At the 2013 AMAs, Katy wore a powdered face and geisha costume to perform "Unconditional." The Backlash: Social media and press critics took issue. One WSJ columnist wrote that the performance perpetuated the stereotype of Asian women "as servile, passive, and as Perry would have it, 'unconditional' worshippers of their men." The Response:Katy told GQ that "all I was trying to do is just give a very beautiful performance about a place that I have so much love for and find so much beauty in.”