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Katy Perry gets ready to persist on new song Chained to the Rhythm

Elsewhere, Lady Gaga shames the shamers and Ed Sheeran reveals how Taylor Swift avoids leaking

Dead can dance: Katy Perry’s new song Chained to the Rhythm is an 80s-influenced call for a dancefloor connection

Ailbhe Malone
Mon Feb 13 2017 - 16:38

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Katy Perry - Chained to the Rhythm
After the low-key release of Rise last year, Katy Perry is back with an 1980s influenced dark disco banger. Raising the roof with an impassioned performance (and an armband emblazoned with the word "PERSIST") at Sunday's Grammy Awards, in the song, Perry raises an eyebrow at people having it large on the dancefloor, like "a wasted zombie" while crying for people to "break down the walls, connect, inspire". Yeah we can dance, she's saying, but let's give meaning to our movements.


Hero of the week is Lady Gaga, who hit back at body shamers following her SuperBowl performance. She wrote on Instagram: "I heard my body is a topic of conversation so I wanted to say, I'm proud of my body and you should be proud of yours too. No matter who you are or what you do. I could give you a million reasons why you don't need to cater to anyone or anything to succeed. Be you, and be relentlessly you. That's the stuff of champions."

If you're ever interested in how Taylor Swift avoids leaking, Ed Sheeran's got the goss. He told Just Jared: "I remember when I did a song with her for her album, I was in San Francisco and they sent someone with a locked briefcase with an iPad and one song on it and they flew to San Francisco, and played the song I've done with her. And they asked if I like it and I was like 'Yeah' and then they took it back, that's how I hear it."

Zero of the week is Disclosure, who've announced they're going to go on hiatus. On their Facebook page they wrote: "We were 15 and 18 when we began this incredible journey and it's been filled with shows bigger and better than our childhood minds could have ever imagined, amongst many other unbelievable moments and achievements...This year we are only going to do a few special things including the return of our festival Wild Life and a few other bits we can't mention just yet. For the most part however - we're going to be taking some time out and enjoying some much needed rest."

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