A Hard Look At The 10 Worst Sexual Innuendos In Katy Perry Songs
Katy Perry is the master of cringey af lyrics and her sexual innuendos are particularly entertaining. Terrible, but entertaining.
There’s no shortage of (not so) subtle allusions to sex in Katy Perry songs. We have nothing against, if only it was better executed. Then again, Katy’s cringe innuendos are our entertainment so who are we to complain?
For your enjoyment, today we’re taking a deeper look at Katy’s ten cringiest sexual innuendos… or -‘cringuendos’.
Check’em out.
1. E.T.
“Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me
Infect me with your love and
Fill me with your poison”
Maybe don’t mention kissing and infection in the same sentence hey, it’s not exactly a turn on. I don’t know about you but I’m definitely getting STD ~*vibes*~ from this.
Zero percent sexy.
2. Birthday
“So let me get you in your birthday suit
It’s time to bring out the big balloons
So let me get you in your birthday suit
It’s time to bring out the big, big, big, big, big, big balloons”
Yeaaa look, I don’t even want to get into what exactly Katy Perry means by “big balloons” but this fusion of sexual innuendo and kids birthday party imagery is just a nope. That’s two things that just don’t belong together Katy.
3. Deja Vu
“When you’re drunk, you say I’m the one
Then you wake up
You suck my hope up in a vacuum”
Lol, this might not actually be a sexual innuendo but I feel like it is even if it doesn’t mean to be?
Either way these lines are cringe af #dirtymind.
4. Legendary Lovers
“I feel my lotus bloom
Come closer
I want your energy,
I want your aura”
Now this is some new-age, faux-spiritual, psuedo-hippie bullshit being spouted. Full body eye roll at this cringey analogy.
5. Bon Appétit
“Got me spread like a buffet”
Alrighty. The whole ‘Bon Appétit’ analogy of cooking Katy Perry and serving her up like a meal is just mega uncomfortable, especially seeing it literalised in the music video it’s just…a lot to take in.
Cannibalism just…isn’t sexy?
6. Bon Appétit (again)
“Eat with your hands, fine
I’m on the menu”
This just conjures up the image of someone wearing a bib and digging into some ribs ammirite.
6. Walking on air
“Just when I think I can’t take anymore
We go deeper and harder than ever before
We go higher and higher
I feel like I’m already there”
This is just cringe because it’s so freakin’ cliché like c’mooooon Katy! ‘Deeper’ and ‘harder’ could not be more thinly veiled sexual innuendos if they tried.
7. California girls
“So hot
We’ll melt your popsicle”
Full disclosure I actually like this one. Just thought I would take a break from ragging on Katy Perry and get around this banger of a lyric.
Subtle much?
8. Tsunami
“Oh, you’re waking up an ocean of emotion that my body can’t hide (can’t hide)
Tsunami
Oh, now you’re soaked in my devotion ’cause you’ve opened up a paradise (inside)
Tsunami”
Props to Katy for writing a song purely about the elusive female orgasm. But it’s just cringe how freakin’ literally she feels the need to spell it out. I mean enough with the heavy handed hints already. Like, we get it, you’re talking about sex.
9. Hummingbird Heartbeat
“You make me feel like I’m losing my virginity
The first time every time when you touch me
I make you bloom like a flower that you never seen
Under the sun we are one buzzing energy”
In this cringey af sexual innuendo, Katy actually kicks off by comparing sex to…other sex. Nailed it.
Then tbh this whole song is a hot mess of weird nature analogies for sex. From “Let’s pollinate to create a family tree” to “The taste of your honey is so sweet” – it’s ‘cringinnuendo’ overkill.
10. Peacock
“I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock”
This innuendo is defs on the more explicit end of things and it’s top of the list for cringe Katy Perry lyric moments for sure.
