• Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2020
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  1. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    She gave us our SMILE back! Such a masterpiece and evolution as an artist!!
  2. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A Really groovy and strong Pop, really well produced. Cry About It Later, Teary Eyes and Tucked should get #1 Expand
  3. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Amo este album, definitivamente katy nos trae un mensaje poderoso y alentador en esta epoca.
    ❤️
  4. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The album is a masterpiece! She was able to build the perfect tracklist, you can absolutely connect with her and the beautiful story she tells while enjoying one of the best albums of the year. I’m proud of being her fan.
  5. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    i don't like this, is more of witness, i think she's flopped hard, it's not katy perry, she is give me more carly rae jenpsen, please stop of make music
  6. Aug 28, 2020
    6
    Smile lacks an engaging production, something that screams passion, same with Perry’s writing, instead of hovering on the surface of the emotion she tries to provoke, she could dig deep and straightup go literal with the happiness, hope, and resilience she wants to project.
  7. Aug 28, 2020
    6
    It was ok, just typical Katy music, so I guess we stan, but eh, it’s already outserved by all the other bops this year
  8. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Great production, great songs, the album has an amazing sound to it, every song feels fresh to listen to. The best songs on the album easily are Tucked & Cry About It Later.
  9. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. with just the opening song of "never really over" you know it's already one of the best albums in the industry, we love you katy hudson Expand
  10. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beautiful álbum, great songs, Katy Perry is a bigest singer, SHE IS BACK, yasssssss Queen Expand
  11. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is a jewel, one of the few jewels that you can find in this last decade of music, each song has a life of its own and makes you fall in love with the story that sadly some people (including myself) have gone through but at the end of the road we can always find our own smile and laugh with a couple of champagne glasses so what cry about it later tonight I'm havin fun.
    -josh meza
  12. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Smile, é diferente de tudo que ela nos apresentou ao longo dos anos. "One of the Boys" veio discreto, mas chamou a atenção da rainha do pop, Madonna com a música "Ur So Gay". O grande bum do público foi com o aclamado "Teenage Dream" simplesmente memorável com seu mundo doce e lindos sonhos adolescentes. "Prism" é um álbum mais maduro com singles como "Roar", "Unconditionally", "Birthday" e "Dark Horse".. sempre com a videografia impecável. Witness injustiçado pela crítica especializada e grande parte dos fãs, afinal, Katy Perry flertou com a atual situação política do seu país e mostrou q não apenas um rostinho bonito com suas músicas dançantes e merece muito reconhecimento mas vocês não estão prontos para essa conversa. E finalmente, o tão aguardado "Smile" é perfeito com cada faixa em seu devido lugar e particularmente eu não mudaria absolutamente nada. "Never Really Over" carro chefe de Smile, "Harleys in Hawaii", "Daises", "Smile" (música que dá nome ao álbum) e espero que "Cry About It Later" e "What Makes A Woman" também se tornem singles. Parabéns Katy Perry! Expand
  13. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Com produções cativantes e letras chicletes Smile consegue surpreender. Nesse trabalho podemos dizer que Katy Perry entregou um album digno de prêmios e aclamação, podemos dizer que esse é de longe seu melhor momento na indústria musical.
  14. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The best pop album,the AOTY has arrived ! Katy puts her heard,sould and body the music,tucked is my favorite track,the disco rythmn makes the lisnter dance all song
  15. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is amazing and I think it's the best of katy.
    It's encouraging and motivating us to be happy.
  16. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    The worst album of her career. Honestly I expected better songs than this...
  17. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    this album is one of the best of this **** 2020 although the true "critics" do not know how to appreciate the art that is SMILE we Katycats yes long live Queen Katy
  18. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Obviously, its her best record. I have only one critic: why katy still doesnt release cry about it later as single?
  19. Aug 28, 2020
    1
    Este álbum no es lo mejor del 2020, incluso Witness suena mejor que esto. Una canción salva a todo el álbum.
  20. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Best pop album of 2020, all songs are timeless / incredible bops and she's got her smile back
  21. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    SMILEEEEE! Es un gran álbum, provoca bailar.. danzar y obviamente RECUPERAR TU SONRISA Grande eres Katy Perry, gracias.
  22. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un hermoso álbum, todo, desde sus letras, sus instrumentales y todo el trayecto el cual te lleva el álbum. Expand
  23. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    such a masterpiece!! I love all of this album, im so happy for katy. My fav is champagne problems
  24. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy I am so proud of you, your new album has saved pop music and the year of 2020, thank you for bringing us joy in such horrible times. Smile is your most personal album and its so good to see you happy, best album of 2020. Love you!
