https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vknABmlOPwU
― Greer, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
kinda like that
― fuck your movie theater yacht (zachlyon), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
Trying her hand at 90s house:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4D5egXVqSg
― Greer, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
i dunno, this album sounds kind of incredible
http://www.justjared.com/2013/10/15/katy-perry-prism-song-previews-listen-now/
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 October 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
like
https://soundcloud.com/francislctorres/katy-perry-birthday-snippet
good Weird Katy Perry
https://soundcloud.com/francislctorres/katy-perry-this-is-how-we-do
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 October 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
lyrics are crazy dumb but
https://soundcloud.com/francislctorres/katy-perry-international-smile
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 October 2013 16:50 (ten years ago) link
bloodshy
https://soundcloud.com/francislctorres/katy-perry-love-me-snippet
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 October 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
(i'm skipping over the thunderous "roar" rewrites obv)
("roar" is amazing though, love that song)
ya ive grown to love roar, somehow
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
Most of these are really good.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
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
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:35 (ten years ago) link
it does not and has never goddAMmiT
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
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?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
Oh wait, Roar isn't on there either. Maybe he bumped the tracks people have already heard?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
I heard that song and I liked itThe crassness and blatant panderI heard that song and I liked itA sequel would be granderIt sounds so wrongBut feels so rightHope my cred still stays airtightI heard that song and I liked itI liked it
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
kjp
― starting to reconsider "treesh humpers" (wins), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
"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.
― deez so unusual (some dude), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link
"Walking on Air" sounds great until she opens her mouth and destroys the engineer, producer, techies, and everything else in the recording studio.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
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.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
which is an achievement for me cuz until "Walking on Air" she hasn't released a single song I've liked.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:56 (ten years ago) link
"birthday" sounds like it's gonna be absolutely her best song imo
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
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
― monotony, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
the idea that someone who popped up like 2 years ago invented that look is ridic
― deez so unusual (some dude), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:47 (ten years ago) link
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)
― monotony, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
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."
― Greer, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
shannon doherty xcx
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 23:37 (ten years ago) link
She is almost always hoarse when singing live, which made people think she couldn't actually sing.
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 23:39 (ten years ago) link
Doesn't help that she seems insistent on making songs which highlight all the worst parts of her voice when performed live.
― Greer, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 23:50 (ten years ago) link
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
― dyl, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 01:30 (ten years ago) link
this might be her best album since a day without rain
― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 01:46 (ten years ago) link
lol
― dyl, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
this song is SO GOOD http://andrewpresents.com/post/64206072416/katy-perry-birthday-major-tune-alert-from
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
i lol'd at the bridge tbh
Birthday sounds SO MUCH like Betty Who.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
i rly like it, surely this will be an album highlight (or single??)
― dyl, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
Andrew Presents also posted International Smile. I like the vocoder solo inna Daft Punk stylee.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
I think being raised Christian gave me a soft spot for CCM or something cause I kinda like this one too. http://poponandon.com/single-premiere-katy-perry-uncondtionally/
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
"international smile" does something that i believe the pitbull/chris brown song did, which was put "international" in the title and then shout out primarily new york, los angeles and miami
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:30 (ten years ago) link
the vocoder solo on this is hilarious/insane/amazing
this comes out on friday apparently?
― markers, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
came out today in like Germany, hence the leaks.
― Greer, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
The whole thing (incl. bonus tracks) is out there now btw.
― monotony, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
the guitar tone in "roar" is the best thing in the world, i want it everywhere
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
apparently stargate and benny blanco had yet to write a song called "this moment"
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 16 October 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
i would like to edit katy perry entirely out of this album
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
So far, most of the album is going through one ear and out the other but I'll this much, that "This Is How We Do" is a lot better than AlunaGeorge's awful and disastrous cover of the similarly-titled "This Is How We Do It".
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link