PERRY ACCEDES SHE’S HAD ‘LOTS OF WHITE PRIVILEGE.’

“I didn’t know that I did it wrong until I heard people saying that I did it wrong. It takes someone to say, out of compassion, out of love, ‘Hey, this is what the origin is.’ ”

“It’s hard to hear those clap backs sometimes,” she said. “Your ego just wants to turn from them.”

She went on to acknowledge that she has “lots of white privilege,” but would like to be an ally: “I don’t want to live in a segregated world, especially in music. I’ve been able to collaborate with Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Juicy J, Migos. How can I collaborate with people and lift them up and give them that spotlight? How can I lift them up in a way that’s good?”

While many have applauded Perry’s awakening, plenty have called her out for using it as a marketing tool and for not knowing better earlier. But one thing’s for sure, it’s more than we’ve got from other musicians who have also been repeat offenders.

McKesson was also criticized by some for speaking with Perry, but he explained his decision on Twitter: “I invited Katy Perry to talk on the podcast b/c of her role on the HRC campaign, how she views her art + activism, & her past re: race.”

In which case, here’s to a Perry era that, perhaps, will be a little less problematic.