Never Really Over is a new Katy Perry single that is a return to form for the singer and songwriter.
In recent years, she has struggled to maintain her success but this seems to be about to change!
- Never Really Over is a song by American singer Katy Perry
- It was released as a single through Capitol Records on May 31, 2019
- The electropop track samples the instrumental of Norwegian singer Dagny’s song “Love You Like That”
- On May 27, 2019, Universal Music Group first hinted towards a new project
- Then a few selected fans were invited to a “Katy Perry Fan Event” that took place two days later
- Perry announced the song and revealed the official artwork on her Instagram on May 28
- Its cover shows her with blonde hair and wearing an orange dress
- The song was made available for pre-save on Spotify upon announcement
- Good Morning America teased the song and the music video on May 30, 2019
- Before its release the following day
- “Never Really Over” is an electropop song that contains a house beat
- Perry co-wrote the song with Dagny, Michelle Buzz, Jason Gill, Gino Barletta, Hayley Warner
- And its producers Leah Haywood and Daniel James of Dreamlab as well as Zedd
- The track samples Dagny’s 2017 song “Love You Like That”
- And runs for 3 minutes and 44 seconds
- It is performed in the key of A♭ major
- With a tempo of 100 beats per minute
- “Never Really Over” debuted at number 21 and 26 on the US Adult Pop Songs and the US Mainstream Top 40, respectively
- A music video, directed by Philippa Price, was released along with the single on May 31, 2019
- On May 29, 2019, Perry shared a teaser for the music video with the caption “Let it go…”
- The music video has already more than 32 million views on YouTube
- The music video marked the best first day performance for a Katy Perry music video on YouTube
- Taylor Swift put the song on the 13th spot of her ME! playlist on Apple Music
- With that the feud between the singers seems to be forever in the past
- Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine praised the style and cinematography of the music video
- He called it “a playful and imaginative portrayal of love’s intoxicating spell and the lengths some of us will go to exorcise ourselves of it”
- The video has been noted for its cultural references to hippie era and artistic similarities to New Age symbolism
- Suzy Byrne of Yahoo! noted the video’s spiritual themes and called Perry a “New Age goddess”
- She praised the concept and claimed that it was a “well-choreographed video”
- The song has garnered praise with music critics
