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"Katy Perry has said that she wrote her latest hit &amp;#039;California Gurls&amp;#039; as a response to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys&amp;#039;s glorification of New York. The singer told MTV News that after she heard Jay-Z and Keys&amp;#039;s track &amp;#039;Empire State Of Mind&amp;#039;, she felt that California needed a similar tribute. &amp;quot;When I came up with the idea of &amp;#039;California Gurls&amp;#039;, it was because I was a little bit jealous of all the love that was given to the East Coast, and I thought for sure Tupac was rolling in his grave, and the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson was totally upset.&amp;quot;  Perry added that she wanted to create a song that captured the idealised image of the Golden State&amp;#039;s famously beautiful women. &amp;quot;[California girls] are different. That&amp;#039;s why there needed to be a song about them,&amp;quot; said the &amp;#039;I Kissed A Girl&amp;#039; popstar. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I felt like there&amp;#039;s something in the water. Like, you know the boys always dream about maybe dating a California girl, just because we&amp;#039;ve got the sun shining through 365 days a year.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Providing a female take on California&amp;#039;s iconic imagery was also important to the star.  &amp;quot;I thought it would be perfect timing for a California anthem, and especially one from a female perspective, because there&amp;#039;s never really ever been a female perspective about California.&amp;quot; Perry&amp;#039;s latest album Teenage Dream will be released on August 24. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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