Yesterday, at the behest of a giant corporation, Katy Perry covered the Beatles. Today, Wilco are doing something similar. Perry’s version of “All You Need Is Love” is part of a Gap ad campaign. You might not hear Wilco’s versions of “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Dig A Po...

The Beatles’ starry-eyed 1967 single “All You Need Is Love” is almost certainly the worst of that band’s 20 #1 hits. Today, the song reaches a sort of logical conclusion. Katy Perry, someone with a whole lot of #1 hits herself, has covered “All You Need Is Love” for a Gap ad campaign.

Katy Perry, I choose you! Or whatever. Perry has just released a new original song in conjunction with the 25th anniversary celebration of Pokémon. It’s called “Electric” and was, of course, inspired by none other than Pikachu, the most well-known Electric Pokémon. The song will be included on Pokémon 25: The Alb...

3OH!3, the duo behind such ’00s trash-pop hits like “Don’t Trust Me” and the Katy Perry-featuring “Starstrukk,” are back. Their first new single in four years is a collaboration with 100 Gecs, another duo who clearly have an affection for the kind of digital ruckus that 3OH!3 were makin...

She made hits. That was the whole premise of Katy Perry -- that and stirring up controversy in ways that often sent palms flying toward foreheads. At the peak of her commercial dominance, Perry presented a playful, colorful, hyper-stylized version of pop at its most plastic. A former Christian pop singer whose breakthrough single proclaimed&...