Are You Ready for a Katy Perry Comeback?

Like an apple hanging from a tree, Katy Perry’s latest album has ripened and is nearly ready to drop. After months of teasing what fans have dubbed “KP6,” last week Perry announced the album’s lead single, “Woman’s World,” out July 11 — and shared a ten-second snippet.

This week, Perry is in Paris for Couture Fashion Week, and along with sharing another clip featuring a few more seconds of the song, she’s teasing the upcoming release in new and innovative ways — like wearing a dress whose superlong train is emblazoned with more of the song’s lyrics to the Place Vendôme. In a fan video, she’s seen exiting a limousine with the lyrics trailing behind her:

Perry also walked in Vogue World on Monday, and an additional video posted today shows her telling fans she’ll be back in Paris on tour. The album will be Perry’s first in four years, and it has sparked plenty of conversation. Hours after Perry announced “Women’s World,” Kesha tweeted “lol” — a dig many connected to rumors, then a subsequent report from Rolling Stone, that Perry worked with Dr. Luke on the upcoming album. Kesha accused Dr. Luke, who had been her longtime producer, of sexual assault and emotional abuse in 2014. He countersued for defamation, resulting in an extended legal battle that was not settled until last year.

On TikTok, some observed the irony that a song purportedly about female empowerment would be produced in collaboration with an alleged abuser. Others were hung up on the snippet itself, which prompted countless AI jokes as well as comparisons to the T.J.Maxx retail playlist and toilet-paper advertisements. While some fans — including RuPaul’s Drag Race star Katya — showed disappointment, others seem committed to the earlier narrative that Perry’s comeback would dominate the summer.

Maybe just take a minute to appreciate “Teenage Dream” before going back to streaming Charli XCX all summer?