{"id":164920,"date":"2025-04-28T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/katy-perry-dubbed-least-popular-woman-in-pop-following-space-flight-tour-debacle\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:28:02","slug":"katy-perry-dubbed-least-popular-woman-in-pop-following-space-flight-tour-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/katy-perry-dubbed-least-popular-woman-in-pop-following-space-flight-tour-debacle\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry Dubbed &#8216;Least Popular Woman in Pop&#8217; Following Space Flight, Tour Debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This was supposed to be one of the biggest years of Katy Perry\u2019s career.<\/p>\n<p>Once the world\u2019s biggest pop star (her 2010 album <em>Teenage Dream<\/em> is still the only album aside from Michael Jackson\u2019s <em>Thriller<\/em> to generate five number one singles), Perry\u2019s spotlight has dimmed considerably in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>But with a massive tour coming on the heels of a literal trip to space, 2025 promised to be the year that Katy and her team would turn things around.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the pop icon is being memed so savagely that the situation is probably stirring up unpleasant memories of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2015\/07\/taylor-swift-uses-katy-perrys-left-shark-to-throw-major-shade-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her \u201cLeft Shark\u201d days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2150184986-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Perry attends the 35th Annual Colleagues Spring Luncheon &amp; Oscar de la Renta Fashion Show at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on April 25, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.\" class=\"wp-image-524313 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2150184986-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2150184986-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2150184986-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2150184986-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2150184986-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2150184986-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2150184986-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2150184986-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katy Perry attends the 35th Annual Colleagues Spring Luncheon &amp; Oscar de la Renta Fashion Show at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on April 25, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Monica Schipper\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-katy-s-space-flight-was-a-pr-dud\">Katy\u2019s space flight was a PR dud<\/h2>\n<p>In case you somehow haven\u2019t heard, the reaction to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/kesha-emily-ratajkowski-throw-shade-at-katy-perry-following-11-minute-space-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katy\u2019s 11-minute trip into outer space<\/a> was not the rapturous worldwide round of applause she\u2019d likely hoped for.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Katy and the other participants were roundly criticized for what many viewed as an expensive, wasteful publicity stunt.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Katy\u2019s space-heavy tour aesthetic was planned long before the backlash hit. Now, she\u2019s performing in outfits inspired by her brief trip to the stratosphere \u2014 and getting roasted for it daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou went to space for [10 to 11] minutes and now you an alien?\u201d one follower commented on a recent Instagram post of Katy\u2019s, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/27\/celebrity-news\/katy-perry-roasted-by-fans-for-space-inspired-tour-outfit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-789x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.\" class=\"wp-image-524312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-1578x2048.jpg 1578w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-740x960.jpg 740w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-832x1080.jpg 832w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-924x1200.jpg 924w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-scaled.jpg 1972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-789x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.\" class=\"wp-image-524312 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-1578x2048.jpg 1578w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-740x960.jpg 740w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-832x1080.jpg 832w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-924x1200.jpg 924w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-scaled.jpg 1972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211713462-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for Katy Perry)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you kiss the ground when you [sic] only flight [sic] for [10 to 11] minutes with no physical training and zero effort?\u201d another inquired<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I hope your damage control is successful, this isn\u2019t the way,\u201d a third chimed in <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have become insufferable,\u201d a fourth commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWtf. Desperate attempt to stay relevant. Good luck with that astro-nut,\u201d a fifth remarked.<\/p>\n<p>You get the idea. The situation has become so dire that in a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/27\/entertainment\/how-katy-perry-became-the-least-popular-woman-in-pop-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lengthy editorial <\/a>published on Sunday, Page Six has dubbed Katy \u201cthe least popular woman in pop.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.\" class=\"wp-image-524311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.\" class=\"wp-image-524311 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211705223-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for Katy Perry)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-katy-perry-hits-new-low-amid-constant-career-setbacks\">Katy Perry hits new low amid constant career setbacks<\/h2>\n<p>You see, the problem isn\u2019t just with Katy\u2019s space flight.<\/p>\n<p>She infuriated millions when she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2018\/08\/katy-perry-i-was-never-raped-by-dr-luke-kesha-and-gaga-lied\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">collaborated with producer Dr. Luke<\/a> after he had been accused of rape by Kesha.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting album was the biggest commercial flop of Katy\u2019s career \u2014 and it was poorly reviewed, to boot.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no wonder that ahead of her first major tour since 2017, Katy felt the need to participate in a stunt like the Blue Origin space flight.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. \" class=\"wp-image-524322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. \" class=\"wp-image-524322 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211709730-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for Katy Perry)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, it had the opposite of the intended effect, and now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/joe-rogan-mocks-tf-out-of-katy-perry-space-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katy is getting roasted<\/a> by everyone from Joe Rogan to Emily Ratajkowski.<\/p>\n<p>Now her tour is underway, and to say <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/consequence\/status\/1915477866155774254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">audiences are underwhelmed<\/a> would be putting it very mildly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/katy-perry-to-space-flight-haters-eff-you-im-living-my-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katy has defended her decision to blast off into space<\/a> (or at least a space-adjacent altitude), but she\u2019s probably regretting the move at least a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>They say there\u2019s no such thing as bad publicity \u2014 but these days, Katy seems hellbent on disproving that theory.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/katy-perry-dubbed-least-popular-woman-in-pop-following-space-flight-tour-debacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes This was supposed to be one of the biggest years of Katy Perry\u2019s career. Once the world\u2019s biggest pop star (her 2010 album Teenage Dream is still the only album aside from Michael Jackson\u2019s Thriller to generate five number one singles), Perry\u2019s spotlight has dimmed considerably in recent years. But with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-164920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}