Katy Perry - E.T

Katy Perry's latest release E.T has brought us this extraordinary video.

It makes the song so much more than a pop song, it makes its own world and shows a beautifully futuristic and dynamic Mrs Perry. You can see that they have put alot into this video because of all the big and small details.

At the beginning of the video it has a WALL-E theme, with the rubbish encrusted planet with a vintage sounding song giving a feeling that once there was happiness and love but has been covered up with its present state. Kanye West's presence brings a harsher contrast to the mysterious and eccentric performance of Perry.

Katy Perrys look reminds me of Bjork but plays very much on her beauty making it very individual and refreshingly exciting. From her breaded hair, flowing layered up dresses down to her morphing make up and transforming eyes every part of each of the looks has been thought through and executed perfectly. Her constant changing, growing and learning adds so many different aspects to the video that I could lose myself only watching her. People will obviously compare this to Lady Gaga but the only comparison is they both are not afraid to express what they want. Gaga uses her music and videos to push the bonderies and raise important issues while Perry uses each video to tell different stories and raise important issues too. I feel this is a Perry song and video through and through, nothing like Lay Gaga which makes this exciting and unique.

At the end of the video when she brings the robot to life with a kiss and he transforms revealing a man and then she removes her dress to show animal legs shows us that anyone and everyone is accepted and can be loved. This is a reflection on what in some parts of the world is true but what needs to happen in others. We may be white, black, albinism, gay, straight, male, female but different is positive, different is ok, different is accepted. These are only labels and when you get down to it we are all the same, we are all human and all unique. No one is or can very be the same as someone else, you may believe in similar thing but that does not make you one thing, everyone has different views, personalities and physical appearance. So when someone says that you are weird for being different to them, arent they also weird because they are different too.

This is not just a video but something to think about. Many people will see it as just a music video but I see more. It raises ideas of acceptance, difference and beauty. I also see it as an amazing music video. I hope you enjoy this as much as I have.