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- Summary: The first full-length studio release from Katy Perry sic 2020's Smile features guest appearances by 21 Savage, Doechii, J.I.D, and Kim Petras.
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- Record Label: Capitol
- Genre(s): Pop, Vocal, Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop, Teen Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock
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Mixed: 11 out of 18
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Negative: 7 out of 18
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Sep 26, 2024For an album that seems engineered to be radio-ready, 143 sounds oddly out of place. It’s as if the tracks were pulled together from a shelved project from a few years back.
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Sep 23, 2024Aside from some fleeting hellacious decisions, like the jump scare of a warbling child’s voice that opens the cloying final track “Wonder,” 143 is mostly just…there.
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Sep 20, 2024The sense of fun that propelled Perry to international stardom has been replaced by a weariness (or perhaps wariness) of the industry she once dominated.
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Sep 27, 2024A mediocre album from a pop star past her commercial peak, “143” probably would have come and gone without much notice were its rollout not prone to so many cringe-inducing gaffes.
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Sep 21, 2024143 rings the death knell for Perry for no other reason than it commits pop music’s ultimate sin: it’s boring.
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Sep 23, 2024Even if Dr. Luke wasn’t involved and even if Katy Perry was still a Top 40 heavyweight, 143 still contributes nothing original to modern pop’s dialog. The record lacks new ideas, concepts and sounds.
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Sep 20, 2024Nothing sparks on 143. It’s all about easy endings and uncomplicated emotions, thus targeted for basically anyone, but what she doesn’t know is that the majority aren’t as tasteless now. The comeback singles are met with brutal reception in every direction. “Wonder” is the only one with replay value, which features her child’s voice and perhaps hints at their undetermined gender identity, leaving it up for them to decide whenever ready (“Beautiful girl”, “Beautiful boy”). The truth is – and she must know even if it hurts her – everything else signals a career nosedive from which her reputation might not survive. On the bright side, though, 143 adds more shade to a colourful year of pop music.