According to stereogum.com, Katy Perry has released her new song, “Woman’s World” from her upcoming album 143, which features production from Dr. Luke and Max Martin. The single was reportedly met with a wave of backlash, and now the pop star has shared a video claiming the track and its music video are satire.

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING! EVEN SATIRE! pic.twitter.com/aHFTqcvCVm

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 13, 2024

Earlier today, Perry posted a video of herself on the music video set saying, “Girlboss shit! You can do it! You go girl! You were born to shine! We’re having fun, being sarcastic with it, it’s very slapstick and very on the nose. And with this set, we’re, like, not about the male gaze, but we really are about the male gaze.”

Katy Perry just did a “women empowerment” song with publicly know abuser Dr Luke and Kesha just did a TED talk about how music helped her through Dr Luke’s abuse pic.twitter.com/PfWb3PTHmb https://t.co/hsbTuWzASW

— Jeremiah Warren ◡̈ (@jeremiahjw) July 11, 2024

The post continues with: “We’re really overplaying it, and on the nose because we’re about to get smashed, which is like a reset for me and a reset for my idea of feminine divine and it’s a whole different world we go to after this. We wanted to open this video making it look like a super high gloss pop star video. And that’s what it is.”

Cannot be overstated how evil it is to make a song called “women’s world” with the music video echoing back to 40s WWII era egalitarianism (not feminism) on a song produced by a monstrous rapist after your past attempt to do a feminism flopped so hard it created the term “flop”. https://t.co/rhLk2kbR1y

— Kyle ⛧⚦🐾 (@Burgerpawjob) July 12, 2024

“Woman’s World” has received several negative reviews from The Guardian, Pitchfork, Vulture, The Music, Dazed and more for what they claim is a hollow feminist message and an outdated brand of self empowerment for women, especially considering its producer Dr. Luke who was previously accused of allegedly drugging and allegedly raping fellow pop star Kesha, who recently unveiled her new song “Joyride” last week.

i think the satire just doesn’t work when you have to explain it this much https://t.co/9kxNBPIlwQ

— matt (@mattxiv) July 13, 2024

“Perry’s solo return is a dated attempt at writing a feminist anthem about how women really can have it all! It’s a song that made me feel stupider every sorry time I listened to it.” said The Guardian.

putting aside the Dr Luke thing, I still hate it. the video is nonsensical even with an explanation, and it’s such bare minimum entry level feminism—“hehe we can do things men can do but we do it SEXY 😍 whiskey is gross and makeup is fun!” like what the fuck lmfao

— Lanie 🥰 autistic pixie egirl 🧚🏼‍♀️ (@LanieLuxx) July 12, 2024

Despite the negativity towards “Woman’s World,” some people have shared their positive thoughts on social media: “Idgaf what yall say this is the 2010s pop we’ve been missing.”

Idgaf what yall say this is the 2010s pop we’ve been missing pic.twitter.com/W9iACKXlPr

— dylan ★ (@imdylanharrison) July 11, 2024