Witness
by Katy Perry
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Jun 9, 2017
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7.3

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  1. Thirteen13
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Anything from Katy Perry just screams cheap and basic af. The only good song from this record was the lead but everything else was a literal dumpster fire.
  2. miguelcstb
    Mar 14, 2022
    3
    So I know Katy Perry for making a very commercial type of pop, and what we're used to get from her is very different to what she did with this album. You can definitely tell she was experiencing with new sounds, and in my opinion, she experienced a lot. The moment the first song started playing I didn't like the way it sounded. It was weird, with a weird production that also was just tooSo I know Katy Perry for making a very commercial type of pop, and what we're used to get from her is very different to what she did with this album. You can definitely tell she was experiencing with new sounds, and in my opinion, she experienced a lot. The moment the first song started playing I didn't like the way it sounded. It was weird, with a weird production that also was just too much, and this was the case for most of the songs: weird sounds and overproduced tracks. And the thing is that the songs that stand out the most are precisely the singles, so it's like she made those songs on purpose to make the people think "Witness" is a good record when, in my opinion, isn't the case. I'd like to know where she was trying to get with this album.… Expand
  3. Arethah
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Only good thing about it is the production but other than that its an absolutely trash album that has imo MAYBE 1 good song if that.
  4. Marlhom
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    One of the worst albums of all time, she cemented her grave with this piece of crap!!!
  5. Xuxinha
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Esse álbum é um lixo total, Katy Perry se perdeu há muitos anos e provavelmente não vai voltar a ter hits novamente !!!
  6. MadonnaFan
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Pior álbum que já ouvi na vida. Essa fracassada morreu quando separou daquele produtor bandido!
  7. Prisila
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    This album doesn't go anywhere. A festival of bad taste, a homophobia show with prejudiced partnerships. It was on this album that she went off the rails to never come back.
  8. wallacejdiniz
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    Terrible. No passion, no soul. Worst album of the year. I need something really good to clean up my ears right now.
  9. Rumours
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    One of the worst albums ever released on this planet. Pure trash, Katy’s over.
  10. Segundoleo26
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "Witness is an album full of bizarre choices--both the DJ Mustard and Hot Chip-produced tracks are, for some reason, ballads--that has the inherent appeal of a spectacular failure, but that’s about it." ...… Expand
  11. RosieWood
    Nov 5, 2021
    0
    I am not a fan of this kinda music but Kety Perry is my favorite singer of this style , I also like to write eview o my fav music albums . Some of them I ordered on essays writer https://essays-writer.net/
  12. Eddann123
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Su PEOR trabajo, no hay coherencia, sigue envuelta en su mismo pop infantil, no es una artista madura...
  13. wandaswift
    May 17, 2021
    0
    Not really good album due to not very well-written bops. This shall include non-single tracks on the playlist, too. I didn't find any pleasantry to my ears and it was just badly produced.
  14. JoshMedinna
    Apr 21, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Trashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… Expand
  15. cuzinho1
    Mar 19, 2021
    0
    Witness is an album full of bizarre choices--both the DJ Mustard and Hot Chip-produced tracks are, for some reason, ballads--that has the inherent appeal of a spectacular failure, but that’s about it.
  16. JohnSnow41188
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    This project feels like an uninspired one, I wanted to like it but it didn't happen.
  17. Fergieee8319
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    No Supo reinventarse y la neta dio mucho que desear pero bueno quienes somos nosotros para juzgar
  18. contexistent
    Aug 29, 2020
    1
    With songs like Swish Swish representing the album as singles it was not a surprise that I did not enjoy the overall projects. Disappointing.
  19. Randj
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
  20. MegatAidil
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    I dont know but I think most of the song is nit complete and should redo all of them
  21. Alexnis
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Horrível, melodias péssimas, letras péssimas, prepotente, pior álbum da carreira. Só perde pro smile que é outra bomba
  22. Alexis_AS
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Es el peor álbum de Katy Perry
  23. tommyblair
    Aug 28, 2020
    2
    This is the most horrendous **** I've ever heard. There are no good songs. The political discussion is thrash and absent-minded.
  24. DieagoStexin
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Horrible album with overproduction. But how can you expect from Katy Perry, a mediocre and talentless singer who has no skill in songwriting and singing.
  25. Icaront
    Aug 27, 2020
    3
    Não me identifiquei com este álbum, não achei tão coeso! A Katy poderia ter seguido a linha teenage dream
  26. pedrobuffay
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    Atemporal, a magnificent adventure in the world of experimental pop music, Katy takes you to different worlds with her powerful lyrics. This is an essential album for anyone who likes excellent pop music.
  27. Mateuxcx
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    worst trash that I’ve ever heard!! miserable lyrics, nut production, pimp concept of extreme bad taste. Horrible, disgusted and the worst that pop has ever had.
  28. CriticoP3
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Witness es el intento de declaración de madurez más evidente de Katy Perry hasta la fecha. Tras la promesa incumplida de sacar al mercado un trabajo “más oscuro” luego de Teenage Dream, Witness parece ser al fin el cambio de dirección que Katy venia advirtiendo hace ya mucho pero que evadía o edulcoraba excesivamente con producciones ambiguas tales como Prism, para no tener que enfrentarWitness es el intento de declaración de madurez más evidente de Katy Perry hasta la fecha. Tras la promesa incumplida de sacar al mercado un trabajo “más oscuro” luego de Teenage Dream, Witness parece ser al fin el cambio de dirección que Katy venia advirtiendo hace ya mucho pero que evadía o edulcoraba excesivamente con producciones ambiguas tales como Prism, para no tener que enfrentar el desafío de si su público estaría preparado para un sonido tan maduro como su artista. Y Witness podría tranquilamente ser la declaración de madurez más evidente de Katy Perry como también la más ordinaria hasta la fecha. Abordando temas como los rompimientos, los deseos sexuales, la política y autoestima; Witness termina siendo todo un mensaje poco claro de comprender. Siendo Perry la principal escritora del álbum, se nota desde el primer track el enfoque maduro que la interprete trata adquirir, con liricas más trabajadas pero poco pulidas. “Can I get a Witness? Will you be my Witness?” trata de comprometer al público en torno al coro.

