While the packaging for Katy Perry's sophomore album "Teenage Dream" smelled like cotton candy, her latest album surprise for fans has been deemed a potential biohazard in Australia, according to Rolling Stone magazine.
Certain copies of the deluxe version of Katy Perry's new album "PRISM" contains a small packet of seeds, or "seed prisms" that fans can "plant to spread the light," and although her label claims that the seeds are "harmless local Swan River daisy seeds" sourced locally in the country, Australian authorities have taken issue with the special addition, especially when it comes to fans ordering copies online that could contain foreign plant material.
"Seeds or plant material of international origin may be a weed not present in Australia or the host of a plant pathogen of biosecurity concern," an Australia Department of Agriculture rep told the Sydney Morning Herald. "The Australian Government has a strong system in place to detect and respond to material of biosecurity concern. This includes the inspection of mail, cargo and baggage."
While the Department plans to assess and inspect all imported versions for "PRISM" for potential risk levels, Perry's third studio album is certainly no biohazard on the charts, currently No. 1 on the ARIA chart and on the U.S. Billboard Hot 200. The new dance-pop album that Perry has called her most personal to date has received generally positive reviews from critics, a mix of uplifting pop anthems with self-help and Christian contemporary flavor, emotional ballads and a side of Perry's signature silliness.
Speaking of silliness, however, Perry's upcoming "PRISM" tour will be "less cartoony" than her colorful, costumed-filled tour for "Teenage Dream," as the singer recently told Entertainment Weekly.
"Let's just say I'm going to be very close to people," she teased. "I always try to take it to the next level. I think people will realize what the tour is going to be like when they listen to the music."
