Artist Profile : Wide Awake - Katy Perry (2012) Wide Awake is a song by American singer Katy Perry from Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection. Written by Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Cirkut, and Bonnie McKee, and produced by Luke and Cirkut, it was specifically written for Perrys autobiographical film Katy Perry: Part of Me. It was serviced to contemporary hit radio stations on May 22, 2012 by Capitol as the second and final single from Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection. A power ballad, Wide Awake is styled in electronic and dance-pop, and is lyrically reminiscent of the reality of a break up and moving forward. Upon the release of Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, Wide Awake garnered mostly favorable critiques from music journalists, who commended its production. The single became another commercial success for Perry, peaking atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs and Pop Songs charts. It peaked at the runner-up position of that magazines Hot 100 chart, becoming Perrys first song to do so. Internationally, it mostly peaked inside the top 10, like Australia, United Kingdom, and Mexico. The singles music video was directed by Lance Drake, and featured a fairy tale-like story, starring Perry and a child version of her. The video also makes references from Perrys Teenage Dream singles and the previous Complete Confection single Part of Me https://youtube/watch?v=SiApKGdDYiE
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