    Hey Hey Hey una canción electropop incomprensible sobre la superación personal y empoderamiento femenino acompañada de un video que roza lo ridículo; una de las peores dentro el álbum junto con Swish Swish. Esta ultima siendo la respuesta burda e insulsa de parte de Perry a comparación de la sutil pero voraz Bad Blood, es una excusa para crear más atención por el álbum y contrarresta el mensaje inicial del LP convirtiéndolo en una montaña rusa que no subir o descender a ningún lado. “Deberías retirarte, eres tan encantadora como un cupón expirado”, Perry replica a Swift. El energético Pendulum, una producción pop góspel, es elegante y alegre. Un clásico y encantador track, como Perry nos tiene acostumbrados. Y las dos únicas composiciones que le hacen frente a toda la producción a medias, son la sensual y oscura Roulette -canción donde sí se podría aplicar la premisa de “sonido oscuro y maduro”- que bien podría ser un Sweet Dreams 2.0; y la elogiada Chained to The Rhythm, primer sencillo del álbum, que es una critica a la sociedad actual en la que vivimos. Una muy buena jugada de parte de Katy para ser tomada más en serio, aunque pobremente valorada. Perry nos demuestra, además, su madurez lirica en Miss You More y su fragilidad sentimental, no obstante, vuelve a perder elegancia en la exagerada y dramática Save As Draft. Y Bon Appétit, una canción sobre ¿canibalismo en la industria musical o sobre como vemos a las estrellas como un producto a consumir?, seguro hay miles de teóricas conspirativas al respecto a las que Katy quiso hacer alusión pero el mensaje queda deformado por la sobre sexualizada letra, aunque el video es entretenido y ofrece buenos visuales. Witness simplemente no termina de decidirse donde ubicarse, el equipo de Perry parece más preocupado en contentar por igual a la base demográfica de sus oyentes que en entregar un álbum solido y consistente que pueda hacer frente a la premisa de “sonido oscuro y maduro”. Porque después de todo, vamos, es Katy Perry, ella puede vender lo que sea; es lo que más de uno imaginaba hasta Witness. Un concepto llamativo pero mal ejecutado. PUNTAJE: 23/100

    -CríticoP3 para METACRITIC.

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  29. JuniorSwift
    May 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pobre Amarillaty no la merecemos muerta del pop asies ya toda witness con un poco de daisies… Expand
  30. Roghty
    May 29, 2020
    0
    Músicas genéricas com objetivo de tentar alcançar o topo. Álbum sem identidade.
  31. LordGago
    Mar 26, 2020
    0
    Parece un álbum hecho al azar, no tiene ritmos iguales, letras que dejan mucho para cantar, es un álbum fuera de su género, no recomendado
  32. HeitorB
    Feb 22, 2020
    0
    It's The worst álbum of Katy Perry. It's a flop too, so i think she needs to stop making music.
  33. victorialiewind
    Sep 20, 2019
    3
    Bye-bye Katy? What have they done to you? Or it's just your fault? I really don't know but the album is totally the worst that I have ever listened. Collaboration with Migos could sound very good but if it was solo by Katy... The lead single gave me some hopes but when album dropped i was shocked.
  34. ruan1p
    Aug 24, 2019
    0
    A **** FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu
  35. add130
    Aug 6, 2019
    0
    The worst thing I have heard in my life... What a shame to release something like this.
  36. Lucasswiftie
    Jul 20, 2019
    0
    deus é pai. Essa bomba veio de fukushima ou de nagahinshe ?? Deus me livre. Horrível de Mais. Péssimo. ECA!
  37. Punhan
    May 28, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler: This Album is trash!

