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Katy's most underrated & overrated songs


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Overrated: Roar, Firework. I honestly can’t even listen to these songs anymore. I don’t know that they’re necessarily overrated but rather I’ve heard them an ungodly amount of times over the last decade that I can’t stand them any longer.

 

Underrated: Hummingbird Heartbeat, Choose Your Battles, Witness (title track), Roulette, Daisies, Cry About it Later.


Katy has a stronger discography than I give her credit for and I tend to skip over her music more than I should. 

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1 hour ago, hereforstemslol said:

I never got to fully listen to witness but deju vu is such an amazing track. so bizarre and almost psychedelic, but still fun and dancy. and the production is just :diane: (except that one particular infamous line)

also small talk, even though i'd consider it more of charlie's work.

Finally someone who loves "Déjà Vu" as much as me ! This is one of the best songs on Witness along with "Roulette", "Bigger Than Me" and "Bon Appétit (Solo)"...

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Smother Em Eh

Underrated: Thinking Of You, Not Like The Movies, Walking On Air, Witness, Tucked

Overrated: Hot N’ Cold, Firework, This Is How We Do, Harleys In Hawaii

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I’m getting into Katy’s music again, after a couple of years of not playing it as much as I used to…

 

Overrated:

I Kissed A Girl, E.T., Roar, Roulette, Swish Swish, Bon Appétit, Harleys In Hawaii

 

Underrated:

Lost, I’m Still Breathing, Fingerprints, Pearl, Not Like The Movies, Birthday, Walking On Air, Unconditionally, By The Grace of God, Witness, Power, Chained To The Rhythm, Tsunami, Dance With The Devil, Small Talk, Cry About It Later, Teary Eyes, Tucked

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TheSlash

Overrated:

California Girls (SorryNotSorry.gif)

I Kissed A Girl (again, SorryNotSorry.gif)

Last Friday Night

Harleys in Hawaii

 

Underrated/Deserve even more love:

Double Rainbow :diane:

Choose Your Battles

Waking Up In Vegas

Lost

Thinking Of You

The One That Got Away :cryga:

Unconditionally

Resilient

Tsunami

Power (experimental bop :firega: )

Ew, David!
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BornAsUnic0rn

Add Fingerprints, Unconditionally, Waking Up In Vegas & Bigger Than Me to underrated and I completely agree.

Also her cover of Use Your Love that was a bonus track on OOTB is my all time hidden jam. 

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smokeandhush

The One That Got Away is a beautiful, beautiful song. 
Reminds me of Cool by Gwen Stefani and Who’d Have Known by Lily Allen.

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Underrated:

Thinking Of You 

Circle The Drain 

Pearl 

Unconditionally 

Double Rainbow 

Rise 

Tsunami 

Only Love 

 

Overrated: 

Firework 

Roar 

Chained To the Rhythm 

Harley’s In Hawaii 

 

 

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tyler k
1 hour ago, smokeandhush said:

The One That Got Away is a beautiful, beautiful song. 

honestly, I genuinely think this is her best song.

it's so gorgeous!!! the beat slaps, the melody is so pretty, it never fails to get me a little choked up every time I listen to it. Ms. Perry got me crying over a relationship i never had lmao:selena:

mmmy name ~isn't~ aliceee
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9 hours ago, Notthebling said:

Underrated : Bigger than me

most ppl never actually played the song in full but I think it’s one of the best on witness

Top tier in her discography to be honest. 

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dimitristhe

Underrated: Walking On Air, Wide Awake, Birthday, Déjà Vu, Roulette, Tsunami, Hey Hey Hey, Chained To The Rhythm, Smile, Harleys In Hawaii, 365

Overrated: Firework, Dark Horse, Roar, Walking Up In Vegas, Hot N’ Cold, California Girls, Feels

When we're not together tell me everything's gonna be alright
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luckyanderson
4 hours ago, Mermaid Yuyi said:

I’m getting into Katy’s music again, after a couple of years of not playing it as much as I used to…

 

Overrated:

I Kissed A Girl, E.T., Roar, Roulette, Swish Swish, Bon Appétit, Harleys In Hawaii

 

Underrated:

Lost, I’m Still Breathing, Fingerprints, Pearl, Not Like The Movies, Birthday, Walking On Air, By The Grace of God, Witness, Power, Chained To The Rhythm, Tsunami, Dance With The Devil, Small Talk, Cry About It Later, Teary Eyes, Tucked

THE WAY I FORGOT ABOUT "Power"--- I AM ASHAMED! Thank you for reminding me of that BOP. So anthemic! I LOVED the behind the scenes look at its conception for the 1 year anniversary of Witness.

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3 hours ago, Versace said:

Underrated:

Thinking Of You 

Circle The Drain 

Pearl 

Unconditionally 

Double Rainbow 

Rise 

Tsunami 

Only Love 

 

Overrated: 

Firework 

Roar 

Chained To the Rhythm 

Harley’s In Hawaii 

 

 

Lyrically "Double Rainbow" is one of her best to date. I remember hearing the title before the song itself and being confused how she would make such a song title fit into and work within a song. I suppose since I was younger and ill-informed about the existence of such a phenomenon I was also a little prejudice at what I thought was juvenilia songwriting-wise. My only qualm to date with the song is how anticlimactic it feels especially following similiar-sounding production-wise songs like "Ghost" and "This Moment," "This Moment" in particular which never really takes off like it should or could. What say you?

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