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3OH!3 Feat. Katy Perry
Why we feature this artist A second voice inside the deliberately oversized joke The Katy Perry version of “Starstrukk” takes 3OH!3’s exaggerated electronic-pop attitude and gives it a contrasting singer who understands the joke. Perry does not soften the trac…
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The story of 3OH!3 Feat. Katy Perry
Why we feature this artist
A second voice inside the deliberately oversized joke
The Katy Perry version of “Starstrukk” takes 3OH!3’s exaggerated electronic-pop attitude and gives it a contrasting singer who understands the joke. Perry does not soften the track into something polite. Her performance makes its bright, confrontational character more varied and more immediately pop.
The expanded Want recording
The original song belonged to 3OH!3’s Want album in 2008. The 2009 version featuring Perry, associated with the 3OH!3 and Matt Squire remix, rebuilt the vocal relationship around a new guest part while keeping the central electronic attack.
Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte’s performance uses abrupt phrases, repeated syllables and an intentionally inflated sense of confidence. Perry answers with a more conventionally melodic line but keeps enough sharpness in the delivery to belong inside the same scene.
The performance knows it is a performance
The production is thick and bright, yet the separate vocal roles remain easy to follow. A change of singer becomes a change of comic angle, giving the repetition another reason to return. The rough edges and exaggerated gestures are part of the song’s constructed character.
The featured version has a distinct identity from the original album recording, so both are worth hearing in sequence. The difference shows what a guest performance can change without requiring a different song: the same electronic framework becomes more theatrical once another recognisable personality has entered it.
Essential releases
Starstrukk — featuring Katy Perry
The expanded shared recording, with a new melodic and theatrical counterpoint.
Want
The original album and expanded editions place the two versions in their wider 3OH!3 setting.