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Watch: Katy Perry makes a very political statement in 'Chained To The Rhythm' featuring Skip Marley

Katy Perry teams up with Skip Marley to make a statement on America's current political climate.

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FP Staff|Feb 22, 2017, 14:32:46 IST
So comfortable, we're living in a bubble, bubbleSo comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, troublekaty perry_380Set in a futuristic theme park called 'Oblivia,' the video for Katy Perry's new song 'Chained To The Rhythm' finds the star seduced by the delights and distractions of modern life. Featuring Skip Marley (Bob Marley's grandson) the video has been directed by Mathew Cullen.Through the course of the video Katy Perry slowly seems to realise that there's something wrong with the version of utopia and American Dream they are selling in the video.The only things that snap Perry out of her reverie are a rose's thorn that pricks her finger and the arrival of Skip Marley who sings a verse of empowerment:It is my desireBreak down the walls to connect, inspire, ayUp in your high place, liarsTime is ticking for the empireThe truth they feed is feebleAs so many times beforeThey greed over the peopleThey stumbling and fumblingAnd we about to riotThey woke up, they woke up the lionsIn a clever touch, one of the rides in Oblivia allows a person to run in a human-sized version of a hamster wheel, a nod to the song's lyric video. Everywhere you look, there are signs, icons and statues of a hamster. She sings:So put your rose-colored glasses onAnd party onTurn it up, it's your favorite songDance, dance, dance to the distortionThe video (and the Perry's Grammy heavily politicised performance's preceding it) adhere to Perry's seemingly new mantra of combining her political views (she supports Hillary Clinton) with her pop music without it becoming to problematic.Perry's Grammy 2017 performance of the song with Skip Marley was a tribute to Elizabeth Warren, where she wore a wristband that said 'Persist' in her honour and her performance ended with a graphic of the US Constitution appearing behind her as she declared, 'no hate.' Political message aside, the synthetic reggae-pop keeps the beat up through the song, and the tempo is pretty upbeat. Here's the song video:
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First Published:Feb 22, 2017, 14:32:46 IST
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