Katy Perry released the music video for her new song Lifetimes on Thursday, after the lead single from her upcoming album, Woman’s World, was a flop.
The 39-year-old Grammy nominee filmed the entire project on location in Ibiza while on vacation with her fiancé Orlando Bloom and their daughter Daisy Dove, three, in July.
The nearly four-minute video clip shows Perry, largely dressed in a bikini, partying on the Spanish island with her real-life friends and fans.
Fans quickly compared her to her iconic 2010 music video Teenage Dream: the carefree, summery vibe of the video and Perry’s sheer beauty.
“Okay, but wow, the Lifetimes music video to me is the Teenage Dream music video, but more mature and affluent,” one enthusiastic fan commented on X (formerly Twitter).
Another stated that ‘Katy Perry is back.
Katy Perry released the music video for her new song Lifetimes on Thursday, after the lead single from her upcoming album, Woman’s World, was a flop.
The 39-year-old Grammy nominee filmed the entire project on location in Ibiza, while vacationing with her fiancé Orlando Bloom and their daughter Daisy Dove, three, in July
The nearly four-minute video clip shows Perry, mostly dressed in a bikini, partying on the Spanish island with her real-life friends and fans
The reception for Lifetimes has been significantly different from that of Perry’s female empowerment anthem Woman’s World, which was released on July 11.
Woman’s World, accompanied by a glossy, expensive and hypersexualised music video, was intended to mark Perry’s long-awaited comeback – but the song failed to reach the Top 10, peaking at No. 63 in its first full week of tracking.
The rollout also drew criticism after it was revealed that Perry had agreed to collaborate with music producer Dr. Luke, 50, on her upcoming album, despite his much-publicized legal battle with fellow pop star Kesha, 37.
A source previously told DailyMail.com that Perry was “panicked” over the flop and was holding crisis talks in an attempt to save her album.
Shortly after, Perry confirmed that Lifetimes would be the second single from her upcoming album 143.
“Y’all gonna say it… the #LIFETIMES MV is better than Woman’s World. It’s SO BEAUTIFUL, I didn’t expect the MV to be THIS GOOD,” wrote a fervent “KatyCat” on X shortly after the video’s release on Thursday.
Another wrote: ‘Katy Perry is going to rock the world again..!! Lifetimes is such a BOP!’
Many fans feel that Lifetimes should have been Perry’s first single, and not Woman’s World.
“Why wasn’t this the first single? This makes Woman’s World seem like an unreleased demo,” one X user wondered.
The music video for Lifetimes opens with footage of Perry in a pink crop top and faux leather shorts, snacking on snacks during an idyllic ferry ride to Ibiza.
Once she lands on the island, she heads to the beach in a skimpy zebra print bikini, showing off her incredible post-baby body in all its glory.
As an “Easter Egg” for fans, Perry revealed the full tracklist for 143, out September 20, in one shot on a billboard behind her.
Next, the raven-haired beauty is dressed in a sexy silver dress that she rented from a local store for $200, and she sits on the back of a handsome man’s motorcycle.
The footage of Perry driving along the island’s coastline and dancing in the sand in a bikini bottom is reminiscent of iconic scenes from 2010’s Teenage Dream.
Unlike Lifetime, Teenage Dream was filmed on location in Perry’s hometown of Santa Barbara, California.
Perry is joined on the beach by many of her real-life friends, including DJ Mia Moretti, who push her out into the water in a bright yellow canoe.
Then Perry, dressed in a white swimsuit, eats fresh shrimp from a platter with Mia on a speedboat.
As the sun sets, Perry flashes her bikini-clad bottom as she climbs onto the red rocks along the shore before cannonballing back into the water.
Fans were quick to draw comparisons to her iconic 2010 Teenage Dream music video as they took to social media to praise her latest single