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Katy Perry Announces Her 1st New Album in 4 Years

Katy Perry’s sixth studio album, 143, is due out in September and will be her first one in four years

Alongside the announcement, Perry shared the album’s artwork, which features her in an acrylic tank top and transparent skirt with her long locks flowing in a breeze. “I set out to create a bold, exuberant, celebratory dance-pop album with the symbolic 143 numerical expression of love as a throughline message,” Perry said in a statement, per Variety. Perry also gave a hint about her future career plans when she announced her departure from American Idol earlier this year following a seven-season run as a judge.

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