    no offense but we all know that Katy could do better, as she did before and hopefully she will. However, what we hear in this album is that Katy just didn’t take the album tracks serious, and even Power had no power to save the album, the only reasonable song was Chained To The Rhythm. The tracks like Tsu-na-mi, Deja Vu and Hey Hey Hey just weren’t it.    … Expand
  38. dxnielvctr
    May 15, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. álbum péssimo, músicas horríveis e cansativas, mal produzido e conceito mal executado… Expand
  39. pursuingdreams
    Jan 26, 2019
    2
    So disappointed with Katy. Messy, overproduced, annoying, lackluster and forgettable album. Most of the tracks are not worth listening. It seems like she produced songs aimlessly, and a lot of tracks in one song are unnecessary. The songwriting, however, is too simple. Her voice is also mediocre. Neither she managed to make an successful transition album, nor she even made any memorableSo disappointed with Katy. Messy, overproduced, annoying, lackluster and forgettable album. Most of the tracks are not worth listening. It seems like she produced songs aimlessly, and a lot of tracks in one song are unnecessary. The songwriting, however, is too simple. Her voice is also mediocre. Neither she managed to make an successful transition album, nor she even made any memorable single.

    Best: Roulette(a normal catchy pop song, at least is not annoying)

    Ok: Swish Swish(Nicki Minaj saves this song), Bon Appetit(some parts are good), Deja Vu(generic pop), Act My Age, Into Me You See

    Worst: Power(WTF?? The songwriting is awful, the production is way too much, 0/10)

    Bad: all other songs    … Expand
  40. MaiseEduarda
    Oct 5, 2018
    0
    In this one she shows how mediocre she is and the lack of success speaks for itself
  41. metacriticoBEST
    Aug 24, 2018
    0
    Perry's worst album of the career of Katy Perry I'm her fan plus she has no purpose with this album It seems that this lost has no lamentable lousy focus
  42. azayswift
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    What’s this?!???????It’s not what I expected....You flopped sis.Awwwwwww
  43. TheReviewr
    Aug 13, 2018
    2
    Witness isn't good, its really bad when you think about it. The quality of her songs dropped to the floor by the time this album was released. I used to enjoy the hits but now she has gotten much worse than expected.

    1. Witness, the chorus is good but the music is just boring 1/10 2. Hey Hey Hey, its not very good... but it doesn't suck i guess 6/10 3. Roulette, this song is so cringe    Witness isn't good, its really bad when you think about it. The quality of her songs dropped to the floor by the time this album was released. I used to enjoy the hits but now she has gotten much worse than expected.

    1. Witness, the chorus is good but the music is just boring 1/10
    2. Hey Hey Hey, its not very good... but it doesn't suck i guess 6/10
    3. Roulette, this song is so cringe it makes me uncomfortable Katy stop 1/10
    4. Swish Swish ft. Nicki Minaj, why was the weird voice left in the song its such a dumb line 4/10
    5. Deja Vu, this one is baddd why do people like this music 2/10
    6. Power, three minutes and forty-seven seconds of my time was wasted 0/10
    7. Mind Maze, it is both boring and bad i didn't know she would go that far 0/10
    8. Miss You More, what did Katy do its actually good? best of the album 9/10
    9. Chained To The Rhythm ft. Skip Marley, the song is not even catchy what is this trash 1/10
    10. Tsunami, how old is the person that made this trackless? seven? 0/10
    11. Bon Appetit ft. Migos, why was this not the intro song? its not bad 7/10
    12. Bigger Than Me, [insert bad music here] 0/10
    13. Save As Draft, more like delete this bad song from my listen history lol 1/10
    14. Pendulum, lel whatt iz dis shet its rly bad 0/10
    15. Into Me You See, it ends like a bad Adele song... just boring not good.... 4/10

    Standouts are Hey Hey Hey, Miss You More & Bon Appetit

    Overall: 2.4 (rounded down to 2) oh lord this should have been scrapped and she should have just forgotten all about it. I regret every minute wasted listening to this album    … Expand
  44. Bishoppp
    Jun 27, 2018
    0
    um lixo, um verdadeiro lixo, forçou tanto que saiu essa merda aí e por isso flopou. Tenho é dó da gravadora dela que vai ter que arcar com os prejuízos desse fracasso por descuidado
  45. AngelAntonio96
    Apr 9, 2018
    0
    El peor album que he oido en mi vida, solo CTTR salva, lo demas es solo relleno y basura. El flop lo tiene bien merecido, y mas la amarrilla. Amarillaty por siempre con la burla del pop. Aska
  46. Paradigma
    Apr 1, 2018
    2
    Dreadful stylistics of an album. The most awful text of songs for all 2017.
    It is too much collabs. FLOP
  47. anacritic
    Mar 16, 2018
    0
    this album is truly a joke katy is truly an artist that can't make a good album though her career honestly this is such a disappointing album for some of her fans and people that like her
  48. SamV1sion
    Mar 8, 2018
    3
    There are hardly any memorable songs and the only ones that are memorable are the singles so the rest of the album is pretty much filler.
  49. Morguein
    Mar 6, 2018
    3
    Sobre producción, bases electrónicas mal cantadas y elaboradas.... Poco mas se puede decir.

