celeb news Critics pan Woman's World: The Guardian 1/5, Pitchfork: "A monumental catastrophe"

[ImmaSlave4u]

Me when I'm deaf 

[Sazare]

2 minutes ago, BlondUnicorn said:

While I agree this song isn't that bad, I guess it's what she deserves for deliberately choosing to work with Dr. Luke again.

 

That's how I feel. These publications are just picking on an easy target, and the song is too boring to really justify the vitriol, buuuuut she worked with Luke so now she's just reaping what she sowed

[clee95]

It was truly a miscalculated move by Ms. Perry, you wanted a women's anthem song as a lead single, and you chose to work with dr. luke of all people? you know about the allegations against him, any person with enough brain cells would steer clear of him. If she's worked with a different producer, even if the song is bad, I think she wouldn't get this much lashing. What a baffling move!

[Solar]

Stupid Love sweetie I love.

[Frozen99]

20 minutes ago, Sugden said:

Katy Perry & Dr. Luke's Take on Feminism in "Woman's World" Is as Bad as That Sounds

The half-hearted empowerment anthem fails on just about every front

 

There's always a bit of an off-kilter edge to Katy Perry when she's at her best, which is when she gets campy, frothy, and over the top. We know she's capable of true pop greatness — revisit "Teenage Dream" if you need proof — but lately, as she gears up for a September album titled 143, things haven't been looking so good.¹

Perry's 143 chapter kicked off with "Woman's World," a release that just might have been doomed from the jump. The moment the first clips hit the internet, teasing lyrics that genuinely felt AI generated, the comeback was on shaky ground. Then came the reveal that the song, an attempt at a feminist anthem, was co-produced and co-written with Dr. Luke, a producer who has been accused of sexual assault, harassment, and gender violence in a lengthy series of lawsuits from singer Kesha. (The suits were dismissed, and Dr. Luke denied the allegations.)

But beyond the pitch-black irony of creating a women empowerment song with someone tied to a disturbing accusations, the song is just plain bad — and the music video is worse.

We start off with Perry in Rosie the Riveter glam, as she and a crew of ultra-toned backup dancers insert themselves into what could traditionally be described as "men's spaces." They recreate the iconic Builders of the City Enjoy Luncheon, drink whiskey, and wave around tools. They stand confidently at urinals. Do you feel empowered yet?

What's so head-scratching about this set of visuals, which Perry never fully commits to as satire, is that this is not how feminism should ever feel. Perry told Apple Music² that her decision to focus on this theme was because "this is the first contribution I have given since becoming a mother and since feeling really connected to my feminine divine." Connecting with the feminine divine doesn't mean co-opting traditionally masculine spaces; ideally, it means celebrating the unique joys of womanhood. Feminism isn't about proving we can do everything men can do — these days, the road to empowering women shouldn't be centering men at all. Plenty of women drink whiskey and know how to operate power tools, but that's not even the core of the issue here. It's that this is the most baseline, tip of the iceberg, generic attempt at feminism, and the result is Perry never actually saying anything of substance.

Everything about the focus of the track feels 15 years too late to be interesting, and the music video doesn't help. There's obviously something to be said for escapist pop or harkening back to the sounds that dominated charts through the early 2000s, but "Woman's World" is a nothing burger served on a chrome plate. Take out any of the fun arena energy of "Roar" and you've got this chorus: "Celebrate! 'Cause, baby, we ain't goin' away/ It's a woman's world and you're lucky to be livin' in it." Doesn't the visual of jade rollers on Perry's face make you feel lucky to be alive? This isn't camp; this is boring.

In a world where very few structural or institutional systems make us feel like we're strutting sexily through a "Woman's World," no part of me wants to turn up the volume on this one. The timing is bad, and so is the song. This reality might be something Perry tries to touch on in the muddled second half of the video, when an anvil crushes her and turns her into a reanimated, inflated version of herself that wields the gender symbol for woman in the form of an influencer's ring light — before, bafflingly, linking up with YouTuber Trisha Paytas.

But whatever her intentions were, the song never comes together. This release falls as flat as the bottom of the anvil that crushes Perry halfway through the music video.

 

 

https://consequence.net/2024/07/katy-perry-womans-world-track-review/

well-written  

[TheseThingsHappen]

Play stupid games...

[єѕℓαм]

As if that wasn't obvious already 

Gaga has always been the blueprint 

[Dolce Vita]

[Rune]

Luke may be an abhorrent festering cyst of a human but he produced Say So. This doesn't even have the merit of being good.

 

Katy stans are in hard cope mode.

[DuffStan]

Oh, it's BAD BAD

[umich]

47 minutes ago, TomTom said:

 

 

Lady Gaga and Kesha rn

 

[Cain]

18 minutes ago, cloudbusting said:

"Did you know she released an album during the pandemic? Probably not."

there's not a single publication letting her breathe 

"Most of all, she's a 2010s relic, a faded pop star frantically attempting to clamber back to relevance, only to be thwarted by her inability to tell up from down. Did you know she released an album during the pandemic? Probably not."

