Katy Perry - Smile | Album Review
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My review of pop superstar Katy Perry’s utterly lifeless sixth album "Smile". This is NOT what the doctor called for in 2020 of all years, so let’s boil down what made her faux positivity so unbearably generic. You deserve better from pop.
"Smile"
Capitol Records
Release: 8/28/20
Rating: 1.5/5
►Favorite tracks: Tucked, Never Really Over, Harleys In Hawaii (instrumental only)
►Least faves: Smile, Not The End Of The World, Teary Eyes, Daisies, Only Love, What Makes A Woman, Resilient, Champagne Problems
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Katy Perry - Smile - Album Tracklist
Never Really Over
Cry About It Later
Teary Eyes
Daisies
Resilient
Not The End Of The World
Smile
Champagne Problems
Tucked
Harleys In Hawaii
Only Love
What Makes A Woman
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Someone said that PRISM was supposed to be a 'darker' pop album but her label thought that was not a good idea. I wonder what her career project would be like if she chose to do a dark "reputation" era route.
She should've done that after witness but I feel like it wouldn't have worked bc Taylor did it first, but who knows, if she did I'd listen to it out of curiosity
I really loved One of the Boys... I wish she would make some more pop rock anthems
She also used to be a Christian rock singer and dated Matt from Relient K, if you know, you know. Also I found out that Matt and Dallas Green were born in the same place, I feel like such a bad fan of both bands for not knowing that
@@ronstoppable5659 she did background vocals for a p.o.d. song
@Jonathan Bouthillette Really? Which song?
@@ronstoppable5659 goodbye for now
@@ronstoppable5659
"Goodbye For Now". I don't know why they bothered though, b/c they only gave her 15 seconds at the end of the song.
Oh no it seems Pennywise took over John’s thumbnail 😫
Oh Georrrrrrgie 🤡
You’ll float too.
Shashwat mishra a Grammy doesn’t determine the quality of an album. Those awards are usually known for just caring about popular stuff.
Off topic (and a little belated), but Happy 10th Anniversary to her Teenage Dream album!
I think Katy doesn't know what to do anymore. I think she has been little lost ever since her traumatic experience of brutal criticism when she released 'Witness'. This album was generic with a few good tracks like 'Tucked' 'Cry about it later' and 'Never really over' . I think Katy needed to take a step back with this album before she can move forward.
Yeah like I think she lost her touch with music
It's kinda funny how Katy Perry and Lady GaGa first took off and become megastars around the same time. Because, looking at this year (since they've both now released albums during it), it's interesting to see how their careers have turned out.
GaGa had a bit of a slow decline for a little bit with some of her albums, yet still had a solid enough fan following to keep her modestly popular. Her Las Vegas residency did pretty well too, even though that's normally something reserved for legacy acts. Then A Star Is Born happened, and it completely revitalized her career, helped her win an Oscar for Best Original Song (and get a nomination for Best Actress). And now Chromatica has continued on the hotstreak of some of her better albums, even during the Pandemic.
With Katy Perry, she had hit after hit after hit for a while. Then somewhere at the latter part of the 2010's, her career started really declining. There was the whole "Purposeful Pop" thing she tried doing with that WITNESS album, which didn't work out well for her. She's had her stint as a judge on the American Idol revival, with the only real thing of notice happening there is that controversy where she kissed that contestant who hadn't been kissed before (and was saving his first kiss). None of her singles have come close to the success of her peak stuff (especially during the Teenage Dream era), and some people are even wondering if there was anything redeeming about her to begin with. I didn't even know she had an album coming out until I saw it on iTunes.
In any case, if there is something going on in Katy's personal life that she's struggling with (like any mental health issues), I wish her the best with it and hope she gets past it in the end. I guess we'll have to see what happens with her.
She was just giving droplets all this era and she was pregnant. Also, her label promote Halsey more than her nowadays. It is just what it is.
The fact that I didn't even know this existed is hilarious
me too
It’s not even funny tho :/
It was just out.. and ofc with her weak promotion nowadays you won't know.
@@skyu5176 uhm she did a bazillion interviews, performances, music videos etc. Of course if you don't listen to her it's not gonna be on your radar.
