Photo Katy Perry said at the Chanel show: Ill eat a cheeseburger, sure. But I also think we are all redefining what freedom actually means in the States right now. Credit Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

This season, the Chanel couture show fell on July 4. And in the front row, following a catwalk extravaganza that took place beneath a large reproduction of the Eiffel Tower inside the Grand Palais, the American pop star Katy Perry was pondering the meaning of true independence.

This year I am going to celebrate the holiday by thinking about what freedom really means, said the singer. She was sporting a silver choker, astronaut-emblazoned Chanel ensemble and peroxide pixie-cropped haircut which meant she blended in with fellow celebrity guests including Cara Delevingne, Kristen Stewart and Tilda Swinton, all with similar hairdos.

Ms. Perrys mother, Mary, who had never been to a fashion show before, stood nearby, beaming.

Ill eat a cheeseburger, sure. But I also think we are all redefining what freedom actually means in the States right now, said Ms. Perry, a vocal supporter of the Democratic Party. I think that looking at the social injustices that are happening before our very eyes and saying Oh, we think we are free to live as we please, is becoming a myth. Im not quite sure that we are. We are not there yet.

As she was greeted by Tonne Goodman, fashion director of American Vogue, Ms. Perry, the magazines May cover star, suggested that making society a better place to live often started at home.

All we can do is look after ourselves, our neighbors and our local communities, Ms. Perry said. I think we all get very preoccupied with ideas of saving the world, but sometimes it is always important to look what is going on on our doorsteps. Often, there is plenty to be doing there.

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A version of this article appears in print on July 6, 2017, on Page A8, in The International New York Times.

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Katy Perry on Freedom, Neighbors and the Fourth of July - New York Times