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

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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!
  4. 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...
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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,
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. Lucasswiftie
    Jul 20, 2019
    0
    deus é pai. Essa bomba veio de fukushima ou de nagahinshe ?? Deus me livre. Horrível de Mais. Péssimo. ECA!
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. Roghty
    May 29, 2020
    0
    Músicas genéricas com objetivo de tentar alcançar o topo. Álbum sem identidade.
  27. 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.
  28. 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 !!!
  29. Marlhom
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    One of the worst albums of all time, she cemented her grave with this piece of crap!!!
  30. 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.
  31. Eddann123
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Su PEOR trabajo, no hay coherencia, sigue envuelta en su mismo pop infantil, no es una artista madura...
  32. 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
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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
  47. azayswift
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    What’s this?!???????It’s not what I expected....You flopped sis.Awwwwwww
  48. 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.
  49. innovamedic17
    Nov 20, 2017
    0
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  50. 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.
  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. keshasparty
    Mar 4, 2018
    0
    Witness is an album full of bizarre choices that result in countless boring songs.
  53. 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.
  54. 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.
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. Alexnis
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Horrível, melodias péssimas, letras péssimas, prepotente, pior álbum da carreira. Só perde pro smile que é outra bomba
  60. MaiseEduarda
    Oct 5, 2018
    0
    In this one she shows how mediocre she is and the lack of success speaks for itself
  61. 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
  62. add130
    Aug 6, 2019
    0
    The worst thing I have heard in my life... What a shame to release something like this.
  63. ruan1p
    Aug 24, 2019
    0
    A **** FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuu
  64. Icaront
    Aug 27, 2020
    3
    Não me identifiquei com este álbum, não achei tão coeso! A Katy poderia ter seguido a linha teenage dream
  65. 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
  66. Randj
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
  67. 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.
  68. 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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  69. 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.
  70. 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.
  71. MegatAidil
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    I dont know but I think most of the song is nit complete and should redo all of them
  72. Alexis_AS
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Es el peor álbum de Katy Perry
  73. Fergieee8319
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    No Supo reinventarse y la neta dio mucho que desear pero bueno quienes somos nosotros para juzgar
  74. 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.
  75. JohnSnow41188
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    This project feels like an uninspired one, I wanted to like it but it didn't happen.
  76. 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.
  77. JoshMedinna
    Apr 21, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Trashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… Expand
  78. 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.
  79. 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
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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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