Music Excercise

So today in class when we did the music exercise (which I enjoyed), one of the songs was “California Gurls” by Katy Perry and originally I thought that she was making fun of California girls and their so called “fakeness” (fake boobs, hair – dyed blonde, fake tans, etc.) because in her music video they are first placed in a fake world – candy land where everything is fun and giggles, secondly they wear ridiculous outfits displaying various candies and treats, thirdly they use over large cupcakes, peppermints, gum drops to accentuate the boob area (almost making the point of well these are just as fake as yours, and fourthly the song is about how California girls have so much fun yet there is not one stereotypical Californian girl in the video. But now that I am thinking back what if she wasn’t making fun of the stereotypical Californian girls at all, what if she was trying to make the statement that it doesn’t matter who you are you can still have fun. I say this now because she wears different colored wigs throughout the video and even at one point you see her own hair color (which is actually brunette) making the point that you don’t have to be a blonde to have fun. Also her back round dancers are of various ethnicities not the typical skinny white girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. What if she was trying to make the point that it is ok to be different and it doesn’t matter what other people think because you can still do what you want and have fun doing it. I don’t know what you guys think about this or if you think I am looking to deep in to a pop song, but these are my thoughts and I am curious to know what yours are!