Bon Appétit (song)
"Bon Appétit" is a song by American singer Katy Perry featuring American hip hop group Migos from Perry's fifth studio album Witness (2017). It was released as the album's second single on April 28, 2017, by Capitol Records. It is a dance-pop, trap-pop, electronic and euro disco song, with lyrics that feature oral sex double entendres involving food. An accompanying music video followed on May 12, 2017, and features Perry being prepared and served by chefs as a dish. Commercially, the song charted within the top ten in Bulgaria and Israel, the top twenty in Canada, Panama and Wallonia, and the top thirty in Scotland, the Philippines, Slovakia, and the Netherlands.
For the O.C. song, see Bon Appetit (album)."Bon Appétit"
April 28, 2017
MXM Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Wolf Cousins (Stockholm, Sweden)
Unsub (Los Angeles, California)
3:47
- Max Martin
- Shellback
- Oscar Holter
Composition[edit]
Katy Perry described her fifth album Witness as a "360-degree liberation" record, with "Bon Appétit" representing a "sexual liberation".[1] She also called it a "pretty sexual" song that was part of "some of that good 'ol Katy Perry, fluffy stuff that you love so much".[2] "Bon Appétit" is a disco-infused[3] dance-pop,[4] trap-pop,[3] electronic[5] and Euro disco[6] song with a duration of 3 minutes and 47 seconds.[7] According to Hugh McIntyre from Forbes, the track's rhythm features "breezy, summery, 90's-invoking vibes" and a beat that gradually builds, eventually becoming "undeniable".[8] MTV writer Sasha Geffen calls the track "a smorgasbord" of double entrendres with food saying that "...'eating' can only mean two things",[4] with Anna Gaca of Spin explicitly noting its connotations of oral sex.[9] In the song, Perry sings "'Cause I'm all that you want, boy/All that you can have, boy/Got me spread like a buffet/Bon a, Bon appétit, baby".[10] Christopher R. Weingarten of Rolling Stone found the song similar to the music of AC/DC.[11]
The song is written in the key of B♭ Phrygian with a tempo of 106 beats per minute in common time. Perry's vocals span from G♭3 to E♭5.[12]
Release and promotion[edit]
On April 24, Perry sent out a recipe for the "World's Best Cherry Pie", teasing the song's release. Fans sent photos of their completed pies to Perry on Twitter where she said they "may get a surprise" and rated their pies.[13][14] Perry subsequently announced the track's release two days later. Capitol Records released it for download on April 28, 2017, as the second single from her upcoming fifth studio album.[7][15] To promote the song on the day of its release, Perry went to Times Square in a food truck to hand out cherry pies to fans.[3] Three days later, she and Migos performed it at the 2017 Met Gala after Perry also sang her songs "Chained to the Rhythm", "Dark Horse", and "Firework". According to Vogue, "Bon Appétit" was the highlight of the show, writing the performance was where "things really got going", concluding "that's how you wrap up a Met Gala."[16]