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

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  1. Wael
    Jun 11, 2017
    3
    Katy Perry's much anticipated fourth studio album is as disappointing as its two buzz singles 'Bon Appétit' and 'Swish Swish' promised us it would be. It is a hugely flawed record, and it feels like each song suffers from a different type of mistake. While some songs start up real good but fall short the second their chorus hits ('Pendulum', 'Tsunami', 'Roulette'), other songs have veryKaty Perry's much anticipated fourth studio album is as disappointing as its two buzz singles 'Bon Appétit' and 'Swish Swish' promised us it would be. It is a hugely flawed record, and it feels like each song suffers from a different type of mistake. While some songs start up real good but fall short the second their chorus hits ('Pendulum', 'Tsunami', 'Roulette'), other songs have very shallow lyrics, so superficial. they sound like they've been written by a 10-year-old (for example: 'I saw a balloon floating away/ I wondered did someone let go, or did they lose it?' on 'Miss You More'). Next to that, there are tracks that are just full-on annoying ('Mind Maze' comes to mind). KP tries to channel 'Ghost' by singing songs like 'Save As Draft', or tries to end the record with 'Into Me You See' on a similar note to that of 'By the Grace of God', but she just fails to do so. The only aspect remotely close to being very-good on this record is the production that glows from start to finish. Highlights are lead single 'Chained to the Rhythm', and probably the title track 'Witness'.
    The problem is that Perry's still trying to imitate her own work on 2010-pop-perfection-album 'Teenage Dream', but the outcome turns out to be 'Witness': a bunch of un-related non-cohesive wanna-be tracks influenced more by the A-Listers who worked on them, than by Perry herself.
    3/10.    … Expand
  2. chidime
    Jun 9, 2017
    3
    One of the most boring albums I have ever listened to. Only good thing about it is that the instrumentals are, for the most part, interesting. The singing drags on and on, all sounds the same and is not memorable in the least. Even worse, her voice sounds thin and off-tune in many parts. There was hardly a song on this that I wanted to listen to again (or even remembered) after I listenedOne of the most boring albums I have ever listened to. Only good thing about it is that the instrumentals are, for the most part, interesting. The singing drags on and on, all sounds the same and is not memorable in the least. Even worse, her voice sounds thin and off-tune in many parts. There was hardly a song on this that I wanted to listen to again (or even remembered) after I listened to the album. Hard to imagine the same Katy Perry who wrote 'Teenage Dream', 'ET' and all those hits that will probably never leave my head was responsible for this mess. Sad.