@@justafidemyself ye but this is not called good promotion.. its just normal ads like an independent artist.. promotion when you send it to radio and promote it well on it, add it to huge playlists.. remix with good collabs..etc I don't think her label sent a song to radio besides never really over.
I personally enjoyed the album. It was a fun album. Was it safe? Yes! Does it sound like it could have come from the Teenage Dream era? Yes! Do I still like the album? Yes! Songs like Cry About It Later and Not The End Of The World I think are really good. Even though we don't see her change her sound on this album doesn't mean it's god awful like some have said. People have complained that "this is safe" or "she needs to try something new" but when she made Witness you gave her shit because she changed and she was "fake", the album wasn't that bad and didn't warrant the hatred it got. I give it a 7/10
just because someone does something different doesn’t mean it’s automatically good lmao. she changed her sound a lil but that doesn’t mean we’re supposed to say “wow amazing album!!” i applaud katy for the risk she took but witness was very messy and was horrible lyrically despite good production. smile....is incredibly lifeless. it has absolutely no personality. like....it’s sad. she almost sounds bored. katy can truly make good pop music but it’s like she’s lost now. obviously if you like the album that’s 100% fine but your reasoning as to why people didn’t like witness was weird to me.
@@ashtonb7931 Agree
@@ashtonb7931 Personally I feel like people are taking this way too seriously. Not every song has to have some deep meaning behind it. Also I feel like Witness is discredited a lot because of the lyrics but just because one aspect of a work sucks doesn't mean it's completely bad. Imo if Katy took a few songs from Witness and Smile and mixed the two albums together, that would have been so good but these two works are good on their own too. We also can't ignore the fact that this woman is obviously pregnant and her team is at fault. They should have pulled through this together but instead the productions and roll out was messed up and unfortunatelly these mess ups fall on Katy's shoulders even though there's not much she could have done...
@@ashtonb7931 yeah I know people shouldn't be singing her praises because she changed and evolved and absolutely people are entitled to their own opinion on how they like an album, art is subjective after all. However, I was mainly stating that the main criticism for this album was that it was "safe" and nothing different but when she did so something different with Witness it was met with heavy criticism because it was a different sound. I was just stating that I find it weird that people were calling for the "old Katy" when Witness dropped but when she actually went back to her old sound a bit on songs like "Never Really Over", "Smile" and "Tucked" they question why is she going back and not moving forward. That's all.
V R songs don’t have to be deep to be good lyrically. look at don’t start now by dua lipa. that’s an amazing pop song. it has great lyrics and production. now when katy writes stuff like “your words are like chinese water torture”, “if i’m not evolving, i’m just another robot taking up oxygen”, “you suck my hope up in a vacuum”, basically all of bon appetit, and so many more, it starts to go downhill very fast. witness is a messy album all around. it has some good songs and a lot of the production is good but overall it’s not a good project
frown
Reading some Katy Cats' comments trying to defend this album saying things like: "She is depressed" and "she works really hard while being pregnant" don't give you a valid reason why she decided to make this album so generic, boring, and forgettable. Taylor Swift was hated by the whole world in 2017 and got depression and eating disorder but she still can make a solid album reputation. The behind story of your fave singer cannot affect any of these reviews unless those stories were there being told in an album.
SPOT ON.
This is it, as far as know, Katy's previous album was not well received and people were attacking her, her problem was that she never addressed those things, like if you're being hated worldwide you have to make an statement as big as that hate to stop it, but she did nothing, that was key with Taylor, she was getting tons of hate so she made a whole era about it, Katy just looked away and decided to make Smile
But you can’t deny that some of the reviews were way to harsh towards Katy and they would bring up Taylor swift for no reason at all
I guess i’m one of few that like the album, i loved Witness it was misunderstood. I’ve liked all her past albums I just never held her at the same standards after Teenage Dream. Not many artists have more than 1 or 2 massive albums, it makes it harder for her, because she is so famous to do anything outside of huge hits, I think she’s tired of following all the rules and making albums that’s expected from people. She’s doing what she wants, she’ll always have her fanbase she’ll just weed out some of the one’s that only liked her for big hits.