    -Se salvan: Witness, Chained to the rhythm.
  50. keshasparty
    Mar 4, 2018
    0
    Witness is an album full of bizarre choices that result in countless boring songs.
  51. LeadOxide
    Jan 29, 2018
    3
    Katy has always been more of a singles artist than an albums artist. Her albums have always been carried by the singles. The singles on here are nowhere near as good as on her previous albums, and for the some reason this album is far longer. The result is that this is quite dull and lifeless.
  52. Ayron_xcx
    Jan 26, 2018
    0
    Horrível! Um album porco, com produção horrível e de dar dor de cabeça (alô mind maze e miss you more), nem as baladas que são o mais forte de seus discos anteriores se salvam nesse.
  53. Fonke
    Dec 30, 2017
    0
    This is by far the worst album that Katy Perry has released to date. All these songs are a complete disappointment and shes become and underaverage pop singer.
  54. JonasCroft
    Dec 14, 2017
    1
    The singles don't do it justice, that's a fact. But it also a fact that this album looks messy, overproduced, and immature. Some of the songs are worth listening, but Katy, you really need to think about your next step.
  55. hausofalex
    Nov 24, 2017
    2
    Easily Katy's worst album to date and highly disappointing after Prism was so good. Bizzare songs and collaborations, stupid lyrics, I really feel like she started to grow as an artist with Prism and then took a huge step down with Witness.
  56. iPhone
    Nov 22, 2017
    0
    It's quite a good album, although the songs are pretty similar to each other and repetitive. I don't hate any of the songs, but I'm not in love with many of them.
  57. innovamedic17
    Nov 20, 2017
    0
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  58. Brunos
    Nov 18, 2017
    1
    Eu realmente não consigo entender como a katy conseguiu lançar um álbum que contém letras do tipo "sou uma marilyn monroe em um caminhão monstro" e "você acha que eu sou frágil como um ovo fabergé" é, irrefutavelmente, ridículo. Apesar de no geral ser um álbum de fraco a mediano ainda aborda a alguns temas interessantes que talvez com uma produção melhor tivessem sido grandes hits com umaEu realmente não consigo entender como a katy conseguiu lançar um álbum que contém letras do tipo "sou uma marilyn monroe em um caminhão monstro" e "você acha que eu sou frágil como um ovo fabergé" é, irrefutavelmente, ridículo. Apesar de no geral ser um álbum de fraco a mediano ainda aborda a alguns temas interessantes que talvez com uma produção melhor tivessem sido grandes hits com uma mensagem social mas como isso não aconteceu, o álbum parece um loop chato de uma mesma batida, que soa como uma demo, e letras fortes perdidas em meio a algumas que nem mesmo deveriam ter sido escritas em um papel… Expand
  59. TheCriticReview
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    The worst album of Katy Perry's career. It is disappointing an album that begins with a slight footprint in the title track, witness, go falling while listening to the others. The generic instruments and lack of concept in the album make anyone give up listening to it until the end. I'm shocked that people are giving this heap of steaming dog crap 10 stars reviews. I suspect that most ofThe worst album of Katy Perry's career. It is disappointing an album that begins with a slight footprint in the title track, witness, go falling while listening to the others. The generic instruments and lack of concept in the album make anyone give up listening to it until the end. I'm shocked that people are giving this heap of steaming dog crap 10 stars reviews. I suspect that most of them are teenage Katy Perry stalker fans because this album is embarrassingly bad, especially after the way it was hyped up. I'm still confused as to why any artist would make a grandiose announcement claiming that they will be releasing purposeful music, and then come out with a song like "Bon Appetit". Seriously? I can't even listen to the whole song because my head hurts from face-palming so much. Personally, I barely made it through this album. I found the songs to be, for the most part, boring, and the lyrics nothing short of cringe-worthy. I honestly feel like a middle school student could write better lyrics, and that's just sad knowing that there was an entire team of people working on this album. I think there was 1 song that didn't make me want to jump out of a window: Into Me You See. The rest seems over-produced and I agree with other reviewers who said it doesn't seem like Katy believes the words she is singing. I'm glad I didn't spend any money on this album, as there are other artists making much better music right now. This fell very short for me.… Expand
  60. jsfulgueras
    Nov 16, 2017
    0
    Katy Perry continues to flop every album she releases. I think the karma she sings about has hit her back. The album sounds so garbage that I don't even know why Katy released this album. It definitely ruined her career as if she still has one.
  61. jeffie
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    mas nao é novidade alguma que a katy fungos é a maior desgraça da historia da musica e conseguiu o feito de reiventar o flop com esse album que é um fracasso sem precedentes, não canta como a gaga, não dança como a beyoncé, não tem o carisma da rihanna, não escreve como a Taylor, literalmente Katy Perry foi a pior coisa que já aconteceu na historia da musica, a unica coisa que tinha erammas nao é novidade alguma que a katy fungos é a maior desgraça da historia da musica e conseguiu o feito de reiventar o flop com esse album que é um fracasso sem precedentes, não canta como a gaga, não dança como a beyoncé, não tem o carisma da rihanna, não escreve como a Taylor, literalmente Katy Perry foi a pior coisa que já aconteceu na historia da musica, a unica coisa que tinha eram uns singles de sucesso e hoje nem isso mais tem, tem relevancia zero para a musica contemporanea, e os fãs, coitados, tem que ficar se gabando da época que essa fracassada tinha albuns hits de sucesso, ou seja, coisa de 4 anos atrás pq hoje só tem flop e mais flop.… Expand
  62. Gretusca
    Nov 14, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Apesar de ter ampliado sua sonoridade em seu novo álbum Witness, Katy Perry não corresponde ao desejo do público em entregar um álbum bem polido e coerente liricamente.
    Músicas como “Power” “Hey Hey Hey” e “Roulette” são músicas que as letras se demonstram tolas e desconexas. Outro fator interessante é que apesar de mudar sua sonoridade e convidar novos produtores para executarem o projeto, ela não soube guiá-los com maestria, gerando faixas algumas vezes densamente produzidas como as citadas anteriormente e outras totalmente entediantes como “Mind Maze”, “Tsunami” e “Miss You More”.
