What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and Katy Perry’s lead single
“Daisies” off of KP5 has officially dropped, but after much debate, she’s setting the
record straight on Taylor’s part in the collab.
The daisy sweater, the cryptic tweets, everything just seemed to perfectly add up to the idea
that Taylor Swift would be collaborating with Katy Perry on her new single “Daisies.”
But after days of speculation and what felt like hint after hint that Katy would be featuring
Taylor on the song, she’s officially set the record straight.
Leading up to the song’s release, fans freaked out when Katy shared the news that “Daisies”
would be her next single, and within hours, Taylor shared this photo of herself wearing
a daisy sweater.It was hardly a coincidence and a cryptic move that Taylor would definitely
pull, and after many other clues hidden throughout the week, fans were convinced.
The official American Idol account tweeted that they’d be listening to “Daisies”
a total of 1,989 times, and she even teased that we’d have to wait and see if the rumors
were true come the American Idol finale.
The Easter eggs were basically handed to us on a silver platter, so naturally, fans took
the idea and ran with it.
Fast forward to today when “Daisies” officially debuted and fans were disappointed to see
ZERO mention of Taylor in any of Katy’s announcements.
BUT, many Swifties and Katy Cats, who had already listened to the song on repeat throughout
the entire morning swore they could hear a second set of vocals in the chorus of the
song.
When you listen very closely, there does seem to be a second set of vocals, but it seems
fans wanted this to come to fruition SO bad, that they convinced themselves Taylor is definitely
singing with Katy on the track.
One user took to Twitter to write, “I swear I hear Taylors voice in that chorus, I'm not
cray it's like blended with Katy's voice.”
Another fan wrote, “I heard Taylor's voice here.
Katy is on chorus.
I hope I'm not mistaken.
But I really do.
Listen very well.
I knew it's taylor.”
Until today, the only mention of the writing process Katy shared was on her Instagram post,
writing, “I wrote this song a couple months ago as a call to remain true to the course
you’ve set for yourself, regardless of what others may think," she said.
"Recently, it has taken a new meaning for me, in light of what the whole world is experiencing."
But during a new interview with Hits Radio Breakfast released this morning, Katy confirmed
fans’ biggest fear in that Taylor is NOT at all featured on the track.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s just not happening this time around…
But when one of the hosts asked whether Taylor could be featured on another song on the album,
Katy simply laughed and replied by saying, No, not as yet!”
She did credit the fans for being so “fun” and digging for clues since she first announced
the single, adding, “They do search far and wide for Easter eggs.
And we do put them in our visuals and in lyric videos and music videos and content that we
created.”
But Katy was quick to note that, “Not everything is an Easter egg.
Some things are just flowers.”
Call me crazy, but for some reason I’m still just not fully convinced…
Thankfully I’m not the only one, because fans have already chimed in on Katy’s interview,
writing comments like, “Why do I feel like she’s lying?” and “A remix could still
happen.”
But while we wait for some sort of magic to happen, let’s show Katy some love and stream
her new single, “Daisies”, out everywhere now!
Be sure to let us know down here in the comments all your thoughts on Katy’s song “Daisies”
and whether you think Katy and Taylor will collab in the future.
For more on Taylor Swift, click right over here to see what Scooter Braun revealed he
learned from his major fallout with T-Swift.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, have a great weekend!