Today in the section “I wanted the best, but it turned out as always” we have an unexpected guest – Katy Perry. In September, the singer releases a new album, “143,” which, it seems, is designed to return her to world attention and the love of listeners (the previous disc, “Smile,” released 4 years ago, was coolly received by fans). Having lost extreme weight for the release, Katie decided to immediately play trump cards and showed a video for the feminist song “Woman’s World.”
Everything seems to be beautiful in the text: “It’s a woman’s world, and you’re lucky to live in it,” “The Divine Feminine,” “She was born to shine,” etc. and so on. But the video raised a lot of questions: in it, Katie and her friends, generously lubricated with oil, portray a construction crew – read “maybe into men’s business.” And at the same time it shines with naked bodies, vibrators, dietary supplements, rhinestones and other joys of a “girl’s” life.
The result is disappointing: critics tore “Woman’s World” to smithereens. Thus, the authoritative publication The Guardian called the song “an outdated attempt to write a feminist anthem about how women can have everything” and gave the song 1 point out of 5. Internet users were also unfavorable to the new product.
“This is what happens if you commission a man to make a feminist video,” “Honestly, it’s more like a parody,” “She just collected all the possible female stereotypes in one video and called it “a woman’s world.” An absolute failure”, “Imagine if her daughter saw this video and thought that this is feminism”, “This is exactly how 12-year-old boys imagine feminism”, “This over-sexualization of women is already so boring”, “After this career Katie is officially buried,” commentators are outraged.
But the problems did not end there: many users were outraged that producer Dr. participated in the recording of this and other songs from the new album. Luke. A few years ago, he was accused of rape by singer Kesha, who was supported by other stars. In general, there is no smell of feminism here.