Katy Perry Explores Heartbreak on New Single ‘Bandaids’

Katy Perry is embracing healing after heartbreak — her way.

The 41-year-old pop star released her latest single, “Bandaids,” with an accompanying music video on Thursday, Nov. 6 — and it seemingly shares new insight about the downfall of her nine-year relationship with Orlando Bloom.

In the music video, directed by Christian Breslauer, Perry appears in a kitchen and accidentally drops her ring down the drain. Then, the “Dark Horse” singer’s humor shines as she goes on a Final Destination-type journey of back-to-back near-death experiences — yet always survives them. That is, until she’s blown up by a gas leak in the end.

“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,” Perry sings in the intro. “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.”

Later in the song, the “Firework” singer looks back at the relationship in a nostalgic way and acknowledges they had “good times” and “never faked our pictures.”

“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,” Perry sings (in the music video, a camera zooms in on a daisy flower in this moment, seemingly referencing their 5-year-old daughter Daisy Dove).

In the end, Perry sings about doing everything she could to save the relationship.

“Tried all the medications / Lowered my expectations / Made every justification / Bleeding out, bleeding out, bleeding out slow / Bandaids over a broken heart,” she concludes.

“Bandaids” is Perry’s latest release since her sixth studio album 143, which she dropped in September 2024.

PEOPLE confirmed in June that Perry and Bloom, 48 — who got engaged in February 2019 — had called off their engagement. Days later, reps for the pair shared a statement with PEOPLE that illustrated how they planned to move forward as a family.

“Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry’s relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting,” the statement read.

“They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability, and mutual respect.”

Since then, Perry — who’s been spending time with former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau — recently confirmed she was “dating someone else” at her Lifetimes Tour show in Prague.