Katy Perry is seemingly on damage control after her new single, "Woman's World," was greeted with scorn this past week, as she's clarifying that the clunky song is meant to be satire.
In an Instagram video, Katy is shown on the set of her "Woman's World" video, explaining that the song is actually supposed to be "very on-the-nose," and that the rest of 143 will be very different from its lead single.
She says, "We're just kind of having fun, being a bit sarcastic with it. It's very slapstick and very on-the-nose, and, with this set, it's like, 'Oh, we're not about the male gaze, but you really are about the male gaze. And we're really overplaying it and on-the-nose because I'm about to get smashed, which is like a reset — a reset for me and a reset for my idea of feminine divine."
"Woman's World" has received scathing reviews — for its by-the-numbers synthpop blandness, its outdated version of girlboss feminism, and for the fact that it was produced by Dr. Luke, who has been accused of sexual assault (allegations he has denied).
Meanwhile, Perry has already begun teasing another single. She shared a clip of an interview of her interview with Zane Lowe, featuring a substantial clip of a track called "Lifetimes."