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Really over ♪ This is so fun! I really like it.
- ♪ Guess it's never really over ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Just because
it's over... ♪ - ♪ Doesn't mean it's really over ♪
♪ And if I think it over... ♪ - It's like me before,
when I was young. (chuckles) I thought it's over,
but it's not over. - This is a gay pride song for sure.
- ♪ And if I think it over ♪ ♪ Maybe you'll be coming over again ♪
♪ And I'll have to get over you all over again ♪
- Oh, wow. She's trying everything to forget this guy.
- ♪ Therapy ♪ - Therapy. (gasps)
What was she gonna do with that?
(makes guttural noise)
- Why are there hearts here? Why are the hearts in bottles
and the bottles have the tears? But the tears make the heart beat.
- Does she think she's a philosopher?
All the symbolism. I don't get any of your symbolism.
- This feels like if the Charles Manson cult
took place in 2036. - ♪ But once in a while,
I trip up and I cross... ♪ - Okay, you see all
these people right here that seems as if they're minding
their own business, dancing? It looks like they're about
to pull some kind of cult move right there.
- ♪ Never really over ♪ - (chuckles)
- ♪ Oh, we were such a mess ♪ - What does this even mean?
- You know what this means to me? Is when they're about to
pass you the football. - Once you see this, run.
- ♪ ...really over ♪ ♪ Just because it's over
doesn't mean it's really over ♪ ♪ And if I think it over ♪
♪ Maybe you'll be coming over again ♪ - That grass looks itchy.
- ♪ ...over again ♪ - I like what she's wearing.
I like all the outfits. - I love this song!
Especially her beautiful dress. - ♪ ...can't keep going back ♪
- I really like this video. I think this is one of my favorites
by her. - Katy Perry's always been
a lot of fun. I remember really enjoying her
with her whipped cream days and all that. (chuckles)
- ♪ Two years and just like that ♪ ♪ My heart still takes me back ♪
- Okay. - ♪ Guess it's never... ♪
- Don't drink the Kool-Aid, girl. - This is a cult!
This is the whole "Don't drink the Kool-Aid,"
and they all just drank it. - ♪ Guess it's never really over ♪
♪ Just because it's over doesn't mean it's really over ♪
- She's a really great vocalist. She really is.
And people are like, "It's the hair
that made her fall down." (laughs)
- ♪ And if I think it over ♪ ♪ Maybe you'll be coming over again ♪
♪ And I'll have to get over you all over again ♪
♪ I'll have to get over you again ♪ ♪ Thought we kissed goodbye ♪
- This is what Coachella should be, but it's not. (chuckles)
- I feel like this is what Coachella is like. (laughs)
- This is a good summer song to start the summer, you know?
- ♪ And I can't keep going back ♪ ♪ I guess it's never really over ♪
- She looks like an angel. (laughs) - I love Katy Perry with hair.
- ♪ (humming) ♪
I love that. (claps) Woo!
- And then there goes Orlando Bloom. (gasps) With the matching tattoo!
- Oh my god. I love everything about this video.
- That was a fun song. I was very into the video
the whole time. Her outfits were great.
She looks great. The hair... her voice is great.
- I could relate, 'cause instead of studying
and focusing on the grind, I'm all caught up on love.
- it was just like magical. Love everywhere
and just feeling the life.
- (FBE) So, that was Katy Perry's new video for her song
"Never Really Over," which our fans have been
really excited for us to cover today. - Yeah. I like it.
- I feel like it's back in 2010 now, and I found my love
for Katy Perry all over again. - (FBE) We're gonna talk
more about this in just a bit obviously.
But the song has also been the subject of all sorts of memes.
- Already?! Didn't it just come out, like, two minutes ago?!
- Of course. There's never enough memes.
- (FBE) So, we're gonna show you some of those now as well.
- Oh, boy. Here we go. - Stop! I love the SpongeBob meme!
- ♪ Just because it's over doesn't mean it's really over ♪
♪ And if I think it over ♪ - Aww, these SpongeBob memes,
they hit the spot. - (laughs)
- "Never really over SpongeBob." I'm over SpongeBob.
I've been watching that with my grandkids forever.
- When these SpongeBob memes started popping up,
I was SO confused, but I appreciate when they're used well.
- "How I feel trying to sing along for the fast part in..."
Oh, let's hear it. Let's hear it. - ♪ Just because it's over
doesn't mean it's really over ♪ - (laughs)
- ♪ Maybe you'll be coming over again ♪
- Look at Oprah! (laughs) - ♪ Doesn't mean it's really over ♪
♪ And if I think it over ♪ - (laughs)
- I'm gonna learn it, and then I'll feel good about it,
and I won't be able to relate to this.
But for now, yeah, I totally get it.
- (FBE) All right. This is less of a meme
and more just a tweet. - Okay.
"There's someone in the bathroom stall next to me crying on the phone
with their ex and quoting 'Never Really Over' by Katy Perry,
and honestly, relatable." Well, it relates to me, too.
- "Please give them a hug from me." Ah, that's so cute!
Oh, she's so cute. - Everyone always has, like,
we're over, but not really over with someone at least once
in their life. - Crying over an ex is... no.
You just don't do that. It's called you move on.
That's all. And it can be over if you want it to be.
- Can we respond? - (FBE) What do you wanna say?
