"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" is now certified 3x Platinum in the UK!

"I Kissed A Girl" is now certified 3x Platinum in the UK for 1.8 million units

Debuted at #15 on the Billboard Bubbling Under in the US.

Also makes the Irish Top 100 this week at number 99.

I really wasn’t expecting this to make the top 100 and not actually sure how it did? Maybe YouTube views?

In the grand scheme of things - that’s really not bad 😂

"bandaids" debuts at #61 in the UK.

I agree with this. A nice little grower and we all know Katy has the potential to release some of the catchiest pop music out there. I guess we just have to wait and see 🤷‍♂️

Katy has been named as the 13th biggest songwriter of the 21st century so far by Billboard.

I have to say this has grown on me a bit. Certainly has more replay value than anything on 143. It’s a nice palette cleanser, but hopefully the next song is even better. I know she can do better than a cute 3/5.

Top 75 smash.

At least it's going to chart.

I always forget about the space thing because it’s… so not a thing to me but yeah, that probably is the biggest contributor of Katy hate to the wider world these days 😂 Charts really aren’t in the question anymore I don’t think, as a singles artist anyway. If they become in the question in the future then that’s a bonus.

Plus that whole space thing, I think for the wider public who aren't even aware of 143 that's cemented her name and reputation as being a joke.

I mean, respectfully, what's Lily Allen got to do with anything? She's come back and smashed it with an album that dropped a couple of days after being announced, with highly-publicised real life events covered in it, very little to zero bad will surrounding her, a fanbase that's been starving for new music; her first album in seven years. Very different circumstances.

Some of this is true. But Lily Allen is currently smashing on streams and a few weeks ago nobody would’ve predicted she’d even have one track smashing let alone get three tracks charting and her album to climb in week 2?! Different circumstances etc but if the material clicks with the public they’ll support it it’s just that with Katy she’s not had that turnaround yet.

#48 in the mids

I find it slightly ironic those who had a lot to say about her before suddenly seem to be the only ones to have had any sort of expectations for this or are we just using that as another excuse to drag her when she's already in the pits of hell as is? Some (a lot?) of her fanbase have clearly been alienated by what happened/the discourse too, so it's really no surprise to see such muted numbers.

I don't think anyone expected a big chart hit but to have only one day above 1 million streams and 600k on day 3 is below even our wildest predictions surely? Given her big online following and the streams she pulls in for her older songs, I'd expect a few more streams than that but maybe I was being optimistic. Even the iTunes collapse is very shocking to me. But again, maybe I overestimated her fanbase.

I would've been more surprised if this did have any chart success, as 365 said! It's very evident that any goodwill she had left, she completely squandered with 143 and there's quite literally nothing she can do about that now. Jay put it perfectly. But, I think this is a great song and across the board, it's been pretty well received from what I've seen. Nobody's screaming from the rooftops about it but she sounds great, it doesn't sound pandering/chasing a hit/chasing a trend etc. And I'm happy to hear something like this from her again!

Also is this flopping??? I feel like this is flopping. Only 2 million views on youtoobe :( But I really like it!!

Lol no. She could have had Teenage Dream levels with Prism and Prism levels with Witness ... had she managed the promo and singles choices MUCH better...

Do you guys see Katy Perry having an era as big as One of the Boys, Teenage Dream or Prism again?

bandaids doesn’t come across as an attempt at chasing credibility to me. I think for that she’d have got the guitar out and really stripped it all the way back. This song is very much in the pop lane! It wouldn’t have sounded out of place in Katy’s pre-Witness catalogue. Chart wise, I didn’t have high expectations for whatever Katy released as her first post-143 moment. Really, she’d been on a downward trend way before that car crash of an era. The moment just before she released Woman’s World felt like the make or break moment to reverse her fortunes and we certainly know the outcome lol. That damage is really hard to come back from. So I agree with @365 that I’m surprised people were looking at her to perform better this time. I think this portion of her career to try and undo 143’s damage will be more of a marathon, not a sprint. It could take several singles to turn the tide with how she’s perceived. I’d never count her out completely but I’m not holding my breath for her to suddenly be smashing it in the charts again.

I think it's a nice song, it's giving Prism album track to me, which isn't a bad thing and makes for a pleasant listen but I don't think it's a hit. I do think it's a course correction in terms of her music direction, though, and I think this being her comeback single without 143 happening would have put her in a much better position, even if chart success probably still wouldn't be coming to her.