Recently, American pop star Katy Perry released a new song, “Woman’s World,” which has created quite a buzz on social media, and South Korea is no exception.
The song, a supposed “feminist” anthem, claims to celebrate women’s power. Yet, the track bombed with mainstream audiences and critics alike, as many felt its concept was completely outdated and didn’t align with modern-day feminism. From hypersexualization of her body to presenting a male-centric take on womanhood, Perry’s song ticked off all the wrong boxes, according to many. With the addition of the fact that the song was produced by the infamous producer Dr. Luke, who stands accused of sexually assaulting another American singer, Kesha, netizens are thoroughly unconvinced of the “feminist” tag of “Woman’s World.”
Katy Perry just did a “women empowerment” song with publicly know abuser Dr Luke and Kesha just did a TED talk about how music helped her through Dr Luke’s abuse pic.twitter.com/PfWb3PTHmb https://t.co/hsbTuWzASW
— Jeremiah Warren ◡̈ (@jeremiahjw) July 11, 2024
It’s very clear that Bebe Rexha sharing her story about Dr. Luke has led to her career being sabotaged, while the media has ignored her story and helped build his comeback. I’m sad to see Katy working with him
If you’re angry, let’s get #MuteDrLuke trending pic.twitter.com/wUjrFzLxMN
— Babble (leaving soon) (@burbankbleacher) July 11, 2024
the music video for dr. luke produced ‘woman’s world’ by katy perry now officially has more dislikes than likes pic.twitter.com/82CKdvkKVU
— pop culture gal (@allurequinn) July 14, 2024
A post criticizing the music video has also gone viral on the popular Korean online community, Theqoo. The OP (original poster) highlighted multiple risqué scenes in their post. At the time of writing, it has garnered over 53,000 views and over 300 comments.
Majority of the comments called out the singer for what they deemed an outdated view of Feminism.
- “It looks like she made all the fuss to show off the muscles she has built and how she has shaped her body.”
- “This song is causing huge backlash because she worked on it with Dr. Luke, whom Kesha accused during the #MeToo movement…”
- “What kind of Feminism is this? TT”
- “It’s really difficult to look at…”
- “What is this? Makes you wonder if she is okay in the head.”
- “No matter how you look at it, the concept seems to have a pin-up girl vibe. What feminism?”
- “What’s with the gay part in the middle?… And blowing air into the body is too reminiscent of a sex doll.”
- “Oops.”
- “It feels like she just exploited feminism…:
- “It feels like the feminism from the 1920s when there wasn’t any freedom to wear whatever clothes you wanted, so you took them off…?? You can’t call that feminism now. Just looking at the images, it seems anti-feminist.”
- “…??”
- “Where exactly is the Feminism…? Is that person living 50 years in the past?”
Source: Theqoo
