Why Katy Perry, 40, refuses to grow up and accept she’s no longer a Teenage Dream.

failed to see the ‘writing on the wall’ about her comeback album, 143, because she is surrounded by ‘yes people’, according to sources who claim that the singer ‘refuses to accept that she is not 20 anymore with a hit album’.

The 40-year-old hitmaker’s seventh studio release completely failed to reach the level of success hoped, and instead became insiders have revealed the star might finally get a reality check once US dates go on sale.

‘Katy is no longer the teenage dream anymore and she needs to accept this,’ an insider close to the singer exclusively told DailyMail.com. ‘She announced that she is bringing her 2025 tour to the US after being advised to not do the tour at all.’

Reflecting on her failed album rollout this year, the insider continued: ‘Her album absolutely tanked, and an artist should not do a tour from a failed album that bombed.