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‘Woman’s World’ Is the Stalest Sort of Retread
Katy Perry’s old formula just doesn’t work anymore.
2024 was starting to feel like a comeback year, with Perry leaving her role on American Idol and eyeing a redemption for her tepid showing on 2020’s Smile. The verses are a deluge of superlatives that don’t add up to much: “Sexy, confident / So intelligent / She is heaven-sent / So soft, so strong.” No, it’s not campy, it’s just obvious — even more in the video, where Perry shows that yes, women can work construction and drink whiskey too. Pop fans can hear more compelling takes on womanhood from Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Ariana Grande this summer, so why settle for Perry reminding us that, baby, women ain’t going away?
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