Smile
by Katy Perry
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2020
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 11514 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9,454 out of 11514
  2. Mixed: 291 out of 11514
  3. Negative: 1,769 out of 11514
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  1. louysne
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This is the same. No qualitys in the album its like for teenage's music but no cools. Its terrible. Pls long time for this?
  2. Taylor2
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Taylor outsold bye **** flop so hard But U have a chance if U collab with Taylor we (swiftie) give attention to you .… Expand
  3. ENIGMAneaven
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Katy has lost her magic. She found her SMILE, but lost her skills in making people relate to her music.
  4. SerAirone
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Flat and boring album, save two songs. The songs all sound the same, very repetitive. No Katy… Expand
  5. swiftie13tay
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Ya sabíamos que su álbum sería igual que los anteriores, repetitivo y para nada innovador, para nada recomendado.
  6. joseh11
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Boring, nothing new, I like Smile but closing the album with that song about what means to be a woman... really??? Yikes, still thinking in a box about the gender and the stereotypes. That song gonna aged like milk.
  7. sabrinadrift
    Aug 29, 2020
    3
    Smile is very similar to Katherine's past albums yet it is full of effort. Good job, Katy!
  8. Martiin20
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    So bored!!! Katy perry lost. This whole album 0
    She For years, he's been doing the same thing as witness
  9. Johnk00
    Aug 29, 2020
    3
    This album is average, I think Katy can be do it better. But I like some songs
  10. Giovnni
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Terribleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
  11. Nathgrime
    Aug 29, 2020
    1
    this album does not have a guideline despite some bops like "Not The End Of The World" and "Only Love". Katy proves her statue of icon once again but the theme of the album is not precise and loose the listener (visual, music ...).
  12. Littlemosnter
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Os clichês estão praticamente embutidos na marca de Katy Perry, mas quando ela os utiliza para retomar de maneira fofa as suas músicas anteriores, eles apresentam mais evidências de que ela realmente não cresceu.
  13. ecarlos
    Aug 29, 2020
    1
    Pense realmente que seria algo mejor, pero todo es repititivo con sus albunes.
  14. lamiahaddad
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    feels like an album written for kids. always singning about same things, katy needs to grow
  15. Alxxsx
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Asif 2020 wasn’t bad enough, Katy Perry unfortunately released an album. One of the worst albums I’ve heard in a long while, probably since Witness.
  16. Angelz
    Aug 29, 2020
    1
    Feels like she hasn’t done any growing at all. This album seems like a setback record for her career.
  17. Wacksu
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    It's too childish, the production is good but the lyricism it's too safe to made. I miss the old katy
  18. Duckweed
    Aug 29, 2020
    1
    Just more same-sounding generic pop. KP literally has two songs she sings, and she sings them over and over again, nicely but indistinguishably.
  19. Effy89
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Just enjoyed cry about it later, Katy has to reinvent herself, try new things, explore more.
  20. vinianaconi
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is very cliché, Katy is in her comfort area, although some songs are good, the album does not present any kind of novelty!… Expand
  21. Adriangred
    Aug 29, 2020
    1
    Honestly not her best work.Only 2 likeable songs , the rest sound like fillers and it just doesn’t seem like she put that much effort into it.Plus let’s not talk about the lackluster cover.
  22. pessoav
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. decepcionante, sem coesão, músicas parecem quem foram inseridas de forma avulsa.… Expand
  23. Luis-sg
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Sienpre lo mismo con la katia, ya aburre con lo mismo, lo que deberia hacer es retirarse
  24. Fergieee8319
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Me gustaría que un día Katy nos de joyas como The One That Got Away, es verdad que se intenta reinventar pero desde hace daños da lo mismo, mismas temáticas y nada nuevo, estoy cansado.
  25. mrenrisco
    Sep 1, 2020
    3
    Katy Perry once again shows us what she can do artistically: nothing. In every release, she insists on motivational meaningless lyrics that can't help even a 10-yr-old girl improve her self-esteem. I mean it isn't the worst thing I've heard in my entire life, but it's so mediocre that makes me angry. Pop music is slowly dying and works like this are one of the main causes of that. I AM NOTKaty Perry once again shows us what she can do artistically: nothing. In every release, she insists on motivational meaningless lyrics that can't help even a 10-yr-old girl improve her self-esteem. I mean it isn't the worst thing I've heard in my entire life, but it's so mediocre that makes me angry. Pop music is slowly dying and works like this are one of the main causes of that. I AM NOT A K-POP FAN, but if you compare Smile with any other K-Pop album that has similar deepness in its lyrics, you'll see a huge difference in the input effort and technical quality. And gee… I'm not even talking about artistic quality.

    I don't know if anyone from Katy's team will read this, but if they do, please do something about her artistic choices, she has been doing the same kind of music since the teenage dream era. If you pick random singles she has released since 2010, you can't say which is from which album. I'm not giving 0 to smile only because of the standard production of the songs (that certainly comes from high investment in equipment, producers, etc, not from Katy's work).    … Expand
  26. Kierenhan
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This album is not good enough, just sounds like a old album of Katy. and actually she is not talented.
  27. Rozue
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    It’s really sad seeing a once really talented and popular artist coming out with an album like this...
  28. Betoocp16
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    So boring. Nothing new, I think Katy has to consider retirement... just saying.
  29. jhonapanac
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy bet on something she has done in the past, this album is generic, it doesn't bring any news, I don't recommend… Expand
  30. wyzenjen
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    No improvement. This is the worst Katy's album by far. Please evolve next time.
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58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. AllMusic
    Sep 8, 2020
    60
    Without fleeting moments of bad taste, Perry does indeed sound mature, but she's also not quite as fun. That's a conscious choice, though. Smile is intended to evoke memories of her frivolous younger days while pointing toward a sustainable pop future.
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  2. No Ripcord
    Sep 4, 2020
    50
    While Perry finds the occasional moment of quality here (Smile and Tucked both feel like the best possible music we could get from Katy Perry in 2020), Smile is an album searching for an identity—and when it fails, it falls back on lazy writing.
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  3. PopMatters
    Aug 31, 2020
    60
    Like Joanne before Chromatica, Smile plays like a necessary centering exercise, indulging her insecurities and less surefire instincts. If Witness was overdetermined, Smile is an earnest exhale, for better or for worse. It delivers an image of her journey towards inner peace that is honest (if corny) and catchy (if not exactly inventive).
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