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Katy Perry talks about “The One That Got Away” going viral 15 years after its release and her upcoming new single “Watch It Burn,” which is coming later this month. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 08: Katy Perry speaks onstage during “Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour” Premiere during the 2026 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Theater on June 08, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)<\/p>\n
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For several years now, the prevailing narrative around Katy Perry<\/a> has been that one of the biggest pop stars in the world had somehow lost her magic. She was, for more than a decade, essentially unstoppable. Between 2008 and 2013, Perry racked up nine No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, dominated top 40 radio, and produced singles that weren\u2019t just commercially successful, but culture-shaping moments. <\/p>\n Then, slowly, things began to change. Her past several albums did not reach the same heights as her biggest releases, and the story around Perry shifted from world-conquering hitmaker to a star on the downswing \u2013 one whose latest singles and albums all underperformed, and things weren\u2019t looking up.<\/p>\n Then, as can happen in the entertainment world, everything changed in a moment.<\/p>\n \u201cThe nature of the internet is really interesting,\u201d Perry said during an interview at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her concert film, Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live From Paris<\/a>. \u201cYou can try to be viral all you want and set yourself on fire, but literally the smallest, silliest nothing becomes viral, and it\u2019s like, okay, well, the wave is coming, so ride it.\u201d<\/p>\n The wave, in this case, is attached to \u201cThe One That Got Away.\u201d<\/a> The single was first released in September 2011 from Perry\u2019s blockbuster album Teenage Dream, and recently, it has gone viral on TikTok more than a decade after it first became a smash. All the renewed attention has translated into real consumption, and this spring, the track either debuted on or returned to charts all around the world. All of a sudden, and seemingly out of nowhere, a decade-old tune became Perry\u2019s biggest win in years.<\/p>\n \u201cThe One That Got Away\u201d finally reached Billboard\u2019s worldwide tallies, which didn\u2019t exist during its initial promotional run. The song has thus far peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Global 200 and No. 25 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. The former ranking lists the most-consumed tracks in the world, while the latter does the same, but with all consumption from American listeners removed. Both tallies take into account streams and sales, and the revived single now stands the highest-rising hit of Perry\u2019s career.<\/p>\n Perry\u2019s comeback is especially striking considering what was happening with her career shortly before the resurgence of \u201cThe One That Got Away.\u201d 143, released in 2024, became Perry\u2019s first album to fail to produce a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. \u201cWoman\u2019s World\u201d peaked at No. 63, while several follow-ups failed to chart at all. In 2025, Perry returned the one-off tune \u201cBandaids,\u201d<\/a> but even that missed the Billboard Hot 100 \u2013 a disappointment that, only a decade prior, would have been essentially unimaginable for one of the world\u2019s most reliable pop stars.<\/p>\n Now, a 15-year-old song has done what some of Perry\u2019s newest releases could not. It has returned her to lofty positions on several Billboard rankings and introduced younger listeners to one of the most successful pop albums of the twenty-first century. Teenage Dream has enjoyed a resurgence and has climbed as well, thanks to the popularity of one of its singles.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d Perry said of the resurgence. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m grateful I get to wake up every day. Period. Grateful that this is my job. I just have a big, intentional gratitude always, surrounding me at all times. This is a cherry on top.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe One That Got Away\u201d has always held a special place within Perry\u2019s catalog. The song was released as the sixth official single from Teenage Dream, and by the time it was pushed, the Grammy nominee had already made history with the album. The set\u2019s first five singles \u2014 \u201cCalifornia Gurls\u201d with Snoop Dogg, \u201cTeenage Dream,\u201d \u201cFirework,\u201d \u201cE.T.\u201d with Ye (formerly Kanye West) and \u201cLast Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)\u201d<\/a> \u2014 all reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. <\/p>\n That winning streak made Teenage Dream only the second album in history, following Michael Jackson\u2019s Bad, to send five songs all the way to No. 1 on the most competitive songs tally in the U.S. \u201cThe One That Got Away\u201d nearly helped Perry go one step further and break Jackson\u2019s record, but it ultimately peaked at No. 3. There was a time when that position was disappointing, even though a top three placement would count as a career-defining success for almost any other artist.<\/p>\n Perry quickly saw what was happening with \u201cThe One That Got Away\u201d and worked hard to, as she says, \u201clean in.\u201d She released a director\u2019s cut of the music video, which originally premiered more than a decade ago. She also recently dropped her first greatest hits album, The Ones That Got the Plays, which clearly borrows its title from the single and which managed short runs on charts in a number of nations, peaking at No. 117 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n Perry seems to see the virality of \u201cThe One That Got Away\u201d not so much as a reminder of her past success, but as an opportunity to jumpstart her flagging career. \u201cIf I get to introduce new audiences to my music, even it being, you know, years old, imagine if they\u2019ll stay for the second song, which is the new song coming soon,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Perry\u2019s next single, \u201cWatch It Burn,\u201d was announced recently and is expected to arrive at the end June. Weeks later, the singer\u2019s concert film, Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live From Paris, is expected to become available, though an exact release plan has not yet been announced. By that time, \u201cThe One That Got Away\u201d will likely have slipped on the charts, and perhaps disappeared entirely \u2013 though Perry may be busy with the next chapter, one made possible by an unexpected viral surge.<\/p>\n