katy perry - prism

lol

this song is SO GOOD http://andrewpresents.com/post/64206072416/katy-perry-birthday-major-tune-alert-from

i lol'd at the bridge tbh

Birthday sounds SO MUCH like Betty Who.

i rly like it, surely this will be an album highlight (or single??)

Andrew Presents also posted International Smile. I like the vocoder solo inna Daft Punk stylee.

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/

"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

the vocoder solo on this is hilarious/insane/amazing

this comes out on friday apparently?

came out today in like Germany, hence the leaks.

The whole thing (incl. bonus tracks) is out there now btw.

the guitar tone in "roar" is the best thing in the world, i want it everywhere

apparently stargate and benny blanco had yet to write a song called "this moment"

i would like to edit katy perry entirely out of this album

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".

Also, maybe because I was distracted during listening, but this album seems VERY front-loaded.

It is.

yea 'this is how we do' feels really calculated, moreso than the degree to which all of this & all pop is calculated, but i dearly love it

<insert Katy Perry 'front loaded' joke>

only just picked up on mariah carey-okoe

this album is much stronger than the last one IMO but still mostly 4 amazing songs and a buncha shit i don't ever need to hear again

the vocoder solo though... there's no reason for something that good to be in a katy perry album cut

There was actually a pretty similar vocoder solo on an album track from Ke$ha's last LP.

roar sounds like a children's song to me. maybe she can perform it on sesame street?

(nb that is not a bad thing)

International Smile is basically a lift of Daft Punk's Discovery-era sound anyway, so the vocoder solo is almost there by necessity.

Gave this a play today and it's basically a Robyn album without any discernible personality.

so... it's a Robyn album?

i don't even feel an urge of duty to listen to a new katy perry album, like...you guys, c'mon, look at your lives and choices etc

lol

is katy perry blacklisted from sesame street?

maybe if she wears something a little less revealing they'll let her back? i didn't think her outfit was so bad tbh

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

― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:39 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Case in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pytq1JrQQwk#t=141

"Unconditionally" stinks of death.

birthday is like janet jackson meets Wham!

( ... which is fine obviously)

ha that's an interesting description

I'm not kidding when I say Birthday sounds exactly like Betty Who. You may be into her, surm, if you aren't already.

yeah the bit where she goes into her head voice and says "youUUU should call" is v v v Betty Who

hmm i should take a look!

okay on "Dark Horse", is that an Art of Noise sample or a pastiche?

"This Is How We Do" better not ever be a single, what a shitshow

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/katy-perry-tops-billboard-worst-week-album-sales-230701753.html

"Katy Perry has become one of the biggest pop stars in the world by not making us worry about her."

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2013/11/18/131118crmu_music_frerejones

first of all that statement is true

2nd upon closer inspection i think Birthday is the best song i've ever heard

and Unconditionally is the worst

true

:)

I get irrationally angry with the bizarre syllable emphasis in how she says "unconditionally"

not irrational at all, makes perfect sense imo

i mean honestly it was almost worth hearing it just to laugh out loud