Katy Perry and AFL at odds over US pop star's Grand Final setlist with claims she was limited to ONE of her new songs: 'Only the hits'

It appears that Katy Perry and the AFL have butted heads over the songs the US pop star would sing at the upcoming Grand Final in Melbourne .

The 39-year-old hitmaker was announced as the headline pre-game act for next weekend's clash back in July.

Appearing on SEN Breakfast on Monday, veteran AFL journalist said Tom Morris claimed that Katy's team had pushed back against an AFL request that the Teenage Dream hitmaker perform just one new song.

'She's playing about five songs and the AFL was very keen for her to play five classic tunes, she wanted to play two new ones,' he said.

Tom added that both camps had reached a compromise with Katy reportedly agreeing to just one new track.

'In the end they met halfway and she's playing one new song and four classics,' he said.

Co-host and AFL great Kane Cornes, admitting he was a Katy Perry fan, added that the AFL should have a say in the planning of the blockbuster stadium show .

'The AFL are saying: "We only want your hits. We only want your bangers. We only want your best stuff"' he said.

'We want Roar, We want Teenage Dream, we want Firework. They want all the songs we know and love. And she's pushed back and said, "No, no I want to play two of my new songs."

He added: 'You know when you go to a concert and maybe they're old and all you want is their good stuff. You just want their greatest hits.

'That's what the AFL have requested with Katy Perry. And she's gone: "clearly, I want to promote some of my new music.'''

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to the AFL for comment.

Katy released her latest album 143 last week, which contains the controversial first single Woman's World and follow up Lifetimes.

The singer released the lead single from 143 in July, but the track - billed as an empowering feminist anthem - was quickly dismissed as unoriginal, hypocritical and formulaic.

The Teenage Dream hitmaker also faced criticism for the sexualised nature of the accompanying video, as well as her decision to work with music producer Dr. Luke, 50, after his highly publicised legal battle with Tick Tock singer Kesha, 37.

Reviews for 143 have not been too kind to Katy, with Variety brutally stating that the album 'strips away the remnants of the perky personality that catapulted Perry into early 2010s superstardom.

News that Katy would be heading to Australia for the September clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was met with a chorus of disapproval from fans, with many asking why the AFL needed to import overseas talent.

'AFL Grand final should be about giving Australian bands some exposure. Let do it again they were awesome when they did it,' one fan commented on X.

Another chimed in with a similar sentiment, suggesting that the overseas performers recruited for the Grand Final were often past their used-by date.

'The AFL continuing their long standing practice of hiring foreign performers a decade or two after they were popular,' the commenter wrote while another chimed in with 'this would have been huge a decade ago.'

Another took a dig at the lacklustre performance of Katy's recent comeback single, suggesting the September gig was a step down for the pop icon.

'Somehow I don't think the crisis management for women's world is going all that well if she's playing the AFL grand final.'