After months of anticipation, Katy Perry released her new single \"Chained to the Rhythm\" just a few days ago. Now, she's back to tease the music video, and from what we can tell so far, it's going to at least take place in a fictional amusement park called \"Oblivia.\" <\/p>\n
Admission is free See you next Tuesday,\" Katy wrote on Twitter, noting that the video will be out early next week. The video teaser itself looks like an old fashioned amusement park advertisement. \"Do you need an escape? Are you ready to dance your troubles away?\" It begins. \"Welcome to Oblivia, the world's newest and craziest amusement park.\" It goes on to tease a few of the rides at the \"amusement park,\" before leaving viewers with a call to action: \"So leave your white picket fence and explore utopia.\" <\/p>\n
The name of the park, \"Oblivia,\" may be a play on the word \"oblivious,\" or the saying that \"ignorance is bliss.\" We can assume this because the lyrics of \"Chained to the Rhythm\" point to a similar theme: \"Are we tone deaf? Keep sweeping it under the mat,\" begins the chorus. \"Thought we could do better than that\/I hope we can\/So comfortable, we're living in a bubble, bubble\/So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble.\" Of course, there are obvious political undertones here, and Katy has gone so far as to say that this is the era of \"Purposeful Pop.\" <\/p>\n
This would not be the first time Katy has used an elaborate fictional setting in a music video before (think of the Candyland set up in \"California Girls,\" or the mazes in \"Wide Awake\"). It's just a few more days until we see the extent of what Katy and her team have come up with next. In the meantime, put on your rose colored glasses, and check out the whole teaser below! <\/p>\n
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