Thread:Quickrydina/@comment-4919485-20170414170102/@comment-4919485-20170529050718

Um, a mess? Here's why:

It's poorly executed. - Unlike her other eras, this whole witness thing tries to ride on something that she'll never be: an apt social comentator. Katy Perry is one of the few people who can criticize things and then make a music video that reproduces everything she is criticizing in the very song of the video. Chained to The Rhythm was great, I still bop to it. Bon Appétit was okay... (I hate Migos, but that's beside the point), and now that Swish Swish mess. Song by song, the quality lowers. She's also an over-doer at everything, so, obviously, she's going at it too hard. I understand the concept of changing your image and sound completely, but when it's this significant, I prefer a smooth transition, like Red to 1989.

The aesthetic - What is that? She is blatantly copying Miley Cyrus. Sounds delusional and unlikely, but she probably is. But that's not the worst. The worst part is that it does not suit her, and it's ugly. That album cover is a disaster. Combining her pastel pink motif with sharp geometric forms and metallic sheen does not do. Futuristic in itself is a harsh look, because it's whacky, so it needs to be done pretty, which is not the case. The art is wrong in every single cover, the look is wrong, the sound is wrong.

Katy Perry is immature - simply put, she's a teenager trapped in a 30-something's body. Her lyrics are gunning for genius, but they're landing on angsty indie teen. Swish Swish is embarrassing. She keeps rehashing this feud with Taylor Swift, which is a mess of itself, but Taylor can destroy her. The only saving quality is Nicki Minaj - which is a sentence I never thought I would say - because she can throw shade at people efficiently. Katy Perry tries too hard, and she isn't very clever, so, everybody that she attacks ends up destroying her back. Like I said, over-doer. Extra yesterday, extra tomorrow.

When CTtR came out, and I got into it, I was excited for the album, but now that the other songs are coming out, I couldn't care less. I'll pretend CTTR is the only song from this era. She's on this whole Demi Lovato vibe, which is the impression that if you offend people and say harsh sh*t without ever giving it a second thought, blurting out whatever pops in your mind, it means you're independent and free from the system. We've all been there, I just don't think it's a cute look when you're on your way to push 40 in a few years.