    BEST (more like OK): Chained To the Rhythm, Pendulum
    WORST: Swish Swish

    3/10    … Expand
  3. hipnose1
    Jun 10, 2017
    3
    Não sei nem como começar a resenha desse album, muito bem produzido, mas com proposta de nada, apenas para encher os bolsos da gravadora e até mesmo de katy perry, pois temos faixas ótimas no meio de fillers (a grande maioria), e tem mais, o que cada musica tem de propósito?? Nada, apenas o primeiro single deixou uma expectativa que o álbum não entrega. Nota 3, se não fosse a produçãoNão sei nem como começar a resenha desse album, muito bem produzido, mas com proposta de nada, apenas para encher os bolsos da gravadora e até mesmo de katy perry, pois temos faixas ótimas no meio de fillers (a grande maioria), e tem mais, o que cada musica tem de propósito?? Nada, apenas o primeiro single deixou uma expectativa que o álbum não entrega. Nota 3, se não fosse a produção seria 0.… Expand
  4. mat3uus
    Jun 16, 2017
    3
    This album is a hot mess! I love Katy but nothing matches here, the ballads are weak (usually they are wonderful in her albums) and the song that gives title to the album is a failure. The singles are really the highlights of 'Witness', Pendulum and Power are good though. But they seem to not fit in the concept of the album, if there is one.
  5. luixhlima
    Jun 9, 2017
    3
    She grow up as an artist but, she keeps with the same despair to get a #1 hit single, so this era are so messed up. Generic songs & bad sounds. Excited for KP5.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. Clasire
    Jun 9, 2017
    3
    Boring, i spect more of KP, only the leader single and Swish Swish are better than the full album.
    I hope she do a better album next, because this is just meh.
  11. nroBXL
    Jun 9, 2017
    3
    where's the magic from "prism"? The lyrics are more mature, true. but no real memorable songs on this album. And the UK and US chart performances of the first singles are proving me right.
  12. DangerousGagz
    Jun 9, 2017
    3
    The album is so weak compared to Katy's other. Swish Swish was a cringiest dis-track i've ever head. I love Katy but this album is really something. It's different i agree, but in a terrible way.
  13. turksevend
    Jun 9, 2017
    3
    she has die-hard fans that is why she got +8 user score but we all know this album is cheap and simple even tho her best,of course there are good songs like pendulum,into me you see etc but rest of the songs look like just filler songs to me and i have no idea what was katy thought when she did bon appetit,or swish swish or mind maze..anyway i am giving 3 points because i feel sorry forshe has die-hard fans that is why she got +8 user score but we all know this album is cheap and simple even tho her best,of course there are good songs like pendulum,into me you see etc but rest of the songs look like just filler songs to me and i have no idea what was katy thought when she did bon appetit,or swish swish or mind maze..anyway i am giving 3 points because i feel sorry for you katy i know that you are sad and this album wont cross over +60 metacritic score i know..… Expand
  14. nels64
    Jun 9, 2017
    3
    Okay how are so many people giving this a 10. Also a "comeback"? where did Katy Perry go? I don't recall her leaving. I'm sorry but this album is awful from start to finish. You can tell her previous work was heavily co-authored by Dr. Luke. I don't know how her first two albums have such low scores. They were thoroughly enjoyable, but this album is quite terrible. Every song sounds theOkay how are so many people giving this a 10. Also a "comeback"? where did Katy Perry go? I don't recall her leaving. I'm sorry but this album is awful from start to finish. You can tell her previous work was heavily co-authored by Dr. Luke. I don't know how her first two albums have such low scores. They were thoroughly enjoyable, but this album is quite terrible. Every song sounds the same. They're overproduced but at the same time unfinished. The direction is all over the place and the lyrics are borderline ridiculous.… Expand
  15. beizxzx
    Jun 9, 2017
    3
    Didn´t really like the album it was lacking sounds, it sounds the same.
    really boring and not fun to listen to at all.
    i was hopping better from her this time but failed
  16. PauloRoberto
    Jun 11, 2017
    3
    Esperava mais. Parece que essas músicas são demos ou versões ruins de outras músicas. A mais animada é Roulette. Perry tentou evoluir, mas não foi dessa vez.
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Icaront
    Aug 27, 2020
    3
    Não me identifiquei com este álbum, não achei tão coeso! A Katy poderia ter seguido a linha teenage dream
  25. 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
  26. vgmkyle
    Jun 9, 2017
    2
    What can I say, for the first time as a fan I'm pretty disappointed. The writing isn't nearly as good as Prism, it's not as sexy as Teenage Dream. If anything the album art lets you know how weird it is in advance. :(
  27. 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
  28. art2503
    Jun 9, 2017
    2
    This album is not consistent. Every song is almost similar to each other. What is worse, autotune is everywhere here. And there is a lack of hits simply!
    After "Chained to the Rhythm", only "Witness" and "Roulette" are worth listening to.

    Despite all, I cannot recommend you this album, sorry! It is a waste of time.
  29. Duvangel
    Jun 14, 2017
    2
    That´s very boring! is just only a second part of Prism, some songs are just crap, nothing on this album are very impresive, maybe just the cover. I'm disappointed with this album.
  30. MusicReviewsUS
    Jun 9, 2017
    2
    4 long years of wait that’s the first thing I can say about this .... didn’t expect much but also didn’t expect it very low we all had heard demos that were liked since last year and even after they are added to the album and it is called like that. The album it self it’s pretty basic only 4-5 songs can be saved from it the rest is just full in songs all sound the same and heavy auto tune4 long years of wait that’s the first thing I can say about this .... didn’t expect much but also didn’t expect it very low we all had heard demos that were liked since last year and even after they are added to the album and it is called like that. The album it self it’s pretty basic only 4-5 songs can be saved from it the rest is just full in songs all sound the same and heavy auto tune also releasing the singles which aren’t that great and all of them with feats wasn’t a good choice you can’t just do it to be integrated to the popular now days you ruined good chances for doing that. For an album that took 4 years to make we expected more and I can’t see any of the songs being a hit.… Expand
  31. ReneeRenara
    Jun 9, 2017
    2
    A Fail, As a long term believer in Max Martin and a world-class production team, I am sad to announce that this album has made Katy Perry redundant in today's pop charts (this began with 'Rise').

    Every song on the album is too slow, doesn't cut to the chase, weak production and Katy Perry doesnt seem to believe the words she is singing. I was fearful after 'Rise', 'Chained to the    A Fail, As a long term believer in Max Martin and a world-class production team, I am sad to announce that this album has made Katy Perry redundant in today's pop charts (this began with 'Rise').

