04.27.09
Some gay dude covers Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl”
As many of you know, I’m not the hugest fan of Katy Perry’s smash hit “I Kissed a Girl.” I was indifferent until she gave all those interviews being like “wait guys I didn’t actually ever kiss a girl, no homo! i just did this because bicuriousity sells! lulz.” (Note: if you don’t understand “no homo” plz click the link and allow Jay Smooth to educate you. kthx.)
But the point: you’ve never heard of Ivri Lider, but he’s this super-famous pop star in Israel who is openly gay. Some giant Israeli radio station you’ve also never heard of asked him to cover “I Kissed a Girl” for their 2008 chart-toppers show, and then he also made this video where he’s all depressed and confused in the restroom of some gay bar because he kissed a girl and he liked it. It’s great.
(Sidenote: if we’re going to talk about bicurious pop stars singing songs entitled “I Kissed a Girl”, I’m partial to Jill Sobule’s 1995 song. Too bad the actual music video isn’t available online, because it’s fabulously campy and it has Fabio in it.)
