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Katy Perry’s new single is Never Really Over
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 31 May 2019
Katy Perry is back with her first new solo single since 2017, ‘Never Really Over’. Though it is her second collaboration with Zedd this year, them having put out joint single ‘365’ in February after realising the compatibility of their “musical value systems”.
Zedd wasn’t the only collaborator on that last single, though. As is increasingly the norm, a plethora of people were involved in writing and producing the track – in all, seven writers and three producers. This being a ‘solo’ release though, things are a bit different. There are nine writers this time around.
The production credit on ‘Never Really Ends’, is shared between Zedd and Dreamlab, while he and Perry split the writing credits with Dan Haywood, Leah Haywood, Dagny, Gino Barletta, Michelle Buzz, Jason Gill and Hayley Warner. How is there even time for all their contributions to appear in the track’s four minute run time?
Explaining what the song is about, which she apparently knows, Perry says: “All of our relationships – from first love, through failed love, to great love – all become a part of you, so that none are ever really over, and once you accept both the dark and the light, you may find that the darkness brought you to the light”.
That statement reads like nine people wrote it too. Anyway, here’s the video for the track, which was directed by just one person – Philippa Price. How novel.