    Every song on the album is too slow, doesn't cut to the chase, weak production and Katy Perry doesnt seem to believe the words she is singing. I was fearful after 'Rise', 'Chained to the Rythm', 'Swish Swish' then 'Bon Appetit'; these songs seemed stupidly ignorant and unaware of what sells and gets plays on the charts. Not a good product.

    There are a couple of songs that may chart well around 20th-10th globally IF packaged well with a decent relevant video clip. Otherwise this is a bad egg.

    Sadly Katy Perry lost favour when she began parading as a social justice warrior, political activist and dare I say, stupid puppet. At this point its over for her career but I have seen miracles like jet fuel melting steel beams.

    Renee Renara    … Expand
  32. eliana1978
    Jun 9, 2017
    2
    In her weakest album,Katy shows that being an empty hit maker for years won't help you when you want to show a little more substance.Supported by three forgettable singles,the album fails to show a more mature and conscious Katy,while trying to keep her roots in pop bangers.
  33. RicardoLeq
    Jun 10, 2017
    2
    Katy decepcionando otra vez. Sus "singles", buzz singles o pre single no sé que pendejada sea esos Katycats le ponen cualquier nombre para disimular el flop en fin dichas canciones están bien elegidas porque son lo "mejor" que tiene el álbum además de la canción "Pendulum" según mí opinión, no esperen mucho ya que no lo tendrán, si ven que tiene buen "User Score" es porqué sus fans (bastaKaty decepcionando otra vez. Sus "singles", buzz singles o pre single no sé que pendejada sea esos Katycats le ponen cualquier nombre para disimular el flop en fin dichas canciones están bien elegidas porque son lo "mejor" que tiene el álbum además de la canción "Pendulum" según mí opinión, no esperen mucho ya que no lo tendrán, si ven que tiene buen "User Score" es porqué sus fans (basta con ver el nombre de los usuarios puntuando con 10; kxtysboy, HarleyPerry, KatyCat121, Candyfornya) se han metido Metacritic para salvar el penoso puntaje que tiene ante las criticas profesionales.… Expand
  34. billboard
    Jun 9, 2017
    2
    I love Katy but this album is... Mmmm... Not all songs are bad but gurl... I really miss the PRISM era. Btw i love the artwork but the songs are so simple.
  35. gutoruiz
    Jun 15, 2017
    2
    Lazy lyrics, questionable themes, can't even compare to her other albums. In this album Katy try to be serious and mature, but ended up with lyrics like 'i'm my mothers daughter' and 'Marylin Monroe in a monster truck', this lyrics could only be compared with J.Lo's 'i feel good cause i don't feel bad'. Katy should put this in a box and go looking for her next record.
  36. 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
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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

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  43. 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.
  44. Nyel
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    This album is full of fillers, awkward lyrics and repetitive melodies, messages, she already recycled in every of her previous album and boring production.

    At least her last albums had some great, outstanding tracks whereas Witness hasn't. This album is a snooze fest without any outstanding song. Over 70 people worked on this record and the best thing they could came up with is...    This album is full of fillers, awkward lyrics and repetitive melodies, messages, she already recycled in every of her previous album and boring production.

    At least her last albums had some great, outstanding tracks whereas Witness hasn't. This album is a snooze fest without any outstanding song.

