Katy Perry shares a rare clip of shirtless Orlando Bloom during workout session as bikini-clad singer brushes off criticism of her ‘abysmal’ new single
Katy Perry gave fans a glimpse into her free time on Monday after her new single Woman’s World and accompanying music video received negative reviews.
The singer is currently promoting the lead single from her seventh studio album 143, but the song – billed as a powerful feminist anthem – is being dismissed as unoriginal, hypocritical and predictable.
Perry, 39, posted a montage of video clips to Instagram and appeared unfazed by the ominous response while working out with his fiancée Orlando Bloom.
The singer shared a rare clip of Bloom, 47, taking off his T-shirt as they stood on the treadmills next to him.
Perry also shared a separate clip from the beach, in which she was filmed wearing a black bikini and strategically positioned so that the setting sun could be seen between her legs.
Katy Perry shared a rare Instagram video of her fiancé Orlando Bloom working out together on Monday, shortly after her new single was released to mixed reviews
Perry also shared a separate clip from the beach, where she was filmed wearing a black bikini
The American star returned to music earlier this week with her new track, but has been criticized for the sexualized nature of the video, particularly notable for the moment in which she and her dancers perform sexy choreography on a construction site before she is “crushed” by an anvil and returns in a new costume.
In a recent behind-the-scenes video shared to Instagram, Perry said, “We’re just having fun, being a little sarcastic with it. It’s very slapstick and very direct.”
‘With this set it’s like, “Oooh, we’re not about the male gaze, but we are about the male gaze.” And we’re really overdoing it and being too direct about it.’
The former American Idol judge explained that the “anvil” moment was meant as a “reset” to help her embrace the “idea of the divine feminine.”
She added: ‘We wanted to make this video look like a super glossy pop star music video.’
Woman’s World is the first single from Perry’s upcoming album 143, due out September 20.
The title is a code word for I love you, which was often used in messages sent via pagers in the 1990s.
Katy said in a statement: “I wanted to create a bold, exuberant and celebratory dance-pop album with the symbolic 143-digit expression of love as the common thread throughout the message.”
The singer was strategically positioned so that the setting sun could shine between her legs
Bloom looks toned and slim as he works out with his fiancée in her latest Instagram post
It’s the star’s first album since 2020’s Smile, which failed to match the success of her previous records.
The Firework singer previously said the album will be “pure fun and joy.”
She said Access to Hollywood: ‘I have yet to make a record that makes me feel truly happy, complete and full of love.
‘Sometimes artists say, “Oh, that’s boring, you want to make music from a difficult angle,” but actually it’s very happy and cheerful, pure fun and playful and festive and a party.’
Shortly after its release on Friday, Woman’s World was panned by critics as a “monumental catastrophe” that sounds like a “warmed-up” Lady Gaga.
Pitchfork gave it a particularly negative review, saying it sounded like Perry had learned more about feminism from a simple Google search.
Katy Perry has insisted a controversial scene in her music video for ‘Woman’s World’ was ‘slapstick’ and ‘sarcastic’
She received criticism for the sexualized nature of the video, particularly the moment where she and her dancers perform sexy choreography on a construction site
“The pop singer’s comeback single defies all sense of taste and is too dispiriting to even come close to camp. It’s awful,” the outlet’s Shaad D’Souza wrote.
Perry was criticized for basing her song on Lady Gaga’s 2020 hit Stupid Love, resulting in what some said was a mediocre imitation.
Additionally, she was heavily criticized for her collaboration on Woman’s World with Dr. Luke, the music producer who was accused of sexual assault by Kesha in a lawsuit that was later dismissed. Dr. Luke has consistently denied the allegations.
According to the Pitchfork review, her choice to work with Dr. Luke on a feminist anthem was “genuinely twisted, but not surprising.”
The song also received a scathing one-star review from The Guardian, which described the song as “a warmed-over version of Gaga” and accused it of borrowing lyrics straight from Chappell Roan’s single Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl.
“Woman’s World sounds like it was designed by a committee in a boardroom at Capitol Records for the sole purpose of synching up on RuPaul’s Drag Race and generating “you ate” comments from white gay men living in West Hollywood,” Alim Kheraj wrote in a scathing review for Dazed.
According to Mary Siroky’s review for Consequence Of Sound, the song, which features “lyrics that genuinely seemed AI-generated,” is “as flat as the bottom of the anvil Perry crushes halfway through the music video.”
The former American Idol judge explained that the anvil moment was meant as a “reset” to help her embrace the “idea of the feminine divine”
(L-R) Producer Dr. Luke, singer Katy Perry and producer Cirkut at the 56th GRAMMY Awards in 2014. Perry was convicted for collaborating with Luke on her new single