Katy Perry previews new song 'Lifetimes' ahead of '143' album release: Listen

Katy Perry continues to tease new music ahead of her upcoming album.

On Friday (July 19), the 39-year-old pop superstar shared a 30-second clip on YouTube of the dance-pop track 'Lifetimes', which will appear on her highly anticipated new release, 143.

“I know you feel it/ Can you believe it?/ I'll love you till the end and then I'll do it again,” Perry sings on the Dr. produced track. Luke. “For life/ For life”.

In addition to the YouTube teaser, the singer also shared a short video of herself dancing along to “Lifetimes” with fans during an album preview event.

“143 IS A PARTY AND EVERYBODY'S INVITED: SOUND ON,” Perry captioned the clip. Instagram.

143, which is code for “I love you,” is scheduled for release on September 20 via Capitol Records. The upcoming set marks Perry's first album since 2020 Smilewhich reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200.

Last weekend, Perry appeared to respond to a wave of criticism over his music video 143Her lead single “Woman's World,” sharing a behind-the-scenes clip to explain her intentions for the visual that combines feminist tropes and lyrics with plenty of cheeky visuals.

“YOU CAN DO ANYTHING! STILL SATIRE!” Perry captioned it Instagram Position.

Between criticism that Perry's song failed in its attempt to become a feminist anthem and her team-up with the song's co-producer Dr. Luke — who was accused of sexual harassment by Kesha before the singer and producer settled a bitter nine-year legal battle in 2023 before it went to trial — “Woman's World” didn't seem to land the way the singer intended.

“We're just having fun being a bit sarcastic with it, it's very loose and very on-the-nose,” he says in the first half of the video, seeming to anticipate some potential backlash. “With this set, it's like, 'We're not into the male gaze, but we're really into the male gaze,' and we're playing it really over the top and on the nose because I'm going to get smashed, which is like a reset, a reset for me and a reset for my idea of ​​the feminine divine, and it's a whole different world we're going into after that.”

Watch Perry's “Lifetimes” preview posts on Instagram and YouTube below.