Everything to Know About Katy Perry’s New Album
Get ready to dance, Katycats! The pop star’s sixth studio album is finally coming.
At last, a new Katy Perry era is among us. On June 17th, the hitmaker announced that her lead single “Woman’s World” would arrive on July 11th and be accompanied by a music video the following day.
Perry revealed the song’s cover art, shot by Jack Bridgland, on her social media. In the photo, she stands over a prismatic-colored galaxy wearing a white knitted halter bra with matching bikini bottoms from the brand Duciel and bulky armor legs designed by CGI artist Victor Clavelly. The pop star captioned the photo, “Get ready to pop off.” She also posted a short video teasing the song. “Sexy, confident/So intelligent/She is heaven sent/So soft, so strong,” Perry sings in the snippet.
It’s been nearly four years since the “Teenage Dream” singer released new music with her sixth studio album, Smile, in August 2020. The record debuted at No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and received mixed critical reviews. Since then, Perry has stayed busy in the music scene. From 2021 to 2023, she performed a residency at Las Vegas World’s Resort. Meanwhile, she was a judge on the singing competition show “American Idol” for seven seasons but announced in February on ”Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that the forthcoming 22nd season would be her last as she focuses on bringing new music to the world. “I feel like I need to go out and feel that pulse to my own beat,” she said.
Perry continued to leave cryptic messages about her new music to fuel fan’s excitement. While attending the 2024 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in April, Perry carried a miniature transparent glass purse with a scroll that read “KP6: TOP SECRET.”
To celebrate Perry’s return to creating music, L’OFFICIEL compiled everything we know so far about the highly-anticipated album.
Collaborations
Although Perry has not disclosed the track list and credits yet, the Canadian singer Lu Kala posted a video with Perry in April, teasing their song-writing partnership on Perry’s upcoming single. “Thank you @katyperry for letting me be the tiniest part of what you have coming. I can’t wait for the world to hear it,” Kala wrote in the video’s caption.
Release
Perry has not stated the official release date for her album. However, after people generated A.I. images of her at the Met Gala in May, she tweeted, “wow ppl are STILL texting me that they can’t believe they missed me at The Met or OMG you killed it etc etc… welp, hold on to your common sense hat cause we in for a ride this fall…”
The presence of Perry’s daughter got her creative juices flowing. "I haven't put any new material out since my Darling Daisy," she told Good Morning America. "I think that I'm writing a lot and have written a lot from a place of love, because I'm feeling so much of it -- so much unconditional love, that love you never knew existed."
