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Katy Perry Debuts 'Bandaids,' a Breakup-Laced Single With Symbolic Video

Breakup-focused lyrics meet a mishap-filled video that stops short of naming anyone.

Overview

  • The new single, released November 7, features lines about heartache, including “Bleeding out… Bandaids over a broken heart.”
  • The video depicts a ring slipping down a drain, a shoelace caught in an escalator, and an electric shock as visual metaphors for loss.
  • Media reports this summer said Perry and Orlando Bloom split after about nine years, though the song does not reference him by name.
  • Separate reports have linked Perry to Justin Trudeau, with a July sighting in Montreal and later accounts of hand-holding in Paris.
  • Perry remains on tour in support of her seventh album, 143, which was released in September 2024 and included October shows in Germany.