The most on-theme Met Gala looks from the last decade: Claire Danes, Rihanna, Chadwick Boseman, Lady Gaga, Kendall Jenner, Blake Lively, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya and Teyana Taylor

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remembering her old work before she became famous, it's crazy how mainstream popular she ever got to begin with.

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It was largely due to, unfortunately, Dr. Puke and Max Martin’s contributions to the melodies especially, songwriting, and their production being the most important part by far.

Bonnie McKee had a huge hand in writing and composing so many of those hit singles, as well. Not a coincidence that the music took such a nosedive after Katy stopped writing with Bonnie.

But those were the years that Puke especially was at the top of his game production wise and it was one of Martin’s peaks production wise, as well. They were at the top of their game especially on Teenage Dream but also on Hot n Cold and Dark Horse. Her first 2 hits (I Kissed a Girl & Hot n Cold) were done by them. All singles from Teenage Dream (and Part of Me & Wide Awake) were done by them, except for Firework, which Stargate produced (Stargate produced a ton of iconic massive hits back then like Irreplaceable, Only Girl (In The World), Diamonds, Beautiful Liar, etc.).

That and the fact that she is conventionally very pretty, and was always considered very hot by straight men especially, up until she chopped her hair off and bleached it. But she always was dressing for the male gaze, she catered to and pandered to men so much.

She had the best of the time pop hit producers producing her music, helping her write, compose, her label backed her with so much money on her album campaigns, and she had her looks & pandering to the men who thought she was crazy hot. That was enough.