I personally enjoyed "Smile" ! It's pure pop , many relatively good songs , but admittedly nothing groundbreaking on this album !
I wouldn't say I love it, but I did liked it. I thought it was a good story from beginning to end in how she wanted to get better and improve on herself after the struggles she had after Witness, and that she's now smiling once again. And I felt very happy for her that she's doing better
This album is unique, you can see the journey and the sound transition from song to song. Really skipless didn't skiped any and thats a rare thing in albums.
@@skyu5176 Same
i love smile nothing will change that
Well it looks like her career in the mainstream is over and I can’t say that hurts my feelings (I mean I’ll freely admit to liking some of her hits as a kid, but now I’m just extremely indifferent on all of her material), the only artist that was big in the 2000s/early 2010s that’s still churning out quality and hits at the same is Taylor Swift and only because of her recent album, I wouldn’t have mentioned her if it wasn’t for Folklore, I was very lukewarm on Lover and hated Reputation. Yeah you still have those artists that are still consistently killing it like Paramore but it’s not like they got any hits off After Laughter and I still haven’t forgiven you all for that. Also since a lot of these formerly big stars apparently claim that they don’t care about numbers anymore, they should take cues from some of my favorite bands (Sum 41 for example) and move to an independent label, why the hell would you let industry hacks tell you what you can or can’t make if you truly don’t care if your album sells well and you’re just in it for the music
Bring Back KP, Animated Obviously /CrisisOnFire1977 Or just make your own label like one of my favorite bands did.
Lady gaga is also doing very well tho
I mean Hard Times was a top 40 hit in the UK, which is extremely rare for a rock band nowadays
@Hamid Soltani Chromatica fell off in popularity in record time though, also I haven’t planned on checking it out, everything I’ve heard about that album screams 3/5 and trying way too hard to win back the pop stans that hated Joanne (Which I personally really liked but granted i’m a straight dude whose second part of my username is a reference to a post hardcore band, AKA not even close to Gaga’s typical demographic, so of course I liked it, if she continued to make music that pleases people like me but not her longtime fans, something is seriously wrong and her longtime fans would feel the same amount of betrayal and vile towards her that I do towards current Avril Lavigne) to me
I know that her latest album wasn't everyone's cup of tea but I still quite enjoyed Kesha's album, some tracks were cute homages to her dance pop early days. It sucks that the singles weren't doing well on the charts but I think that if she transitions to a more of a adult contemporary route she can still pull out another hit or two
This albums has more r/im14andthisisdeep material on it than witness and that's saying something.
Well people dudnt appreciate witness so she felt she had draw back
Breathe, Jon, breathe...
i had fun with this album and i liked it. you have some good points that i noticed listening through the album. i love your videos and stuff.
I had high hopes because I thought Never Really Over was SO good and was reminiscent of her Teenage Dream days, but this album fell flat 😞 I love Katy and I miss when she was the candy queen!!
the same happened to witness, chained to the rythmn is so good and then bon appetit, swish swish ruined her entire career
Cesar I try to forget Witness happened 🙈
Might as well just play the circus music
hahaha bruh
cannot wait for the new ava max album. female pop artists have been killing it this year, and I actually liked smile 😬
I've seen so many people on twitter compare this album to other big pop releases like folklore, Chromatica and Future Nostalgia, and I just don't think it comes close to any of those albums at all. I feel like some people are just giving Smile a pass because it's Katy Perry, but almost every song sounds like a filler.
I see this, and it makes me laugh. Those three albums are brilliant, Folklore being a flatout masterpiece and one of the best albums released in years.
Same, in EVERY comment section, im not sure those ppl are even real? Before this album. I read like 1 comment about Katy perry and her music, now its like 10000 of Comments about how amazing this album is.
Feels realy realy wierd.
The fact that so much of Smile sounds like filler is so strange - it’s her shortest album by a mile. But yeah aside from a couple of good songs this album really is nothing to write home about.
@@peternystrom921 because opinions on music is subjective? just because you don't like a record doesn't mean other people won't like it lmaoo
definitely nothing compared to future nostalgia and folklore but chromatica was trash too
Honestly I liked Tucked, Harleys in Hawaii and I'll cry about it later but the rest is somewhat boring...
