just dropped a seriously on-brand music video to accompany her new pop banger – and fans couldn’t be more delighted at her return.
‘It’s a woman’s world and you’re lucky to be living in it,’ are the opening lyrics of Katy’s new track, Woman’s World. ‘It’sand we’re all lucky to be living in it,’ would perhaps be more accurate after watching the video.
The release of Woman’s World has fans jumping in the air and eating up the candy floss, fist-pumping tune, as thehas very much returned to the pop-sphere after Daisy in 2020.
Other than her Las Vegas residency, Katy Perry: Play, which came to an end in summer last year, fans have been starved of the pop icon’s wonderful weirdness and catchy choruses since her last hit When I’m Gone, a 2022 collaboration with Alesso.
Her last number 1 single in the UK was Feels with , Big Sean and , in June 2017. But things, as she put it on social media, are about to ‘pop off’.
The Roar singer’s sixth studio album 143 will be released on September 20, and this first single from it – an empowering, synthy, pop banger – feels like a sign of things to come.
The video sees Katy in her futuristic era, and shows women doing typically masculine things like being builders and swigging whiskey – but with a strong vibrator-heavy womanly twist.
At one point, she and a number of other woman pose on scaffolding in a picture mimicking the famous shot, Lunch Atop a Skyscraper, taken in New York in 1932.
At another point, she recreates the Rosie the Riveter poster of a woman flexing her muscles, representing women who worked in factories during World War II.
Midway through the video, Katy is crushed but inflates herself as a ‘super human’ robot, who fills herself up with gas via her bum cheek. Nice.
It also sees an appearance from Trisha Paytas, who miraculously drags a huge monster truck using just a rope. The star then then drives said jeep – after presumably sorting out the mechanics – with Katy in the passenger seat, haphazardly applying makeup all over her face.
The star struts around in a white bikini and armour leggings, before flying off on the side of a helicopter and exclaiming: ‘I’m Katy Perry!’ Hell yeah.
Fans were loving the new song, as many took to the comments section to say just this.
‘The jet black hair, the slightly weird music videos, the dance pop sound. Oh Katy Perry is BACK!!!’ raved @EthelJung-j5w.
YouTube user @TACHAYA wrote, ‘KATY PERRY is BACK,’ while others were in bits over Trisha’s appearance as @genshinF2Play said: ‘Trisha, the only youtuber who manage to stay relevant since the inception of youtube. Now thats a f***king flex.;
‘It’s Katy’s world and we’re lucky to be living in it,’ wrote @MystyLena.
‘NEW KATY PERRY ERA IS STARTING.’ wrote @claudiajordan336, while @Vishav02 said: ‘I can’t get over how amazing this chorus is!’
‘”I’m Katy Perry,” is actually emotional. no mother we never forgot you,’ said @shakuntalashakuntala1849.
The release of Woman’s World comes afterwhen it was reported that controversial producer Dr Luke, 50, is attached to her upcoming album.
A report from named some of Katy’s collaborators on the new project, and many fans were shocked and appalled to see the controversial music producer and songwriter’s name among them.
Dr Luke previously worked with Perry on many of her songs, including I Kissed a Girl and California Gurls.
Responsible for dozens of massive hits over the past couple of decades, Dr Luke’s name became most notorious for the allegations made against him by pop superstar, who accused him of years of sexual and emotional abuse.
Dr Luke sued her for defamation shortly after, sparking several years of legal battles that resolved in both parties and move on last year.
The entertainment industry seemed to mostly support Kesha, with singers like , , and all rushing to back the We R Who We R singer.
In 2014, Kesha reportedly texted Lady Gaga that the producer had raped Perry, and which was ruled as defamation by the New York Supreme Court.
Perry has had five UK number one singles over the years, including I Kissed A Girl, California Gurls and Roar, as well as two number one albums in Teenage Dream and Prism.
Her last album was 2020’s Smile which reached number five in the UK albums chart.
