Katy Perry Reissue Is Teenage Dream 'With A Face-Lift'

More than 20 months after Katy Perry released her smash Teenage Dream album and became one of the biggest pop stars on the planet she's releasing it again, this time as a fully stocked Complete Confection, which ties up all the loose ends and, in a sense, brings this rather amazing chapter of her career to a close.

While stars reissuing their biggest albums is certainly nothing new, Perry's approach to the Confection certainly is: She makes no bones about the fact that this one is for both her die-hard fans and those still (somehow) contemplating joining her flock.

"This isn't a 'reloaded' album, it's not an album with eight songs that are new ... it's not my third record. It's my second record, with a face-lift," she laughed. "I don't want it to feel contrived or manipulated. ... I had the idea to do a reissue, like that one last 'wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am.' Like, 'Here's Teenage Dream, if you're on the edge of being a fan.' ... It's for that last push of, like, 'Jump in with me. Why not? You've already bought five songs, so you might as well complete your album!' ... But really, why I did it was because I know my fans always want more, so it's for the die-hard fan to have a nice, complete package."

And to that end, Complete Confection is packed with all the hits and remixes, not to mention a trio of unheard tracks, two of which are Dream holdovers and one brand-new song ("Wide Awake") she wrote and recorded in just two days as an added treat for her fans. It's also a setup for the next phase in her career, the upcoming "Part of Me" concert film. As Perry has proved time and time again, there's a true purpose behind everything she does these days.

"There were two songs that I had from Teenage Dream that! I could n't put on [the album] 'Part of Me' and 'Dressin' Up' and then I knew we were doing this re-release, so I was like, 'I've got to get into the studio, because I can't wait eight months to be able to put out this feeling that I'm feeling right now,' " she explained. "Because God knows it would take me another eight months to do another record. I couldn't do it on the fly; it just takes time to set up a record!

"So ... I had two days to write, and I wrote it with my regular crew Dr. Luke and Max Martin and Bonnie McKee and then I had two days to record, and it was literally like, I submitted the lyrics before I submitted the music, because it was like by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin that I put that song on the record," she continued. "But I have a film that's coming out in the summer, a concert documentary, behind-the-scenes, real in your face, and... not only did I write the song because I needed to flush that out of my system, but I wrote it for the film as well."

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