There have been many one-of-a-kind historic events over the last two weeks or so, but arguably — arguably! — the most significant is the release of Katy Perry ‘s “Woman’s World,” her hilariously catastrophic attempt at a comeback single. Thanks to its brain-dead lyrics (“sexy, confident/ so intelligent”), AI-like chorus, and Perry’s startlingly tone-deaf choice to record a “feminist” song with the likes of Dr. Luke , the song prompted near-universal mockery , and instantly flopped .
In the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, we look at exactly what makes the song so bad, and what it might mean for Katy Perry’s career, with Brittany Spanos joining host Brian Hiatt. To hear the whole episode, go here for the podcast provider of your choice, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify , or just press play above. Elsewhere in the episode, Andy Greene helps us run down some other ill-fated attempts at musical comebacks, from the time the Beach Boys made a disco song to Guns N’ Roses’ Nine Inch Nails-aping “Oh My God.
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