    Katy Perry falha até em sua maior especialidade que é criar faixas com refrões cativantes e catchy mirando o top 40 da rádios americanas, deixando faixas como “Bon Appétit”, outro exemplo de porcaria lírica; e “Swish Swish”, sua mais recente diss track para arqui-inimiga Taylor Swift que não possui uma letra nenhum pouco inteligível, no vácuo e demonstrando que o álbum não segue exatamente nada da proposta que a Ex-Hitmaker havia prometido: “Uma era consciente e com propósito” que a mesma apenas belisca a superfície com a letra aleatória de seu lead single “Chained To The Rhythm”.
    Há essa altura do campeonato, no jogo da Indústria Musical, Katy Perry já deveria ter entregado algo que nos fizéssemos lembrar dela no futuro, mas pelo contrário regrediu e entregou uma bagunça sonora e lírica que faz nós implorarmos pelo retorno de Taylor Swift para quebrar a barreira de homens no mainstream.
    Ela mostrou apenas uma regressão e que era uma artista que mirava em singles passageiros e imemoráveis, que não é nada sem sua antiga equipe de trabalho, que esgotou sua fórmula com Max Martin em nossos ouvidos, que nunca conseguiu entregar um álbum completamente digno sem se esbaldar em fillers e também mostrou que hoje é apenas a sombra do que já foi quando seus singles atingiam o topo das paradas.    … Expand
  63. PsychoLevi
    Nov 12, 2017
    0
    Katy Perry completed an album of disaster.It seems that Capitol Records pushed her to release one since 2013. She is not ready to finish a real,meaningful and high-standard music collections.Witness contains too many fillers.
  64. RKO_SWIFTIE
    Nov 11, 2017
    0
    katy is the worst, I cant believe that she even is making albums worst worst LOL , katy não tem musica boa, não consigo escutar suas musicas, sao irritantes,
  65. TobiasC9
    Nov 11, 2017
    1
    Já não bastava a capa horrível, o álbum é totalmente imemorável com músicas muito fracas, um álbum ruim é o que Witness é, quase nenhuma música se salva, totalmente decepcionante.
  66. Getawaycar13
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    Horrible sounding album, there's nothing more I can say. It's so bad I just wanted to skip all the songs. And if this was purposeful pop then there's something wrong with Katy's dictionary.
  67. TaylorInMe
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    She said this record will be purposeful pop. Her album is nothing close to being purposeful. What happened to her? She used to release a few good songs?
  68. monocykiel
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    Her worst album yet. There are some bops but this is her weakest offering so far. Teenage Dream and Prism are way better than Witness. The production and the lyrics are not that good.
  69. Reputationxx
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    Witness is an album full of bizarre choices--both the DJ Mustard and Hot Chip-produced tracks are, for some reason, ballads--that has the inherent appeal of a spectacular failure, but that’s about it.
  70. vitorxcx
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Witness is the follow-up to Perry's Prism, an album with great music and many hits but this time Miss Perry failed to deliver any of two mentioned. Witness contains two good songs, which are Deja Vu and Power, the rest is sadly trash. Without Dr.Luke Miss Perry's music sounds like a fart from one of Kesha'a cats. This is a terrible album, trashy vocals, homophobic and racist lyrics and therefor I have to give Hitless (no hits so far) a bad score.… Expand
  71. spongeswift
    Nov 10, 2017
    3
    Witness is Katy's weakest album to date. Album's like Teenage Dream and Prism were good 7 or 8's but this album is a trainwreck. Instead of the hits that she used to create she decided to do more ballads and they fell flat. Chained To The Rhythm was ok but was it mind blowing? No and Bon Appetit was a disaster, it had a good beat but the lyrics were just cheesy as could be. Katy Perry'sWitness is Katy's weakest album to date. Album's like Teenage Dream and Prism were good 7 or 8's but this album is a trainwreck. Instead of the hits that she used to create she decided to do more ballads and they fell flat. Chained To The Rhythm was ok but was it mind blowing? No and Bon Appetit was a disaster, it had a good beat but the lyrics were just cheesy as could be. Katy Perry's new music was supposed to be bolder and louder but it's cringe worthy songwriting says the opposite. Overall the only decent tracks are Witness and a few others but the majority of this album is just meh.… Expand
  72. FedericoBini
    Oct 31, 2017
    1
    Easily her worst album. The production is overall disappointing, there's a HUGE difference between songs chosen as singles and the ones that are simply album tracks, and not even the singles are extraordinary. Bland, repetitive, uninspired, tasteless and useless, this album goes down as one of the worst albums released in 2017.
  73. joethealien
    Oct 17, 2017
    2
    Witness is a good song, Roulette is a decent attempt at continuing where The Fame-era Gaga left off. otherwise what we have here is vapid and lazy songwriting epitomized. Katy Perry has had a history of inconsistent albums with scant bordering-on-impressive standouts that are intimidated and overshadowed by the most trite lyricism and tired melodies in the rest of her songs.
    nothing here    Witness is a good song, Roulette is a decent attempt at continuing where The Fame-era Gaga left off. otherwise what we have here is vapid and lazy songwriting epitomized. Katy Perry has had a history of inconsistent albums with scant bordering-on-impressive standouts that are intimidated and overshadowed by the most trite lyricism and tired melodies in the rest of her songs.
    nothing here impresses though, and it leaves this as her worst album.    … Expand
  74. gzapataestrella
    Oct 5, 2017
    0
    esperaba mas de Katy en este álbum. PRISM fue un gran avance en su carrera, ¿porque dejarlo ir? mas sin embargo hay canciones rescatables pero olvidadizas.
  75. jaziel_98
    Sep 29, 2017
    1
    All in all a basic album, ridiculous, and with too much stuffing. It does not make sense an album like this since it has bad rhythms, lyrics and little originality. This shows that katy was just a passing fad.
  76. Johndna
    Sep 28, 2017
    2
    Un álbum en el que más que innovar, ha intentado copiar clichés básicos del mundo del pop. Un homenaje a Miley Cyrus, rebajado con la participación de Nicki Minaj y momentos rap fuera de lugar.

