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Katy Perry got this tattoo of the Roman numeral XLIX, which represents the number 49, following her halftime show appearance at Superbowl XLIX. Katy performed a medley of her greatest hits and introduced the world to the iconic “left shark” dancer during a rendition of “Teenage Dream.” Superbowl 49 took place on February 1, 2015 and Katy got the tattoo only a few hours after the show as part of her night of celebration. (more…)
In August 2009 Cassadee Pope got another bird with a banner reading “BND” on the opposite side of her arm from the first. “BND” stands for “Believers Never Die.” Cassadee got this tattoo after her band Hey Monday opened for Fall Out Boy on the Believers Never Die Tour Part Deux in April and May of 2009. (more…)
All of Cassadee Pope’s tattoos are located on her right forearm. Her first tattoo was a bird with a banner of music notes coming out of its mouth, which represents her passion for music. She got this tattoo the day after she turned 18. “All my tattoos refer to my love for music,” she says. “I know I’ll never regret them because music is my life.” (more…)
Cheryl has a tattoo of vines and barbed wire wrapping around her right thigh with a rose and a treble clef at the side. Roses are her favorite flower and the treble clef represents her music career.
Neon Hitch has a tattoo of an anarchy symbol on her right leg, just above the knee. It is a tribute to her debut full-length album called Anarchy as well as her anarchist attitude and free spirit. In her song “Anarchy” she sings “I don’t play by the rules I’m an anarchist…Anarchy made me, understand me. You don’t understand me…Welcome to me and my anarchy.”
Sierra has “TOUR 09” written vertically on the inside of her left foot, along with some other worn off tattoos. She gave this tattoo to herself while her band VersaEmerge was on the OP Tour with Boys Like Girls, Cobra Starship, The Maine, and A Rocket To The Moon in the fall of 2009.
She added vampire fangs to her “tour” tattoo during the 2010 Warped Tour, at the same time she got the apple core tattoo on her ankle. She described this as her “party ankle.”
Sierra Kusterbeck got this crossing arrow design behind her left ear in October 2010 from artist Jeffy at Tampa Bay Ink in Dunedin, FL. It was her second arrow tattoo, following the one on her finger. The crossed arrows are a symbol of her band VersaEmerge and have been used on many merchandise designs and tour posters. Some fans of the band have gotten their own versions of this tattoo. The band even sold temporary tattoos with this design.
Scout Taylor-Compton has a tattoo on the inside of her left wrist of a number 8, or possibly a sideways infinity symbol. This is one of two matching tattoos that she got with Kristen Stewart while they were filing their movie The Runaways.
In September 2010 Juliet Simms got a panther on her right shoulder blade. It’s done in a Sailor Jerry style, and Juliet says it was her first traditional tattoo. “The meaning behind it is that it’s clawing its way up my back. I got it at a point of my life where I was clawing my way to the top, basically.”
Iggy Azalea got this tattoo of a number “1” on her right forearm in 2015 and later covered it up with the mane of her horse tattoo.
The tattoo most likely celebrates the success of her single “Fancy,” which was a number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. She was, at the time, only the fourth female rapper to ever top the chart (Cardi B later became the fifth) and with seven weeks at number 1 she had the longest reign. Having spent the previous few years building up her career in the UK, she had never charted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at all prior to the release of Fancy. With her feature on Ariana Grande‘s “Problem” in the number 2 spot while “Fancy” was number 1, she tied the Beatles as the only artists to have their first two chart entries simultaneous occupy the top two spots.
Ultimately success was a double-edge sword for Iggy. She never expected the level of success that she had and was unprepared for the scrutiny that came with it. Her tendency to lash out at perceived criticism kept her in the headlines for the wrong reasons and caused the public opinion to turn against her. That might explain why she covered up the tattoo. She told Zane Lowe:
I didn’t expect to get a number 1 hit. I never thought I would have that level of success, just as a female rapper because it’s really really hard when that’s what you’re doing. I just kind of thought if I could skate by and make a living off it and be able to do shows, that was kind of my expectations. It ended up being way, way bigger than that. And the things that come with that, like the debate or…being followed by paparazzi everywhere and that level of attention is very claustrophobic and it kind of makes your decision-making sort of a bit whacked out when you’re living in a bubble that you have to create to try to protect your privacy…. At that time…I really couldn’t get control of it and it was just tumbling and tumbling.
Now she doesn’t take everything so personally and as a result she feels much more in control. As she attempts to make her comeback, she cares more about reconnecting with her original audience of rap fans than having crossover pop hits.
