After she just lately held non-public listening periods for her upcoming sixth album, Katy Perry has formally introduced that the primary single for the undertaking, “Girl’s World,” will arrive subsequent month.
The pop star plans to drop “Girl’s World” on July 11 at 7 p.m. ET, with the official video to premiere the next day. She additionally revealed the one cowl artwork, shot by Jack Bridgland, portraying her in metallic armor-like pants and a bikini prime. Perry teased a snippet of “Girl’s World” on TikTok, singing alongside to the lyrics in a selfie-style video.
Particulars are scarce surrounding her sixth album, which continues to be presently with out a title or launch date. It’s been virtually 4 years since Perry launched “Smile,” which got here out in August 2020. That album produced a handful of singles together with “Daisies” and the title observe, and have become her weakest-performing album in years with a debut at No. 5 on the Billboard 200.
Within the time since “Smile,” Perry descended on Las Vegas for her Play residency, which ran from 2021 to 2023. The ultimate efficiency, which happened final November, teased her incoming period, with the message “See you subsequent yr” flashing on a display screen at its conclusion.
Perry has saved busy exterior of music with a stint as a decide on “American Idol” for seven seasons. In February, she introduced that the twenty second season could be her final, and she or he completed her stint on the present in Might. In September, she offered her catalog for $255 million to Litmus Music, the Carlyle-backed firm that launched in 2022 and likewise bought Keith City’s rights to his grasp recordings.