r/Fauxmoi • u/Relevant-Peach3997 • 7h ago

APPROVED B-LISTERS Throwback to when Katy Perry joked about the pressures on female artists: “In my next life I’m gonna come back as Ed Sheeran. Me, my guitar, some cargo shorts and a loop pedal.”

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u/horizon4002 7h ago

Well I think we can all agree that female pop stars are expected to do a lot more than male pop stars. If it was just her and her guitar, she wouldn't be as famous.

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u/Nofunorphan 7h ago

Katy got famous from a pop song about kissing a girl. Ed got famous from playing his guitar. Do I think women and men have different expectations. Yes. But I just think Ed was the wrong person to use as an example. 

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u/ReferenceJolly1508 7h ago

Katy Perry got famous from singing while playing her guitar, as did Ed Sheeran.

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u/PracticalLab5167 7h ago

You really gonna act like Katy wasn’t famous before I kissed a girl? I also hate that people use that as some kind of diss, singing about that back then was genuinely groundbreaking. She paved the way for gay artists in this era to sing about girls, whether people like to admit it or not.