Katy Perry has finally released ‘Woman’s World’, a 2 minute and 43 second track that we practically already knew from its numerous teasers, but which had a few surprises in store for its music video.
This is one of the songs from her upcoming album ‘143’, which she has worked on with the controversial Dr Luke, and is also a song that aims to be feminist, as she argues that a world run by women would be better. The lyrics are very obvious from the start, talking about “intelligence”, “self-confidence” and “sexiness” at the same time, while the video opts for the kind of brotherly humour that worked so well for Katy Perry in music videos such as ‘Roar’ or ‘Dark Horse’, two of her great classics.
Regardless of whether this style has been left behind in the past, regardless of whether the world has changed, as Juan Sanguino assured in Icon, the rawness of the production is striking. The roughness of the synthesizers. ‘Woman’s World’ is a crude 80s electropop production, with no signs of having been born in 2024.
It could be the same thing a Miss Kittin song from 2000 as another one from Scissor Sisters in 2004… or that song by Lady Gaga with R Kelly that was withdrawn from the market after the sexual abuse he had committed was confirmed.
In its favour is its brevity, which encourages re-listening to the song, and the powerful “replay value” of the video, which has several iconic shots, such as the moment when Katy Perry pretends to be jerking off without hands, or the one when she injects herself with petrol in her ass. In addition, there is the participation of the youtuber Trisha Paytas, the reference to the worker Rosie the Riveter or to the famous photograph ‘Lunch on a Skyscraper’ taken in 1932, always so impressive.
The bad news: the song was released without the support of Today’s Top Hits. We’ll see if the biggest playlist in the world backs down due to a positive reaction from the public, which is hypothetical for now, or if Katy Perry’s team has to make a move earlier than expected towards one of the possible new singles.
Charging …