  25. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Me encanta de inicio a fin todas las canciones tienen una vida y ritmo propio. Only love viene a ser un vaso refrescante de agua después de estas en un sauna
  26. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    O Brasil te ama obrigado por esse álbum maravilhoso, as melhores críticas devem vir de seus fãs a indústria é passível ao erro, você é incrível Thanks lov u
  27. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Sin duda es su mejor álbum, la mezcla de sonidos es hermosa al igual que las letras y las historias en ellas.
  28. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Maybe her best album. The lyrics are perfect and show her growth during these years.
  29. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Obra de arte os críticos de merd@ que lutem , muito bem produzido, vocais perfeitos, tudo como eu queria, estou viciada
  30. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    katy perry is back to smile. SMILE is a cohesive and coherent album from beginning to end.
  31. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is pop perfection! Katy Perry give us another masterpiece, all the tracks are so good, there is no skips. We all got our smiles back!
  32. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy Perry consegue lhe transportar para outra dimensão através desee álbum, com músicas dançantes que lhe fazem se sentir bem e aconchegado
  33. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    THIS IS THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR. incredibly good!! u nailed it katy!
  34. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Expand
  35. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Sonidos ochenteros y letras muy personales invaden a smile por completo. El mejor album de Katy hasta ahora. Sabemos que la critica la escupe. Pero tambien sabemos lo bueno que es su trabajo. Ella mo necesita nada se esto para ser quien es.
  36. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy volvio con este gran album con grandes canciones pop, es verdaderamente bueno desde el comienzo con Never Really Over y cerrando con broche de oro en What Makes A Woman, cada cancion por si sola es maravillosa con una gran letra y un gran potencial. Expand
  37. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    incredible and addictive sound. thanks for delivering one of the best albums of the year Katy. i'm smiling now. one of the best albums of his career. joins prism and Teenage Dream forming Katy Perry's holy trinity
  38. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Smile is full of hope and resilience that we need to hear these times. One of the most necessary albums this quarantine to help us through the dark times we're living. Excellent. Expand
  39. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    One of the best albums ever released this year, Katy I love you and you just rocked Smile
  40. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Sonoridade perfeita , letras fortes e marcantes. Coesão em tudo tudo que se entende no álbum.
  41. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album makes everyone Let's get our smile back after so many months of isolation due to the pandemic, Katy could not have chosen better her tracklist songs and date to release her album, welcome to the world baby Katy Daisy.
  42. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    "Smile" is the best katy perry album, each song conveys a special feeling in addition to the fact that the lyrics along with the sound mixes are something extraordinary.
  43. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy Perry trouxe uma incrível sonoridade nesse álbum. Arrepiando e fazendo nos rirmos como verdadeiros palhaços. Expand
  44. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    tus is the best álbum for cure your scars nothing and nobody can say is bad because then they'll without heir your idea **** ♥️
  45. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I'm not a Katy Perry stan but I can HONESTLY say that this album is such a masterpiece. She created a story between her sadness and her problems. Every song is like a mystical trip in her mind and I'm very proud of her.
  46. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Smile se convierte en el mejor disco de Katy. Los sonidos son diferentes a los anteriores. Felicidades Katy
  47. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Album Of The Year, pop perfection and legend!!!

    Obrigado por nos proporcionar esse álbum perfeito Katy Perry, obrigado por ter superado todos seus obstáculos e nunca ter desistido, vamos dá stream porque ela merece o mundo.
  48. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Smile isn’t just an album, it’s a cultural reset, it’s the oxygen you breathe, it’s a lifestyle, a reason to breathe, an escape from this cruel world, it’s art, the first gift you open on christmas, a hug from a loved one, everything you’ve ever wanted.

    This album gives you really good vibes. Almost as Teenage Dream with a more deep meaning, a better production and a cohesive sound. Most
    Smile isn’t just an album, it’s a cultural reset, it’s the oxygen you breathe, it’s a lifestyle, a reason to breathe, an escape from this cruel world, it’s art, the first gift you open on christmas, a hug from a loved one, everything you’ve ever wanted.

    This album gives you really good vibes. Almost as Teenage Dream with a more deep meaning, a better production and a cohesive sound. Most of them songs have single potential, with almost no fillers in it.

