Katy Perry is back with new music: “Bandaids” is released during the “Lifetimes” tour
Katy Perry is back with new music: On November 7, 2025, the US singer released her single “Bandaids”, the first new song since the deluxe version of her album 143. The release falls in the middle of her ongoing world tour, which also took her to Germany in October 2025. On the cover, Perry presents himself with scratches on his face – a powerful image that, in combination with the text and music, symbolizes vulnerability and self-healing at the same time.
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Between heartache and self-reflection
In “Bandaids,” Perry sings about the end of a relationship and the slow healing afterwards. Lines like “Bleeding out slow, bandaids over a broken heart” leave little doubt about the emotional dimension of the song. Fans and media speculate that she is dealing with her separation from Hollywood star Orlando Bloom, with whom she was together for around nine years and has a daughter. Perry made no official comment.
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The music video provides plenty of material for interpretation: a lost ring in the drain and lines of text about absence and disappointment reinforce the assumption that personal experiences were included.
New love, new sound
In parallel to the speculation about her past relationship, Katy Perry has also recently been making headlines with her current private life: Since late summer 2025, she has been rumored to be having a romance with Canada’s former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It remains to be seen whether “Bandaids” also indirectly contains a message to him – musically, Perry is in top form. The song combines 2010s pop elements with her signature power vocals and comes across as both melancholic and optimistic.
“Lifetimes” tour already a huge success
With over 115 billion streams, 70 million albums sold and 143 million tracks sold, Katy Perry is one of the most successful artists of today. The pop icon is currently on a world tour and is playing a total of 81 shows across America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. With over 1 million tickets sold, the tour is already a huge success. It is their first world tour since 2018. Whether “Bandaids” is a harbinger of further new music remains to be seen at the moment.