I agree with you. This album is not very good. The production is very unoriginal and uncreative and the lyrical meaning is very generic, common, clichè, and formulaic. However I do think that the sounds work on Katy’s vocals well though and I felt that a few of the tracks were good. But yeah, this album really shows a slow progression for Katy.
Thanks for the heart ARTV!
@@BurningSearcher I agree to 100% i been totaly trashed on comment sections this last days, as i actualy think the album is Trash, but then again i kind of hated all her albums after the first two.
Its like her music never realy made any way forward? imo she should eather focus on fun silly good popsongs, or super good lyrics and good vocals. What she done after the twor first albums i dont realy know.
@@peternystrom921 I agree with your statement.
I realized that Witness is a better album than Smile. Probably both records are the same thing with any taste and meaning in their songs. I enjoyed her famous singles like Roar, Part of me, Firework, Friday Night and less known songs like Roulette and Peacock. I realized that this is something sad and common in music, sometimes artists can get involved in a lack of creativity
Agreed. And it was such a safe album.
This album was bad, She was never a album person. PRISM is still her best album.
I believe her debut is her best. Some great pop-rock songs on there. I think her voice was really well suited for it.
I respect your opinion, but katycats will roast you at any moment. They are desperate for people to like her and get super annoying.
i was watching the video that honest made on this album earlier today and most of the comments were people criticizing his opinion. there was also a person who said that he was putting down women for views even though he’s praised many female artists in the past.
@@whatthehellisthis something similar happened in Ajay's reaction
They're endangered species anyway
Haha i never knew there was anything like KatyCats, wth? Who are these ppl. Ok im a pure 100% Swiftey, but i can atleast back that up with how amazing she is in any way.
Katys music after like the second album is just booring, whats wrong with making great Pop songs ?
Its like if CRJ would make the B side record and make a super boring none pop songs.
@@buzzcutseason142 because it is too safe and pretty generic, the lyrics itself is so cliche
I mean, I liked or loved songs off her first few albums. Kissed a Girl, Teenage Dream, The One that Got Away, Firework, Part of Me, Roar. But post-Trump Katy has been forgettable to outright bad. Never Really Over is the best song off an incredibly anonymous and forgettable album. You can hear a lot of sounds on this album that are outright jacked from Dua Lipa, Lady. Gaga, Julia Michaels, Miley Cyrus, and The Weeknd on this thing.
And then there’s me who’s excited he’s wearing an arctic money’s shirt
I totally agree with you this album is unoriginal, generic and sounds a like bad pop album from 2017
2014* but yes
I agree, i hate trashing artists but some how they need a good trashing, but this album is so bad, after 3 tries i gave up, not a singel song i like. Just think about it, if CRJ released an album like this, i would trash her even harder.
my problem with Smile is I didn't see her growth as an artist. it's super boring. all the songs are fine but she is just giving as 2012 music..... so sick of it
Never Really Over is excellent! Daisies is pretty good too. The rest of this is a snooze fest. 2/10.
Katy should listen to I Kissed a Girl and remember that’s what burst her into the scene. Edgy pop bangers that weren’t afraid to take risks.
I thought Harleys in Hawaii was a parody level sonf
Because Max Martin wrote that song...
Her two fans on the Internet will rip you apart 💀
I really disagree it’s certainly not her best (she’ll never beat Teenage Dream) but it’s a return to form nonetheless I love Smile, Never Really Over, Tucked, Cry About it Later & Champagne Problems but it has its duds Harleys In Hawaii is terrible, Daisies is meh & the other tracks just seems decent at best. Light 3/5 in my mind
I agree with most of what you said. I like Daisies. I think her voice sounded amazing on the track. That might be just me though
It’s so underwhelming the fact that she hit a bump with Witness and never recovered. I was really hoping she had a good comeback that proved her maturity and her learning from mistakes after the reception of Witness left her clinically depressed, but all we got was more of the same.
@@opiumeyes2858 well, I'm glad that you liked it
lmfao the way you described the Smile song is the way I feel lol
If you liked Never Really Over you should check out Love You Like That by Dagny. Katy took inspiration from that song to create NRO but Dagny did it better lol
dagny in general is just severely underrated. there's not one skippable track on "strangers/lovers" as far as i'm concerned.
