Katy Perry covers Jay-Z & Kanye 

'N***as In Paris'

If you follow my posts you will know I’m a massive fan of genre-crossing covers so you can imagine my excitement levels reached an all time high when I heard Katy Perry had done a Radio 1 Live Lounge cover of Jay-Z and Kanye’s ‘N***as In Paris’. My newly manicured fingertips couldn’t type into Youtube’s search box fast enough. Tweets galore were being posted bigging up the 28 year olds cover who changed the lyrics to 'Ninja's In Paris'. Tweets like ‘Omg Katy Perry KILLED it’ had me frantically searching for the cover.

Naturally, I believed the Twitter hype and was waiting to witness Ms Perry tear it up. Approximately 15 seconds in, and my eyes were already wondering off the screen and vaguely tuning in and out of her performance.

The blue haired busty singer ‘rapped’, no wait, attempted to rap her way through the Radio 1 Live Lounge. Other than the parts she sung in her unique Perry pop way, the rest was a mixture of horrendous flow and teenage awkwardness. I felt like I was watching a school talent show gone wrong. You know when a little awkward kid attempts to channel their favourite rapper and barely gets through the lines. Yep. That was Katy Perry as she rocked a NY baseball hat and made random ‘gangsta’ poses. If she had done more of her singing and less rapping I would have been sold, but the balance was just all wrong.

The internationally successful star said ‘this is about to get real embarassing’ right before she performed the cover. How right she was. 

I suppose you got to admire the fact she doesn't take herself too seriously. But Katy, please don’t ever cover a rap song. Thanks.

Watch the cringe fest below.

Katy Perry - Radio 1 Live Lounge cover