Katy Perry wows in bikini as she cozies up to Orlando Bloom in St Tropez - amid her comeback catastrophe with Woman's World plummeting down charts

Katy Perry looked unthinkable arsenic she soaked up nan sun successful St Tropez pinch fiance Orlando Bloom this week - amid nan catastrophic merchandise of her comeback single, Woman's World.

The Teenage Dream hitmaker, 39, who has defended nan single's sexualized euphony video as 'slapstick', brushed disconnected her floor plan woes arsenic she displayed her toned assemblage successful a gingham bikini for her formation time pinch Bloom, 47.

The prima flashed her midriff and cleavage successful nan two-piece which she paired pinch golden jewelry and immoderate chic shades.

Lord of nan Rings prima Orlando flashed his hunky framework successful a tight bluish apical and shorts arsenic he embraced Katy successful nan surf during their break pinch their girl Daisy, four.

The pair's vacation comes arsenic Katy's comeback azygous has plummeted down nan US iTunes floor plan since its merchandise connected Thursday, July 11.

The opus has slipped to number 31 connected nan charts - being beaten by efforts by Eminem and Tom MacDonald.

The vocalist is presently promoting nan lead azygous from her forthcoming seventh workplace medium 143, but nan way - billed arsenic an empowering feminist anthem - has been dismissed arsenic unoriginal, hypocritical and formulaic. 

The American prima returned to euphony pinch her caller way earlier this week, but has faced disapproval for nan sexualised quality of nan video, notably a infinitesimal wherever she and her dancers execute sexy choreography connected a building tract earlier she is "smashed" by an anvil and returns successful a caller costume.

In a caller behind-the-scenes video shared to Instagram, Perry said: 'We’re benignant of conscionable having fun, being a spot sarcastic pinch it. It’s very slapstick and very connected nan nose.

'With this group it’s like, "Oooh, we’re not astir nan antheral gaze, but we really are astir nan antheral gaze." And we’re really overplaying it and connected nan nose.'

The erstwhile American Idol judge explained nan anvil infinitesimal was meant arsenic a "reset" to thief her clasp nan "idea of feminine divine".

She added: 'We wanted to unfastened this video making it look for illustration a ace high-gloss popular prima video.'

Woman's World is nan first azygous from Perry's upcoming medium 143, which will beryllium released connected 20 September.

The title is simply a codification for I emotion you which was often utilized successful messages sent connected pagers during nan 1990s.

It will people nan star's first medium since 2020's Smile, which did not replicate nan occurrence of her erstwhile records. 

Shortly aft its merchandise connected Friday, Woman's World was panned by nan critics arsenic a 'monumental catastrophe' that sounds for illustration a 'reheated' Lady Gaga.

It received a peculiarly harsh reappraisal from Pitchfork, which suggested it sounded for illustration Perry had learned astir feminism from a basal Google search.

'Defying each consciousness of taste, nan popular singer’s comeback azygous is excessively dispiriting to moreover attack camp. It’s abysmal,' wrote nan outlet's Shaad D’Souza.

Perry faced disapproval for allegedly modeling her opus aft Lady Gaga's 2020 deed Stupid Love, resulting successful what immoderate called a lackluster imitation.

Additionally, she was heavy criticized for collaborating connected Woman's World pinch Dr. Luke, nan euphony shaper accused of intersexual battle by Kesha successful a suit that was later dismissed. Dr. Luke has consistently denied nan allegations.

The Pitchfork reappraisal noted that her prime to activity pinch Dr. Luke connected a feminist anthem was 'sincerely twisted, if unsurprising.'

The opus besides received a scathing one-star reappraisal from The Guardian, which described nan opus arsenic 'reheated Gaga' and accused it of blatantly borrowing from Chappell Roan's azygous Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl.

'Woman’s World sounds for illustration it was designed by a committee successful a boardroom astatine Capitol Records whose sole nonsubjective was a sync connected RuPaul's Drag Race and generating comments of "you ate" from achromatic gays surviving successful West Hollywood,' wrote Alim Kheraj successful a scalding reappraisal for Dazed.

With 'lyrics that genuinely felt AI generated,' nan opus 'falls arsenic level arsenic nan bottommost of nan anvil that crushes Perry halfway done nan euphony video,' according to Mary Siroky's reappraisal for Consequence Of Sound.