‘If We Ever Meet Again‘ is lifted from Timbaland’s new album ‘Shock Value II’ and sees Katy Perry delivering some super-catchy hooks. A surprisingly palatable combination.

Kesha at her debut London show at Centro

Ke$ha’s in town, bitches!

WAPS was lucky enough to catch ‘TiK ToK’ singer Ke$ha at her London showcase yesterday, and she kindly found time afterwards to sit down and have a chat with us. Delightful!

Read on to find out about her forthcoming debut album, what she thinks of P Diddy and Flo Rida, and what her Halloween costume of choice is. Loving your work, Ke$ha.

WAPS: Hi Ke$ha, first things first – excellent gig this week.

Ke$ha: I had so much fun, thank you for coming!

W: It was our pleasure. You’re also supporting Calvin Harris during this visit, aren’t you?

K: I am. I’m playing again with him again tonight [at London’s Forum] but then I have to go back to the states to finish my record.

W: Any plans to collaborate with Calvin?

K: I hope so, I would love to – this record is pretty much almost done but I’d love for him to do a remix, or something for the next record.

W: Calvin does give good remix.

K: Oh yeah.

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W: We also spotted you in Katy Perry’s ‘I Kissed A Girl’ video. Are you two friends, then?

K:  Totally, we were actually friends from before she was successful. We just knew each other from being out and about and we worked with some of the same people in Los Angeles.

W: Nice. So, we were listening to the tracks on MySpace and they seemed more poppy than your live show, which was a bit more rocky and full on. What can we expect from your debut album?

K:  Well I definitely think with the live show, I wanted it be rowdy and really fun, and hopefully dance-inducing. I think the whole record has a bit of a rock edge because it’s pretty rowdy [as well], and y’know, the lyrics are pretty straightforward…

W: They really are!

K: Haha. I think that gives it a bit of a rock edge but it’s definitely an electropop, dancey, magic kinda sound.

W: So no ballads then?

K: There might be one or two, but I wanna keep…even if it is a slower song it’ll still have that four-on-the-floor to keep the heads moving.

W: Cool. On ‘TiK ToK’ you sound like a little bit of a wild child – what’s the last outrageous thing you did?

K: Well last night I did have seven trannies join me on stage. That might classify as something outrageous from the last 24 hours. I’m totally interested in the tranny lifestyle.

W: Mmm, glitter.

K: I do love glitter.

W: So apart from trannies what inspires you?

K: Honestly? I get it from everything and anything – you can get inspired from certain people you meet, guys, girls…like ‘Backstabber’ is about a girl who stabbed me in the back, ‘Dinosaur’ is about this old guy hitting on me, ‘TiK ToK’ was written about a really epic, fun night out with all my friends. You know, across the board, I think there’s a pop sing in pretty much anything.

W: Did you actually work with P Diddy or did he just record a cameo for ‘Tik Tok’?

K: He just did a cameo on the song but I met him and he was a total sweetheart, which was weird ‘cause I thought he was going to be intimidating and he was the nicest guy ever.

W: Interesting! So if you were going to a desert island and you could take either P Diddy or Flo Rida, who would you take and why? (Ke$ha is the voice of Flo Rida’s ‘Right Round’.)

K: Haha. I don’t know, they’re both great for different things. Er…I’d probably take Diddy because I’ve spent less time with him. He’d definitely have some interesting stories to tell.

W: Good answer. And which female artists do you rate at the moment? We heard you’re not into ‘vanilla’ pop.

K: No, I’m not.  Let’s see, I love Beyonce. I think she’s the classiest woman on the planet. I really like Lily Allen – she’s rad. I like Katy Perry, I’m really happy for her success.

W: Are we going to get a Katy ‘n’ Ke$ha duet?

K: Who knows? Anything could happen!

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Katy Perry in the video for Starstrukk

After their ubiquitous summer hit ‘Don’t Trust Me’, the irritatingly named 3OH!3 (named after the 303 area code for Boulder, Colorado, apparently) must have been keen not to become a one-hit wonder. And how does one avoid this pitfall? Well, getting Katy Perry on your follow-up single ‘Starstrukk’ isn’t a bad move.

Persuading her to essentially show her tits in the video probably can’t hurt either.

Katy Perry on the cover of her first album

MTV UK reports that Katy Perry will be working with geek-rockers Weezer on her second album. It sounds like our girl-snogging songstress is aiming for a more guitary sound.

Perry worked with pop writers and producers including Dr. Luke, Max Martin and Cathy Dennis on her first album, so her collaboration with Weezer could result in some rockier tracks.

Thoughts?