Katy Perry Is Cool For Throwbacks! At Odds With AFL Who Only Want Her Sing Her Hits

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Katy Perry and the AFL, (Australian Football League), have reportedly disagreed on the pop star’s song choice for her blockbuster show at the Grand Final. 

The AFL secured the 39-year-old as its headline pre-game entertainment act in July — in news that was widely applauded by footy fans.

However, it has emerged the league and Perry’s representatives have only now settled a drama about the five songs the artist will play.

As first reported by veteran footy journalist Tom Morris, the AFL made an extraordinary request for the singer to perform only recognised hits from her back catalogue.

Perry’s camp is reported to have pushed back and wanted to perform two new songs from her controversial comeback album ‘143’, which has received mixed reviews.

She has also been criticised for working with producer Dr Luke, who engaged in a decade-long legal battle with the artist Kesha and denied accusations from her of abuse.

The behind the scenes drama had AFL greats Kane Cornes and Nathan Buckley having a laugh when discussing the details of the AFL’s request.

“I love Katy Perry. I think they’ve nailed it. I think she’s going to put on a great show,” Cornes said. 

He said the AFL should “surely” have had a say in Perry’s plans for the stadium show in front of 100,000 at the MCG. 

“The AFL are saying, ‘We only want your hits. We only want your bangers. We only want your best stuff’,” he said on SEN. 

“We want Roar, We want Teenage Dream, we want Firework. They want all the songs we know and love."

Buckley pointed out that the AFL was playing with fire as soon as it landed the deal with Perry earlier this year. 

“I reckon if they wanted one (a say) they should have written it into the contract,” he said to Cornes. 

“It’s too late now to ask her something if it’s not written into the contract. If in fact it is, then Katy, you’re just going to have to come to the party.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/we-only-want-your-bangers-afl-at-odds-with-katy-perry-over-grand-final-entertainment/news-story/bfb382c4294b8feee616458813028c28

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Who at an AFL event would ever want to hear Woman's World

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1 minute ago, bionic said:

Who would ever want to hear Woman's World

fixedt

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It's giving 

 

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"Katy Perry and the AFL have reportedly got issues just days out from the Grand Final with the pop star unhappy.

However, it has emerged the league and Perry’s representatives have only now settled a drama about the five songs the artist will play.

As first reported by leading footy journalist Tom Morris, the AFL made an extraordinary request for the singer to perform only recognised hits from her back catalogue.

Perry’s camp is reported to have pushed back and wanted to perform two new songs from her comeback album ‘143’.

Morris said on SEN Breakfast on Monday the two camps reached an agreement for Perry to play just one new song."

Which 143 song do you think Katy is going to include along with 4 past hits?

Womans World, Lifetime, or the new one?

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It’s not too crazy to believe that NFL asked the same thing to Gaga and Million Reasons only slipped in cause it was a hit by the time her halftime show happened

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6 minutes ago, Red said:

It’s not too crazy to believe that NFL asked the same thing to Gaga and Million Reasons only slipped in cause it was a hit by the time her halftime show happened

Thats possible, at least thankfully there were no headlines about Gaga pushing back against it. 

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11 minutes ago, Red said:

It’s not too crazy to believe that NFL asked the same thing to Gaga and Million Reasons only slipped in cause it was a hit by the time her halftime show happened

The Superbowl is the main reason MR became a hit, it definitely wasn't before

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1 minute ago, littlepotter said:

The Superbowl is the main reason MR became a hit, it definitely wasn't before

But it was rising. It was a better idea to perform MR than Perfect Illusion, for sure. 

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6 minutes ago, Real Panda said:

Thats possible, at least thankfully there were no headlines about Gaga pushing back against it. 

Cause Gaga is sensible and self-aware lol she was not about to ditch the biggest stage on Earth cause they didn’t let her perform an ARTPOP song

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Lifetimes is the only smart choice 

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9 minutes ago, Red said:

But it was rising. It was a better idea to perform MR than Perfect Illusion, for sure. 

tbh she wasn't performing PI anywhere, which was a shame

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As an Aussie, I can’t wait to see her perform at the AFL Grand Final! It’s a day where my whole family are glued to the TV and I’m bored out of my mind as sport is NOT my thing at all so it’s nice to actually have a reason to look forward to it for once 😂 If that story’s true and she’s only performing one new song from 143, I’m hoping for either LIFETIMES or NIRVANA. LIFETIMES probably makes the most sense though seeing as it’s a single. 

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7 minutes ago, QueenChromatix said:

Lifetimes is the only smart choice 

I was thinking Womans World and then she could change the lyrics to "And I am never going away"

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2 minutes ago, Real Panda said:

I was thinking Womans World and then she could change the lyrics to "And I am never going away"

Hmm that would be a statement for sure but I think it would change the tone of the song