- Katy Perry, where are you? I'm your biggest fan.
Pleeeease, please meet me at the gas station, so I can meet ya.
- (people) Awww. - (child) Cute!
- "Me vividly explaining how Katy Perry's career,
talent, and ability to make good music
is directly correlated with the length of her hair.
My dad." (laughs)
- She probably gets so much [bleep] for her hair,
because all of us collectively, we're just like...
But then she got hair back, and we're like, "Oh, you got a song?"
- So, the hair has some magic when it comes to Katy Perry.
- When "Bon Appétit" came out, she cut off her braids,
and people were like, "She lost her powers."
Now, the hair/wig is back, and she's back to making good music.
- I think her music's better when she has short hair,
but my opinion. Don't come at me.
- I'm the dad. I'm like, "I don't give a [bleep]."
- When a woman drastically changes their hairstyle
and also men, something's going on.
Now it seems that she has recovered from that.
- "Katy Perry. Uh, you can say mood?" What does she mean by that?
- I really like her goofiness. - That's so embarrassing
to have your lips on the wall like that. Like, what?
I wanna go back and put here hearts. Here's my heart eyes
and say, "Katy Perry, I'll fix that for you.
Next time, let me be in your music video.
I can fix that for you." - "Katy Perry:
releases 'Never Really Over.' Gays:"
- ♪ Guess it's never really over ♪ ♪ Just because it's over
doesn't mean it's really... ♪ - (chuckles)
- (laughs) - That's gonna be very accurate.
I'm probably gonna [bleep] on Pride Sunday.
I can already see that happening. - I think they're all so funny.
- Memes is the best press, and that's so weird.
You're literally getting exposure from people being dorks.
- (FBE) So, before we talk more about this, we wanna know,
do you consider yourself to be a Katy Perry fan?
- Not really. - Yes, hardcore.
- In the middle of the ro-- She has a rich voice.
I do like her fashion sense. I'm not doing backflips
when I see her on YouTube.
- 100%. She's awesome!
- I definitely was really, really into her,
beginning of her career. But I feel like most other people,
we kind of dis-- not distanced ourselves,
but we weren't really exposed to her music as much more recently.
But this is definitely a bop that's gonna get me
super back into her. - (FBE) As we said earlier,
the video that you watched today has gone viral,
receiving over 30 million views on YouTube in just a few days.
- Wow. - I helped with that.
I can say I'm one of those people. - (FBE) The video has also been
praised for its cultural references to the hippie era,
such as the flowery festival clothing and the kind of overall '60s
and '70s-themed aesthetic. - And cults.
- That's clearly what she was going for and that was definitely
represented with all the colors and the pastels and stuff like that,
and where she was located. The only thing that's missing
from that video is Charlie Manson popping up.
- It's '70s with that mid-century vibe, you know?
Mid-century was like '50s, '60s, and then you have the '70s.
And that whole aesthetic is coming back.
- (FBE) How would you describe this video?
- I would describe it as-- All I can say is ♪ love ♪
♪ Ta-da ♪ - Malibu, hippiness,
Katy Perry rocking the music, and Katy Perry's long hair.
- The beginning was like '50s, and then it became like '60s.
- It's retro, but it's also-- it kind of has the--
you know, the golden-hour-esque to it. Makeup? On point.
Hair? On point. Dancers? Fantastic.
I was entertained the whole time. - It had really pretty visuals.
It had pretty people with pretty clothing.
But they weren't doing anything interesting.
- Whenever you're going through a breakup,
you need some kind of therapy. You see her getting
the acupuncture. You see her getting the other stuff,
when they put the hot cups, you know, on your back.
So, I think she's trying her best to forget about this guy.
- This very much feels like a hippie cult
that drank too much Kool-aid, and now they're on drugs a little bit,
thinking about their exes, but it's helping them grow.
You know? (chuckles) - (FBE) Some people called
her last album "Witness," a disappointment.
But one critic has said
that this new song is a hit that, quote, "Could help vault Perry
back to her former glory as a pop star."
- Wow. Whoever said "Witness" was disappointed... pfff.
- I think she was just taking a break.
She needed time to get her mental faculties together.
Her songs, it fits a certain mold. You know what I mean?
She's never gone too far out of that.
- (FBE) Do you think that people should be judging her
and her so-called comeback just based on this one song?
- No. What I've been hearing a lot about that word, "comeback,"
that some artists don't like it, 'cause they're like, "Dude,
I've been just preparing to bring you this album.
It's not like I was asleep for two years."
- At the end of the day, your fan base is gonna really love you
no matter what you drop. It's art, so it's like,
you do what you want, Katy. Who cares what--
You are already successful. - She's always been here.
We've never lost her. It's been ups and downs with music,
but there are good songs in the other album too.
- (FBE) So finally, do you think that this is a song or video
that your generation specifically would want to watch and listen to?
- Oh yeah, because we kind of grew up in the era of early Katy Perry
a little bit, like listening to her.
And then, now we're like, "Oh, she's back!"
We get to love her again. - Yes, I would.
- 200%. - (FBE) Where are you gonna listen
to this song? - In my car, at my house,
and in my sleep! - At least for me, personally,
and I hope for the rest of my generation,
this is kind of what I want and need right now,
where it's just fun pop music.
- Thanks for watching this groovy episode
of Generations React. - Shoutout to Hi Sis.
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