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Reviewers speculated that the song was also about the 2016 United States presidential election nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Cory Bice and Jeremy Lertola both served as engineer assistants and Peter Karlsson was credited as vocal producer.

[3][4] It lyrically "asserts that women can be complex people with a multitude of personality traits" and deals with themes of female empowerment.

Club wrote that "the song depicts a narrow version of femininity and success—lipstick and a dress, and being rich, respectively—and it perpetuates irksome stereotypes about strong women".

[8] NME writer Leonie Cooper described the line, "Marilyn Monroe in a monster truck" as "retro-meets-trashy" and Lana Del Rey-influenced.

[2] Idolator writer Mike Wass positively likened the track to material from American singer Britney Spears' seventh studio album Femme Fatale (2011), and called it a highlight of Witness.

She noted the line, "'Cause I'm feminine and soft, but I'm still a boss, yeah", was not in concordance with the "not [...] warm or relatable" Clinton, whom Perry supported on multiple occasions.

[12] The clip was subsequently uploaded onto the singer's official YouTube channel on December 20, 2017,[13] with a behind-the-scenes video premiering on January 4, 2018 on the same platform.

[14] When posting the clip on her Instagram account, Perry added the caption: After a year of peaks and valleys (remember, it's all a journey), I wanted to end 2017 with a fun, triumphant piece of pop candy.

[15]The song's video was filmed in Beverly Hills, California by Isaac Rentz, and was produced by Nina Dluhy-Miller and Danny Lockwood.

[16] During the clip, Perry wears a sculptural blonde wig with curls, and her looks resemble those of French heroine Joan of Arc and Antoinette.

[15][18][19] Joey Nolfi of Entertainment Weekly found similarities between the singer's wardrobe and that of Sofia Coppola's 2006 film Marie Antoinette.

Nina Braca from Billboard called it "triumphant",[15] while The Malay Mail said it was "humorous",[16] and Nolfi from Entertainment Weekly described it as "candy-colored".

[21] Ross McNeilage from MTV UK similarly praised the video, pointing out its "high-concept" and stating: "The [...] singer's visual treatment brings the lyrics to life, highlighting its themes of resilience with a fitting storyline.

[18] In a negative review, Highsnobiety's Gorsler wrote: "The visuals are, to put it kindly, less than stellar, with over-the-top production and a lavishly nonsensical plot making the music video one of the weirdest things to come out this year.