Katy Perry’s untouched bachelorette is here — although some fanatics don’t agree with the pop superstar’s unedited month.
Since the 2020 cut of “Smile”, Perry’s fans have been posting on social media, waiting for her to return to the spotlight. However, promotion for Perry’s unedited single, “Woman’s World,” which dropped Thursday, has been risky.
Monitor is promoted as a girls’ empowerment anthem, with visuals paying homage to Rosie the Riveter and lyrics such as “It’s a woman’s world and you’re lucky to be in it”. In the song’s video, Perry can be seen holding a vibrator, a dazzling energy device, and a bottle of “whiskey for the ladies”. Controversial influencer Trisha Paytas makes a cameo in the video and can be seen driving Perry around in a monster truck.
Many “CattyCats” – as Perry’s fans call themselves – showered the artist with respect in the comments following the cut of the lyric video. However, during the promotion of the book, Perry’s personal politics and her business relationships were the focus of online scrutiny.
The former “American Idol” judge has emphasized female empowerment in the past in her hits like “Roar,” but some have said the pop artist’s message rings hollow at a time when women’s rights are under threat in America. It is made.
What was sure to be some outrage was that report creator Lukasz Gottwald, better known as Dr. Luke, was credited in the single. According to Cleaver, Perry co-wrote the song with songwriter Chloe Angelides and producers Dr. Luke, Vaughn Oliver, Aaron Joseph, and Rocco Valdes.
Gottwald was sued by Kesha in Los Angeles and New York in 2014. The singer alleged that he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2005, besides abusing her physically and verbally for a decade.
The producer, who has no longer been charged with any criminal offenses, has denied all of Kesha’s allegations. She filed a defamation suit against him, accusing him of fabricating allegations that she had once been raped in order to get him to withdraw from her recording honor words. The two settled the defamation case after a criminal battle that lasted nearly a decade.
Actress Abigail Breslin criticized Perry’s decision to work with Gottwald in a post on X, saying she faced death blackmail. She neither mentioned Perry nor Gottwald by name, but tagged Kesha in the post, writing, “Working with.” Well-known abusers in any industry only promote the narrative that men can do despicable things and get away with it.
The conversation Gottwald sparked led to an active “Cattyheads” subreddit, where some criticized Perry’s choice and others came to her defense. One user even posted that they really think “the whole rollout is a mess.”
Early reviews from Monitor echoed the issues raised in the widespread online complaint. Parents gave it a big name. Scale Down described Perry as being “stuck in 2016”. Pitchfork said its powerful message “is false, simply because it was co-written and co-produced by Dr. Luke.”
Gottwald worked on Perry’s first three albums, all of which were shelved before Kesha filed a lawsuit against him. Alternative artists, including Doja Cat, Saweetie and Kim Petras, have also recently been criticized for their association with them.
In recent weeks, Perry has seemed to avoid any questions about her relationship with the producer. A viral paparazzi clip showed her ignoring the community who asked her why she was running with him once.
“Isn’t your album about women empowerment?” someone off-camera is heard asking. “Why are you working with Dr. Luke?”
Perry also took questions at Gottwald during a livestream from her Instagram page on Wednesday. He didn’t solve any of them.
Representatives for Perry and Gottwald did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday. The spokesperson of Capital Information, which was releasing the book, also did not respond.
Hours after Perry’s initial announcement about the untouched track on June 17, Kesha wrote “lol” in a post on Instagram. Many fans speculated that this was a reaction to learning that Gottwald had worked with Perry on it, although the scoop that she worked as a collaborator on Perry’s untitled book was reported by Rolling Stone two days later. Was not done.
Others online reported that Perry voted for Republican-turned-Democrat Rick Caruso in the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral race. Caruso, who lost to now-Mayor Karen Bass, has been criticized by liberals in the past for donating to politicians who oppose abortion.
Perry celebrated being single in an Instagram post. She told radio host Zane Lowe in an interview that “Woman’s World” was founded after she gave birth to her daughter Daisy.
“I feel a lot of celebration in my life, and I hope other women feel celebratory when they hear this,” Perry said.
Perry’s book “143” is set to be cut on September 20. The book description, posted on Perry’s online bundle, guarantees “a sexy, fearless, return to form for the multi-faceted musician” with “the strong, sexy and provocative pop anthems you’ve come to love.”
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