Social media users are dragging Katy Perry after she attempted to justify her decision to work with controversial producer Dr. Luke on her upcoming album, '143.' Despite her undeniable influence on pop music with hits like "Dark Horse" and "Last Friday Night," Perry’s latest single, "Woman's World," has sparked backlash due to its perceived pandering and her continued association with Dr. Luke, who has faced serious allegations of abuse. On the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast, Perry explained that Dr. Luke was just one of many collaborators, but fans were unimpressed, criticizing her for evading the real issue and calling out the hypocrisy of featuring an alleged abuser on a song about female empowerment.
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00:00Social media users are slamming Katy Perry online after the pop star attempted to explain
00:06why she worked with controversial music producer Dr. Luke on her upcoming album, 143.
00:12No one can deny pop star Katy Perry's influence on music throughout the early and mid-2000s,
00:17with hits like Dark Horse and Last Friday Night.
00:20But the controversy surrounding her latest single, Women's World, has sparked criticism,
00:25particularly due to its perceived pandering and the ongoing association with producer
00:29Dr. Luke, whose reputation has been marred by legal battles and allegations of abuse.
00:35Attempting to explain why she chose to work with the controversial producer, Perry commented
00:39on a recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast,
00:42I understand that it started a lot of conversations, and Dr. Luke was one of many collaborators
00:47that I collaborated with, but the reality is, it comes from me.
00:51The truth is, I wrote these songs from my experience of my whole life going through
00:55this metamorphosis, and he was one of the people to help facilitate all that.
00:59Perry went on to explain that she invited numerous past collaborators throughout her
01:03career back to help create 143, but this explanation was not nearly enough for fans.
01:10Social media users took to X to criticize Perry for dodging the real question with this
01:15user writing,
01:16She said everything except answer the question.
01:19Another chiming in,
01:20A whole bunch of words, yet nothing was said.
01:22Other fans called out the hypocrisy in working with an alleged abuser on a song about female
01:27empowerment with this user writing,
01:29It's truly baffling.
01:30How on earth did she think this would work out?
01:32A song about female empowerment featuring Dr. Luke?
01:35It's so ridiculous it's somewhat comical.