This is getting crazy

[Janet]

No one wants to live in this Woman's World

[Comedor]

11 minutes ago, TheseThingsHappen said:

Play stupid games...

Win stupid love. 

[Bewitched]

 

In the years since, Perry hasn't quite managed to reclaim the earworm-y elation of her greatest work... especially not on her remedial, paint-by-numbers-feminism belter "Woman's World," best summed up by Dazed as"female empowerment filtered through the lens of a Ryan Murphy show."

 

The greatness of "Never Really Over" is especially apparent following the release of Perry's new single, "Woman's World." Heralded as her comeback to music after three years of silence, "Woman's World" is a clear attempt to replicate the sound of Perry's glory days, as she leans all the way into a massive chorus over thumping synths.

 

But at this point, the magic has been totally drained from the obviously calculated formula. The fire just isn't in Perry's eyes as she reads off a list of adjectives about how great women are. As one fan summed it up, it's her "400th song about female empowerment" that feels "written by ChatGPT." It's not a woman's world — it's a robot's algorithm.

 

Compare these shockingly sparse and say-nothing lyrics to the specificity and loquaciousness of "Never Really Over," a song in which Perry can't stop spilling her emotions about a difficult gap in her relationship with Orlando Bloom.

 

Maybe if "Never Really Over" was released today instead of "Woman's World," the discourse would be different. Perry could have the song of the summer! But since one of Perry's best songs got severely overlooked in 2019, I don't think I'll ever really be over it.

 

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Edited July 12 by Bewitched

[popstyle]

Give me a break! We all know the real reason for the bad reviews . The song is great! 

[RichGirlPlanet]

1 hour ago, khalyan said:

Radical Optimism had hits and acclaim, what will Katy have this era?

An offer to participate in Dancing With the Stars?

[Rotunda]

30 minutes ago, BlondUnicorn said:

While I agree this song isn't that bad, I guess it's what she deserves for deliberately choosing to work with Dr. Luke again.

 

The most perplexing thing is that she ran to Luke for a feminist anthem. 
 

If this was a Say So rehash I'd at least get the logic, but it's almost like she wants the critics to point out the hypocrisy. 

[BlazingLovatic]

1 hour ago, aotwbys said:

Idk why they bet it all on black and decided on this

Maybe it's because we are all still talking about it so they are like "publicity is publicity" 😂

 

52 minutes ago, BlondUnicorn said:

Hm… no? Stupid Love actually got a lot of good reviews upon release, it's only "hated" among ATRL and pop stans.

 

[Burn]

7 minutes ago, popstyle said:

Give me a break! We all know the real reason for the bad reviews . The song is great! 

The way you're always on the wrong side of history. First defending Drake and now Katy. Quite the contrarian.

[ForgottenSoul]

wtf are all those ads in the song

[BrattyBottom]

15 minutes ago, Bewitched said:

 

In the years since, Perry hasn't quite managed to reclaim the earworm-y elation of her greatest work... especially not on her remedial, paint-by-numbers-feminism belter "Woman's World," best summed up by Dazed as"female empowerment filtered through the lens of a Ryan Murphy show."

 

The greatness of "Never Really Over" is especially apparent following the release of Perry's new single, "Woman's World." Heralded as her comeback to music after three years of silence, "Woman's World" is a clear attempt to replicate the sound of Perry's glory days, as she leans all the way into a massive chorus over thumping synths.

 

But at this point, the magic has been totally drained from the obviously calculated formula. The fire just isn't in Perry's eyes as she reads off a list of adjectives about how great women are. As one fan summed it up, it's her "400th song about female empowerment" that feels "written by ChatGPT." It's not a woman's world — it's a robot's algorithm.

 

Compare these shockingly sparse and say-nothing lyrics to the specificity and loquaciousness of "Never Really Over," a song in which Perry can't stop spilling her emotions about a difficult gap in her relationship with Orlando Bloom.

 

Maybe if "Never Really Over" was released today instead of "Woman's World," the discourse would be different. Perry could have the song of the summer! But since one of Perry's best songs got severely overlooked in 2019, I don't think I'll ever really be over it.

 

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This is annoying, they should have just jumped in the dog pile and mollywhopped her too.

[DAP]

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/katy-perry-s-woman-s-world-is-a-dystopia

 

 

[OrgVisual]

Do we really care? When have critics ever said a nice thing about her?

[GipJo]

For those saying it's a harmless basic song at worst, it isn't. Katy Perry, her team, her label, all the people involved around this project chose or approved or agreed or didn't vote against this song to be in her album, let alone a lead single no less, is very problematic. The way this song had to go through that many people to be made and to be released but still approved shows those people don't think there is something wrong with it. Her circle of music industry is rotten and that is very harmful.