After singing a cover of a Jay-Z track Katy Perry took an apparent swipe at his wife Beyonce.
The California Gurl singer was talking about her upcoming collaboration with Rihanna - saying she wanted their track to be 'iconic'.
Katy then went on to cite Beyonce and Shakira's 2007 song Beautiful Liar - suggesting it would not stand the test of time.
After performing a cover of Jay-Z and Kanye West's song N**gas in Paris on the UK's Radio 1, Katy explained how she and Rihanna 'collaborate on a lot of things, just not songs yet' adding, 'we have a great friendship'.
Referring to their upcoming collaboration she said: 'Its' one of those things where it's gotten so much build up that if we don't' deliver, like, the best song... We're both busy, but we planted a seed two years ago, we're just looking for that special one.
'How disappointed would you be if that song came out and it wasn't that good? So sometimes you have to wait for greatness.'
Katy explained she would like the track to be iconic and empowering, rather than s*xy, like Shakira and Beyonce's Beautiful Liar.
She added: 'I was telling her, you know the Eurythmics song featuring Aretha Franklin, Sisters are Doing it for Themselves... That's like the kind of song which I'd like to do, rather than Beautiful Liar'.
She then attempted to backtrack, adding: 'Although that is still a great song... I loved that but I definitely want to do something which is iconic.'
Earlier, Katy performed a rendition of the controversial track N**gas in Paris during a Live Lounge session on the BBC radio show.
But instead of singing the track word for word, Katy ensured she changed the lyrics to 'Ninjas in Paris' for the mid-morning appearance.
As she geared up for the show, hosted by Fearne Cotton, the singer was clearly excited and warned her online devotees on Twitter she would be showing off a different side to herself.
She wrote: 'ISH is gonna get CRAY on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge starting @ 10am w/ @fearnecotton! Gonna show u a different side...I start singing @ 12!'
But while she's usually altering her image to cause more attention and controversy, this time she opted for more of a good girl one.
And the 27-year-old enjoyed the session so much, she wrote to Fearne afterwards: 'That was so fun. Can we do it again soon? #radio1livelounge #livinglive.'
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