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Straits Times
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Even levitating in space aboard a rocket, pop star Katy Perry still manages to get dunked on
Pop star Katy Perry was part of an all-female trip to space that lasted 11 minutes. PHOTO: REUTERS Even levitating in space aboard a rocket, pop star Katy Perry still manages to get dunked on NEW YORK – Almost as soon as American singer Katy Perry had returned from a very brief trip to space on April 14 with a group hosted by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez, the derisive comments started. In American online magazine Slate, Heather Schwedel wrote: 'It was one thing to understand intellectually that Katy Perry, (American TV personality and journalist) Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez's much hyped 'all-female' trip to space aboard a Blue Origin rocket would in actuality only be an underwhelming 11 minutes long. But it was another to watch it play out over a multi-hour, breathless livestream that culminated with Perry kissing the Earth like a soldier returning from war and not a multimillionaire returning from the world's shortest influencer trip.' Ellen Cushing, writing for American publication The Atlantic, proclaimed Perry to be the 'perfect pop star for a dumb stunt'. Various celebrities, including actress Olivia Wilde and model Emily Ratajkowski, criticised Perry and the Blue Origin flight. Even the social media X account for Wendy's came after Perry, 40, in a series of posts, among them: 'Can we send her back.' On its face, this seemed a little strange. Why was a fast-food chain offering sideline snark about a pop star heading into space? US singer Katy Perry kissing the ground after being aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-31 rocket on a short mission into orbit on April 14. PHOTO: EPA-EFE But a decade-plus after American singer-songwriter Linda Perry described Katy Perry's music as microwave popcorn, one could be forgiven for wondering if the posts from Wendy's were an erstwhile purveyor of empty calories picking a fight with another. After all, Perry is the singer who in her 2010 California Gurls music video, wore a bra made to look like giant cupcakes that ultimately shot out whipped cream. Of course, there is room for artistes to age and grow. (Compare, for example, the Beyonce of girl group Destiny's Child with the Beyonce of 2016's Lemonade, 2022's Renaissance and 2024's Cowboy Carter.) But Perry's attempts at stretching artistically have mostly involved apeing the work of other more acclaimed women in music and getting clocked for it. In his review of her 2019 song Never Really Over, New York Times music critic Jon Caramanica wrote: 'A new Billie Eilish song from Katy Perry. A new Norwegianish Spotifycore song from Katy Perry. A new Haim song from Katy Perry. A new Pink song from Katy Perry. A new bubble-pop Taylor Swift song from Katy Perry. A new Mumford & Sons song from Katy Perry. A new Abba song from Katy Perry.' In fact, Never Really Over borrowed so heavily from a 2017 song called Love You Like That by Norwegian artist Dagny, that Dagny ended up with a writing credit on it. US singer Katy Perry attending the 11th Breakthrough Prize ceremony at Barker Hangar in California on April 5. PHOTO: AFP In 2024, Perry was back with a new album, 143. The title, she said, represented her 'angel number'. The first single was Woman's World, and the music video for it featured Perry done up in a red and white bandana like Rosie the Riveter. Then, the camera panned back and showed her wearing Daisy Dukes and an American flag bikini top that barely concealed her breasts. The lyrics discussed how she felt: 'Sexy, confident, so intelligent.' To prove the point, Perry pours whiskey into her mouth, letting it spill all over herself. Katy Perry performing at the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb 8. PHOTO: REUTERS The song was co-written and co-produced by American super-producer Lukasz Gottwald, better known as Dr Luke. He was in 2014 accused by American pop singer Kesha of sexual misconduct. Over the next nine years, Kesha and Dr Luke traded lawsuits before settling their claims out of court. The reviews for 143 were withering. On Metacritic, it has a rating of 37 out of 100, making it the site's lowest-rated album since 2011 and the worst-reviewed album by a woman in the site's 24-year history. Rich Juzwiak, writing for American online music magazine Pitchfork, said the 'material here is so devoid of anything distinguishing that it makes one suspicious it's a troll or cynical attempt for the campy realm