Katy Perry previews Dr. Luke-produced song “Lifetimes”: Listen

Jack Bridgland

Katy Perry continues to hint at new music ahead of her upcoming album.

On Friday (July 19), the 39-year-old pop superstar shared a 30-second snippet of the dance-pop track “Lifetimes” on YouTube, which will appear on her long-awaited new release. 143.

“I know you feel it/ Can you believe it?/ I’ll love you to the end and then do it again,” Perry sings on the Dr. Luke-produced track. “For life/ For life.”

In addition to the YouTube teaser, the singer also shared a short video of herself dancing to “Lifetimes” with her fans. This is apparently an album preview event.

“143 IS A PARTY AND EVERYONE IS INVITED: TURN THE SOUND ON,” Perry captioned the clip on Instagram.

143which is the code for “I love you,” is set to be released on September 20th by Capitol Records. The upcoming set is Perry’s first album since 2020 Smilewhich reached number 5 on the Billboard 200.

Last weekend, Perry seemed to be facing a wave of criticism for the music video of 143She releases her first single, “Woman’s World,” and shares behind-the-scenes clips to explain her intentions for the video, which mixes feminist tropes and lyrics with plenty of cheeky imagery.

“YOU CAN DO ANYTHING! EVEN SATIRE!” Perry captioned her Instagram post.

Between criticism that Perry’s song fell short in its attempt to be a feminist anthem and her collaboration with the track’s co-producer Dr. Luke – who was accused of sexual misconduct by Kesha before the singer and producer settled a bitter, nine-year legal battle in 2023 before it went to court – “Woman’s World” didn’t seem to resonate the way the singer intended.

“We just have fun being a little bit sarcastic, it’s very slapstick and very direct,” she says in the first half of the video, in which she seemed to anticipate a potential backlash. “This set is about, ‘We’re not about the male gaze, but we’re really about the male gaze,’ and we really overdo it and are direct because I’m about to get drunk, which is like a reboot, a reboot for me and a reboot for my idea of ​​female divinity, and after that we enter a whole different world.”

Check out Perry’s “Lifetimes” preview posts on Instagram and YouTube below.