Luke, Max Martin and Greg Wells for most of the songs, but also worked with some new writers and producers for the project. Perry released her third studio album, Teenage Dream, in August 2010. In 2009, she released a live album titled MTV Unplugged, which featured acoustic performances of five tracks from One of the Boys along with two new recordings, 'Brick by Brick' and 'Hackensack'.

They were later recorded by American singer Kelly Clarkson for her album All I Ever Wanted (2009).

During the recording process of the album, Perry had written the songs ' I Do Not Hook Up' and ' Long Shot' with Kara DioGuardi and Greg Wells, but decided not to include them on the final track list. The track ' Ur So Gay' opens with the lyrics 'I hope you hang yourself with your H&M scarf,' which BBC critic Lizzie Ennever believed was Perry's response to people who may have 'wronged her in the past'. The songs 'Mannequin' and 'Lost' have themes of determination and self-belief. Perry was the sole writer of ' Thinking of You', 'Mannequin', and the album's title track. Luke, Max Martin and Cathy Dennis, and alludes to bisexuality. The lead single, ' I Kissed a Girl', was co-written by Perry with Dr. The pop-rock album was composed over a period of five years. Her second studio album, One of the Boys, was released in June 2008. Following two unsuccessful contracts with Island Def Jam Records and Columbia Records, whereby Perry was dropped by both them before she could finish an album, she ultimately secured a deal with Capitol Records in 2007, a division of record label Virgin. Red Hill Records shut down later that year.

The album was unsuccessful and it failed to garner any attention. She wrote its songs 'Last Call', 'My Own Monster', 'Spit', and 'When There's Nothing Left' by herself while co-writing the remaining six with Mark Dickson, Scott Faircloff, Tommy Collier, and Brian White. She signed a record deal with Red Hill Records, and released a gospel album called Katy Hudson in 2001. After singing at church during her childhood, she decided to pursue a career in music in her teenage years. American singer Katy Perry has recorded songs for six studio albums.

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