Katy Perry just addressed why she worked with Dr Luke on new album for the first time

The new Katy Perry era for her comeback album 143 has been marred by controversy – truly one of the most apocalyptically bad rollouts for a pop record in modern history. Critically panned and commercially flopping – but nothing incensed people more than Katy Perry deciding to work with producer Dr Luke on the record once again. Katy Perry had not yet addressed all the backlash surrounding her Woman’s World lead single, Lifetimes follow up or the reaction to the abum in general – until now. Katy Perry has just addressed the Dr Luke situation and why she worked with him for the first time.

In a much hyped appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Katy Perry is asked by host Alex Cooper directly why she chose to work with Dr Luke for the album. Everyone was wondering if Cooper would ask Katy Perry about this, and she really went for it blunt and direct.

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“I do want to ask you about one collaborator in particular,” Alex Cooper begins. “I know a lot of people have expressed disappointment and were really upset that you decided to involve Dr Luke on this album. Why did you choose to work with him?”

For the first time, Katy Perry then addressed why she has worked with Dr Luke on 143. “Look, I understand that it started a lot of conversations. And he was one of many collaborators that I collaborated with. But the reality is it comes from me. The truth is I wrote these songs from my experience of my whole life going through this metamorphosis. And he was one of the people who helped facilitate all that. One of the writers, one of the producers.

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“I am speaking from my own experience. When I speak about Woman’s World I speak about feeling so empowered now as a mother, as a woman, giving birth, creating life, creating another set of organs, a brain, a heart – I created a whole ass heart! And I did it. And I’m still doing it. And I’m still a matriarch and feeling really grounded in that. That’s where I’m speaking from. And so I created this with several different collaborators, people I’ve collaborated with in the past from the Teenage Dream era – all of that.”

So, err, a whole lot of nothing said then. Just waffle. This era truly goes from bad to worse.

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