I really like this record! But I would love to see her to back to rock pop
Since I first heard the single Smile and RIH my last interest I had for Katy's music was gone so I had no expectations from this album. Still I was surprised for the most part.
I really dig "Cry about it later", "Never really over", "Not the end of the world" and I don't even mind "Champagne problems". The lyrics and production fits with Katy's brand and what she has put out in her better days and doesn't really feel forced to follow specific trends like Witness or even certain songs of Chromatica by lady gaga (but that's another conversation). I feel like this album should be released instead of Witness. For someone who has only listened to her popular singles in the past and never a whole album I feel like there's this idea that she once made bangers cause we sort of "grew up with her" as a young ,pop relevant singer. But really for me the lyric quality (at least in the songs I mentioned) compared to "skinny dipping in the dark etc." from LFN or hot n cold hasn't really changed. I dare say Dr Luke is responsible for most of those hits. And we gotta accept that we can't have another teenage dream the same way we can't have a new blank space.
Katy Perry's still around?
You're asking if one of the biggest pop stars of the 21st century is still around? No, she just disappeared lol
@@artvjon I kind of stopped paying attention after 2017.
For me? One of The Boys and Teenage Dream were her peak albums, but DAMN can she still record a good song from time to time
If i listen to this album, i probably won't even think of a rating for it.
I loved the album. It’s a massive improvement from Witness.
I´m sure when kim jong un plays Katy Perry in a Tank, its not a song from Smile.
The album sounded like it was a bunch of songs we already heard from other artists. It was okay. This was nothing special. I think she is still happy with it and wanted something that made her happy since Witness Era was trashed. Too many of the songs reminded me of the Weeknd and Miley Cyrus also Megan Trainor 2/5
Idk this was a pretty boring album compared to Dark Horse or Teenage Dream. But it was still wasn't terrible.
my album of the year. period. idc.
I just can't think of someone less relevant in 2020 than Katy Perry. I am literally so tired of us all talking about her like she's still one of the Pop Girls because her music hasn't been good for 7 years. Like literally 2013 when she released Prism was the last time any of us enjoyed her music so what is the point of hounding in that it's bad in 2020?? Duh. She hit her peak in 2010 and died in 2013 as pop music got edgier and darker and less carefree. Duh. Now she's just a generic has been sadly trying to cling onto a glory that is over. So what?
I really do believe that this album is a career killer.
I miss the fun and silly Katy Perry who made pop bangers like "Hot 'n' Cold" and "Teenage Dream", "Smile" seems like an amalgamation of sounds from "Prism" and " Witness" which is why it sounds like a wreck sound wise, it genuinely made me sad that Katy thinks songs like "It's Not the End of the World" and "What Makes a Woman" is going to get her mainstream acclaim. Also somebody needs to tell Katy that trap beats aren't a good fit for her vocals, she generally sounds awful over a trap beat, wish she'd learnt that after bloody "Dark Horse" in 2014!
Same, when i think about Katy perry, i think about those songs. The thing is, will any one actualy think about Katy Perry and think about this new songs or this album? Or Teenage Dream and smile and be happy :)
@@superalejcc Looking at Folklore.....
@@superalejcc whew the jealousy, folklore is an alternative surprise released well written album with amazing production that barely promoted and it still sells very well (topping Billboard 200) and it's also received universal acclaim from critic's and fans, smile on the other hand 😀🙏
@@superalejcc what is her purpose then ? What's her excuse for this throwaway records ?
I absolutely adore this album, to the point I stayed up til 3am looping it and sobbing because I loved it. I admit, there may be a little bit of bias because I have loved Katy since I was 7 years old, and that was during her first album as Katy Perry. I loved witness too, and I know this is a VERY unpopular opinion but Teenage Dream is her weakest album for me, but I love everything she has ever put out. Her voice is so pretty. I love the danciness of Teary Eyes and the trap beat of Not The End Of The World which is my personal favourite track. I don't even like pop music, I'm more into modern post-hardcore/ metalcore, and a little bit of pop-punk and emo, but Katy is genuinely one of my favourite artists and this is my favourite albums of 2020, alongside Wake Up Sunshine by All Time Low, Petals For Armour by Hayley Williams, I Disagree by Poppy and Mother by In This Moment. 🖤
Your review was still entertaining though Jon, granted I didn't expect you to hate it THAT much, but I respect that Katy's music isn't for everyone anymore and that she is kind of playing with what's worked in the past, but honestly, this is my favourite of her albums.
