Katy Perry's “Woman's World” Opens Up With a Lukewarm Hot 100 Chart Debut

Katy Perry's “Woman's World” debuted at No. 63 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, the publication announced Tuesday, a tepid opening as the pop star prepares to roll out her upcoming seventh album. 143.

The song's debut marks one of the lowest openings for a lead single in Perry's career. While she dominated much of the late 2000s and early 2010s, her chart numbers declined after the release of her fifth album Witness in 2017. While that album's lead single “Chained To the Rhythm” debuted at Number Four on the Hot 100, it was the last time any of her singles made the top 10. “Daisies», the lead single from Perry's latest album Smile in 2020, it reached Number 40, the last of her solo singles to enter the Hot 100 at all. “When I'm Gone”, a collaboration with Alesso, reached 90 in 2021.

“Woman's World” was met with largely negative reviews, both for the song and its accompanying music video. Perry faced backlash online over criticism that the video catered to the male gaze, and some fans were outraged that she wrote the song Teenage Dream partner of Dr. Luke — whom Kesha has since accused of sexual assault. (Kesha and Luke settled their legal battle over the allegations last year.)

Amid the backlash, Perry shared a video on Instagram talking about the single last week, posting a behind-the-scenes clip during the filming of “Woman's World” in which she talks about how the first half of the video is intended. to be satire. “We're just having fun being kind of sarcastic with it, it's very loose and very on the nose,” Perry said in the video. The instagram post was captioned “YOU CAN DO ANYTHING! MORE SATIRE!”

143 is scheduled for release on September 20. Earlier this week, Perry previewed another song that will be featured on the album, the pop-dance track “Lifetimes.”