Katy Perry has shared details about her upcoming album 143 — named after the '90s pager code for “I love you” — on Wednesday (July 10), revealing that the long-awaited project will arrive on September 20 via Capitol Records.
As album-kp6-dr-luke-max-martin-1235041835/” target=”_blank”>Rolling rock previously mentioned, Perry reunited with some of the producers of her past projects, including Stargate, Max Martin and, most controversially, Dr. Luke. In 2023, Kesha and Dr. Luke settled their bitter, nine-year legal battle before the case was scheduled to go to trial. The producer claimed Kesha defamed him in 2014 when she made the “false and shocking” allegation that he drugged and raped her after a party in 2005.
At one point in the legal battle, Perry entered the conversation. In a deposition dated July 21, 2017 and released in August 2018, Perry denied allegations that Luke raped her. She also said she was never sheltered by Luke, never sexually or romantically involved with Luke, and never told anyone—even jokingly—that Luke raped her.
The claims were part of Luke's defamation lawsuit against Kesha, with Luke's team alleging at the time that Kesha told Lady Gaga in a text message conversation that Luke had also raped Perry. Kesha, in turn, responded by saying that she and Gaga were both told this information first by a major company CEO.
With the controversial past of Dr. Luke and in light of his legal battle with Kesha, several fans took to social media to express their disappointment at Perry's choice to reunite with the producer. “I'm sorry but I can't listen to any new Katy Perry songs written and/or produced by Dr Luke,” one fan wrote, for example. “I don't like Dr Luke for many reasons and I just can't personally support his career. I'm sorry Katy, but I'm very disappointed.”
See below for more fan reaction to Perry's collaboration with Dr. Luke.
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