Katy Perry’s “Woman’s World” backlash: Singer defends “satire” video
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According to critics, Katy Perry’s latest song is more “boring” than “roaring”.
The 39-year-old Grammy-nominated “Firework” singer has been receiving terrible reviews for her new song “Woman’s World,” the first single from her upcoming album “143,” and its accompanying music video. After its release on Thursday, she defended the video in an Instagram post, telling her fans it was intended as satire.
The music video begins with Perry dancing with a group of women on a construction site. She mimics Rosie the Riveter, flexing her muscles and singing, “It’s a woman’s world and you’re lucky to live in it.” After taking off her jacket, Perry wears shorts and a bikini with the American flag, and the video cuts to an extreme close-up of her breasts at one point.
The video takes a turn after an anvil falls on Perry. She then inflates again, now with bionic legs, and runs through the streets as chaos erupts around her. The video ends with Perry flying away in a helicopter while holding the symbol of the female gender.
Viewers were unimpressed with the video in the YouTube comments, arguing that the song seemed like a parody of feminist anthems. Others complained that despite its feminist message, the video still appealed to the male gaze with its dancers in revealing outfits.
“This is what a feminist video clip would look like if it was made by a man,” said one YouTube comment, while another said, “This feels like a parody of girlboss feminism.”
Amid the backlash, Perry pointed out that this was intentional and that the video was actually a parody.
“YOU CAN DO ANYTHING!” she wrote on Instagram. “EVEN SATIRE!”
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Perry also shared a behind-the-scenes look at the music video, explaining what she was trying to achieve with it. “We just have fun being a little bit sarcastic,” said the former “American Idol” judge. “It’s very slapstick and very direct.”
In the clip, she also said that the video ironically portrayed her and the dancers as claiming they “don’t care about the male gaze,” when “actually” they do and they’re “really exaggerating.” But her followers didn’t seem impressed by that explanation.
“If you have to explain so much, it won’t work,” said one Instagram comment that received over 4,000 likes. “We need female empowerment, not this!”
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Another follower commented: “I’m a working woman and this is embarrassing. This is a slap in the face to women. This is how men see us and you are only fueling it. You are not helping women stop doing this.”
Perry also faced criticism for collaborating on the song with Dr. Luke, the producer and songwriter Kesha accused of sexual harassment. He denied the allegations and accused Kesha of defamation. On Instagram, one user commented that collaborating with Dr. Luke on the song was “truly disrespectful to Kesha and every woman in the world.”
Still, some of Perry’s fans defended her, arguing that the song was misunderstood. “YES. I WISH MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SATIRE,” wrote one follower on Instagram.
Critics denigrate Katy Perry’s “Woman’s World” as “embarrassing” and “disaster”
Perry’s songs were not received much better by critics than by pop fans.
Shaad D’Souza of Pitchfork described the track as “incredibly lukewarm” and “irritating at best”, and said the collaboration with Dr. Luke made it an even bigger “monumental disaster”.
Cat Zhang of The Cut, meanwhile, said that “Woman’s World” is “so forgettable, so embarrassing, that it overshadows the blatant hypocrisy of having an alleged sex offender as a producer,” and Laura Snapes of The Guardian wrote in a one-star review that the “garbage” track was “pandering nonsense.”
It wasn’t exactly a strong start for Perry’s album “143,” which is set to be released on September 20. It is her first studio album in four years following “Smile” in 2020.
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