Katy Perry is bruised and battered in a new promo shot for what appears to be her upcoming single, “Bandaids.” The singer who is just a month from winding down her global Lifetimes tour, posted a cryptic image on Tuesday morning (Nov. 4) featuring a somber photo of her face, seemingly worse for wear as evidenced by scratches and bruises on her forehead, cheek, lip and nose.
With no further explanation, the image also finds her stone-cold visage bracketed by her name and the single’s title, with the caption teasing a Thursday (Nov. 6) release. At press time no additional information was available on the song, whether it’s a one-off or attached to a new album and a spokesperson for Perry had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment.
Perry released her uptempo, dance-focused seventh studio album, 143, last September, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album, highlighted by the singer’s reconnect with producer Dr. Luke, as well as songs produced and co-written by pop savants Max Martin and Stargate, featured the singles “Woman’s World — which peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart — as well as “Lifetimes” and “I’m His, He’s Mine” featuring Doechii.
Perry launched her Lifetimes tour in support of 143 in Mexico City on April 23 and she’s slated to play the first of two shows at Accor Arena in Paris on Tuesday night, followed by shows in Spain, China and Japan, before winding down on Dec. 7 with a gig at Etihad Park in Abu Dhabi. The singer will then take a break and be back on the road next June for a series of festival shows Chile, Brazil, Germany, Madrid, France and Italy.
Following her split from longtime love actor Orlando Bloom in early July after dating on and off for nearly nine years — the couple share four-year-old daughter Daisy Dove — Perry, 41, made her first public appearance with new beau, former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, on Oct. 25. The couple were seen celebrating the singer’s 41st birthday with a date night at the Crazy Horse Paris, leaving hand-in-hand.
The confirmation of their relationship came two weeks after Perry joked about dating rumors during her Oct. 13 London concert, reacting to a fan sign that read, “Katy Perry, will you marry me?”
“You heard I was single? That’s interesting,” Perry responded. “You know you really should have asked me about 48 hours ago.” Prior to that, photos had surfaced of Perry and Trudeau kissing on a yacht after they were previously spotted dining together in Canada shortly after Trudeau was spotted at Katy’s show in Montreal in July.
