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
Also, maybe because I was distracted during listening, but this album seems VERY front-loaded.
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
It is.
― Greer, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
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
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
<insert Katy Perry 'front loaded' joke>
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
only just picked up on mariah carey-okoe
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 17 October 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
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.
― monotony, Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
roar sounds like a children's song to me. maybe she can perform it on sesame street?
― Mordy , Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
(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.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
Gave this a play today and it's basically a Robyn album without any discernible personality.
― monotony, Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
so... it's a Robyn album?
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
lol
is katy perry blacklisted from sesame street?
― dyl, Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
maybe if she wears something a little less revealing they'll let her back? i didn't think her outfit was so bad tbh
― Mordy , Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:06 (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, October 15, 2013 7:39 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 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
― Greer, Monday, 21 October 2013 01:56 (ten years ago) link
"Unconditionally" stinks of death.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2013 02:02 (ten years ago) link
birthday is like janet jackson meets Wham!
― surm, Monday, 21 October 2013 02:20 (ten years ago) link
( ... which is fine obviously)
― surm, Monday, 21 October 2013 02:21 (ten years ago) link
ha that's an interesting description
― J0rdan S., Monday, 21 October 2013 02:31 (ten years ago) link
I'm not kidding when I say Birthday sounds exactly like Betty Who. You may be into her, surm, if you aren't already.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 October 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
yeah the bit where she goes into her head voice and says "youUUU should call" is v v v Betty Who
― monotony, Monday, 21 October 2013 09:20 (ten years ago) link
hmm i should take a look!
― surm, Monday, 21 October 2013 13:10 (ten years ago) link
okay on "Dark Horse", is that an Art of Noise sample or a pastiche?
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
"This Is How We Do" better not ever be a single, what a shitshow
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/katy-perry-tops-billboard-worst-week-album-sales-230701753.html
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 23:45 (ten years ago) link
"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
― Bailey (Collins) Lover (Eazy), Monday, 11 November 2013 05:12 (ten years ago) link
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
― surm, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
true
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 November 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
:)
― surm, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
I get irrationally angry with the bizarre syllable emphasis in how she says "unconditionally"
― smoking, drinking, cracking and showing the MIDDLE FINGER (DJP), Monday, 11 November 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
not irrational at all, makes perfect sense imo
― shiny trippy people holding bandz (m bison), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link
i mean honestly it was almost worth hearing it just to laugh out loud
― surm, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
i still get emotional about how she mangles simple words like "hero" and "past" every time i hear "Roar"
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 03:37 (ten years ago) link