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Surely the singer knows better than to stick her hand in a garbage disposal, right?
Katy Perry at The 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony held at Barker Hanger on April 05, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. Gilbert Flores
Katy Perry has long made being a charming klutz part of her brand. The singer leans all the way into that part of her personality in the brand new preview of her upcoming single, “Bandaids.” After teasing what fans assume is her next single on Tuesday (Nov. 4) with a picture of her somber face all cut up and bruised, Perry offered up a brief video preview of the song that is due out at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday (Nov. 6).
Spoiler: things get way, way worse.
Though it does not contain any actual music, the eight-second sneak peek at what appears to be the visual for the track finds Perry perishing in all the worst ways. It opens with the 41-year-old pop star sticking her hand into a garbage disposal, which she seems shocked to learn will set off a blood geyser as her unseen fingers are chewed up, blasting the white sink with gore.
For her next trick, Perry sits on the wrong end of a giant tree branch and saws away at it until the bit she’s resting on comes crashing down, followed by KP suffering a major face plant as she trips at the top of an escalator at a mall, leading to her getting seriously electrocuted while walking through a puddle at a gas station.
And sorry Katy Kats, but it does not get better. While enjoying a coffee at the Crumb Café, Perry is blasted with shards of glass from an unseen explosion, then forced to dodge gigantic tree trunks falling off an 18-wheeler on the highway and, finally, covered in dirt, bruises, scratch and bandages, Katy is blown to bits after lighting a cigarette, resulting in a massive, fiery blast.
What does it all mean? You’ll have to wait one more day to find out.
At press time, a spokesperson for Perry had not returned Billboard‘s request for additional information on whether the song is a one-off single or attached to a new album. Perry released her uptempo seventh studio album, 143, last September, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The LP, written and produced by controversial producer Dr. Luke, as well as pop savants Max Martin and Stargate, was fronted by the single “Woman’s World — which peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart — followed by the songs “Lifetimes” and “I’m His, He’s Mine” featuring Doechii.
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