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Dancing in the Arctic Circle: Anneli Drecker, "Alone"

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Ziggy_TARDIS5/10/2015 10:05:14 pm PDT

Taylor Swift may have gone just slightly overboard for her next music video.

Of course, if the song really is about Katy Perry, knowing about Perry’s background as coming from the Evangelical Christian community, I can make a good judgement of her being a terrible person, because I met many people of the same background in Colorado Springs, and with a few exceptions, they were bad people.

From ages 3 to 11, Perry often moved across the country as her parents set up churches before settling again in Santa Barbara. Growing up, she attended religious schools and camps, including Paradise Valley Christian School in Arizona and Santa Barbara Christian School in California during her elementary years.[3][9] Her family struggled financially,[10] sometimes using food stamps and eating from the food bank intended to feed the congregation at her parents’ church.[11]

Growing up, Perry and her siblings were not allowed to eat Lucky Charms as the term “luck” reminded their mother of Lucifer, and had to call deviled eggs “angeled eggs”.[12] Perry primarily listened to gospel music,[13] as secular music was generally discouraged in the family’s home. She discovered popular music through CDs she sneaked from her friends.[14] While not strictly identifying as religious, Perry has stated, “I pray all the time - for self-control, for humility.”

Not to mention, how she felt a need to announce publicly that she prays. I remember a verse from the Bible against that, but having no been Muslim for 4 years, I can’t remember it exactly.