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Katy Perry's New Song (In My Humble Opinion) Is Beyond Hypocritical

Yeah, maybe don't pretend you're super into women's rights while working with an alleged abuser...

Natasha Jokic
by Natasha Jokic

BuzzFeed Staff

Warning: Discussion of rape.

Katy Perry's promotion for her upcoming song "Woman's World" continues to gain backlash.

Katy Perry in a stylish two-piece outfit with laced details, attending the Diane von Furstenberg: Woman In Charge event
Julien Hekimian / Getty Images

The singer announced her follow-up to 2020's Smile last month, teasing an excerpt of the track featuring the lyrics, "Sexy, confident / So intelligent / She is heaven-sent / So soft, so strong." Further lyrics continue the "feminine divine" theme and general attempts at female empowerment.

Katy Perry walking on a street, wearing a stylish, white knitted bikini top, and a silver choker necklace
Katy Perry / Via tiktok.com

However, the song immediately raised eyebrows as it appeared to be produced by Lukasz Gottwald — aka "Dr. Luke." Yes, the same producer who Kesha has accused of drugging and raping her, starting almost a decade of lawsuits (Dr. Luke has denied the allegations).

Dr. Luke on the red carpet, wearing a black blazer over a black shirt
Jason Laveris / FilmMagic

Amid the speculation, Kesha simply tweeted, "lol." Rolling Stone subsequently confirmed that Dr. Luke is working on Katy's sixth album.

lol

— kesha (@KeshaRose) June 17, 2024
Twitter: @KeshaRose
Universal Music confirmed to BuzzFeed that Dr. Luke is a producer on her new album.

Subsequent promotional material for the track has thus garnered similar feedback:

Julianne (egg), Luca, and Taylor W tweet criticizing Dr. Luke, with significant engagement shown in likes, comments, and retweets
Katy Perry / Via x.com

Yesterday, Katy posted the first preview of the music video for "Woman's World" — which heavily features her dressed up as a sexy Rosie the Riveter.

BABY WE AIN’T GOING AWAY!

JULY 11TH
4PM PT pic.twitter.com/88z73jzWtP

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 9, 2024
Twitter: @katyperry

During the snippet, Katy drinks from a bottle of "Whisky for Women," dances with vibrators, and sings, "It's a woman's world and you're lucky to be living in it." While the excerpt produced more commentary on her body than anything else, some continued to emphasize the connection between Dr. Luke and her.

A person with a red polka dot headband and denim attire is pouring a bottle of liquid into their mouth with the liquid spilling
Katy Perry / Via Twitter: @katyperry

Some also noted the similarity between a promotional video where Katy appears as a deflated doll before blowing herself up with an image from Kesha's promotion for her album Gag Order, where she lays next to an empty morphsuit of her own body.

WOMAN’S WORLD VIDEO
JULY 11TH
4PM PT pic.twitter.com/VnpRXCwCb5

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 8, 2024
Twitter: @katyperry

Anyway, Kesha's first song as a "free woman" — "Joyride" — is now out.

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