    Bon Appetit y Swish Swish son las únicas que se salvan de una era totalmente nefasta, por un intento de reinventarse innecesario.
  77. MichaelFerreira
    Sep 23, 2017
    0
    I just know that this is going to be terrible way before it's released. Trying to stay away from mainstream pop but ended up sounding one anyway makes this album a super epic fail. I do not recommend this album to anyone looking for real good music.
  78. Ankha_Vill
    Sep 23, 2017
    0
    One of the worst album of all time. This is sooooo bad. The lyrics are dumb, the beats are simple. And as usual nothing unique. She is a clown, not an artist.
  79. dinhoptr
    Sep 22, 2017
    0
    After listening to this album I notice that Katy Perry is one more that should not be successful when we have real singers in the world. I find it incredible how Universal Music has released such a bad album for circulation. Katy, you need to study some music before trying to make an album.
  80. Melodrama26
    Sep 6, 2017
    1
    Error 404. I listen to witness, Tsunami pasando todo aska esta lleno de repeticiones y ruidos pertubadores bye mejor escucho a Melanie Martinez que esta mierda de autotune
  81. guilhermehagler
    Jul 25, 2017
    2
    Awful and really hard to hear. One of her worst albums up to date.
    Bearable songs: Swish Swish, Bon Appetit and Deja Vu.
    This is it. Have a nice day y'all
  82. MazaBenner
    Jul 25, 2017
    0
    This's not an album, this is a mini ep with 2 songs.
    Bon appétit is one and another is swish swish I loved those songs.
    Pendulum is another good song but it doesn't work.
  83. losterfrowden97
    Jul 7, 2017
    3
    Flat, incoherent, messy, aimless. What is the message here? There is nothing uniquely "Katy Perry" about any of this. I understand growing and changing as an artist with age, but this just sounds like much of the pointless garbage on the radio. This does nothing to seperate her from her peers. And sonically? It's just incredibly annoying.
  84. NeutralMilkH
    Jul 7, 2017
    1
    I know that I'm a month late to the party of metacritic reviews, but I figured that I should review this anyway. Just remember, my opinion is only worth what it's worth to you and that it really doesn't matter what I think. The album starts off strong for 10 seconds... and quickly dies in an explosion of overbloated production and annoying vocal effects. The whistling was annoying, theI know that I'm a month late to the party of metacritic reviews, but I figured that I should review this anyway. Just remember, my opinion is only worth what it's worth to you and that it really doesn't matter what I think. The album starts off strong for 10 seconds... and quickly dies in an explosion of overbloated production and annoying vocal effects. The whistling was annoying, the synth reminded me of the 80s (I hate being reminded of the 80s), and the lyrics overall were particularly uninspiring, let alone the fact that they were seemingly random at many points, especially during Swish Swish (Shellfish? Sheep? WTF?) Just because lyrics rhyme doesn't mean that the lyrics themselves are good... swish swish bish... I can't believe it took 7 people to come up with that "catchy chorus." Nicki's appearance in this album was incredibly annoying and somewhat laughable (The way she says the word despise is especially chuckleworthy.) Anyway, the reason as to why I didn't give it a 0, was simply because of the intrigue I still have over the first ten seconds of this album. I can't believe I listened to the whole thing.

