When I started this blog, I wondered how long it would take for me to mention this. Guess today is the day since its Music Friday. Katy Perry is my favorite music artist. She inspires me to be a better me and not give up. Before she became the first woman to have five singles from one album go #1, she was on three other record labels and subsequently dropped from each. Knowing that about her, and seeing how far she has made it, helps me keep going when things don’t work at first.
While being signed and dropped from different labels, she wrote numerous songs that never made it onto a released album. Some of Katy’s unreleased songs are her best. Asking me to pick my favorite song from her is near impossible (though I’d probably say “Teenage Dream” since it was the song that made me a Katycat). One of the unreleased songs that has stood out to me lately is called “The Box”
The lyrics talk about getting out of a set mindset and experiencing new things. I think the message is one that all college kids can relate to. For the first time, we are out on our own and experiencing things. While living on my own, I’ve experienced my first non-Mormon church, tried foods and drinks I probably never would have, and have been introduced to different lifestyles. I’m not saying the life my parents raised me in was bad, it was just different from the things I’ve seen. Some of the experiences were liberating and exciting. It was almost like I was living for the first time and that’s what “The Box” is all about.
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