RAMROD 109,631 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I feel like it is a bit of a significant read from the reviewer "The Katy Perry of 2020 couldn’t be in a more different place: coming off the back of a major flop (2017’s Witness), she’s struggled with public criticism, break-ups, crippling depression, make-ups and now, at 35, she’s about to become a mother. The goofy teenage dreamer has grown up. The question that lingers over her fifth studio album, Smile, is whether or not her music has too. It’s hard not to draw parallels between Smile and Lady Gaga’s Chromatica, also released this weird summer. Gaga’s album echoes many elements of Smile: repurposed classical music, power in suffering, a desire for people to “look at me” in an effort to be truly seen. Compare Gaga’s Stupid Love – the aural equivalent of stalking on to the dancefloor to lead a romantic prospect around by the tie – to Perry’s Resilient, which wants you to see beyond the surface: “Look at me now I’m in full bloom... look at me now I light up the room”. The difference is that Gaga’s excess and hyperbole is matched by an amphetamine-fuelled beat and a manic sort of joy; Perry’s album flirts with fun but often feels so earnest that it strays into cringe-worthy territory." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/katy-perry-smile-review-life-gives-lemons-make-sweet-fizzy-pop/ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ dancin' until i'm dead (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHROMATICON 2,068 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Basically means that Gaga's lyrics can be too theatrical and dramatic but they match the euphoric music and cleverly crafted beats to make a balance between the lyrics and the music itself while Katy fails to do that + Katy tends to have some pretty cringey lyrics accompanied by huge productions and you can hear and see the dissonance and what she tries to express ends up being just shallow meaningles or cliché words over a beat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyaway 15,350 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Witness is better than Chromatica and Smile. Periot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 75,147 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 28 minutes ago, alicefromabove said: Witness is better than Chromatica and Smile. Periot. chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzkill 5,152 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 hour ago, alicefromabove said: Witness is better than Chromatica Taste has left the thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickMonster 6,512 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 hour ago, alicefromabove said: Witness is better than Chromatica and Smile. Periot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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