Katy Perry shared particulars of her upcoming album 143 — named after the Nineties pager code for “I really like you” — on Wednesday (July 10), revealing that the lengthy awaited mission might be arriving on September 20 through Capitol Information.
As Rolling Stone beforehand reported, Perry reunited with some producers of her earlier works, together with Stargate, Max Martin and, most controversially, Dr. Luke. In 2023, Kesha and Dr. Luke settled their bitter, nine-year authorized battle earlier than it was scheduled to go to trial. The producer claimed Kesha defamed him in 2014 when she made the “false and surprising” allegation that he drugged and raped her after a 2005 celebration.
At one level within the authorized battle, Perry was introduced into the dialog. In a deposition dated July 21, 2017, and launched in August 2018, Perry denied allegations that Luke raped her. She additionally stated she was by no means given a roofie by Luke, by no means in a sexual or romantic relationship with Luke and by no means informed anybody — even jokingly — that Luke raped her.
The claims had been a part of Luke’s defamation lawsuit towards Kesha, with Luke’s group claiming then that Kesha informed Girl Gaga in a textual content message dialog that Luke had raped Perry as effectively. Kesha, in flip, responded saying that her and Gaga had been each informed that data first by a serious label CEO.
With Dr. Luke’s controversial previous and in mild of his authorized battle with Kesha, various followers took to social media to precise disappointment in Perry’s option to reunite with the producer. “I’m sorry however I can’t take heed to any new Katy Perry tune that’s written and/or produced by Dr Luke,” one fan tweeted, for instance. “I don’t like Dr Luke for a lot of causes and I simply can’t personally assist his profession. I’m sorry Katy however I’m very disenchanted.”
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