Katy Perry - “Watch It Burn”

[TimotheeChalamet 6,920]

31 minutes ago, Charmz said:

It sounds so bad and the video is so contrived.

my boyfriend asked me if I was listening to Kidz Bop.

is this a lead single for a new album?  Maybe they have time to scrap it

It's a standalone droplet (most likely to test the audience reception whether to scrap or keep everything that's going on behind the scenes) 

[RenegAde 20,309]

7 hours ago, Agunimon said:

I swear some of you literally only like Gaga and **** talk any effort another woman in pop releases.

Ikr cuz in what world is this a bad song? It's actually one of her stronger singles in recent times. But Gaga also gets the same treatment so I'm not surprised. 

[SimonBaetens 9,393]

I just know ChatGPT had a field day writing these lyrics

[Zedd 6,480]

How sneaky of her to put "bandaids" after "Watch It Burn" on this release. Ms Katy, we know when to press pause! 

[chathonnete 1,008]

This is probably one of her worst music videos, especially with the evangelist message behind it. 

[Kayioshka 3,207]

1 hour ago, RenegAde said:

Ikr cuz in what world is this a bad song? It's actually one of her stronger singles in recent times. But Gaga also gets the same treatment so I'm not surprised. 

It’s a bad song + she killed a nun and a war veteran (rip)

[Killa 18,746]

The music Is actually nive gives nostalgia for Katy Perry. Its those lyrics that are like swallowing shards of glass. But its her best single since likeva decade maybe.

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,872]

4 hours ago, likeitrough said:

It's nice. Definitely better than Bandaids. 

I think the issue with Katy is more related to her reputation rather than the music itself. Plenty of popstars release mediocre or trend-chasing songs. With Katy there's no recognizable identity or anything to separate her from her peers aside from legacy. Her innuendo and playfulness are not as effective on the hundredth time around. It makes every attempt to establish and "reinvent" herself feel half hearted and flippant.

If "Watch It Burn" is meant to be an earnest attempt to return to her roots, it's hard to take it seriously when she's spent the past decade making everything into a joke. 

It's the same road Lil Nas X went down. At some point the audience stops seeing the person behind the artist because everything was a spectacle and an act, but it all became played out and there was no genuine connection anywhere. Nothing about Katy seems genuine. Witness, which she tried to sell as an album about mental health, was a huge spectacle and did not live up to what she claimed nor did it scratch below the surface. Nothing caught on until Smile started to connect with some people. It seemed sincere on some level and this forum in particular actually threw a lot of support behind her. And then she quickly went back to the bullshit with 143. Her A&R, despite his sucess throughout the early 2000s, should be fired. So should her PR and her manager.  She should have never been allowed to work with Luke again and she should have been taking responsibility for her multiple blunders over the last 10 years of her career rather than playing the victim in every single scenario. 

[Pink Eye 4,395]

The only demographic who I still see eating her up and praising her new stuff are Brazilian gays who don't speak English and don't keep up with her personality. They are banging pots and pans for her to go to Copacabana next year and praising the song and video in every pop news portal. The same thing happens with Brazilian Madonna fans who still give Gaga a lot of sh*t because they don't keep up with interviews, interactions, they don't grasp intonation, intent, they can't read the behind the scenes well and then act with half-informed arrogance.

[EART HL I NG 957]

4 hours ago, Zedd said:

How sneaky of her to put "bandaids" after "Watch It Burn" on this release. Ms Katy, we know when to press pause! 

Yes, the proper time to pause is 0:00 into Watch It Burn 

[ManMan 3,753]

https://x.com/popvlogz/status/2070407187328040966

 

which one of you made this !!?? 

[Ladle Ghoulash 50,158]

11 hours ago, Agunimon said:

I swear some of you literally only like Gaga and **** talk any effort another woman in pop releases.

Or (and hear me out): this is just pretty bad 

[Ladle Ghoulash 50,158]

4 hours ago, RenegAde said:

It's actually one of her stronger singles in recent times.

Poop is better than pee type comment

[Starmie25 22,440]

[Blackout19 15,421]

7 hours ago, princedeeblebleble said:

 is she also gonna try to sell christian apps to her dying fanbase like Gwen?

IF SHE WANTS HER CAREER TO DIE...