Katy Perry Delves Into Heartache with Her New Single “Bandaids”: “I Got So Used to You Letting Me Down”
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In June, PEOPLE reported that Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom had ended their engagement.
Katy Perry is turning heartbreak into healing — and doing it on her own terms.
The 41-year-old pop icon dropped her newest single, “Bandaids,” along with its cinematic music video on Thursday, Nov. 6. The emotional track appears to reflect on the end of her nine-year relationship with Orlando Bloom.
Directed by Christian Breslauer, the video opens with Perry in a kitchen, accidentally dropping her ring down the sink drain. What follows is a darkly comedic sequence of Final Destination-style near-death mishaps — each one narrowly avoided — until the clip ends with her character being blown away by a gas explosion.
Perry opens the song with raw honesty, singing:
“Hand to God I promise I tried / There’s no stone left unturned / It’s not what you did / It’s what you didn’t / You were there but you weren’t. / Got so used to you letting me down / No use trying to send flowers now / Telling myself you’ll change, you don’t / Bandaids over a broken heart.”
As the track unfolds, the Firework singer reflects on the relationship with bittersweet affection, acknowledging both its highs and inevitable heartbreak.
“If I had to do it all over again / I would still do it all over again / The love that we made was worth it in the end,” she sings, while the video zooms in on a daisy — a likely nod to the couple’s 5-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove.
By the song’s close, Perry admits she did everything she could to keep the relationship alive:
“Tried all the medications / Lowered my expectations / Made every justification / Bleeding out, bleeding out, bleeding out slow / Bandaids over a broken heart.”
“Bandaids” marks Perry’s first release since her sixth studio album, 143, which arrived in September 2024.
Earlier this year, PEOPLE confirmed that Perry and Bloom, 48 — who got engaged in February 2019 — had ended their engagement. Shortly after, the couple’s representatives issued a joint statement noting that the two were “shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting.”
“They will continue to be seen together as a family,” the statement read, “as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability, and mutual respect.”