Club was negative towards the track, calling it 'galling' and 'particularly oblivious'. Other reviewers speculated that 'Hey Hey Hey' dealt with the 2016 United States presidential election nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, with Perry taking side with the latter. Cooper of NME compared the recording's 'languid, spacious sound' to the works of New Zealand singer Lorde. Although labelling the production of 'Hey Hey Hey' formulaic, Andy Gill of The Independent also highlighted the song as one of the best on the album. 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. Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine praised Perry for being 'at her most effective and comfortable'. Upon its release, music critics gave 'Hey Hey Hey' mixed reviews. NME writer Leonie Cooper described the line, ' Marilyn Monroe in a monster truck' as 'retro-meets-trashy' and Lana Del Rey-influenced. Throughout the recording, Perry denies 'she's a fragile little Fabergé', and refers to herself as 'a seasoned PR pro'. Lyrics from 'Hey Hey Hey' include: 'A hot little hurricane/'Cause I'm feminine and soft, but I'm still a boss, yeah/Red lipstick but still so raw, yeah/ I smell like a rose and I pierce like a thorn', and 'I ain't got no strings/I'm no one's little puppet'. 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'.

It lyrically 'asserts that women can be complex people with a multitude of personality traits' and deals with themes of female empowerment. Musically, 'Hey Hey Hey' is a rock and electronica-influenced, dark dream pop and ' 2000s' electropop song. The song is the second track on Witness (2017), Perry's fifth studio album. Perry sang lead and background vocals for 'Hey Hey Hey', with Astrid S providing additional background vocals. Cory Bice and Jeremy Lertola both served as engineer assistants and Peter Karlsson was credited as vocal producer. Martin performed percussion on the track and Payami provided percussion, bass, synths and piano. It was written by Katy Perry, Sia, Sarah Hudson, Max Martin and Ali Payami, and was produced by Martin and Payami. It was mixed at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, by Serban Ghenea and John Hanes, and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City by Randy Merrill. 'Hey Hey Hey' was recorded at MXM Studios in Los Angeles, California, and at Wolf Cousins Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Commercially, the song appeared on charts in Czech Republic, New Zealand and Sweden.Īustralian singer-songwriter Sia ( pictured in 2006) contributed to the writing of the song. For further promotion, Perry gave several live performances of 'Hey Hey Hey', including those during her concert tour Witness: The Tour (2017–2018) and her four-day YouTube live stream Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide (2017). The clip was filmed by Isaac Rentz in Beverly Hills, California and is set in the 18th century and the Ancien Régime, with the singer's outfits resembling those of the last Queen of France before the French Revolution Marie Antoinette and French heroine Joan of Arc. To accompany the track, a music video was uploaded onto Perry's official YouTube account on December 20, 2017. It was also compared to the works of American singer Britney Spears and New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde.

Music critics gave mixed reviews of 'Hey Hey Hey', with some praising it as one of the highlights of Witness and others deeming it mediocre. Reviewers speculated that the song was also about the 2016 United States presidential election nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. 'Hey Hey Hey' is a rock- and electronica-influenced, dark dream pop and electropop track about female empowerment. The song was written by Perry, Sia, Sarah Hudson, Max Martin and Ali Payami, while production was handled by Martin and Payami. It was sent to Italian contemporary hit radio stations on Januby Universal Music Group as the album's fifth single. ' Hey Hey Hey' is a song recorded by American singer Katy Perry for her fifth studio album Witness (2017).

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