Jill Sobule: Katy Perry Comments Were In Jest

is clarifying her comments about in an interview with Therumpus.net, which some reported a profanity laced tirade over Perry’s version of ‘I Kissed a Girl’, when she actually made the remarks in jest. Sobule writes:

It all started with an interview I did for one of my new favorite blog sites: Therumpus.net — a semi-obscure but hopefully growing arts and cultural website. It was one of the more interesting interviews I have ever done, as I was actually asked, engaging questions for a change. However, the interviewer had to ask the annoying yet inevitable “What did I think of the Katy Perry version of “I Kissed a Girl?”

I thought maybe this time I would have fun with it and goof on what many of my fans were hoping to hear over the last year. I prefaced my reply with a wink, and then rambled on with a string of over the top dumb-ass profanities, purposely out of character and completely in jest.

Check out the entire story at HuffingtonPost.com.

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Jill Sobule Comments On Katy Perry’s ‘I Kissed A Girl’

spoke with EW.com about how is enjoying a hit right now with ‘I Kissed a Girl’, a song title that matches her 1995 hit. “I don’t feel precious about the title, but I’ve gotten tons of e-mails from annoyed fans,” she explained. “Some think it’s more of a Girls Gone Wild thing than anything shocking or empowering to true gay feelings.” Sobule added, “’s song is a kind of catchy party song, although I will admit that I do smile when a critique mentions my version in a more favorable light. Is that wrong?” Read more.

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Jill Sobule ‘Don’t Let Us Get Sick’ Video

is out with the music video to her new single ‘Don’t Let Us Get Sick’. Watch it online below.

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Jill Sobule ‘Cinnamon Park’ Video

is out with the music video to her new single 'Cinnamon Park', from the album 'Underdog Victorious'. Watch it online below.


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