It’s been three and a half years since Katy Perry dropped her last album, 2013’s Prism, and the pop superstar is officially back today with her new project Witness. The 17-track album features Nicki Minaj, Skip Marley, and Migos, all of whom appeared on her recent singles “Swish Swish,” “Chained to the Rhythm,” and “Bon Appétit” respectively. Production is handled by Max Martin, Ali Payami, Jack Garratt, Purity Ring, Mike WiLL Made-It, and more.
“I started writing the record in June of last year, and I wrote over 40 songs and now I have 15 beautiful songs to represent the story that I want to share with the world,” she told Ellen DeGeneres last month. In another interview with Jimmy Fallon, she explained that the album represents liberation. “It’s just like [a] 360-degree liberation,” she said. “‘Chained to the Rhythm’ was about political liberation and ‘Bon Appétit’ was a sexual liberation.”
