Katy Perry | Irving Plaza

With The Daylights and Luke Pritchard of The Kooks

Thus far, Katy Perry's a one-and-a-half-hit wonder who got her start singing gospel songs but got famous singing the line "I kissed a girl...and I liked it." Where California's most precocious preener goes from here is anyone's guess. Could Perry, with her wacky outfits and rabid tween fan base, cement herself as Madonna's heir-apparent to the pop-tart-chameleon throne? Or will little Katy find that as easily as one can play the fame game, one can get equally played? Time will tell, but for now it's all cherry ChapStick, crazy clothes, palatable pseudo-rockers and a revival meeting-like live show starring Perry and her pop parishioners. We think we like it. With The Daylights.

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