Katy Perry‘s staff was initially cold and warm about “Teenage Dream.”
Bonnie McKee, who co-wrote the 2010 hit with the singer, revealed that the monitor went by way of a couple of totally different lyrical renditions earlier than touchdown on the refrain identified at this time.
“It was probably the most tough to put in writing,” Bonnie defined throughout a Might 6 episode of The DaddyMommy Present podcast. “We wrote like 5 totally different variations to it.”
The songwriter—who’s credited on the monitor alongside Katy, Max Martin and producers Benny Blanco and Dr. Luke—recalled the primary model of the hook beginning out with the strains: “You make me really feel like I am born once more / All model new, come on, Peter Pan.”
After all, that idea did not stick. The truth is, after deciding these lyrics have been “too younger” and “wanted to be sexier,” they went again to the drafting board and labored on a couple of extra concepts, together with one which was referred to as “Strive Me On.”
“It was all type of trend references,” Bonnie recounted. “Although that is a very cute thought and value writing, it felt a little bit bit camp, and the track was a little bit extra earnest.”