I actually liked the album
Smile, not the end of the world, never really over, daises were very good, and she said that this album will have inspiration from teenage dream and prism, so I was expecting it to be recycled tracks, I am not a big fan of her but this album was really good
Agreed I also thought it was a pretty great Album
Can I just say I have NEVER been a fan of Katy Perry? I have TRIED to get into her. Smile is basically a summary of how I have felt about her music forever, though I don't blame people for loving her. She's just always felt so ridiculously artificial to me, I don't know what it is.
This album had no personality and no originality. I feel like she was trying so hard yet not achieving what she needed to lyrically and vocally, it was basic. I loved Witness, Teenage Dream, OOTB, and Prism. I also have seen her live. I am very disappointed in this album.
I just feel like she could have tried a little harder with it. I liked Daises ... it reminded me of the older Katy from PRISM era. I miss that Katy. Smile is catchy but more of an album track rather than single material. All other songs are pretty forgettable to be honest. I could see this being her last album and her retiring from music to raise her daughter. She has had an amazing run and a lot to be proud of but I think artists are like stars ... some burn brighter for longer.
I honestly had done better edits in PicsArt than this Album Cover...
It’s amazing how inauthentic an album can feel.
I know you're not a huge fan of generic pop music, but damn! You came down hard on her this time around. I know it's a forgettable album and doesn't have a lot going for it, but I can have fun listening through a good chunk of these tracks. A pop album is really what I need sometimes to just sit back and just listen to the music. It might sound like it's all been done before and done better, but it's still fun for my ears. I never took pop songs too seriously to begin with when it comes to lyrics. When a pop song does have decent well written lyrics, I greatly appreciate it, but it's nothing I expect from the genre. Definitely one of the weakest albums of the year, but I can't help but enjoy some of these tracks. Can we both agree at least that Harleys in Hawaii is complete trash at least. It's just bad, lol
Agree it's almost like a schoolyard bully, and he seems to have fun doing it
The fuck you are talking about, John is a sucker for pop music. This album sucked, many people and critics didn't like it, so move on.
Excuse me good sir, I’m a soccer mom and I think this album blows.
still better than the train wreck that was Witness, i can enjoy a good handful of these songs, but it's definitely no Teenage Dream, or even One of the Boys
Oh hell no Witness have the supreme Roulette, Chained to the Rythm, Swish Swish and Hey Hey.
From Smile only NRO is the song that makes me wanna listen to it again, the rest are meh.
personally from Witness i only listen to Swish Swish on a "regular" basis (i skip over Minaj's part but still), NRO and Teary Eyes are my favorite's from Smile
Seems like Avril Lavigne getting worse at every new album
hahaahha
HAHAA yes that x100, what da hell happend there? I loooooooooove Avrils voice, and i love her first albums, but her latest. Ohh boy, like 1-2 good songs? Rest is pure garbage.
@@peternystrom921 i would say the head above water is worse than smile
my biggest issue with this album is that it just feels like Prism again but worse in every area? aside from Cry About It Later, Never Really Over and Tucked i really don't see myself going back to anything on this record within the next few days. pretty disappointed as a fan, not gonna lie
This sounds like a 2010 album
This album made me want to pie myself in the face after listening to it.
This album sounds outdated for some reason.
Please review Eskimo Callboy!
He forgot to rate Cry About it Later that one is a good song. I agree the other songs aren't very powerful but Cry About is the Later is.
