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Katy Perry Stumbles on Her Latest Album ‘143’

Peter Piatkowski / 26 September 2024

Katy Perry’s 143 sounds out of step with current pop, and there isn’t much here that is so eccentric and creative to justify the album’s relative mediocrity.

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‘143’ Is the Next Stage in Katy Perry’s Ex-Evangelical Spirituality

David Mihalyfy / 14 August 2024

Will Katy Perry’s new “love frequency” spirituality on 143 suffer the same static interference we hear on the self-undercutting lead single?

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10 Years Later Has Katy Perry’s ‘Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection’ Outlived Its Shelf-Life?

Matthew Dwyer / 29 March 2022

Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection was the ultimate blend of pop culture and capitalism—that is until she woke up from the dream.

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Katy Perry Struggles to Get Out of Her Head on ‘Smile’

Nick Malone / 31 August 2020

Think of Smile as Katy Perry doing the work to (eventually) get her groove back: she's recharging. Smile plays like a necessary centering exercise, indulging her insecurities and less surefire instincts.

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Katy Perry’s Coming-of-Age Album ‘Teenage Dream’ at 10 Years Old

Nick Malone / 18 August 2020

Katy Perry's Teenage Dream is a pensive coming-of-age statement disguised as sophomoric pop fun. It proves how it takes a great deal of conviction to pursue instincts that are of less "substance".

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Calvin Harris: Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1

Tanner Smith / 12 July 2017

Calvin Harris’s new album Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1 is a high-water mark for good vibes pop, reflecting the whimsical and collaborative spirit that is prevailing in pop music right now.