Katy Perry — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 76 songs across 6 albums by Katy Perry. They use 2,196 unique words out of 10,062 (lexical richness MATTR 0.66), with an average of 132 content words per song. Emotional tone: 50% of songs positive, 41% neutral, 9% negative.
Most used words by Katy Perry
- know (216)
- love (157)
- one (133)
- baby (120)
- tonight (114)
- back (109)
- see (94)
- take (88)
- make (87)
- let (87)
- feel (75)
- way (74)
- want (73)
- think (66)
- keep (56)
- time (52)
- night (52)
- life (51)
- heart (50)
- say (49)
Signature phrases
- “tonight walking air” (18)
- “walking air tonight” (17)
- “walking air walking” (17)
- “make feel” (17)
- “look back” (15)
- “see peacock” (14)
- “cock cock peacock” (13)
- “cock peacock cock” (13)
- “peacock cock cock” (13)
- “blow mind” (13)
Colors in the lyrics
- white (7)
- black (6)
- pink (5)
- rose (4)
- orange (4)
- purple (3)
- red (3)
- blue (3)
Albums analyzed
- One of the Boys (2008)
- Teenage Dream (2010)
- PRISM (2013)
- Witness (2017)
- Smile (2020)
- 143 (2024)