“It’s hilarious and ridiculously obvious, and this set makes it seem like, ‘Oh, we’re not about the male gaze, but we really are about the male gaze.'”
Katy Perry Stands By Her New Single “Woman’s World” Despite Increasing Criticism Picture courtesy of Katy Perry
And we’re being ridiculously dramatic and right on the money because we’re going to be crushed, which is like a reset—a reset for both myself and my conception of the feminine divine—and then we’re off to a whole other world.
“We aimed to make this video appear like a super glossy music video featuring a pop star, and that’s exactly what it is.”
Elements of hypersexualization are also juxtaposed in the two-minute and 55-second clip. See the original Instagram post here. Something that KATY PERRY (@katyperry) posted
Among the many critical assessments of Woman’s World, Vulture said that: “The song is stuck in vague feminist empowerment, which may have worked in 2014 but falls short in 2024.” I
