Lynch: They look like turbo-rocket popsicles for robots. Lambert: I think they’re still called glow sticks, but I feel like the LED ones should be called something else. Lynch: I was inspired, too! There were many dazzling lights. Is it OK to say that? That I felt uplifted and inspired? Katy Perry handpicked the other artists, too, and was pretty candid.
The energy was crazy, plus all the musicians kept thanking everyone for buying tickets in support of the Young Survival Coalition, so in addition to the sugar and caffeine, everyone was feeling pretty good about themselves. Tess Lynch: A kid fell onto our feet on the escalator, and we realized that instead of the drunk couples roaming around at the Mayer concert, this crowd was super-buzzed on Mountain Dew and Swedish Fish. Plus, instead of last time’s garlic mayo–and–weed smoke vibe, Katy Perry’s curated night smelled like caramel popcorn.
Lots of them, everywhere, in tutus and glitter and rainbow-colored wigs.
Molly Lambert: It was another gorgeous night in the most beautiful venue in L.A., but with a totally different demographic than the Mayer concert. We wondered how the Katy experience would measure up to the fine evening we spent at the Bowl with her boyfriend, John Mayer, earlier this month, and we traveled up several flights of stairless escalators to survey the Katycat scene.
Well, OK, seven - Bonnie McKee, Kacey Musgraves, Tegan and Sara, Sara Bareilles, Ellie Goulding, and the lilac-lipsticked “Roar”-meister herself. It was truly the night of a thousand women. Last night, Molly Lambert and Tess Lynch ventured once more into the Hollywood Bowl, for the Katy Perry We Can Survive breast cancer benefit concert.