Katy Perry suffers another humiliating career blow after cancelling concert just hours before taking the stage

has been dealt another devastating career blow with the release of her new single, Watch It Burn.

The pop-rock track was billed as a return to Perry's musical roots and was expected to deliver a much-needed comeback for the former hitmaker, but so far it has completely flamed-out on the charts.

After its release on Friday, Watch It Burn failed to enter the top 200 of 's streaming chart both globally and in the US. 

According to news.com.au, the song's highest peak so far has been No. 127 in .

This is despite Perry promoting Watch It Burn with a big budget music video and festival concerts at Rock in Rio Lisboa on June 20 and O Son do Camiño in on June 18, where she performed the song for the first time ever.

So far, Watch It Burn has performed even worse than Perry's last single, Bandaids, which debuted at No. 101 on the global Spotify chart before dropping off.  

During a recent appearance on the Unfamous podcast, Perry explained that she was 'wrestling with my darkness' on the angsty Watch It Burn following a 'tough year'.

'I have not given myself permission to be angry my whole life over things I should be f***ing angry about,' she said.

'What I've done is I pushed it down, but I should be f***ing angry. I'm allowed to be angry for a f***ing moment.' 

Perry, who at one point was the biggest pop star on the planet, has struggled to get her new music to connect with audiences like it once did. 

Her last two studio albums, 2020's Smile and 2024's 143, both tanked on the charts.

On top of that, her last few singles, including Bandaids and Lifetimes, all failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100. 

The star's last charting single was 2024's Woman's World, which peaked briefly at No. 63 on the Hot 100 but was savaged by both fans and music critics alike. 

However, Perry has seen many of her old songs surge in streams thanks to viral success on social media apps like TikTok.

Perry's last album, the dance-driven 143, was a critical and commercial disaster on the charts