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Katy Perry Can Fix This

Embrace a specific kind of cringe, return to Vegas, and more advice to get the singer back on (a hopefully gibberish-filled) track.

But since 2017, she’s looked increasingly lost in a crowded pop landscape, releasing unmemorable music and making some less-than-cool extracurricular choices (six years as a judge on American Idol, endorsing Rick Caruso for mayor of Los Angeles). This summer’s “Woman’s World” was a doofy fake empowerment anthem produced by Dr. Luke; a month later, her team was accused of infringing on a protected natural area of Spain while filming the music video for follow-up single “Lifetimes.” People came from all over the country to watch her two-hour fantasia of rejected Halloween-party costumes(a red latex bodysuit that looked like a Fruit Roll-up, a toilet-paper-themed mini dress), psychedelic props (a giant toilet, dancing mushrooms, and robots and puppets alike) and obvious but not unwelcome callbacks (yes, Left Shark made it to Vegas).

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