    Over 70 people worked on this record and the best thing they could came up with is... this? What an utter disappointment.    … Expand
  45. tsarouhas
    Jun 14, 2017
    1
    Most of the songs in this album are total trash with no sense of rhythm, definitely not music you can dance to. The only one worth listening to is the collab with Nicki, and that's because the beat is awesome and she slays her part. Very disappointed by her new music, hope she gets back to making good pop hits
  46. zaimin92
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    "Do not judge book by its cover".
    Hell, yeah but not for this one. The album is ugly both outside and inside. Katy lost in her transition and the album ended up like a garbage. It's like an hour long torture with ear bleeding cringe worthy songs. There is no stand out tracks at all, not even one. Nothing more to describe this huge disappoinment. Absolute trash. That's it..!!!
  47. 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.
  48. JadenCarter
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    The all-new ‘woke’ Katy isn’t just about giving you decent things to dance to on a Friday night or up-tempo fluff for your gym playlist. Instead, she’s pushing the sleek, chart-friendly empowerment of ‘Roar’ and ‘Firework’ even further, into socially aware electropop territory, like ‘The Fame’ period Lady Gaga doing an evening class at SOAS.
  49. 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
  50. pedroerico
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    Com apenas 3 musicas razoáveis, com feats incoerentes, mixagens pouco originais, Katy Perry faz mais do mesmo do gênero e cai num retrocesso. Depois de 4 anos a palavra que define é frustração.
  51. Noor_
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    A very weak album, some tracks are really good while most of the album is rubbish, the lyrics are embarrassing, the vocals are weak/low and so many of the song sounded the same with flat instrumentals that i can't tell which one is which, the concept of the album she described is not there on the album much
  52. Oswa_Neria
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    Si es un álbum con nuevos sonidos, sin embargo son sonidos que ya han sonado anteriormente. No creo que haya valido la espera por 4 años. Ella pudo haber hecho un mejor trabajo como lo hizo anteriormente.
  53. Jsebasch4
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    Very monotonous album, katy perry is a incredible artist but this album is so bad, i really need sense lyrics, i need just dance !!! i sorry but i dont liked
  54. Hernan1987
    Jun 16, 2017
    1
    Bad lyrics and rare vocals. Igave a 3 only for the production.
    3 singles = 3 colaborations = Katy sub-rated.
    Witnes is a bad album. The fans don´t like it.
  55. Edduardo20
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    Katy should hire more co-writers for her songs or in fact, let someone else write and compose the songs.
    This is really horrible, totally forgettable and the only salvageable of this pop junk, are the collaborations. Only the lines of other rtists save Katy Perry's album.
  56. 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.
  57. juniorlima24
    Jun 13, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Isso sim é uma bomba jesus cristo tende de piedade dela. O álbum é uma mistura de bomba com torta estragada. Katy precisa realmente de um novo pacto, ela está sofrendo demais. Bela garota que vive um grande flop.… Expand
  58. 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
  59. thiennam
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    Painful to listen. It's completely a messy production with forgettable clinched lyrics and horrible lifeless sound. There are full of fake emotions but no originality or creativeness at all. This is unforgiven considering 4 years of waiting. What a shocking disaster! The biggest disappointment of the year!
  60. kijajedo
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    The biggest disappointment of 2017. What even make it worse, we waited 4 years for this crap? She should stop making music and... I don't know what. Plus, worst artwork ever.
  61. Jujubee93
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    Witness is by far the most underwhelming album the pop star has released. It's unfortunate that the album suffers from a lack of direction and bland melodies. While quite a few songs have the potential to somewhat live up to her previous summer hits, the album as a whole is plagued by unimaginative concepts and fails to keep you interested.
  62. JoyBs
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    Only a few songs are good. Katy Perry has made better songs. Very silly lyrics, anyway, I wish you the best, but this album is not so good. Sorry to talk.
  63. michaelfritzpat
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    This album lacks severe sonic cohesiveness, with awful lyrics even though they were produced and written by powerhouses such as Sia, Max Martin or Shellback. The album lacks a theme developed throughout the album, making this another simple and generic pop album. We all expected something better after four years now knowing anything about her, yet we could wait four more years and hope forThis album lacks severe sonic cohesiveness, with awful lyrics even though they were produced and written by powerhouses such as Sia, Max Martin or Shellback. The album lacks a theme developed throughout the album, making this another simple and generic pop album. We all expected something better after four years now knowing anything about her, yet we could wait four more years and hope for something better… Expand
  64. 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
  65. 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.
  66. 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
  67. 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.
  68. 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
  69. 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
  70. 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.
  71. BobiSwiftie
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    I felt that the album is forgettable and no future hits but Witness and Déjà Vu are essential tracks and the rest are just fillers it supposed to be a purposeful pop but I didn't feel it.
  72. Eddann123
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Su PEOR trabajo, no hay coherencia, sigue envuelta en su mismo pop infantil, no es una artista madura...
  73. 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.
  74. Rumours
