Katy Perry has seemingly responded to the backlash surrounding her new tour, music and the 11-minute Blue Origin space flight last month, writing that she has felt “battered and bruised” in recent moments.

On 14 April, the all-female space crew, including singer Katy Perry, boarded the Blue Origin New Shepard space flight, which belongs to billionaire and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Also on board were TV presenter Gayle King and Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sanchez. Joining them were NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

The 11-minute space flight was criticised for being nothing more than an “out of touch”, “indulgent” joyride, with model and author Emily Ratajkowski weighing in on the debate about the sustainability of the mission. 

But her new music era has failed to take off to similar heights. Perry’s recent single “Woman’s World” was criticised for its on-the-nose feminist lyrics and for standing by her decision to have Dr. Luke credited as a producer.

Addressing how “the ‘online’ world tries to make me a human Piñata”, she commented beneath a post from Katy Perry Brasil after fans purchased a billboard to promote her Lifetimes Tour.

She did not directly address the space mission, but reassured her fans that she is “ok” in spite of the discourse, adding, “I have done a lot work around knowing who I am, what is real and what is important to me.” 

Perry explained, “I take it with grace and send them love, cause I know so many people are hurting in so many ways and the internet is very much so a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed.”

The singer added that she focuses on “what’s real” to keep herself grounded, which includes “seeing your faces every night, singing in unison, reading your notes, feeling your warmth. I find people to lock eyes and sing with, and I know we are healing each other in a small way when I get to do that”.

“I’m on a human journey playing the game of life with an audience of many, and sometimes I fall, but… I get back up and go on and continue to play the game, and somehow through my battered and bruised adventure, I keep looking to the light, and in that light a new level UNLOCKS,” she concluded.

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