Perry tells MTV: “Max Martin and Dr. Luke … they were just showing me different samples of songs or tracks or beats, and they accidentally pulled up this beat, and it was for Three 6 Mafia. I heard it and I always knew I wanted to write this futuristic, alienistic song, and they pulled it up and I was like, ‘Wait, I can wrap my head around this. I know this seems like a long shot, but I think I have the perfect material to put on top of this sound.’ And I did, and it really worked out perfectly.†The subtext here is that Katy Perry has more money than Three 6 Mafia and can therefore outbid those dudes for beats that were already promised to them. But isn’t KP being a bit brazen here by calling Triple 6 out like that? Doesn’t she know she’s dealing with the world’s most dangerous posse?! [MTV]