Fans of Katy Perry believe that the pop star may have hinted at her split with Orlando Bloom on her recent album, 143.
Although most of Katy’s 143 album celebrates love and womanhood, there is one somber track, named Truth, that stands out due to its poignant lyrics about the end of a relationship.
‘I wanna know the truth / Even if it hurts me,’ Perry sings on the chorus.
‘I got a vision keepin’ me up at night / My intuition’s tellin’ me things ain’t right,’ she continued.
The song’s lyrics delve into themes of mistrust and changing behavior in a partner, as Katy sings, ‘Can’t look in the mirror, what is it you’re tryna hide? / Can’t give me your password to your phone, not start a fight / You’re treating me different, tell me what’s going through your mind?’
‘You’re acting so distant, who you see when you close your eyes?’
Eventually the lyrics change tone in the song and Katy finds the strength to walk away from her painful relationship.
Fans of Katy Perry believe that the pop star may have hinted at her split with Orlando Bloom on her recent album, 143
In the chorus, she reflects on her own strength and resolution to move forward, singing, ‘I look in the mirror / See someone who’s calm and strong / I’ve never been clearer / I’m at peace with moving on,’ delivered with the aid of heavy autotune.
‘I’m seein’ it different / Now that I’m outside of the storm / I’m feeling the distance / It’s always dark before the dawn.’
Although the song received little attention when it was first released, fans are now revisiting it in the wake of the couple’s reported split.
‘Who’s here after the breakup rumors?’ one fan commented on YouTube.
‘So is this song about Orlando?’ asked another while a third commented, ‘Did he do something? Cause even back then I did think this song is so odd to be in a full love album.’
Perry and Bloom called it quits following weeks of escalating tension after nearly a decade of their on–off relationship, six years of being engaged and one child together.
This comes just shortly after the 40-year-old pop star went to space, drawing significant backlash amid viral videos trolling her world tour and her poor-performing album 143.
While the majority of Katy’s 143 is a celebration of love and womanhood, one dark track on the album called Truth stands out for its lyrics about the demise of a relationship
Although the song received little attention when it was first released, fans are now revisiting it in the wake of the couple’s reported split
‘Katy and Orlando have split but are amicable,’ a source told Us Weekly, adding that the break-up was so far ‘not contentious.’
‘Katy is of course upset but is relieved to not have to go through another divorce, as that was the worst time in her life,’ they said.
The source described the alleged split as ‘a long time coming’ and claimed their relations ‘have been tense for months.’
For now, Katy is reportedly staying ‘distracted’ with her tour and caring for her and Orlando’s four-year-old daughter Daisy, who was seen joining her while the 48-year-old English actor was elsewhere.
However, the Lord Of The Rings star later returned to Australia — where Katy has spent the month of June on tour — and reunited with his fiancée and daughter over the past week.
Despite once again being on the same continent as her fiancé, Katy has been spotted multiple times without her wedding ring in Australia.
Katy released 143 last September to disappointing results on the charts and scathing reviews from critics.
Album 143 – which references the expression ‘I love you’, but is also what Katy considers to be her symbolic ‘angel number’ – was her first album in four years, following Smile in 2020.
The album missed the top five on the charts and failed to yield any hit singles.
Lead single Woman’s World peaked at No. 63 before disappearing, while follow up tracks Lifetimes and I’m His, He’s Mine missed the charts entirely.
