Katy Perry Explains the ‘Sarcasm’ Intended in Her Over-the-Top ‘Woman’s World’ Video

variety.com:

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music In an unusual follow-up commentary on a just-released video, Katy Perry dropped a brief clip on Instagram explaining that her new, seemingly female-empowering “Woman’s World” video, which landed to a largely negative reaction after its release Thursday night, was intended to be sarcastic, and suggests that her intent may become clearer in the weeks to come because, “It’s a whole different world we go to after this.” The clip was roundly slammed after it dropped, in part because of the revealing outfits in a pro-female video (and also in part because the song was co-produced and co-written by Dr.

Luke, the hitmaker who was accused of sexual misconduct by his former protégé Kesha; the case was settled with no conviction or admission of guilt on his part, but the association was still not a positive one).

The clip, which was shot on the set of the “We Can Do It!”-themed segment of the video, suggests that Perry anticipated the reaction it received.

A post shared by KATY PERRY (@katyperry) It opens with Perry mugging comically and laying on some corny pro-female exhortations: “You can do it!