"There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible"
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The subtext is about bypassing gatekeepers. Perry came up in a landscape where Black audiences were often treated as niche, and where mainstream studios routinely underestimated the commercial power of church-going, working-class, and Southern Black viewers. Touring stage plays and live performances build loyalty, but they cap reach and depend on physical presence. Television offers what the theater circuit can’t: repetition, accessibility, and a weekly appointment that turns fandom into habit.
There’s also a careful emotional calibration. He doesn’t say “I want more money” or “I want a bigger platform.” He says “my fans,” emphasizing a direct relationship that makes expansion feel like reciprocation rather than conquest. That’s why the phrasing works: it recasts media saturation as intimacy. Perry’s brand has always been built on familiarity, moral clarity, and melodrama that plays like community storytelling. TV lets that sensibility live in people’s living rooms, not just in cities where a tour stop happens to land.
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Perry, Tyler. (2026, January 16). There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-a-huge-demand-for-my-entertainment-and-i-129656/
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Perry, Tyler. "There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-a-huge-demand-for-my-entertainment-and-i-129656/.
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"There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-a-huge-demand-for-my-entertainment-and-i-129656/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.





