After spotting Perry at his Coachella set, M83's Anthony Gonzalez offers to write singer's next album.
By James Montgomery
<P>M83's Anthony Gonzalez has taken his widescreen electronica on the road with the likes of Kings of Leon and the Killers. He's recorded a double-disc answer to the <a href="http://exclaim.ca/Interviews/FromTheMagazine/m83s_double_standard" target="_blank">Smashing Pumpkins' <i>Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness</i></a> and has even seen his work show up in the occasional Miley Cyrus song.</P><P>But after his set at the Coachella festival this past weekend (yes, there were artists <i>besides</i> <a href="/news/articles/1683173/tupac-hologram-coachella.jhtml">Holo-Tupac</a> that performed), he's really dreaming big: He wants to make Katy Perry's next album.</P><P><center><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:751562/cp~vid%3D751562%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A751562" width="460" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed></center></P><P>"I think I saw Katy Perry dancing [to] 'Midnight City' yesterday night," Gonzalez wrote on his Facebook page following his performance. "Katy, let me write your next album!"</P><P>For the uninitiated, "Midnight City" is the fantastic single off M83's dynamic 2011 double album, <i>Hurry Up, We're Dreaming,</i> and yes, Perry was right in front when Gonzalez played it (here's <a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/14/article-0-12970D17000005DC-821_634x864.jpg" target="_blank">photographic proof</a>). And following the performance, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/katyperry/status/191038484792885248" target="_blank">Perry tweeted</a>, "M83 ONLY." But does any of that mean a collaboration between the two might be in the works?</P><P>We're not sure, but when MTV News sat down with Perry last month in London — for the premiere of her <a href="/news/articles/1681551/katy-perry-part-of-me-music-video.jhtml">"Part of Me" video</a> — we asked her to name her current favorite artists, and she definitely let it be known that M83 was at the top of her playlist.</P><P>"I've been listening to, well, I guess it would have to be M83's last record, this past record," she said, before singing a few bars of "City." "I think I'm going to see him at Coachella. Oh man, I'm so there. I love it so much."</P><P>Of course, she didn't stop there — turns out, Perry's also fallen under the spell of Björk's <i>Biophilia,</i> too. So could the follow-up to <i>Teenage Dream</i> turn into a decidedly <i>cool</i> affair? Perhaps.</P><P>"The latest Björk record is incredible [too]," she said. "I was doing some fashion stuff two weeks ago and it was all Björk, and I was like, 'Oh my God, it's so electrifying.' I could never be her, because she's one of a kind. I'd never want to try and cop her style, but I'll do my own thing."</P><P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/photos/?fid=1617615"><img src="http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/s/spotted/banner/spotted.jpg"></a></p>
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