Her song "Woman's World" is supposed to be all about female empowerment, but Katy Perry is getting criticized for her strong ties to record producer Dr. Luke, who has been accused of being an evil sex fiend by singer Kesha.
Clayton Durant, a music consultant and professor at Long Island University, criticized Perry's song and referred to the singer as a hypocrite with his criticism. “Promoting a song about modern-day feminism and empowerment becomes counterintuitive when it is associated with someone accused of abusing women [Dr. Luke],” he said.
Katy is also being criticized for having "generic" music that has "no personality," which is called the worst failure of this year. According to Globe Magazine, the singer known for her hit "Teenage Dream" has apparently put an end to her feud with Taylor Swift, but she is still reportedly motivated to challenge her former adversary for the title of pop champion.
The criticism that has been leveled against her music studio is, however, taking a second seat to the fact that she is working with the recording mogul Dr. Luke, also known as Lukasz Gottwald, who is 50 years old. The 37-year-old singer Kesha, who is known for her song "Die Young," asserted that Dr. Luke drugged and sexually raped her in 2005, "to the point where she almost lost her life."
In 2016, the case that Kesha had filed against Dr. Luke was thrown out due to technical circumstances. Her charges have been categorically refuted by him, he has never been charged with a crime, and he has also prevailed in a defamation lawsuit against her, which was resolved in the previous year.
Meanwhile, Dr. Luke produced Katy’s “Woman’s World” song, which describes gals as “sexy, confident, intelligent, heaven-sent, soft and strong. It’s a woman’s world and you’re lucky to be living in it. You better celebrate ’ cause, baby, we ain’t goin’ away.” However, the song was a failure, as it made its debut on the United States Spotify chart at position No. 110 on July 11 and then disappeared from the list the very next day.
“It’s as if she was trying to cash in on Barbie and women power. She missed the mark by so far. It’s like you want to empower women but then you fall into the old misogynistic tropes,” a music producer stated.
Business Times has reached out to Katy Perry for comments.