    Final Score: 1/10

    If you were offended by my review, I'm sorry I didn't enjoy the album as much as you did, and I'm happy that you managed to listen through the whole entire album in joy when I couldn't even stand the chorus of what was supposed to be the best song on the whole entire album... so congrats on not being as negative as me, and have a nice day. :)    … Expand
  85. ronalortiz
    Jul 1, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i really dont like this album, is so very bad The rhythms are horrible, is it better Teenage Dream than this ****, is better all that this reaaaaaally… Expand
  86. stanley834
    Jun 24, 2017
    0
    I have no high hopes for this album whatsoever. I just know that this is going to be terrible way before it's released. Trying to stay away from mainstream pop but ended up sounding one anyway makes this album a super epic fail. I do not recommend this album to anyone looking for real good music.
  87. BlownSpeakers
    Jun 21, 2017
    3
    With an average Metascore of 53, it’s safe to say that mega pop star, Katy Perry, has never enjoyed the best of reviews. But what do reviews matter when you’ve already made millions off songs like “Firework,” “Dark Horse,” and “I Kissed A Girl?” I have no idea; but seeing the especially awful reviews for her latest release, Witness, I was intrigued. I figured the critics and fans wereWith an average Metascore of 53, it’s safe to say that mega pop star, Katy Perry, has never enjoyed the best of reviews. But what do reviews matter when you’ve already made millions off songs like “Firework,” “Dark Horse,” and “I Kissed A Girl?” I have no idea; but seeing the especially awful reviews for her latest release, Witness, I was intrigued. I figured the critics and fans were reacting more to her new Trash-Bag-Miley-Cyrus look than her new music, but boy was I wrong. Dead wrong.

    The album gets off to a decent enough start with “Witness,” a song whose dance music isn’t anything special, but its chorus is catchy enough for me to be singing it loud enough in my head that I forget my order at Burger King. “Hey Hey Hey” is more memorable with its growling synths, creating a unique contrast to Perry’s sweet voice. The track finds the singer doing a bit of bragging- her money situation is ridiculous, she’s strong and independent. Basically, she’s a bad **** She continues the braggadocios delivery “Swish Swish," a confirmed Taylor Swift diss track. Overall, Perry takes some nice shots (Yeezy would be proud) and Nicki Minaj closes out the track in typical Nicki Minaj fashion- flexing on haters while switching deliveries/voices several times over. Is the track dumb? Yes. Is it a lot of fun? Absolutely.

    Then the album completely dies.

    In classic pop album fashion, this record is front loaded like a mother. After the first four songs, all the effort the album puts in to convey Perry’s strength as an independent woman is deconstructed by a series of sappy love songs that harp on unrequited romance and “what if” scenarios. The sparkling turd in this pile is “Miss You More.” It dials up the cringe to 11 as Perry exclaims in the chorus, “I missed you more than I loved you.” Everyone’s experienced puppy love before, but no one wants to talk about it, let alone hear a 3 minute song about it.

    In addition to the smh-love-songs, there’s some “party anthems” (“Chained To The Rhythm”) that are about as energetic as Chris Cornell’s corpse and sex songs that fail to titillate (“Bon Appétit”). Not to forget, all of this “fresh” material is delivered to you, the listener, courtesy of some lukewarm club music.