    It arrives at Perry's most spiritual and "healing with love" moment and fits really good with her personality.

    For me it's one of the best pop albums of 2020. A true masterpiece.
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  49. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The best álbum of 2020,I m cru and smile listing this CD!! THIS IS SO EMOTIONAL AND HAPPY
  50. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Each song is perfect, it makes you want to dance, it makes you forget bad memories, you remember that you are firework
  51. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    "Perry ha plasmado un corazón en cada una de las canciones, dando con su voz una esencia especial, tal como solo ella lo sabe hacer. Catalogándose rápidamente como uno de los mejores álbumes de su carrera, desde su debut con one of the boys. Ella lo hizo una vez más, logró sacarnos una lágrima y una sonrisa desde el fondo de nuestros corazones."
  52. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Some songs are cool, but they don't match each other and don't match the concept of the album. It was a mess. Expand
  53. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Love this album because this alguns kanshdbsbsbbsbsjsjsjjsjsja sjsjksnsmsksksjajsjsj hshsbsbsbsbbsbsbsbsbsbwbbsbsbsbsbsbsbsbbsb
  54. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    When you work with a new album, you are wondering to hear something new. Im sorry Ms. Katy but it´s fine if you just celebrate the birth of your new child, because this album it´s the same as we heard in 2010 , 2013 & 2016.
  55. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    She is givin´ us, a more mature era than witness, the light is arriving for her, and she is showing that on the album, we can here pure pop. The lyrics are so deep. Even Katy is saying the truth in all the songs
  56. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Sem dúvidas, um dos melhores discos dos últimos tempos. Sutil, delicado e delicioso de ouvir.
    Alguém de ser um dos trabalhos mais coesos da Katy. Se notarem, todas as músicas começam em uma batida quase muda, que vai crescendo até chegar a um pouco, e no fim, volta a uma mesma batida menos. Quando juntas, as músicas do album se compõe e ficam coesas.
    Outros pontos que me chamou a atenção,
    Sem dúvidas, um dos melhores discos dos últimos tempos. Sutil, delicado e delicioso de ouvir.
    Alguém de ser um dos trabalhos mais coesos da Katy. Se notarem, todas as músicas começam em uma batida quase muda, que vai crescendo até chegar a um pouco, e no fim, volta a uma mesma batida menos. Quando juntas, as músicas do album se compõe e ficam coesas.
    Outros pontos que me chamou a atenção, foram a voz e os vocais da Katy, que estão tremendamente incríveis.
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  57. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy finally found hersel artistically, this is what she loves to do, this is what she knows how to do better, It does not matter if she's always been like this because this is what she feels good doing. It is a perfect pop album with influences of the 80s and eurodance kind of sonha. Her best body of work so far.
  58. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy com certeza é uma artista além do tempo dela e vem provando isso desde o teenage dream. Agora, 10 anos depois ela retorna com um trabalho maduro e ainda mais coeso que o teenage dream, isso não só pelo seu potencial, mas por toda sua essência que fica evidentemente clara em smile. Artistas como ela, merecem muito mais que #1 na hot100 e ela não precisa mais provar isso ninguém,Katy com certeza é uma artista além do tempo dela e vem provando isso desde o teenage dream. Agora, 10 anos depois ela retorna com um trabalho maduro e ainda mais coeso que o teenage dream, isso não só pelo seu potencial, mas por toda sua essência que fica evidentemente clara em smile. Artistas como ela, merecem muito mais que #1 na hot100 e ela não precisa mais provar isso ninguém, afinal, ela encontrou no sorriso dela! Expand
  59. Aug 28, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No me gustó el album, lleno de muchas canciones las cuales ya salieron y Perry desesperada por tener mucho éxito de nuevo Expand
  60. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    In Smile, Katy tells us about her darkest moments and her journey towards the light. From the beginning it will not stop surprising you. Different sounds in each song and stories that will make you smile.
