Two years after 143 was first released, it may be time to give the dance pop album a second spin -- and a second opinion.
By Tim Chan
They say timing is everything when it comes to putting on a show and Katy Perry was right on time last month for her FIFA World Cup performance, as the singer dazzled a sold-out SoFi Stadium crowd as part of the global soccer tournament’s official U.S. Opening Ceremony on June 12.
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The singer took to the pitch just before kickoff to perform “Wonder,” an euphoric EDM cut from her much-maligned 2024 album, 143, which is seemingly back in the zeitgeist two years later. Official on-demand U.S. streams of the album have been steadily climbing virtually all year, and reached a new weekly peak for 2026 in the tracking week ending June 18, with nearly 10.9 million streams, according to Luminate. “Wonder” was responsible for more than 300,000 of those weekly streams, after notching just over 10k the prior week. Meanwhile, Perry’s concert film from the tour supporting the album — The Lifetimes Tour – Live From Paris — recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, further adding to the resurgence in interest.
