Katy Perry’s domination of the pop charts is likely to continue with new single, Thinking Of You.

But for the third single from her One Of The Boys album, Katy’s slowing things down. That’s right – no craziness in this video – we’re going to get our first glimpse of serious Katy. The video I’ve chosen (there are two versions) is the one which isn’t going to be shown on TV!

My verdict on the song? Lukewarm, I suppose. For someone who’s released two of the catchiest songs of the last 12 months, it’s glaringly obvious that Thinking Of You doesn’t have any discernable hook.

As a vehicle for Perry, it proves that her voice is fantastic, and once again draws comparisons with Pink. And it’s vaguely reminiscent of Avril Lavigne ballads like I’m With You. Perhaps it’ll be a grower and surprise me, but I’m inclined to think this may be a slight mis-step for Perry.

Unfortunately, there are better ballads in the charts right now, notably Issues by The Saturdays and I Hate This Part by the Pussycat Dolls. Imagine being beaten at ballads by the Pussycat Dolls?

I don’t doubt it’ll be a big hit, but I think Katy works best when she’s being funny and manic.

I suffer from OCD when it comes to celebrity crushes, and as regular readers know, I’m quite taken with Katy Perry at the moment.

In a blast of searching around for info to review her latest single, I’ve come across a ton of ways to stalk Katy on the Interweb.

Like Lily Allen before her, Katy lives her life online, and she uses a stack of social networking sites to blog with video, pictures and all that multimedia stuff. So, readers, grab your infrared binoculars, and I’ll show you how to stalk the seemingly insane Miss Perry on the Internet!

Official Website & MySpace

Alright, let’s start with the official channels – Katy has an official website and a MySpace page. Not very revolutionary so far, but we’re just getting started! Consider this phase reconnaissance, and listen to some of the nice tunes, there’s a bit of a blog (on MySpace), but the best is yet to come…

Tumblr

Tumblr is kind of blogging for attention deficit disorder people – you post little snippets of things that interest you and pictures and video and stuff.

Needless to say, Katy has a Tumblr blog of her own, and most famously used it recently to rebuff The Sun newspaper for trying to create a controversy about her posing with a knife in a picture. So she posed with a spoon as well.

Flickr

Being a web-savvy gal, Katy keeps (or should that be kept) a Flickr photoblog for a little while at the tail-end of 2007. She must be too busy to update it, what with becoming famous and everything.

But any savvy web stalker knows that there’s a chance she’ll return to Flickr again, so they’ll be keeping an eye on this page, let me tell you!

Vimeo

I have undoubtedly saved the best for last. Vimeo is a site that allows you to videoblog – it’s pretty cool too.

Unlike her Flickr effort, Katy keeps her Vimeo blog reasonably current – there are some recent videos of her messing around with her crew and stuff like that.

All of it will lead you to the inevitable conclusion that Katy has a few loose screws rattling around in that pretty lil’ head of hers.

All in all, Katy scores highly on the Internet visibility chart – it’s definitely not hard to stalk this lady online, if you’re an ardent fan. So, to close off this article, here’s Katy herself on her birthday looking weird.

24 year old egg. from Katy Perry on Vimeo.

I find it funny that in Katy’s last video, she was playing the bi-curious angle, but in Hot N Cold one she’s standing at the altar, ready to get hitched.

It seems that you can’t avoid Katy Perry at the moment, coming off the back of a massive hit single and presenting the MTV Europe Music Awards among countless TV appearances.

If you ask me, Perry’s bolshy pop-rock stylings put her in the same league as Pink. Except far more attractive.

Hot N Cold isn’t necessarily in the same league as I Kissed A Girl, but Perry continues to display an irresistible sense of fun and humour that you can’t help but smile at.

The video certainly helps – Perry is (as we said) at the altar, but the bridegroom seems to be having trouble getting his vows out…cue Katy tearing strips out of him via the power of song. He flees the church, resulting in a Benny Hill-style chase. There are a few costume changes along the way, but in the end, Katy manages to brow-beat her man into submission.

Hottest lyric has to be the one at the start – “You PMS like a bitch, I should know”. Do not accept any censored substitutes! This one gets a thumbs up from me.

If Katy Perry got criticism for Ur So Gay, she’s redressing the balance on I Kissed A Girl, America’s massive #1 hit single this summer. It’s held the Billboard top spot for around six weeks.

You’ve got to love America’s fascination for a song about a wee bisexual fling. Better still, the lyrics are juicy and overflowing with lustful intent. There’s nothing coy in Perry’s delivery, and you kind of imagine her overpowering the nearest girl for a quick snog.

We love the lyrics in the chorus, like…

I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don’t mind it

That last line’s a stroke of genius – why would he mind? He’s probably uploading the video of it to YouTube right now to share with his friends!

We can’t help wondering if this track will be directly responsible for some bi-curious fumbling among teenagers this summer. Hell, the Emo crowd don’t exactly need any more encouragement, but mark our words…Katy Perry will take it to the masses.

An excellent tune, I Kissed A Girl is winging its way toward a UK release very soon today, actually.