Katy Perry showcased her jaw-dropping figure in a patriotic ʙικιɴι, featuring the American flag ʙικιɴι across her chest, while celebrating Independence Day.
The 39-year-old superstar started the Fourth of July off with a bang as she shared a sizzling snap of herself in a patriotic top, covered in rhinestones, and a red banana with white polka dots.
In the image, the mother-of-one channeled Rosie the Riveter as she flexed her muscular arm at the camera and looked off into the distance.
‘BB UR A FIREWORK,’ she captioned the sH๏τ, referencing her 2010 hit, Firework. ‘And speaking of work, WOMAN’S WORLD IS GOING TO WORK IN ONE WEEK HAPPY 4TH.’
Her comeback track, Woman’s World, which will serve as the lead single off her sixth album, comes out on July 11.
Last month, the Grammy nominee began receiving backlash for her upcoming track after fans learned that she collaborated with controversial music producer Dr. Luke on it.
The music producer, 50, was embroiled in a highly publicized legal battle against Kesha, 37, in which he was accused of Sєxual, physical, and emotional abuse, with Kesha alleging that Perry was also a victim – something she denied.
Now, one year after the pair settled, Dr. Luke, whose real name is Łukasz Gottwald, has been listed as a co-producer on Perry’s upcoming single, prompting fury from fans who questioned how she can reconnect with the songwriter to promote female empowerment.
Insiders told DailyMail.com that Perry was advised against working with Dr. Luke, who together with Swedish songwriter Max Martin, previously produced some of her biggest tracks, but she refused to listen.
‘So many fans are already turning on Katy before she’s even released new music because Dr. Luke worked on this album with her,’ an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively. ‘She is trying to promote it on female empowerment – but working with Dr. Luke screams the opposite.
‘She was advised against working with him and was also advised to tone down the Sєx appeal – but she is ramping it up. She is listening to no one about how to promote the album, market it, etc.’
The source claimed Perry’s motivation for releasing a new album now was for a ‘paycheck’ after bowing out of American Idol in May and selling her back catalog to Litmus Music for $255 million in 2023.
They continued: ‘All of this comes after she sold her entire catalogue for money. This album isn’t about her showing how she is growing as an artist or her “new era” – it’s about a paycheck now that she’s done with American Idol.’
Kesha and Dr. Luke were locked in a bitter legal battle for nearly a decade from 2014 after she accused him of drugging and raping her back in 2005.
In 2016, she also publicly accused him of raping Perry.
The Grammy-winning producer fired back with a defamation lawsuit of his own, claiming the Tik Tok singer defamed him with her false claims, when she said in a text to Lady Gaga that Dr. Luke raped Perry.
Perry denied that Dr. Luke raped her in a deposition and a New York state judge ruled against Kesha in 2020 saying she had defamed her former producer with the claim, and an appeals court upheld that decision in 2021.
Perry was among the litany of musicians, including Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, Adam Levine and Taio Cruz, who gave testimony or sworn statements related to the case.
