Katy Perry returns this year with her third album, Prism, a follow-up to her successful Teenage Dream era.
Prior to its release, updates on the album hints that she's ditching the bubblegum pop sound and switching it up with a more darker sound.
I wasn't sure how she was going to pull it off as I see her more as the bubbly type. Upon the release of her first single, all those news of having a different sound seems to be dispelled as her sound remains as bubbly as before. It was a track called Roar which is another generic self-empowerment theme that uses too many metaphors. Though there's nothing wrong with it, the song is just bland. But the most obvious criticism is the blatant rip-off from Sara Bareilles' song called Brave which a lot of people noticed and blasted her on the internet. Even Sara acknowledged it and responded in a classy manner. The worst thing about it is that it sounds exactly the same from start to finish and Brave was just released early this year! The only good thing to come out of it is that people took notice of the song which is an underrated track.
All signs of going dark seems to slowly disappear as she released the album cover and all promos she has been doing seems to be not so different from her previous eras.
She released two more promo songs, Walking On Air and Dark Horse, which I both found boring and seems to lack what I loved from her previous albums.
I started to lose hope but I still listened eagerly during my first spin. The album starts strong with upbeat tracks such as Birthday and Legendary Lovers which are both very fun and upbeat songs, even if Birthday sounds a lot like Last Friday Night. We get treated with one of the first ballads of the album called Unconditionally which is a grower hit.but I'm still irked with how she says "Unconditionally" as "Uncondition-al-ly. It is confirmed to be the second single so I can't wait to see how it performs with the general public. Her history with ballads were never the most successful in terms of chart success and probably not as an artist either.
The album is quite long and there are some hidden gems like By The Grace Of God, It Takes Two and This Moment. The whole album is listenable but I am greatly disappointed with it. Most tracks sounds the same and they all seem to be riding on the same sound of her previous album which I'm not surprised to see happen as it was her most successful of her career so far. Even her most pop and catchy tracks on this album seem to be disposable and quite forgettable. She seems to be confused on what sound she should take right now but I hope she finds it soon and not so similar with the one on the current album.
Top tracks: This Moment, Birthday and Roar
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