  61. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I’m just gagging with all songs, she’s back, she change everything, new lyrics, she just fully reinvented
  62. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This is such a good and upbeat album! I love every single part of it! Its truly a pop perfection
  63. Aug 28, 2020
    9
    This is one of the best Katy’s albums, so emotional, she really throw back her SMILE, she’s really Resilient. The album in my opinion its divided in 4 parts. The Healing part starts with Never Really Over and the next two songs that have the same feeling. The Resilience part that stars with Daisies and the next two songs that really make you feel good and empowered. The Fun part that starsThis is one of the best Katy’s albums, so emotional, she really throw back her SMILE, she’s really Resilient. The album in my opinion its divided in 4 parts. The Healing part starts with Never Really Over and the next two songs that have the same feeling. The Resilience part that stars with Daisies and the next two songs that really make you feel good and empowered. The Fun part that stars with Smile and the next two funny song that make you really dance and smile too, makes you feel Happy. And the last, the love part that the songs makes you feel good. Is really the story of Katy in the last years, and how she works to be happy again. This is neccesary for this moments, to have hope and feel good.
    This album have the essence of all her last albums but with a particular new sound. All the album wanna make you dance and finally put a smile on your face.
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  64. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No escuchen 'cry about it later' o no sabrás cómo seguir con tu vida después de eso.
    This the album
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  65. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Este ha sido uno de los mejores trabajos de Katy, y es una pena que los demás críticos se basen principalmente en su vida personal y en sus trabajos anteriores para calificar smile, cuando en realidad SMiLE es una obra de arte por sí misma.
  66. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    SMILE is so good!! It is everything you need right now in such difficult times!!!! Just keep on dancing with those teary eyes!!!
  67. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Best pop album 2020 She get her smile back Thanks for this hapiness
    Contrat katy
  68. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very good!Smile é o sexto álbum de estúdio da cantora e compositora norte-americana Katy Perry, lançado em 28 de agosto de 2020 através da Capitol Records, três anos depois do seu antecessor Witness (2017). Ela descreveu o álbum como sua "jornada em direção à luz, com histórias de resiliência, esperança e amor". Musicalmente um álbum pop, Smile promove temas como autoajuda e empoderamento.

    O álbum foi procedido por dois singles: "Daisies", o primeiro single, foi lançado em 15 de maio de 2020 e atingiu a posição #40 na Billboard Hot 100; e o single seguinte, "Smile", foi lançado em 10 de julho de 2020. Smile também inclui os lançamentos autônomos de Perry de 2019 "Never Really Over" e "Harleys in Hawaii". Após seu lançamento, Smile recebeu opiniões variadas dos críticos contemporâneos, com alguns elogiando a imagem madura de Perry, e outros criticando a produção maçante e composições clichês.
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  69. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The best album of the year! This is so great, makes me speechless about her. She is an ICONIC woman and I am so happy for her and her album. ❤️
  70. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy, thank u for your amazing album, you’re the best!!! Swifties are with u, congrats and success to you. Love u till the end! ♡
  71. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy evoluiu como pessoa e como artista. Smile é a trajetória da cantora em busca do sorriso que começa com um sofrimento em “Never Really Over” e termina com a felicidade de gerar um ser humano em “What Makes a Woman”. Não existe uma música que não agrade nesse álbum!
  72. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    It's her best album, all the songs are amazing and have powerfull lyrics like Resilient, Not The End Of The World and Only Love! Katy Perry really gaves a reason to everyone Smile!
  73. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Sonoramente e liricamente é o álbum mais coerente que eu já ouvi. Sem ceder as tendências atuais, Katy Perry mostrou que o seu lugar no pop está consagrado e dela ninguém tira esse trono. Uma história de recuperação, se você quer ficar triste nós temos músicas para você, mas saiba que também há as músicas certas para recuperar seu sorriso. O melhor trabalho da carreira de Katy Perry,Sonoramente e liricamente é o álbum mais coerente que eu já ouvi. Sem ceder as tendências atuais, Katy Perry mostrou que o seu lugar no pop está consagrado e dela ninguém tira esse trono. Uma história de recuperação, se você quer ficar triste nós temos músicas para você, mas saiba que também há as músicas certas para recuperar seu sorriso. O melhor trabalho da carreira de Katy Perry, parabéns pois consegue se superar a cada era. Coesão, coerência e aclamação. Expand
  74. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Literalmente entrou no conceito e fez todo mundo sorrir, SMILE é um dos álbuns mais poderosos e positivos para nos reconectarmos com aquilo que perdemos ao longo do tempo, é um ótimo remédio para quarentena e faz jus ao que prometeu. Katy Perry segue fazendo tudo, again.
  75. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Best album in 2020 and said to have cured corona. Idk bout corona but it saved my sanity girl
  76. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A GREAT ALBUM 10/10 her best work since teenage dream !! Great production/vocals no skips Expand
  77. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Siempre entregando buenos álbumes desde sus inicios aunque la crítica no concuerde con la aceptación del público.
