New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today,
Katy Perry releases her new song, "Never Worn White" via Capitol Records/Universal Music. She wrote the moving piano ballad with
Johan Carlsson, John Ryan and Jacob Kasher Hindlin. It was produced by Carlsson. Parisian directing duo J.A.C.K. (Madonna, Christine and the Queens) helmed the official video, also released today.
Since Katy Perry's Capitol Record debut in 2008 with One of the Boys, she has racked up a cumulative 35 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 45 million adjusted albums and 135 million tracks with her albums One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, PRISM and Witness, and her latest singles, Gold-certified "Never Really Over," "Small Talk" and "Harleys In Hawaii." Views of her 2013 video "Roar" recently surpassed three billion - making Katy the first female artist to reach this milestone. Katy was also the first female artist to have four videos surpass a billion views each. Her videos for "
Firework" and "Last Friday Night" have over one billion views, while "
Dark Horse" has surpassed the 2.7 billion mark. Katy's 2015 Super Bowl performance is the highest-rated in the event's history. She is one of only five artists in history to have topped 100 million certified units with their digital singles - and the first-ever Capitol Records recording artist to join the elite RIAA 100 Million Certified Songs club.
Aside from being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Katy is an active advocate of many philanthropic causes. In 2013, Katy was appointed a UNICEF
Goodwill Ambassador as a result of her commitment to improving the lives of children worldwide. From traveling to Vietnam and Madagascar to highlight the needs of some of the world's most vulnerable children, to recording PSAs about the importance of empowering girls and supporting adolescents living with HIV/AIDS, as well as raising awareness for UNICEF's emergency relief efforts, Katy has used her powerful voice to advocate for children and support UNICEF's mission to ensure every child's right to health, education, equality, and protection. She was awarded with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award in 2016.
Lyrics - "Never Worn White":
You love the hell out of me
And heaven's what we could be
I've stood on the edge of love
But never took the leap
And you took my armor off
Did it delicately
And I let my guard down
To show you what's underneath
Thank God that you were man enough to come
Answer my mamma's prayers
You asked the question
I said yes, but I'm scared
'Cause I've never worn white
But I wanna get it right
Yeah, I really wanna try with you
No, I've never worn white
But I'm standing here tonight
'Cause I really wanna say, I do…I do
See us in sixty years with a full family tree
Give my blood, sweat, and tears to reach our destiny
'Cause love is a minefield, let's take this walk, baby
'Cause at the end of it all, I choose and you choose me
Thank God I was woman enough to come
Answer your father's prayers
You asked the question
I could tell you were scared
'Cause I've never worn white
But I wanna get it right
Yeah, I really wanna try with you
No, I've never worn white
But I'm standing here tonight
'Cause I really wanna say, I do…I do
Now let's dance with each other
Mixing all of our colors
It's so easy to surrender
When you finally find forever
No, I've never worn white, no
But I really wanna try with you, yeah
I've never worn white
But I wanna get it right
'Cause I really wanna say, I do
'Cause I do
Oh, I do, yeah, yeah
I do!
