Katy Perry’s new album, “143,” is hardly the comeback that she needed. It’s as if she became a has-been before her time on “American Idol.”

While the vast majority of 143 is summer-ready pop, “Artificial” provides a nice mid-album switch-up. The R&B-infused track features a rapid-fire verse from JID and a darker chorus about a dangerous, almost non-human affair. “Artificial” is the perfect yin to the rest of the album’s yang, which makes it an easy standout on the project.

Woman's World is Katy Perry’s worst-performing single release from an album in her 16-year career. What went wrong?

One of Katy Perry’s last Billboard Nos. 1 was “Roar,” her eye-of-the-tiger empowerment anthem from 2013. The song found new life three years later, when Perry performed it at the Democratic National Convention and lent it to Hillary Clinton for a campaign-closing ad that aligned values like respect and courage with the song’s mad-as-hell feminism: “Get ready ‘cause I’ve had enough.

The wait is over! Katy Perry’s sixth studio album, ‘143,’ is officially out and we’re breaking it down for you.