Overview
- The new single, released overnight, features introspective lyrics about emotional distance and efforts to save a failing relationship.
- Quoted lines like “It’s not what you did, it’s what you didn’t” and “You were there, but you weren’t” have fueled readings tied to her split from Orlando Bloom.
- Promotional imagery and the video use bandages and other visual metaphors that listeners see as symbols of healing and closure after a major breakup.
- Coverage notes Perry’s recent on-tour tears during a performance and reiterates that she and Bloom, who share daughter Daisy Dove, confirmed their separation this year.
- Some outlets cite Page Six in reporting that Perry has been seeing Justin Trudeau, a claim that has not been confirmed by the parties involved.