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Is Katy Perry’s career at a crossroads? Once considered pop royalty, the singer has faced a wave of public backlash that began long before her 11-minute space walk. The pop singer has responded to the internet’s backlash, calling herself a ‘human piñata’ in the process.
Perry’s latest album 143 was intended to be a triumphant return for the pop singer, but instead it has widely been labeled a commercial disappointment. From lackluster chart performance to the tepid critical response—fans aren’t feeling it.
That’s partially due to Perry’s decision to work with producer Dr. Luke, who has faced long-standing sexual abuse allegations from Kesha. While Dr. Luke has denied the allegations and there have been no criminal charges, fans were not so forgiving. None of the songs from 143 charted on the Billboard Hot 100—and the album itself fell off the Billboard 200 charts just two weeks after debut.
Earlier this month, the pop singer joined an all-female Blue origin space tourism flight, which she called a groundbreaking flight for women in STEM. But the public reaction to the flight focusing on celebrities like Katy Perry and Gayle King’s experience instead of Aisha Bowe (former NASA rocket scientist) and Amanda Nguyen (bioastronautics research scientist) created a perfect storm of online backlash. Photos of Katy Perry kissing the ground went viral on social media, with Wendy’s tweeting “I kissed the ground and I liked it.”
The first videos from her Lifetimes Tour in Mexico City went viral just this week after her first show on April 23. Clips of the choreography were shared millions of times, with viewers expressing shock and dismay at her awkward moves. Dubbed the Queen of Cringe, many viewers questioned why anyone would pay hundreds of dollars to see a show worse than what you can find at Disneyland on the average day.
@eddysonline Katy Perry performs ET at the lifetimes tour opening night in Mexico City #katyperry #katycats #thelifetimestour #arenacdmx #katyperrymexico #teenagedream ♬ original sound – eddy’s online
With the general public lambasting her choreography for her Lifetimes Tour, Perry took to social media to address how the negative attention has impacted her.
“Please know I am okay, I have done a lot of work around knowing who I am, what is real and what is important to me,” the pop singer begins. “My therapist said something years ago that was a game-changer, ‘no one can make you believe something about yourself that you don’t already believe about yourself’ and if I ever do have any feelings about it then it’s an opportunity to investigate the feelings underneath it.”
“When the ‘online’ world tries to make me a human piñata, I take it with grace and send them love, cause I know so many people are hurting in so many ways and the internet is very much so a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed.”
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