Ignoring any of the controversy around the space thing, Firework as an encore again is tedious. It worked brilliantly for the Prismatic Tour and was a real moment. Then she tried to replicate it with the same stunts landing on the exact same beats for the Witness Tour, and now this. Girl...

Just where does she go from here at this point. Everything she touches lately is seemingly just turning to s***. It does feel quite pile on as much as a lot of it’s her own doing. Nervous to see what awaits for the tour because I can only imagine people are waiting for that to fail / find the flaws etc. After the tours wrapped up though I can’t call at the moment what exactly she can do and where she goes from here. It’s a very obscure one! I think her general public popularity has went down more with the space story than it did the Dr Luke thing though (yet at the same time It’s seemingly only Katy who’s getting it and not anyone else who was on board).

On paper, this was probably seen as an interesting opportunity and a nice publicity stunt, but it turned out completely wrong. The timing: bunch of women spending 11 minutes in space for PR when USA is in catastrophic state politically and economically just.. doesn't land well. Her antics around this. Like what are you thinking? Revealing (kinda, nobody was able to read them anyway) your TOUR SETLIST... sure The female empowement message. There are several REAL female astronauts and scientists out there. You are Katy Perry, a pop star with desperate need of hit at this point. Pitchfork put it so well: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/katy-perry-space/

shut down this club rn 😉😉😉

It's all very cringey. Also, not including Never Really Over on the tour setlist is criminal, the one saving grace of the last couple of eras.

I really don't like her anymore after this whole space thing. Ugh. What an utter embarrassment she has become.

Omfg, I just remembered her loudly announcing thst tjode who hadn't been around for her lsst two erss couldn't be sround for this one... And then they didn't actually come back and it sll flopped. That id some of the biggest celeb cringe I have seen in a while.

The "E.T." music video is actually happening irl this time!

"Firework" is now certified 4x Platinum for 2.4 million units.

Katy Perry’s A&R Claims He’s to Blame for Singer’s Work With Dr. Luke on ‘143’ Fans of Katy Perry might now have someone to point fingers to for her recent work with Dr. Luke. In a recent The Manager’s Playbook interview, the singer’s A&R manager Chris Anokute said that it was his “desire” to reconnect Perry with the disgraced producer for her album 143. “I think there was some backlash on her reuniting with Dr. Luke, which was my desire,” Anokute claimed. (Skip to 1:30:00 into the video below.) “[It was] my recommendation for her to get back into the studio with Luke because Luke is a dear friend.” “I thought it was a good time to reunite them after 10 years of not working together,” he continued. “Every single he’s ever done with her has gone Number One. The press just didn’t react favorably and they tried to assassinate him and her.” When Rolling Stone reached out for comment via Instagram, Anokute wrote back, “You must be bored. God bless you.” The backlash to the singer’s reconnection with Luke on the album came quickly after Rolling Stone confirmed last summer that Perry worked with Max Martin, Dr. Luke, and several others for the album following the release of single “Woman’s World.” At the time, a Capitol Records source told Rolling Stone that “Katy knew exactly the album she wanted to make and put together the team to make it happen.” Music fans, especially those on X, have long expressed their dislike for Luke given the sex abuse allegation from Kesha years prior, even following the settlement of his defamation lawsuit in 2023. In the new interview, Anokute claimed to believe that “all the stuff he was accused of is actually not true,” seemingly in reference to the Kesha allegation. Years before 143, Luke and Martin worked on many of Perry’s biggest hits, including smashes from her first three albums like One of the Boys‘ “I Kissed a Girl,” Teenage Dream‘s title track, “Last Friday Night,” “California Gurls,” “E.T.,” and “The One That Got Away” along with the vast majority of Prism, including “Dark Horse,” “Unconditionally,” and “Roar.” Despite the success of Perry’s previous work with Luke, 143 was poorly received by many fans and most critics. Anokute also said he believed 143 had “massive hits” despite the negative reaction. A Rolling Stone review called the record a “failed attempt to rekindle her glory years.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/katy-perry-dr-luke-album-ar-manager-blame-1235305370/

Does anyone have estimates for the sales of the albums '143', 'Smile', and 'Prism'?

UK Sales 1,809,651 Katy Perry feat. Juicy J - Dark Horse 1,801,742 Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls

“California Gurls” is now 3x Platinum

"Dark Horse" ft. Juicy J is now certified 3x Platinum for 1.8 million units.

I don't think Capitol will spend a single penny on this project at this point.

No Time For New Years is such a bop! Why wasn't it pushed as a single?

I still quite enjoy this! Stripping away the baggage it's a decent pop song and she's objectively had worse singles in her career. By the same token, I totally get why it panned out the way it did and it was hilariously tone deaf. So sad :(

I thought that was just a rumour somebody made up? :unsure: I can't really see a big name act like Sabrina wanting to be associated with this project in all honesty.

I wonder who's on the new remix album but I bet Sabrina is on it

What I didn't get was the strange questions celebrities asked her 🤔. It was like random celebrities was paid to go who didn't really know anything about her.

Omg why would Amazon or water need any extra promo?! Did those things actually happen btw? :lol:

I just watched this. Looked pretty high budget to me... seeing her performing on the roof with the London skyline behind and fireworks going off all around and above her was pretty iconic!

I thought it was a great show and she sounded excellent. I

The lack of budget really showed. I love Katy but the set made her look like a X-Factor contestant. Hopefully it gives 143 a much needed boost, it needs every sale possible at this point.