00:00Social media users are slamming Katy Perry online after the pop star attempted to explain
00:06why she worked with controversial music producer Dr. Luke on her upcoming album, 143.
00:12No one can deny pop star Katy Perry's influence on music throughout the early and mid-2000s,
00:17with hits like Dark Horse and Last Friday Night.
00:20But the controversy surrounding her latest single, Women's World, has sparked criticism,
00:25particularly due to its perceived pandering and the ongoing association with producer
00:29Dr. Luke, whose reputation has been marred by legal battles and allegations of abuse.
00:35Attempting to explain why she chose to work with the controversial producer, Perry commented
00:39on a recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast,
00:42I understand that it started a lot of conversations, and Dr. Luke was one of many collaborators
00:47that I collaborated with, but the reality is, it comes from me.
00:51The truth is, I wrote these songs from my experience of my whole life going through
00:55this metamorphosis, and he was one of the people to help facilitate all that.
00:59Perry went on to explain that she invited numerous past collaborators throughout her
01:03career back to help create 143, but this explanation was not nearly enough for fans.
01:10Social media users took to X to criticize Perry for dodging the real question with this
01:15user writing,
01:16She said everything except answer the question.
01:19Another chiming in,
01:20A whole bunch of words, yet nothing was said.
01:22Other fans called out the hypocrisy in working with an alleged abuser on a song about female
01:27empowerment with this user writing,
01:29It's truly baffling.
01:30How on earth did she think this would work out?
01:32A song about female empowerment featuring Dr. Luke?
01:35It's so ridiculous it's somewhat comical.
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