

Katy Perry fans will still be able to view the video on YouTube. In light of the feedback we’ve received on the Katy Perry music video which was released on YouTube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers. We also value our viewer’s opinions and particularly those of parents. We use parodies and celebrity segments to interest adults in the show because we know that a child learns best when co-viewing with a parent or care-giver. Sesame Street has always been written on two levels, for the child and adult. “ Sesame Street has a long history of working with celebrities across all genres, including athletes, actors, musicians and artists. Though unused on the show, the song was performed in the Sesame Street Live show, Make a New Friend by Elmo and Grover, when they feel Abby Cadabby and Chamki have forgotten about them. The backgrounds were produced by Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio. Oscar the Grouch makes a cameo peering out from an alley-way trashcan and a green Anything Monster, several Muppet chickens, two birds, a cactus, a penguin, two small dogs, and a butterfly also appear in the digital environment of the video. When she finally catches him, he says they're playing tag and the chase continues. She sings about the many places he is (up, down, around, in, out) and how contradictory his is to her (being hot, cold, yes and no) while chasing him all over the city. In the segment Katy wants to play dress up with Elmo like he promised, but he runs off instead. The song parodies Perry's "Hot n Cold." The musical segment, originally intended to air as part of episode 4238, was pulled from the show due to concerns over Perry's low-cut outfit. Perry has performed the song on both of her world concert tours: the Hello Katy Tour and the California Dreams Tour." Hot and Cold" is a Sesame Street song performed by Katy Perry and Elmo. “Hot n Cold” was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 52nd Grammy Awards, but lost to Beyoncé’s “Halo”. The song’s music video, which was directed by Alan Ferguson, was released on Octoand features Perry as a bride who is about to get married to her fiancé, and, in his hallucination, pursues him after he flees from the church. In order to promote “Hot n Cold”, Perry performed it at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, which she also hosted. The song received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. To date, “Hot n Cold” has sold over six million digital downloads worldwide, making it one of the best selling singles worldwide and the second highest selling single from One of the Boys, behind “I Kissed a Girl”.

It also become Perry’s second top five single in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and topped the charts in 15 countries, including Finland, Germany, Canada, Norway, Spain and Denmark. The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Perry’s second consecutive top three single, after her previous worldwide hit “I Kissed a Girl”. The chorus uses several antonyms to describe her partner’s bipolar mood swings, with the verses describing how they affect the couple’s life together. The lyrics address an unstable romantic relationship, told from the singer’s point of view.

The track was released as the album’s second single on September 9, 2008. Luke, Max Martin, and Perry for her second studio and major mainstream debut album, One of the Boys. “ Hot n Cold” is a song by American singer Katy Perry.
