katy perry - prism

it's kinda past awful into a special hypnotic realm tbh

like just... that poor old woman won't somebody help her

i think cos the name is like a subconscious mashup of bonnie tyler and maria mckee as well you're just thinking wtf ur not showing me heaven anymore

when "five-inch electric-teal Christian Louboutin stilettos, Daisy Dukes, popsicle-pink hair, baseball cap with 'Loser' scrawled on the bill, eyes hidden behind cat-eyed Prada sunglasses" is what you wear to a print interview, you're trying too hard.

left out the best part: "A half shirt emblazoned with the phrase 'As If' bares serious midriff"

smh that i mean wtf does this woman have to do so ppl will recognize she's in on the joek

maybe tell a better joek idk

i think if she wore a shirt that said "As If" oh wait

bonnie mckee + ester dean + sean garrett supergroup

in a game of strip poker where they remove an article of clothing each time they get a year closer to turning 40 without dropping an album

"thematic fans"

when you put your hands on me in my demographic niche, be my thematic fan tonight

we pulled up the livestream of katy perry doing the red carpet for the VMA's. she's a profesh

verses of that bonnie mckee song sound a lot like "video killed the radio star"

i'm sure there was an early draft that went 'i was raised by a television that killed the radio star, oh-wa-oh' that was deemed too subtle

lol

https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/375956149004414976/photo/1

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Baffling that you wouldn't change the title of the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vknABmlOPwU

kinda like that

Trying her hand at 90s house:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4D5egXVqSg

i dunno, this album sounds kind of incredible

http://www.justjared.com/2013/10/15/katy-perry-prism-song-previews-listen-now/

like

https://soundcloud.com/francislctorres/katy-perry-birthday-snippet

good Weird Katy Perry

https://soundcloud.com/francislctorres/katy-perry-this-is-how-we-do

lyrics are crazy dumb but

https://soundcloud.com/francislctorres/katy-perry-international-smile

bloodshy

https://soundcloud.com/francislctorres/katy-perry-love-me-snippet

(i'm skipping over the thunderous "roar" rewrites obv)

("roar" is amazing though, love that song)

ya ive grown to love roar, somehow

Most of these are really good.

ya ive grown to love roar, somehow

Me too, but I almost expected that to happen. I think the only Katy Perry single I originally hated that I still hate is I Kissed a Girl.

"I Kissed A Girl" rules and will always rule

it does not and has never goddAMmiT

Listening to this playlist of snippets on soundcloud and just realized Dark Horse isn't even on here. Isn't that supposed to be single #2?

Oh wait, Roar isn't on there either. Maybe he bumped the tracks people have already heard?

I heard that song and I liked it
The crassness and blatant pander
I heard that song and I liked it
A sequel would be grander
It sounds so wrong
But feels so right
Hope my cred still stays airtight
I heard that song and I liked it
I liked it

kjp

"Dark Horse" is track #6 on the album -- i don't think it's the 2nd radio single, though, just one they threw out to retail before the rest of the album. wiki says next single is "Unconditionally" although that "Walking On Air" one she did on SNL was pretty good.

"Walking on Air" sounds great until she opens her mouth and destroys the engineer, producer, techies, and everything else in the recording studio.

i wanna like "walking on air" but it seems REALLY canned to me. i mean, i do like it. but it feels way too put on for me to ever love.

which is an achievement for me cuz until "Walking on Air" she hasn't released a single song I've liked.

she's going for a Roisin Murphy vibe that doesn't suit her heavyhandedness.

the story with "dark horse" from what i can tell is that it won a fan vote for which song she should release next, but i don't think the buzz was strong enough for the label to consider pushing it to radio

"unconditionally" sounds ok, a bit similar to "roar" though if the second single is gonna get swallowed up it might as well be that one

"birthday" sounds like it's gonna be absolutely her best song imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn1G7MbP3g0

man, all she needs is platform shoes and she'd be straight ripping charli xcx's style in this clip

is she really singing in this? i thought she was supposed to be a bad live singer but she sounds like a house diva at times here O_O

the idea that someone who popped up like 2 years ago invented that look is ridic

i would classify myself as a charli xcx stan these days so seeing boob tube + tartan skirt set off a fairly deluded alarm bell

obvs she is going for a super 90s look here which is obvs also charli's schtick (charli is kind of 80s/90s mishmash i guess)

Dark Horse was a promo single to promote pre-orders of the album, not an official single to follow-up Roar. The fact that it's selling so well means it will probably be a single down the line though. This same thing happened last album with E.T. btw, released as a preview to hype up the album, ended up becoming a single later in the campaign.

Birthday sounds good, as does International Smile and I can get over her terrible vocals to appreciate the other parts of Waking on Air, but she always has been and remains the worst part of her own music. The lifeless vocals on This is How We Do combined with her "teehee sex" references are cringe, plus the back half of this is very easy listening Christian Contemporary meets "songs people might play at The Bronze". Even the better pop songs just seem like "ok, cool, so you've heard a Robyn album."

shannon doherty xcx

is she really singing in this? i thought she was supposed to be a bad live singer but she sounds like a house diva at times here O_O

She is almost always hoarse when singing live, which made people think she couldn't actually sing.

Doesn't help that she seems insistent on making songs which highlight all the worst parts of her voice when performed live.

i like most of these... with reservations

Even the better pop songs just seem like "ok, cool, so you've heard a Robyn album."

yeah i would agree with this

the only part of "roar" i am super down with is the "hey!" sometimes i will wait for that part b4 i switch the station