Katy Perry's 143: The Anatomy of A Flop Era

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follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/kayla_says Support Operation Olive Branch: https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:27 This Should Not Have Been This Hard 3:52 The Press Tour (Katy Perry Talks A Lot) 8:49 So, How Was The Album? 11:30 What If Things Were Different? Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBzlXiUBOBs End Slate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adcs0be2QGU What a weird time to be Katy Perry. Her music career has been in decline since 2017’s Witness, yet from 2018, she made a reported $25 million (at least) for each of the seven seasons that she judged the once-mighty talent show American Idol. This year, pop fans on social media trashed the string of singles she released in advance of her seventh album, 143. Chart positions suggest the broader listening public is, at minimum, apathetic. And yet, she performed a well-received medley of her greatest hits just weeks ago at the MTV Video Music Awards and turned out a triumphant performance in front of a rapturous sea of people at Rock in Rio the night of 143’s release. The crowd sang along loudly even to the critically reviled single “Woman’s World.” Drifting through the winds of popular culture and probably wanting to start again at least occasionally, it seems reasonable to assume that in 2024, Katy Perry feels like a plastic bag.