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    One of the worst albums ever released on this planet. Pure trash, Katy’s over.
  75. 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.
  76. Marco20091998
    Jun 14, 2017
    0
    Katy Perry quiso hacer un Joanne, pero sólo logró avergonzarse. Witness no logra ni tocar los talones de Joanne. Me atrevería a decir que quiso hacer una mezcla entre ARTPOP y Joanne teniendo como resultado una asquerosa mezcla de canciones sin pulir que parecen los primeros demos que fueron grabados. Una decepción total. Witness The Tour está siendo todo un fracaso como lo es su disco,Katy Perry quiso hacer un Joanne, pero sólo logró avergonzarse. Witness no logra ni tocar los talones de Joanne. Me atrevería a decir que quiso hacer una mezcla entre ARTPOP y Joanne teniendo como resultado una asquerosa mezcla de canciones sin pulir que parecen los primeros demos que fueron grabados. Una decepción total. Witness The Tour está siendo todo un fracaso como lo es su disco, pues a más de dos semanas de la puesta a la venta de las entradas, hay recintos con 50% de capacidad restante todavía. Una verdadera pena esta era. Katy pasó de estar en su punto más alto con Prism para ahora estar en los suelos, en el olvido y en el fracaso,… Expand
  77. 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
  78. 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.
  79. NewRomantic
    Jun 11, 2017
    0
    It's hurts me to say that Witness is just trash. There is absolutely no redeeming song on the album. It's messy, confusing and feels cheap. It's production quality is something you would expect from a music assignment of a year 10 student. It just feels wrong. She's not talented, she's not songstress.
  80. 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.
  81. ttensk
    Jun 12, 2017
    0
    Album totalmente sem pé nem cabeça. Sonoridade e produções horríveis. Katy Perry infelizmente errou feito em tudo neste álbum. Não tenho como avaliar positivamente.
  82. 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!
  83. SPVB
    Jun 10, 2017
    0
    Chained to the rhythm is the only thing less bizarre in this album. The more time you spend with each song, the more it sounds like a variation on something you’ve heard done better before
  84. andres6
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy decepcionó con éste álbum, ella dice ser "una nueva Katy", pero veo lo mismo de siempre, el álbum tiene muchos samples y se notan mucho, los ritmos no son tan buenos y su Auto-tune se diferencia mucho. Uno de los peores álbumes de Katy Perry.… Expand
  85. memorylapse
    Jun 10, 2017
    0
    Another generic album with the same themes, predictable and masked with the "purposeful pop" thing. Katy Perry shows that she can't evolve into anything.
  86. lucastardioli
    Jun 14, 2017
    0
    putz horrível putz horrível putz horrível putz horrível putz horrível putz horrível putz horrível putz horrível putz horrível putz horrível putz horrível
  87. 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
  88. Gagaslover
    Jun 14, 2017
    0
    Typical mediocre bublegoom pop album by Katy Perry. Nothing new, innovative or impressive, always the same. She never reinvents herself. The critics agree with me, no wonder why they are giving her such average/negative reviews, it's what she deserves lol
  89. carlosxdgb
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Her album the worst, each song generalized and boring. She says she has matured, but now she is more basic, I can not find the reason why she does not leave the music.… Expand
  90. leomwill
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    Painful to listen. It's completely a messy production with forgettable clinched lyrics and horrible lifeless sound. The biggest disappointment of the year!
  91. AlexanderTD
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    Bad, The worst of the music of 2017.... The most salvageable Bon Appetit and Power Too much musical effect that hides katy's voice ... Katy picks up the pop of the 2000s and forgets the new trends in 2010 this makes the album as a boring and indifferent cliché ... Undoubtedly the worst of its trajectory even under One Of The Boys... Listen to the album right away ... And I thought it wasBad, The worst of the music of 2017.... The most salvageable Bon Appetit and Power Too much musical effect that hides katy's voice ... Katy picks up the pop of the 2000s and forgets the new trends in 2010 this makes the album as a boring and indifferent cliché ... Undoubtedly the worst of its trajectory even under One Of The Boys... Listen to the album right away ... And I thought it was bad .. Really.… Expand
  92. Revenice
    Jun 14, 2017
    0
    This is just a generic album with silly lyrics and flat sounds, I hope that katy improves in her next album because this is just a mess, the only good songs of the album are witness and into me you see.
  93. TheGerm
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    It's definitely her weakest album. Its a compilation of forgettable and overproduced songs. It's not even cohesive. I didn't even hear or feel the "purposeful pop". Mind Maze was the most disappointing, like really?! Auto-tune??!
  94. nickhsing
    Jun 10, 2017
    0
    This album is nothing but a bad thing, Katy Perry has always been differentiated by making songs without sense, and with this album was no exception.
    It's definitely an album, disappointing.
  95. 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.
  96. 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.
  97. Lufe13
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    Just another generic pop álbum. Is a bad mix of prism with teenage dream, where all the songs sound the same, and it seems that they were made with the same idea of ​​sound
  98. TimoKleinhout
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    Very very bad, too generic, cringeworthy lyrics and just no hits. She used to be fun, never good but very fun and radio friendly. This is just trash, even for her...
  99. GuilhermeT
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    Only 3 musics i was able to listen...Hey Hey Hey, Bigger Than Me and Roulette, the others dosen't make sense why put on this Album....ZzzZzzZzzzzzzzzZzz
  100. levyperry
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    BEST ALBUM OF HER. TAKE IT. This deserves so much attention! i mean the songs in this album are perfection. I can't say anymore, We don't deserve this.
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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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