I might have mentioned before that I love Selena Gomez. It’s true! I do. This was one of the first songs of hers that I heard. It’s featured in Another Cinderella Story and I highly recommend it for working out or just listening to it and feeling sassier.
I actually just watched that video for the first time and it is kind of weird. Selena is both a sexy maid and a sexy referee? What is happening?
However, this, the official video, is not the version of the song I first heard. This is:
Did you listen to both? Did you catch the difference? Listen to the random rapper at 1:46. In the Disney version:
Selena hit the track, like a surfer making waves
In the original version?
Selena hit the track, like Katrina making waves
(Note: on this particular video there are completely mis-transcribed lyrics on screen. Trust me. It’s “like Katrina making waves.”)
Last summer, my friends and I listened to the original version a bunch and always laughed at that line. Was there seriously a Hurricane Katrina reference in this tween pop song? Or was it supposed to be a reference to Katrina and the Waves? (Obscure, but less offensive.)
Finally, we did some research and came up with this from Wikipedia:
“Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” by Selena Gomez was released as a single on August 5, 2008 on iTunes[11] and a Radio Disney version (which removes the Hurricane Katrina reference) was released on September 9, 2008, on iTunes.
Controversial! Selena really is just like Hurricane Katrina.