In 2010, All the stars aligned for Katy Perry when she released her album teenage dreamAll six singles on the album were huge hits, and when she expanded the album two years later, those deluxe singles were also hits. It had been years since Perry occupied such a dominant space in pop music, but with her upcoming album 143I recruited her teenage dream Collaborators — including Dr. Luke — hope to make magic again. While appearing on call her dadThe singer responded to a question about her decision to work with Luke with an indirect answer about motherhood and female empowerment.
“I realize that this has sparked a lot of conversations, and he was one of many collaborators that I’ve worked with. But the truth is that this is coming from me,” Perry said. “The truth is that I wrote these songs from my lifelong experience of going through this transition, and he was one of the people who helped facilitate all of that. One of the writers and one of the producers. I’m speaking from my own experience.”
The producer and songwriter has spent the past few years trying to reclaim his place in the pop music world, while embroiled in a defamation lawsuit with Kesha. Luke countersued the musician after she sued him in 2014, alleging sexual, physical and emotional abuse. The lawsuit was settled in June 2023.
“When I talk about the world of women, I’m talking about how empowered I feel right now, as a mother, as a woman, giving birth, creating life, creating another set of organs. A brain! A heart! I created a whole heart! And I did that, and I’m still doing that. I’m still a mother and I feel really connected to that, and that’s where I’m coming from. So I created all of this with a lot of different collaborators, people I’ve collaborated with from the past, from the era of Teenage Dream. All of this,” Perry added.
call her dad Host Alex Cooper didn't elaborate on the subject further, instead asking Perry how she's evolved as an artist since her last collaboration with this crew of collaborators. The singer also avoided questions from fans both online and in person when she was criticized for reconnecting with Luke.
In June, Rolling Stone He confirmed that Perry worked with Luke as well. teenage dream Katy teamed up with Max Martin and Stargate for her seventh studio album. “Katy knew exactly what album she wanted to make and put the team together to make it happen,” a Capitol Records source said at the time.
Luke was absent from the singer's last two albums, in 2017. a witness And 2020 Smiling. the 143 The lead single “Women's World” received criticism for leaning towards old-fashioned feminist pop culture and a version of the extreme pop music that evolved from that genre. It was their first collaboration since 2013.
