Who Katy Perry might be in 2024, though, is another question entirely —and one that she tries to answer on her sixth full-length, 143. Leaving Idol behind, which she did in May, implied that she wants to return to being a full-time pop monarch.

Katy Perry's new album title "143" is code for "I love you," based on the number of letters in each word of the phrase.

The 11-track album is Perry's first since Smile, which dropped in 2020. It includes collaborations with 21 Savage, Kim Petras, JID and Doechii, who performed "I'm His, He's Mine" with Perry at the MTV Video Music Awards Sept. 11. Perry was also the Video Vanguard Award recipient at the show.

Y’all heard Alligator Bites Never Heal yet? Doechii’s new mixtape is one of my favorite releases of the year. Between that and her ultra-fun single “ Alter Ego ,” I was starting to believe the TDE upstart from Florida had a Midas touch. Then she went and made a song with Katy Perry in 2024.

Katy Perry's album "143" is here following her "American Idol" departure. Here's why critics are calling her album "mindless" and "uninspired."

The sense of fun that propelled Perry to international stardom has been replaced by a weariness (or perhaps wariness) of the industry she once dominated