    If you really want to get some joy out of this album, listen to it for the hilariously awful metaphors/analogies that litter the album’s lyrics. Let’s check some out-

    You’ve got me spread like a buffet (“Bon Appétit”)
    I take a deep breath and save as draft (“Save as Draft”)
    You came in like a sailor with your heart that anchored me (“Into Me You See”)
    Life’s a pendulum/It all comes back around (“Pendulum”)
    The entirety of “Tsunami”

    There's loads more, but I'd like to close this out with one of my own-

    Reviewing Katy Perry is like trying to make love to a Hoover Vacuum Cleaner, it sucks.    … Expand
  88. EmanueleBerton
    Jun 20, 2017
    3
    Her worst album. Katy Perry lost her soul in this work, i can't feel her. Prsim was even more mature. I don't think if she's going to sell again like she did before.
  89. condecamposr92
    Jun 19, 2017
    0
    this is a great album with horrible lyrics but amazing rhythms, fail in everything, doesn't have a style, poorly pop and songs that will become something forgettable
  90. ELteaDElaverda
    Jun 19, 2017
    0
    el disco del milennia obvia mejor que el de taysburla pasando la TRASH89 pero esto es un flop como el disco de la tia muerta de gaga horrora ya hasta la tia muerta esta mas viva que el pop en 2017
  91. StanIsMe
    Jun 18, 2017
    0
    I do not understand why Katy Perry dosn't move on? She stands still since 2011. Witness is the same album as Teenage Dream, Prism. Swish Swish is Truffle Butter...
  92. SirFaulty
    Jun 18, 2017
    3
    God this new Katy Perry album is f*&king awful.

    I can see why iTunes music is recommending it to me because I do enjoy the occasional pop album (although I am not generally a fan of these big superstar pop albums because they all sound the same). This album however, is all over the show. There is not a single cohesive thread to the entire thing. Not to mention the lyrics are    God this new Katy Perry album is f*&king awful.

    I can see why iTunes music is recommending it to me because I do enjoy the occasional pop album (although I am not generally a fan of these big superstar pop albums because they all sound the same).

    This album however, is all over the show. There is not a single cohesive thread to the entire thing. Not to mention the lyrics are literally cringe-worthy. Most of this sounds like stuff I heard all the way back in 2007 and it wasn't even particularly good then. Now it's just sad.

    I read somewhere that she had coined this phase of her career as "Purposeful Pop". Well if this is what "Purposeful Pop" sounds like then please pass me the club while I bash its head in.

    If this doesn't sink her career then I don't know what will.    … Expand
  93. RaphaelGalvao
    Jun 17, 2017
    0
    É horrível isso, horrível, horrível, horrível, horrível, um espanto, horrível, horroroso, me fez mal. jesus, muito ruim esse álbum, parece feito por iniciantes
  94. romanthecount
    Jun 17, 2017
    0
    This album is awful. The worst one of the year. Katy's albums were always disgusting, but **** is the best example of tastelessness. Trasherina forever!
  95. DiogoOliveira
    Jun 17, 2017
    3
    Sonoramente poluído e confuso, não tem personalidade e muito menos uma mensagem e um álbum amador pra uma cantora que esta em sua zona de conforto sem astucia para se arrisca ou compor seu próprio álbum.
  96. vLogan
    Jun 16, 2017
    0
    Pra um artista dona de grandes hits como a Katy Perry esse álbum foi o fim da sua carreira. Músicas sem graça e singles mal escolhidos onde a única razoável é a que recebe o nome do álbum. Sinceramete esperava bem mais.
  97. LeidyHernandez
    Jun 16, 2017
    0
    Oh Katy, basic lyrics, basic sounds, really did you prepared this for 4 years? The worst album of the year, bad singles, and you deserve the yellow critique.
  98. Ultraviolenxe
    Jun 16, 2017
    0
    This is Katy's worst album to date. Every song sounds the same, and the production is lifeless. There isn't one song that can be a single, and she isn't challenging herself yet again. It's just the same old same old mediocre Katy.
  99. left99
    Jun 16, 2017
    0
    Horrible. Commenting on the concept of the album cover, Perry said, "Music has allowed me to travel, which has reeducated my mind and changed my perspective on so much, so my education and my consciousness comes from my voice, and that's how I see, and that's how I witness you and that's how you witness me and that's why the eye is in the mouth."
  100. Jmcl4d
    Jun 16, 2017
    0
    0 CALIDAD.
    El pasado 9 de junio salió a la venta Witness de Katy Perry, el quinto trabajo de estudio de la cantante de éxitos como I Kissed a Girl, Teenage Dream, Part Of Me, Roar o Dark Horse. Llega más de 3 años después de PRISM y es el primer álbum de Katy Perry descrito, por la propia cantante, como purposeful pop, es decir, de pop con propósito o comprometido.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Aug 13, 2020
    75
    While it's certainly missing any form of coherency, Witness does feel like you're growing with Perry - going on this journey that's helped her find new ground and a reinvigorated appreciation for all walks of the pop music spectrum.
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  2. Prefix Magazine
    Jul 6, 2017
    70
    While she may have slipped down the pecking order, Witness proves she’s still a more interesting pop star than she’s often given credit for.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    Jun 28, 2017
    50
    It’s a real shame Witness has come out as a bit of a disjointed mess, as there’s a decent record somewhere in there, but it gets lost in the fog of endless guest productions and co-writes that miss the point entirely.
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