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People who love Katy Perry are also eagerly waiting for the female singer to have music products that will resonate as loudly as her series of famous hits. However, all was lost; reviews from critics and audiences for Woman's World were all negative.
It is undeniable that Katy Perry failed in terms of song content, musical material, and especially criticized the image, which was considered to convey a ridiculous and outdated feminist message.
Once an artist who achieved a total of 115 billion streams, worldwide sales with more than 70 million albums and 143 million copies sold, Katy Perry's new song Woman's World was disappointing when released. debuted at #58 on Spotify's global chart, earning a mere 2.25 million streams.
In the US home rankings, the situation is even more dire as she only ranked #110, not even in the top 100 because she only had more than 500,000 streams.
The song sounds like a microwaved reheat of Lady Gaga's song, with the music "shamelessly" resembling Chappell Roan's Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl. At the end of the MV, the singer screams in slow motion "I'm Katy Perry!" The female author also said that it sounded less like a heroic roar of victory and more like the echoing cry of someone falling helplessly into a ravine.
Katy Perry wants to bring humor and satire by letting women freely do typical male jobs. But this way of expression is not okay at the present time. The female singer, who is famous for her creativity, unconventionality, and boldness, is now widely considered by experts to be "stuck" in the past with a musical mindset that has become outdated. Not to mention that in many scenes in the MV, Katy Perry has actions and outfits that are considered on the border between sexy and offensive, which can completely cause the opposite reaction.
Kesha shed tears when she lost the lawsuit against Dr.Luke - the producer suspected of abusing women
One point that caused a backlash in the MV was the participation in the production process of Dr.Luke - a talented artist who had a hand in creating Katy Perry's previous successful music products. . Dr.Luke is also the character named in the abuse allegations from female singer Kesha. Even though Dr.Luke was not convicted and even sued Kesha for defamation, this case still sparked a lot of controversy, causing the message of female empowerment that Katy Perry brought in the MV Woman's World to be criticized. Intrusive, unconvincing, even called hypocritical.
Promotional image for Katy Perry's new song "Woman's World".
Pitchfork, famous for its sharp and fastidious comments, also commented on its discomfort with the single Woman's World: "Challenging every sense of taste", "too frustrating to the point of not being able to make me Get inspired, even just a little."
Once again, Lady Gaga's house dance-pop song is mentioned in this review, however, in contrast to the success of Stupid Love, Katy Perry's song has the opposite effect when it has too many lyrics. "stupid" for a song that promotes and supports women's position.
Chained To The Rhythm - one of the changing milestones in Katy Perry's music, and also the time when her reputation officially declined.
Vulture concluded the series of reviews with a "cold water" for Woman's World, saying the presence of Dr. Luke "dismissed the entire message" of the song's feminism, and fans can expect to "hear more compelling perspectives on women" from new songs from other artists such as Billie Eilish, Chappel Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande.
With a series of straightforward negative reviews targeting the music quality of the song along with discomfort about the message as well as the producer for the song Woman's World, perhaps not only the audience but also the experts cannot deny it. accept that her failure is due to her strength.
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