I Kissed a Girl

…produce Katy Perry’s song “I Kissed a Girl” and Britney Spears’s song “Circus,” both of which went multiplatinum. “Luke and Max Martin—like Timbaland and a Pharrell—paved the way for me,” Blanco told Variety in 2021. “Sitting in a room working with Max and Luke was like learning how to…

…later with the single “I Kissed a Girl,” an assertive ode to sexual curiosity backed by a hard-edged electro-pop beat. The song quickly stirred controversy, as some critics derided it for promoting same-sex relations and others charged that the racy scenario it depicted catered to male fantasies of female…