base talk Why did blonde hair not work for Katy Perry?

[MadMax12]

During Teenage Dream and Prism, Katy had lots of different hair colours like black, pink, blue, green and purple and was successful. But when she went blonde for Witness, why did it not work?

[Big Bad Wolf]

Because she’s best with her pin up Betty Paige-esque appearance.

[moo]

It wasn't that she went blonde, it's that she got one step above a buzz cut.

[wish]

Ever heard of color analysis?

[TROPICUM]

You can’t change a signature feature of yourself that abruptly, had she only changed her hair color maybe it might’ve worked well and shocked the GP in a good way, but a full on buzzcut? 

[Raphy23]

 

She looks like my great aunt. 

 

[shyboi]

7 minutes ago, TROPICUM said:

You can’t change a signature feature of yourself that abruptly, had she only changed her hair color maybe it might’ve worked well and shocked the GP in a good way, but a full on buzzcut? 

 

it worked for miley tho

 

i think it just didn't suit her, the black hair was, in a way part of her brand

 

the blonde washed her up

[Bears01]

It was the cut, not the color. It’s harder for woman to pull of really short hair, just like it’s harder for men to pull off having long hair and making it look good 

[livelikemusic]

I think the colour mixed with the cut was too much for some (don't know why since Miley did the same thing and no one batted a damn eyelash). I love Katy as a blonde... I just think it should've been a warmer hue of the colour.

[naval23]

It was ugly and a cheap gimmick to make the GP think she evolved 

 

 

[kexin]

[bigboss]

Lesbophobia.

[Helios]

16 minutes ago, livelikemusic said:

I think the colour mixed with the cut was too much for some (don't know why since Miley did the same thing and no one batted a damn eyelash). I love Katy as a blonde... I just think it should've been a warmer hue of the colour.

The antics paid off for Miley, not so much for miss perry.

 

[BrokenMachine]

The blonde hair was okay, the backlash only came until she cut it out, but didn't she say she had to do it because the bleached platinum got her hair damaged?

 

It kinda worked, but she basically HAD to cut it because it was the only option she had left

 

Now, with a short blonde hair, everyone could see how obnoxious she could be, and basically associated her with all the Karens around like her, and this is mostly what alienated the GP

 

But it wasn't only the Karen stuff, it seems like she also got a different stylist, she started dressing different, having different make up to the point she looked like a whole different person. The make up sometimes was too exaggerated and overdone, and I get it was the concept she was going into, but you just can't change so many things about your image and expect everyone to accept it

[Disconnect]

21 minutes ago, shyboi said:

 

it worked for miley tho

But Miley didn't have her identity defined yet. If anything her most iconic look before 2013 had already been with Blone hair (Hannah Montana).  She escalated to new levels with that blonde haircut because it's like the first time she was actually being truly herself, instead of betraying her real identity.

 

With Katy tho, it's kind of the opposite like you said.

 

She already had her brunette, pin-up indentity so defined and It suited her so much, that when she changed it so abrutly she did look good IMO, but i wasn't her anymore.

 

She honeslty look like your average american middle-age lady lol.

 

[BrokenMachine]

Also, Miley got backlash for cutting her hair, as she got backlash for so many things she did around Bangerz era, but it got her so much publicity, and she had everyone perched so it kinda worked among all the gimmicks she did. When Katy cut her hair the Miley comparisons were quick to come, and some people were claiming how 'unoriginal' she was and how she was doing it in order to get attention

[Bimbo]

Because she looked like an insane Ellen

 

[Phaunzie]

Katy is naturally blond, so not the color but the cut of it.

[Illuminati]

Katy had short hair in the Part Of Me music video and it still did well so I don't think that excuse works

[Reginald]

[UseYourIllusion2002]

1 hour ago, Helios said:

The antics paid off for Miley, not so much for miss perry.

 

Yeah but wasn’t Miley only 21? Her being super young probably helped too.

[Mr. Stratus]

It doesn’t suit her like the black, but she could’ve styled it worked with it. The Miley rip off look, just as Cttr was an established decent sized hit, is what then tipped over. Followed by BA which was never gonna be a hit, and SS. The music being dupidajke Euro-pop as the streaming era got underway, the image change, and everything else is what didnt work. Not solely a haircut. She was blonde for NRO era (a smash for her stans, a meh hit for everyone wise)

[ithinkheknowsoutsold]

40 minutes ago, UseYourIllusion2002 said:

Yeah but wasn’t Miley only 21? Her being super young probably helped too.

Actually Miley got the cut in the summer of 2012, when she was just 19. She didn't have the time to develop into a sex symbol, instead being seen as a girl next door, so when she got her hair cut it made her shed the girl next door image. Katy instead shed the sex symbol image.

[Laura Palmer]

The music was dreadful to start 

[Tower]

2 hours ago, naval23 said:

It was ugly and a cheap gimmick to make the GP think she evolved 

 

 

Lmao I love Katy but this is true