{"id":163774,"date":"2025-04-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parisselectbook.com\/2025\/04\/15\/katy-perry-in-space-feminine-prowess-or-marketing-coup\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:27:15","slug":"katy-perry-in-space-feminine-prowess-or-marketing-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parisselectbook.com\/en\/2025\/04\/15\/katy-perry-in-space-feminine-prowess-or-marketing-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry in space: feminine prowess or marketing coup?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Monday April 14, 2025, Katy Perry left the Earth’s atmosphere aboard the Blue Origin capsule. In just 11 minutes, the world-famous star joined a very exclusive club: that of personalities who have seen the Earth from space. But this high-profile operation – carried out with an all-female team – conceals a far more complex reality. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

An all-female crew… for the first time in 60 years<\/h2>\n\n

The symbolism is powerful. Not since Valentina Terechkova<\/em> ‘s flight in 1963<\/em> has a manned space mission been carried out exclusively by women. This time, six female passengers<\/strong> took their places in the New Shepard<\/em> capsule: presenter Gayle King<\/strong>, engineer Aisha Bowe<\/strong>, activist Amanda Nguyen<\/strong>, producer Kerianne Flynn<\/strong>, Lauren S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> (partner of Jeff Bezos) and, of course, Katy Perry<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

The launch from Texas went off without a hitch. At 3:30 pm (Paris time), the rocket took off on a suborbital trajectory at an altitude of 100 km. The aim was to offer a few moments of weightlessness before a parachute descent into the desert. <\/p>\n\n

Genuine empowerment or calibrated storytelling?<\/h2>\n\n

In a post-flight interview, Gayle King<\/strong> recounts how Katy Perry sang What a Wonderful World<\/em> in weightlessness. A scene almost too perfect not to be scripted. Katy Perry<\/strong> said she made the flight “for (her)daughter Daisy”,<\/em> born of her union with Orlando Bloom<\/strong>, with the idea of “inspiring young girls to reach for the stars”. <\/p>\n\n

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