  78. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Smile is true love, happiness, therapy and recovery, I loved the full album, the story of the music's is so beautiful. Katy is incredible.
  79. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Completamente perfeita, madura, todas as músicas são um masterpiece e cry about it later e not the end of the world
  80. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Definitely katy does it again and we are surprised to give them a smile difficult to erase, no doubt his best album up to the Definitely katy does it again and we are surprised to give them a smile difficult to erase, no doubt their best album so far, each song with a different rhythm but continuous to a story of resilience, overcoming and love Expand
  81. Aug 28, 2020
    8
    this album is great, you can tell she is really happy and just wants to write music she loves and doesn't care about commercial success that results in her making one of her best albums
  82. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    there it is, Katheryn. The messages, the sounds, and the vocals ughhh we don't deserve her especially those critiques who endlessly hate her periodt.
  83. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Es increíble, tan lleno de felicidad, reflexión, te transmite sentimientos
  84. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this album is brilliant and captivating, being until then its second best album Expand
  85. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing album! All of the songs are uplifting and are great! The critics are crazy! Expand
  86. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Un álbum que me ha sorprendido demasiado, miss Perry supo como recuperar su sonrisa y la de sus fans con un álbum que tiene diferentes estilos, puedes bailar y llorar en un pequeño lapso de 36 minutos.
  87. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy sabe fazer pop de qualidade, sempre soube, e sempre vai saber. A rainha do pop!
  88. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is a BOP. Pop perfection at its best. Bop after bop. Exactly what we need in 2020. Katy Perry did that.
  89. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Hay tanta madurez en este álbum, me siento muy contenta con el cambio que dió a cada uno de sus ritmos y canciones, es una álbum para sonreir, tiene canciones con una excelente lírica y sus videos tendrán unos excelentes visuales
  90. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    album of the year, one of katy's best work! inspirational songs that help us regain our lost smile. Highlights a lot Not the end of the world & Cry About it later.
  91. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Maravilhoso ! Em todos as aspectos realmente nos faz sorrir novamente. As músicas são perfeitas não tem uma música ruim extremamente lendário. Expand
  92. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I love it! This album is art! Thank u Katyperry. Thanks for this for all, i’ll love u forever!
  93. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The best album of the year! Oh yeah baby! Tanks Katy for this, really. Es demasiado arte para mis oídos! Expand
  94. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Más de lo mismo, Katy sigue haciendo música inmaduro, este álbum al igual que todos sus álbumes deberían ser considerados infantiles, debería arriesgarse y hacer cosas nuevas además de que su imagen ya está muy gastada lo que hace que sea su álbum el más fracasado que tiene incluso aún después de su anterior álbum
  95. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    An iconic material from a goddess Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson! Hope that Terry Eyes will be the next single from the album! One of the best releases of the last few years by all the artists!
  96. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Very coherent and very well produced album. Katy returned to pop from her comfort zone with some more experimental highlights with very dance music, bordering on electronic music.
  97. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album it’s perfect! I love all songs. The objective of this album was created a smile in all faces and Katy did it
  98. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    this album is completely perfect amazing and the critics can cry about it later
  99. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Clearly one of her best album ! Parfaite brillant, chaque chanson est unique, l'album est survalidé.
  100. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Smile is the perfect album to listen to when you have unpleasant moments. It has great sounds like the guitar solo on Cry About It Later, or the perfect sound for a soundtrack with It's Not The End Of The World. Smile came at the perfect time and year to rejoice while in lockdown.
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58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Sep 8, 2020
    60
    Without fleeting moments of bad taste, Perry does indeed sound mature, but she's also not quite as fun. That's a conscious choice, though. Smile is intended to evoke memories of her frivolous younger days while pointing toward a sustainable pop future.
  2. Sep 4, 2020
    50
    While Perry finds the occasional moment of quality here (Smile and Tucked both feel like the best possible music we could get from Katy Perry in 2020), Smile is an album searching for an identity—and when it fails, it falls back on lazy writing.
  3. Aug 31, 2020
    60
    Like Joanne before Chromatica, Smile plays like a necessary centering exercise, indulging her insecurities and less surefire instincts. If Witness was overdetermined, Smile is an earnest exhale, for better or for worse. It delivers an image of her journey towards inner peace that is honest (if corny) and catchy (if not exactly inventive).