But that's probably the worst
I'm a KatyCat but i'm objective enough ti admit that this album Is actually nothing exceptional. And It's a shame because i have Not found any cohesion between the sounds of different songs on the album, at least in Witness i have Always found a production at High levels, experimental and With political, feminst messages that Katy gas Never dealt With before! And like or dislike the Witness album but... Still today people Remember Bon Appetit and Swish Swish, the "floss dance" , went viral in 2017!, So at least Katy di Speak for herself at that time, unfortunatley nothing Will be memorable from this era, and THAT'S what doesn't make Katy Perry such (that Is doing ICONIC things)! Not the pixie cut hair!
Hey john you should review down in the weeds where the world once was by bright eyes, love your album reviews!
TUCKED are NEVER REALLY OVER are the best tracks here. On point.
The worst thing about Smile is that despite being Katy's briefest album, its uneventfulness makes it seem like it plays longer than her previous output. I mean that gap between Never Really Over and Tucked is just dreary.
This was honestly a review that I fully disagree with I thought Smile was a really mature and great Pop Record and while not one of the best in 2020 it certainly was as bad a Jon says it is.
I 100% disagree. This album eviscerates Witness. There's literally not a single song that I remember as being from Witness. I have to actively remind myself that the trainwrecks Bon Appetit and Chained to the Rhythm and the half-decent Swish Swish were even from that album. Other than those three singles there's not a single song that stuck.
And for me personally, it even beats the hell out of Prism. Prism had Legendary Lovers, Walking on Air, Unconditionally, Dark Horse, Birthday and yeah sure even This Is How We Do. And it had Roar, which sucked. But other than those, they were forgettable again.
So is Smile free from down moments? No of course it isn't. Resilient, Smile, What Makes a Woman, Champagne Problems and Teary Eyes were all songs that I jammed out to on first listens, but that probably won't stick around for very long. What Makes a Woman does feel a little bit cliché like you said, which can get old quite quickly. Resilient feels fun and quirky at first, but like the whole quirky girl cliché in some sitcoms, it can also get very old very quickly. Champagne Problems is basically an album filler. It's good, but nothing special. Same goes for Teary Eyes. The later two are songs that won't be thrown off rotation, but that I won't look up for sure.
However, the rest of the tracks are practically perfect. Never Really Over was an amazing first lead single and the best lead single she's had since California Gurls without a shred of doubt. Daisies fits into the same style basically, but even perfects it even more and becomes maybe even the best song Katy's released since 2008's Thinking Of You. Cry About It Later is an infectious dance song that fits its theme of crying through the tears, though Teary Eyes does feel redundant being placed right after it on the track listing. Not the End of the World feels like a love letter to the fans that loved her demo version of Black Widow that leaked, because in interviews she's made clear that she knows of this song. Therefore, it does sound a bit dated (circa 2014/2015), but surprisingly, it is still quite fresh, since the whole R&B/Trap movement won't really die down. Tucked is amazing, like you said. It feels really summery and I think what she was trying to do with this album is uplift everyone's spirits, especially because like you said everyone is still down because of the pandemic. Tucked is a perfect example of this. Harleys in Hawaii has, like you said, a perfect beat, but on top of that, the chorus feels sort of seductive, because of the repeating, interchanging two notes basically. But it doesn't feel boring at all, even though the chorus only consists of two notes. Only Love is a song about spreading love all around the world, which the world could definitely need right now, especially with the hate and division being spread around by world leaders and politicians all over the world right now. Does it feel a little Halmark and cliché? Sure, but it does still get the job done.
Smile would get a 8.5/10 for me and is definitely in her top 3 albums in my opinion.
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How can you get so mad at such an inoffensive album tho like it was one of the most enjoyable listens I had all year and i understand all the songs may not be deep or innovative at all but it's still fun anyway no skips had a good time 6/10
I don't necessarily think that she's washed up however there is a reason why she's not really getting hits anymore.
Hey guys I need some help finding an album. It was a rock album and the cover had people looking at stars and the cover was illustrated/cartoon. Thanks! I believe Jon reviewed it
BryanStars - Follow Your Dreams (EP)
ARTV I found it! It was “Beside Myself” By Basement
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I think it's time for Katy to call it a day.
I have stories about her brother trying to start a career. Can't/won't share on here though lol
Katy Perry's new album #Smile sucks.
If someone told me 10 years ago that in 2020 Katy Perry and Lady Gaga will completely lose their creative touch and both will release the worst albums of their careers I would have to believed you.
