The singer was also criticized for working with a producer accused of rape
Katy Perry should release his new album, 143in September of this year. “Woman’s World”, one of the singles, has already been released and even has a music video. The lyrics of the track seem to celebrate women’s empowerment, but the images that accompany the song have received criticism from fans who claim that the video reinforces female stereotypes.
In the music video, Perry and other women appear performing roles usually associated with men. The singer also took on a look similar to Rosie the Riveterfeminist icon. Watch:
“You can do anything! Even satire,” he wrote Katy in a post on Instagram. She posted a video apparently from the set of the music video in which she talks about the idea behind the narrative:
View this photo on InstagramA post shared by KATY PERRY (@katyperry)
We’re kind of having fun, being a little sarcastic with it. It’s a very slapstick comedy and it’s accurate. With this scenario, it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s not about the male point of view, but it’s really about the male point of view.’ And we’re exaggerating and going straight to the point, because I’m about to get crushed, which is a reset for my idea of ​​the divine feminine, and we go into a whole different world from there. We wanted to start the video off by making it look like a pop superstar video, and that’s it.
Source: Rollingstone
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