Katy Perry addressed the backlash she received for working with a disgraced producer Dr. Lucas about his upcoming album, 143.
“I understand it sparked a lot of conversations,” Perry, 39, said during his Podcast “Call her dad” Interview, published on Wednesday, September 4. “He was one of the many collaborators I collaborated with.”
podcast host Alex Cooper He noted that “a lot of people have expressed disappointment” over the collaboration and have questioned why Perry decided to work with him.
“The reality is that all of this is coming from me,” Perry explained. “I actually wrote these songs from my lifelong experience going through this metamorphosis, and he was one of the people who helped facilitate all of that — one of the songwriters, one of the producers.”
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The singer insisted that she “speaks from her own experience” with her music.
“When I talk about ‘Woman’s World,’ I talk about feeling so empowered now as a mother, as a woman, giving birth, creating life, creating another set of organs, a brain, a heart,” she continued, referring to the single released in July. “I created a whole heart, and I did that, and I continue to do that. I’m still a matriarch, and I feel really grounded in that, and that’s where I speak from.”
Dr. Luke and Katy Perry attend the 2014 GRAMMY Awards
Lester Cohen/WireImagePerry added: “I created all of this with a number of different collaborators, people I’ve collaborated with in the past, from Teenage dream “it was —all that.”
Following the debut of “Woman's World,” fans were quick to criticize Perry for working with Dr. Luke (real name Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald) on the song. The controversy escalated when Kesha appeared to subtly weigh in on the collaboration.
“Hahaha,” Kesha, 37, shared via X at the time. While she never confirmed the speculation, fans were convinced she shared a direct message for Perry.
Kesha has a long history with Dr. Luke, 50, whom she accused of assault in 2014. In a lawsuit, the singer alleged that in 2005 she had woken up in Dr. Luke's bed “in pain and sick with no memory of how she got there.” The producer denied the allegations and filed a defamation suit against Kesha.
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While Kesha dropped her initial lawsuit against Dr. Luke in 2016, the defamation suit continued until June 2023, when the two reached a settlement agreement.
Perry became embroiled in the legal battle in June 2017, when court documents released at the time showed text messages from Kesha in which she claimed Perry had also been an alleged victim of Luke's. In a deposition the following month, Perry denied having any kind of sexual relationship with the producer.
Perry’s most recent collaboration with Dr. Luke on “Woman’s World” appears to be the first time they’ve worked together since their 2012 hit “Part of Me.” As far as the evolution of her music goes, Perry said during Wednesday’s episode of “Call Her Daddy” that she’s remained authentic over the years.
“I just do what makes me happy and what I relate to, and that gives me chills,” she said. “I don’t feel like I have to make music. I don’t feel like I have to prove anything. I’m doing it now from a place of celebration and love.”