Did Katy Perry Make the Worst Comeback Song of All Time?

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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We look at Katy Perry's unbelievably awful "Woman's World," and look back at other disastrous would-be comebacks, from Guns N' Roses to Robin Thicke, with host Brian Hiatt joined by Brittany Spanos and Andy Greene. PLUS: Author Steven Hyden on his new book, There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Brian Hyatt. This is Rolling Stone, music now.
0:04.0	Katie Perry just released a comeback single that totally indisputably flopped big time.
0:09.6	It's called Woman's World.
0:11.2	At best, it kind of sounds like a rejected song for the Barbie
0:14.9	soundtrack, but it's really quite a bit worse than that.
0:17.6	First up today I have Brittany Spanos to talk in depth about the song itself and what it means
0:22.3	for Katie Perry specifically.
0:24.5	Then Andy Green will join me to look back in history as some of the other worst comebacks of all time.
0:29.6	Finally, and this is unrelated to both Katie Perry and Flop Comebacks.
0:33.6	I have a really interesting bonus conversation with the writer Stephen Haydn about his
0:37.6	really fun new book.
0:39.0	There is nothing you could do.
0:40.3	Bruce Springsteen's born USA and the end of the heartland.
0:43.2	So let's get started by hearing my conversation with Brittany Spanos.
0:46.6	So Brittany, thanks so much for joining me.
0:53.6	There have been a lot of historic events in the last week.
0:56.6	A lot of things have happened, but I think we all know the most significant is that
1:00.0	Katie Perry attempted her comeback with the song Woman's World.
1:07.0	Yeah. And I just don't know what to make of this. We've been trying to figure out what
1:17.6	Katie Perry has been thinking at least since 2017 when she released a truly
1:21.4	baffling single called Chain to the Rhythm.
1:24.0	Are we crazy?
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