US popstar Katy Perry has been forced to delay the release of her new album ‘SMILE’ due to ‘unavoidable production delays’.

The 35 year-old was set to release the album on August 14, but it has now been pushed back to August 28.

Perry is also heavily pregnant with her first child with fiance and actor Orlando Bloom. 

The star wrote on Twitter: “Welp. I hate to throw this bad news at you like a pie in the face...but if there’s anything 2020 taught me, it’s to not get too attached to plans and be malleable. 

"Due to unavoidable production delays, my album #SMILE will now be released (two) weeks later on August 28.”

In order to make up for the bad news, she revealed a new series called ‘Super Sundays’ starting on August 2, where she will go live with her fans to talk about the new album.

She added: “To make this up to you, starting this Sunday (Aug 2) and until the album drops (or until #Babycat whichever comes) join me for #SmileSundays! 

"Every Sunday, time TBA soon, I’m going to go on LIVE for 30 minutes or more and talk all things SMILE.

“You’ll see new merch... I’ll play some snippets... maybe we’ll go live together... we’ll def have a good chat! Clowns-n-Cats - Thanks for being so flexible in this time... it’s a wild one, for sure, but I hope the patience will be worth the wait!”