The crisis of one of the largest pop stars of the 2000s: the tour does not take off even
Success in the world of pop is like a spell, sometimes it vanishes. In some cases slowly, in others suddenly. The case of Katy Perry. Only a year and a half ago sold the catalog of his successes to the Litmus Music company for the astronomical figure of 225 million dollars. A bang that gave the measure of the popularity of a pop star who for a few years has played it on a par with Lady Gaga And beyoncè.
Then, all in one breath, the magic has disappeared, empathy with the general public as well. They are indecipherable mechanisms those that turn off the light where the sun has always been. The fact is that a false step after another, now The career of the girl who had depopulated with I Kissed a Girl It starts towards an alley if not blind, at least dark.
If you look at the entire affair Perry from an artistic point of view, you need to make some important considerations: after having made the judge to American Idol and having been the protagonist of the Half Time of the Superbowl, The singer returned to the track in 2024 with an album, 143, which greatly cooled the enthusiasm against him. A disc full of songs that seem to belong to another era of pop (placed at the beginning of the new millennium). A false step also in the rankings, but above all the sign of a difficulty in renewing itself. Starting with that single Woman’s World, feminist pseudo and full of stereotypes and clichés, which has not liked almost anyone. Not knowing how to adapt to the spirit of the times is not a luxury that can be afforded a global pop star like her. And so, the plan to get back to the center of the pop scene has failed.
Not to make things easy has also been placed The recent mission in orbit with Lauren Sánchez and friends on board the Blue Origin of Jeff Bezos’ Space Society (future husband of Sanchez). For Perry, always convinced ecologist, it was not easy to accept the criticisms, then taken up from thousands of social users, of the top model Emily Ratajkowski who said she was “troubled and annoyed” by flight in space, underlining how these missions give a contribution to the destruction of the planet in terms of air pollution.
Last but not least, the tour just started with the debut date in Mexico City is not going well. The social comments on the first show were to say the least sharp: “Delete this tour before this Tour Gates your career” was a more followed tweet. For the rest, full rejection for the concert ladder with too many pieces from album 143 (not exactly the most loved), for choreography and video contributions made with artificial intelligence and also for ballets (defined very embarrassing by many fans). In fact, looking at the clips on YouTube it can be serenely said that the stages of all over the world are full of more spot and less trivial choreography. To worsen things, the news that comes from the most degrees of America Where a discreet part of the tickets remained sensationally invented. A bad sign, because live music has never been so popular as in the last five years. And not filling the arenas today is much worse than making a disc.
