Gone are the days whenKaty Perrytopped the charts with catchy singles likeCalifornia Gurls,Teenage Dream,andI Kissed A Girl.
Her comebackalbum,143, released four years after her pandemic recordSmile, is theworst of her entire career, according to review aggregation site Metacritic.
With aMetascoreof 35, it’s also the worst-reviewed album onMetacriticin 13 years.
HighlightsKaty Perry’s album 143 received the worst Metacritic score of her career, at 35.Rolling Stone described the album as “boring” and “a rote attempt to rekindle those glory years.“Her collaboration with Dr. Luke in the album drew significant criticism after Kesha accused the producer of sexual abuse.
TheLos Angeles Timesdescribed Katy’s seventh album as “bad, and not even in a fun way.”
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Katy Perry’s latest album,143, is the worst-reviewed of her career on the review aggregation site Metacritic
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The 11-track record is “an oddly cold dance-pop album with boring melodies, utilitarian grooves and vocal performances that feel vaguely AI-derived,” the review continued.
Varietywrote that143“is flat, coasting on cascades of lyrical cliches and musical ideas that rarely crest” and “a disappointing slide away from the savvy she once so effortlessly exuded.”
Meanwhile,Rolling Stonegave the album 2.5/5 stars, saying that it “more often than not comes off as boring, a rote attempt to rekindle those glory years with slightly updated reference points.”
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“Thanks to the waning influence of radio, stardom even at the level of Perry’s doesn’t guarantee singles-chart success, while the maximalist productions that she used to lord over feel as dated as a Vine.”
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In addition to her melodic and lyrical choices, the formerAmerican Idoljudge is being criticized for her decision to collaborate with producer Dr. Luke.
In 2014,Keshasued the producer, alleging he had sexually, physically, and emotionally abused her nine years earlier.
Dr. Luke denied the singer’s claims. Last year, he and Kesha reached an agreement to settle a years-long legal battle.
“Only God knows what happened that night,”Kesha saidafter the settlement, while Dr. Luke denied having abused or drugged theTiK ToKsinger.
Katyand Dr. Luke had previously worked together for some of her most successful hits, such asHot N Coldin 2010 andRoarin 2013.
In 2018, Katy said that she“felt pressured”to support Kesha and that the producer was using her “as a pawn.” She also revealed that she was “annoyed” with both parties.
For her latest project, she and Dr. Luke returned to the studio forWoman’s WorldandLifetimes.
When the news of their recent collaboration came out, Kesha tweeted “lol,” expressing her disapproval of Katy’s decision.
Speaking on theCall Her Daddy podcast, Katy was asked why she chose to collaborate with the producer, born Lukasz Gottwald.
“Look, I understand that it started a lot of conversations, and he was one of many collaborators that I collaborated with, but the reality is it comes from me,” theFireworksingersaid.
“The truth is I wrote these songs from my experience of my whole life going through this metamorphosis. And he was one of the people to help facilitate all that.”
The 39-year-old added that143is “really grounded” in “feeling so empowered now, as a mother, as a woman.”
Katy has also faced backlash for collaborating with Dr. Luke, a producer whom singer Kesha accused of sexual abuse in 2014
Katy, who recently performed a medley of her hits at theVMAs, has also been accused of “performative feminism,” as netizens said that the music video for her songWoman’s Worldmixes elements of female empowerment with hypersexualization.
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