Katy Perry suffers another humiliating career blow
Katy Perry has been dealt another devastating career blow with the release of her new single, Watch It Burn.
The pop-rock track was billed as a return to Perry's musical roots and was expected to deliver a much-needed comeback for the former hitmaker, but so far it has completely flamed-out on the charts.
After its release on Friday, Watch It Burn failed to enter the top 200 of Spotify's streaming chart both globally and in the US.
According to news.com.au, the song's highest peak so far has been No. 127 in Brazil.
This is despite Perry promoting Watch It Burn with a big budget music video and festival concerts at Rock in Rio Lisboa on June 20 and O Son do Camiño in Spain on June 18, where she performed the song for the first time ever.
So far, Watch It Burn has performed even worse than Perry's last single, Bandaids, which debuted at No. 101 on the global Spotify chart before dropping off.
Katy Perry has been dealt another devastating career blow with the release of her new single, Watch It Burn
During a recent appearance on the Unfamous podcast, Perry explained that she was 'wrestling with my darkness' on the angsty Watch It Burn following a 'tough year'.
'I have not given myself permission to be angry my whole life over things I should be f***ing angry about,' she said.
'What I've done is I pushed it down, but I should be f***ing angry. I'm allowed to be angry for a f***ing moment.'
Perry, who at one point was the biggest pop star on the planet, has struggled to get her new music to connect with audiences like it once did.
Her last two studio albums, 2020's Smile and 2024's 143, both tanked on the charts.
On top of that, her last few singles, including Bandaids and Lifetimes, all failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100.
The star's last charting single was 2024's Woman's World, which peaked briefly at No. 63 on the Hot 100 but was savaged by both fans and music critics alike.
However, Perry has seen many of her old songs surge in streams thanks to viral success on social media apps like TikTok.
Despite a big budget music video and several live performances, the angsty song has failed to chart anywhere
Perry's last single, Bandaids, briefly peaked at No. 101 on the Spotify global 200 before quickly vanishing
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Her 2011 single The One That Got Away has become an unexpected mega-hit, racking up over 1.6billion streams on Spotify alone.
Another one of her Teenage Dream hits, the chart-topping 'Last Friday Night', is also surging back up the Spotify charts.
Daily Mail has contacted Universal Music for comment.
It comes as Perry was forced to cancel her show at the Belgian music festival Werchter Boutique on Saturday just hours before taking to the stage.
The songstress shared a post to Instagram as she explained to fans that she had 'no choice' but to pull the plug on the show.
Perry had been slated to close out the festival on Saturday following Pitbull's set, but dangerous weather conditions prevented her from doing so.
'Sadly my set @WerchterBoutique tonight can't happen due to a government mandated cancellation because of the incoming inclement weather and crowd safety concerns,' she penned in the caption.
The Roar hitmaker said that she had been backstage getting ready for her show 'when this news was delivered and they gave me no choice.'
Perry's last album, the dance-driven 143, was a critical and commercial disaster on the charts
Katy put on an eye-popping performance as she performed live at Cardiff Castle in Wales on Tuesday
The singer slipped into fishnet tights and a white shirt with polka dot shorts
'I am just as unhappy as you are,' she continued, before adding that the situation 'is beyond my control' and the safety of attendees is the main priority.
'I am sorry I can't change the weather, and even sorrier that all of us can't be together tonight.'
Perry concluded her message to fans by expressing her disappointment that she cannot celebrate her return to the festival stage after her last appearance back in 2009.
'I was even gonna wear the same outfit from that 2009 show again. I love you all, and please get home safe,' the singer wrote along with a sad face emoji.
The last-minute cancellation of Perry's show was due to 'severe thunderstorms' that were predicted to hit the area.
The decision was to 'ensure that the exit of visitors proceeds in a safe and orderly manner, allowing everyone to return home calmly. The safety and health of everyone present is always our top priority.'
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“There is a scene in episode 3 of the first season where a man is arrested for killing a child. It actually is a parole violation so the guy doesn’t go to county, he goes straight back to prison immediately,” Sheridan, 56, recalled on the Monday, June 29, episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast” show. “And when he comes in, there’s this frenzy because … there’s a bullseye on this guy [in prison].”
Sheridan recalled filming the intense sequence in a “decommissioned” prison.
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Sheridan continued, “We let him out and he starts taking off. He’s like, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t. You don’t have to pay me.’ I said, ‘No, no, no. For what I just put you through, we’re gonna pay you.’ They left and they were done. They wanted absolutely no part of even reenacting it.”
The Mayor of Kingstown is one of Sheridan’s many successful shows. Sheridan originally explored a career as an actor before writing scripts for movies, including Sicario, Hell or High Water and Wind River.
Sheridan’s focus later shifted to the small screen, which paved the way for Yellowstone‘s success. The hit series aired from 2018 to 2024 as viewers tuned in to keep tabs on the fictional Dutton family. Sheridan has also worked on original shows Landman, Lioness and Tulsa King.
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