Top 5 song on 'Smile' album - NONE
⭐ 3/10
'Never Really Over' deserves so much love and attention, and I hope it get's another chance on #Smile album 'cause this is probably one of her best songs but it doesn't. Poor 'Daisy' - her label team has decided the worst decision to pick this as a lead single.
I'm not a huge fan of Katy Perry, back in 2019 I sill don't really understand why '365' (feat. Zedd) it wasn't a super smash hit? I feel like the promotion for this song was so very bad, it could have been a hit.
For me, 'Witness' era is over and I forgot the album existed.
For me, it's a 0 out of 5 (0 out of 10 to an extent). She became despicable during the Witness era and the fact that Smile includes a song which is a rip-off of Dagny's Love You Like That makes her even more despicable.
It's not a rolip-off, she sampled that song and dagny is properly credited
I enjoyed this album. Heard it entirely different to you, but I really wish there was more disco like stuff.
Why didn't u mention Cry About it Later at all?? It's one of the best of the album and it's very dark and different..oh wait u didn't wanna mention anything positive about the album ..ok got u
Can’t please everyone.
This album is filled with songs that felt like Prism and Witness rejects, and it's not that bad, it's just so forgettable and dissapointing, the only song that follows the clown aestethic is Smile, literally the rest of the songs are fillers, Never really over is good, Harleys in hawaii normal, the rest is boring as hell and generic, i think she should mature a lot more, at least musically. Witness is a lot better and at least more ambitious musically
I didnt hear you talking about my fav Cry about it later, did I miss something? This song would save the album
It's boring imo and no single song can save an entire record lol
ARTV What I meant was I want to hear ur opinion on that song, I was waiting for it cause it's my fav!! ( Save in the sense, at least she will have one legit hit single 😃)
Sadly I agree in everything you said. The songs feel like fillers from ALL her previous albums and I thought after Witness she only could get better not worst...and oh boy how I was wrong.
I think even people are starting to be over Katy because of how bad she's being selling this era and after that I think she really needs a REAL BREAK this time to focus on being a good mother and finding another sound.
I was never in a rush to listen to this album, but now I think I’m going to skip it entirely. I hated Witness, and I did not think it could get worse. I was always more of a singles fan of Katy Perry anyway!
Cry about it later, Daises, SMILE and only love kills it🥺
Oh please
@BW That’s his opinion! 😒
PRISM remains Katy’s best album. This was really disappointing.
Also I thought a full length Dedicated Side B review was coming?
@@jtlovescodelyoko CRJ? Damn i must watch that, she is so amazing.
You should review freddie dredds album suffer
I’d give it a 3.5/5
Love the tracks Not The End Of The World and Champagne Problems
I wonder if Melon's going to slap NOT GOOD and RED FLANNEL on it.
He won’t considering he rated NRO highly and was eh on the rest. Worst case scenario he doesn’t find it worth talking about on his channel and it goes in a Yuno.
This album is shit, but who am I to critic and tell the people which album shall they listen
Been quite a big fan for quite a long time now but Witness was meh and this is the first album of hers I just streamed once and will not add to my collection. It's not even worth a penny.
this is lowkey upsetting bc i loveddd the album
Alright u hated it. But u gotta give it to her that she overcame her demons and I highly respect her for that.
What? Why? She is a singer so she should be judged by her music not her depression.
edseduard I respect her. When did I ever mention the quality of her music ? Her career has had ups and downs, music wise, agreed. But it’s not easy to deal with depression. I’m from India and a case in which a celebrity committed suicide due to mental health issues has made us even more sensitive to this issue. So, obviously, I have huge respect for her.
I dont know shitt about the musick bussines except all the ppl working there seems utter shitt like Hollywood.
If Katy realy cared about music, she could make it in her Garage, at home. So all in all, this must realy be the kind of music and album she wants to make? Why ells make it?
@@ramyaaaa respect doesn't equals to love. People don't like Katy perry anymore so deal with it and move on.
@@edseduard you're taking the whole comment out of context !
What a missed opportunity. I wasn't expecting too much, but this is worse than I imagined.