Katy Perry claims widely-criticised ‘Girl’s World’ music video was “satire”
Katy Perry has responded to criticism of the music video for her new single ‘Girl’s World’, saying it was meant to be “satire”.
The pop star shared the video on Thursday (July 11), after having teased it for a number of weeks. It sees Perry on a mission to empower girls all over the world: “Horny, assured / So clever / She is heaven-sent / So smooth, so robust / She’s a winner, champion / Superhuman, primary / She’s a sister, she’s a mom“, she sings.
The video finds Perry and a set of different girls finishing up duties usually related to masculinity, from development work (whereas cosplaying as Rosie the Riveter) to driving monster vehicles.
Many discovered the video to be catering to the male gaze relatively than overcoming it. However in a brand new social media submit that seems to have been made throughout the making of the video, she makes clear that it was meant to satirise the topic of gender norms.
“You are able to do something! Even satire!” she wrote on X, alongside a video clip that opens together with her loudly proclaiming, “Girlboss shit! You are able to do it, you go woman!”
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING! EVEN SATIRE! pic.twitter.com/aHFTqcvCVm
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 13, 2024
Perry then breaks out of character and begins to elucidate her intentions with the observe. “We’re sort of simply having enjoyable, being a bit sarcastic with it. It’s very slapstick and really on the nostril.”
“And with this set, it’s like, ‘Oooh, we’re not concerning the male gaze however we actually are concerning the male gaze,’ and we’re actually overplaying it and on the nostril as a result of I’m about to get smashed which is sort of a reset for me, and a reset for my thought of female divine, and it’s a complete completely different world we go to after this.”
“We needed to open this video making it seem like a brilliant excessive gloss pop star video, and that’s what it’s,” she concluded.
The ‘California Women’ singer took to her official social media accounts to share the title of her new album earlier this week in addition to the quilt artwork, which sees her floating in the midst of a pink and blue whirlwind. ‘143’ is ready for launch on September 20 and is available for pre-sale / pre-order here.
Talking concerning the album this week, she described it as a “dance celebration” to which “everybody’s invited”.
“It’s known as 143. It’s my angel quantity. It’s my image, it’s my signal,” she defined. “A pair years in the past, we have been going by way of a bit little bit of a tough time medically in our household, and it was a bit bit scary, and I began seeing 143 in many various methods, not simply on the cellphone.”
She started teasing her new period in Could by altering her profile image and hinted at her return to music by teasing “one in every of [her] greatest songs that has but to return out” while talking at an American Idol occasion.
Final December, it was reported that the pop star was gearing as much as launch her “most private” materials but in 2024. It was stated on the time that plans for a world tour have been additionally underway.
2020’s ‘Smile’ is Perry’s final studio album, serving as her fifth report. NME reviewed the album on the time, giving it two stars and writing: “It’s irritating, as that is the girl behind a few of the most enjoyable – and biggest-selling – songs of all time. However as a lot as you need ‘Smile’ to be a return to type, her fifth album’s songs fail to grip. All in all, ‘Smile’ lacks the fireworks of Perry’s record-breaking years.”