Katy Perry is said to be hoping her upcoming performance at Saturday’s AFL final in front of 100,000 Aussie fans at the MCG will ‘revive’ her flagging pop career.
The US pop star, 39, is hopeful the performance will help promote her recently released 143 album, the first singles of which proved divisive.
However, her promotional tour is believed to have faced difficulties as Katy has reportedly banned the Australian media from asking her two specific questions.
According to gossip newsletter Popb**ch, Katy has insisted she won’t answer questions about the ‘sad reviews’ of her new album.
She has also reportedly banned interviewers from asking her about the much-discussed Dr. Luke controversy.
Katy caused a stir by continuing to work with the producer on her new album 143 after he was embroiled in a decade-long legal battle with singer Kesha, 37.
He sued Kesha in 2014 after she accused him of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, which he denied. The legal battle was eventually settled.
Following the controversy, some of Katy’s fans took issue with her dating Dr. Luke worked on her new music, which she praised as being about female empowerment.
Katy Perry hopes her upcoming performance in front of 100,000 Aussie fans at the MCG for Saturday’s AFL grand final will ‘revive’ her faltering pop career
However, the I Kissed A Girl hitmaker later stressed that her lyrics all come from her own personal experiences and do not reflect the views of the producer.
Katy broke her silence in September, telling the Call Her Daddy podcast: “I understand it’s started a lot of conversations. And he was one of the many employees I worked with.”
The Wide Awake singer insisted that Luke was just someone who helped her “facilitate” her music.
She continued, “The truth is, I wrote these songs from my experience of my whole life going through this metamorphosis, and he was one of the people who helped facilitate all of that — one of the writers, one of the producers.
‘I speak from my own experience.’
Ny Breaking Australia has contacted Katy’s representatives for comment.
Following the release of her album 143, Katy is reportedly being paid a whopping $5 million to perform at the AFL grand final in Melbourne on Saturday.
Katy is said to have been hopeful of performing several songs from her new album to the public in an effort to promote the LP.
However, AFL chiefs are said to have quickly hit back at the suggestion, telling Perry to stick to her well-known hits from her previous album Teenage Dream.
However, her promotional tour is believed to have faced difficulties as Katy has reportedly banned the Australian media from asking her two specific questions.
Katy has reportedly insisted she won’t answer questions about the “sad reviews” of her album 143 or the Dr. Luke controversy. Katy caused a stir by continuing to work with the producer after he was embroiled in a decade-long legal battle with singer Kesha (pictured in 2011)
Channel Nine reporter Tom Morris claimed AFL big wigs told the hitmaker they expected her to perform her older hits such as Firework and I Kissed A Girl.
The veteran AFL journalist appeared on SEN Breakfast and claimed Katy’s team had resisted an AFL request that the Teenage Dream hitmaker perform just one new song.
“She plays about five songs and the AFL really wanted her to play five classic songs, she wanted to play two new ones,” he said.
Tom added that both camps had reached a compromise, with Katy reportedly agreeing to just one new song.
“They ended up meeting halfway and she plays one new song and four classics,” he said.
Co-host and AFL great Kane Cornes, who admitted he was a Katy Perry fan, added that the AFL should have a say in the planning of the blockbuster stadium show.
‘The AFL says, ‘We only want your hits. We only want your bangers. We want Roar, Teenage Dream, Firework.’ They want all the songs we know and love. And she got pushed back and said, “No, I want to play two of my new songs.”
He added, “You know when you go to a concert and maybe they’re old and all you want is their good stuff. You want their greatest hits.”
Katy has also reportedly been asked not to sing Roar, one of her biggest hits, during the AFL showdown between the Brisbane lions and Sydney swans.
Following the release of her album 143, Katy (pictured at the VMAs) is reportedly being paid a whopping $5 million to perform at the AFL grand final in Melbourne on Saturday.
There are fears the 2013 hit could give the Lions an unfair advantage due to its title and lyrics, with Katy addressing rumors about The Fox’s Fifi, Fev and Nick.
‘Oh, the lions! I have to cut my song Roar from the set because it’s not fair. Everyone says that,” she explained.
“No, you have to play it!” said host Brendan Fevola. “Because you were booked before Brisbane made it.”
Katy agreed she should play it, but said there had yet to be a confirmed setlist for her headlining show.