of 'so bad it's good''. (Perry will embark on her Lifetimes world tour on April 23, her first in seven years). So the sight of Perry levitating inside a phallic rocket as she held onto a daisy – a tribute to her four-year-old daughter Daisy with her English actor-fiance Orlando Bloom, that she said in interviews she chose to bring with her because the flowers are often described as 'weeds' because they are really resilient – was perfectly in keeping with the image she had designed for herself. The event was trumpeted as having something vaguely to do with feminism, but in one of the numerous criticisms delivered by celebrities after the spaceflight, Wilde summed up the experience succinctly on Instagram, sharing a photo of Perry with the flower along with the message: 'Billion dollars bought some good memes, I guess.' NYTIMES Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Katy Perry is Going to Space With An All-Female Celebrity Crew
Katy Perry seemingly has some good friends in really high places. The 40-year-old pop singer was recently selected to be among five other celebrity women who will be taking a trip to the outside of Earth's atmosphere in an upcoming Blue Origin (a space technology company owned by Jeff Bezos) mission. According to the announcement, which was posted on the company's website on Thursday, February 27, Perry will be embarking on the journey alongside Jeff Bezos' fiancé, Lauren Sánchez. More from Spin: Watch Katy Perry Perform 'When I'm Gone' and 'Never Really Over' on Saturday Night Live SPIN's Music Pardons! Katy Perry Shares Album Title and Releases New Song The statement also reported that the 'Dark Horse' singer was invited to be a part of the all-woman spaceflight crew by Sánchez, 55, who put the crew together. Outside of Perry, the billionaire's wife-to-be selected former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, award-winning journalist and co-host of CBS Mornings Gayle King, and film producer Kerianne Flynn. Blue Origin has been sending people to space for short periods of time since 2021, and this will be the company's 31st mission and 11th human flight in their New Shepard program. The announcement also specified that the company had previously flown 52 individuals above the internationally recognized boundary of space, which is called the Kármán line. Despite having no set date just yet, the company did announce that the crew will blast off into space sometime in the spring. The celebrity crew is set to be the first all-female flight crew since 1963, when Valentina Tereshkova went on a solo spaceflight. To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Orlando Bloom's 13-Year-Old Son Flynn Makes Rare Appearance at the Super Bowl Alongside His Famous Dad
Orlando Bloom brought his son along to the big game! The Pirates of the Caribbean alum, 48, watched the Super Bowl with his 13-year-old son Flynn on Sunday, Feb. 9, sharing photos of the duo's night on Instagram later that evening. In one photo, Bloom can be seen giving his son a hug as the teen faces the field while watching the game. Bloom also included a photo of himself and Flynn posing with their heads bent towards each other. He added a heart emoji over Flynn's face, but the two could be seen smiling as the game went on in the background. "Core memories ❤️🏈❤️🏁❤️," Bloom wrote in the caption. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Related: Katy Perry Reveals Orlando Bloom's Son Flynn, 13, Helps Her Out with Her Music: 'He Has a Really Good Ear' Bloom shares Flynn with his ex Miranda Kerr and is also dad to 4-year-old daughter Daisy Dove, whom he shares with fiancée Katy Perry. Speaking with Audacy in September 2024, Perry was asked if she ever goes to her own family for feedback as she works on an album. Though she admitted that she doesn't play them the album in full, the "Woman's World" singer said there is someone she can turn to in her family. "I'll play things to Orlando's son, who's 13, and he has a really good ear," Perry shared. "He's probably the best person out of my whole family." Related: Orlando Bloom Shares Rare Photo with 13-Year-Old Son Flynn as They Admire Vintage Cars Together Perry said Flynn hasn't ever told her to completely scratch a song and noted that there are a few tracks he's been really into. "He loved 'Never Really Over,' " she remembered of her 2019 song. "I played that to him before it came out and I was like, 'What do you think?' And he's like, 'Yeah, this is good.' He's got good taste. He loves this song called 'All the Love,' which is on 143. And that's like one of my favorite songs that I wrote." Read the original article on People
