Katy Perry has become the latest laughing stock in the music industry, but she always finds a way to have the last laugh. While critics were bashing ‘143’, her latest album, she was selling out tickets for her world tour, which returns to Spain this summer. And now, as if to demonstrate that it has not been canceled at all after being accused of alleged sexual assault, Perry achieves an unexpected viral that leaves the numbers of the singles from her latest album in the dark.
You may have already noticed, since the viral came from weeks ago, that ‘The One That Got Away’ is resurrecting on the charts. What was the sixth single from ‘Teenage Dream’ (2010), the only one from that album that did not reach number 1 in the United States, was promoted at the time with a tear-jerking video clip, but it was not enough and the song did not go beyond third place in the country.
In any case, ‘The One That Got Away’ was an international success and, in 2026, the paths of TikTok and nostalgia have made it return to the charts. It is surprising to see the song currently positioned at number 13 on Spotify’s Global Top 50, generating more streams than, for example, ‘Risk It All’ by Bruno Mars. It is possible that it breaks into the top 10 in the next few hours or days.
The viral of ‘The One That Got Away’ has transcended streaming platforms and has resulted in re-entries on the official charts. At the moment we are talking about modest data in Malaysia (9), Singapore (23), Greece (66), Norway (88) and Portugal (152), but be careful because the song also reappears on the British singles chart, where it appears at number 41.
Perry has celebrated the moment by releasing the “director’s version” of the music video for ‘The One That Got Away’, which contains unreleased scenes and a narration by Stevie Nicks, but the song is flying on its own. Additionally, his team has released a timely EP that brings together Perry’s three current viral hits: not only ‘The One That Got Away’, but also ‘Thinking of You’ and ‘Legendary Lovers’.
Katy Perry will be headlining the Río Babel festival in Madrid, leading the day on July 5 alongside Bomba Estéreo and La Casa Azul.
