• Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2020
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  1. Jul 7, 2023
    0
    First of all, this album already ended Traumatica with ease. Lady Gaga doesn't deserve rights after releasing the terrorist atomic bomb named "Chromatica", or Traumatica for wise ones. Smile shows Katy Perry has definetely changed since Witness. She's more mature and, in my opinion, this is not a chiclé based those stupid critical reviews. Smile describes her real feelings and the realFirst of all, this album already ended Traumatica with ease. Lady Gaga doesn't deserve rights after releasing the terrorist atomic bomb named "Chromatica", or Traumatica for wise ones. Smile shows Katy Perry has definetely changed since Witness. She's more mature and, in my opinion, this is not a chiclé based those stupid critical reviews. Smile describes her real feelings and the real Katy Perry, and we love it. Definetely top 3 on the best albums of 2020. Congrats for Daisy Dove Bloom, Katy, love u Expand
  2. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    i really tried to like it but this is album so lazy and immemorable. like serious,i Just remember "never really over" cause i listened to it before. idk what the hell is going on with this pop artists, the despair for prove that is innovating at the same time that has a despair for charts it's só tragic. and that's why i am here for REAL indie and folk artists not the "oh look i wanti really tried to like it but this is album so lazy and immemorable. like serious,i Just remember "never really over" cause i listened to it before. idk what the hell is going on with this pop artists, the despair for prove that is innovating at the same time that has a despair for charts it's só tragic. and that's why i am here for REAL indie and folk artists not the "oh look i want another grammy after two pathetic albums help me to make an album bon iver Expand
  3. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    i hate this album it’s so boring. non songs is good.
  4. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    There is nothing new in this album, the same recipe as always.
    It should reinvent itself and do something new.
  5. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Is so amazing ❤️.
    I love her talent.
    Folklore is one of her best albums ever
  6. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. não gostei do álbum album pessimo acho que katy tem que parar de produzir e lançar albuns Expand
  7. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    hbdissbdhdbdsosjsjaonajdosbsshkaNbesos hey vi cbcjsosjahisjdhwusydehsushdbdj
  8. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    One of the worst album of all time really boring really skip and how people love this
  9. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    First of all i just wanted to point out that these critics are really biased and u shouldn't trust a single thing they say, a critic actually gave this album a 20/100, yes, u heard that right. This is easily katy's best album, there are 0 skips bc i this kind of katy perry really is my style of music. I LOVED the fact that she had some darker songs on here (CAIL, NTEOTW) and she tries a…First of all i just wanted to point out that these critics are really biased and u shouldn't trust a single thing they say, a critic actually gave this album a 20/100, yes, u heard that right. This is easily katy's best album, there are 0 skips bc i this kind of katy perry really is my style of music. I LOVED the fact that she had some darker songs on here (CAIL, NTEOTW) and she tries a… Expand
    Smile leans on tired cliché and outdated dance-lite production.
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  10. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Kinda disappointed didn't come out as her previous albums plus I personally think they sound same as her old discography
  11. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    The album sounds similar than her oldest albums. It could be better but I hope the next one will be better
  12. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    There are some really great songs on this albums and some songs I plan on never listening to again. It's far from her prime pop hits but album as a whole is just a message of empowerment which is great but it's been the same message through the entire album.
  13. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Giving a 5 for now ...Smile just wasn't my type i guess? I might give it a few more attempts and hofelly I'll change my mind
  14. Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. She hasn't improved. It's the same old katy. What makes a woman is a great song tho. Others are just fillers. Harleys in hawai didnt last Expand
  15. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Muito bom ver a evolução da rainha californiana. Otimo album. Se não, o melhor da carreira.
  16. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Her worst album already. Imagine the downgrade from TeenageDream-Prism-Smile
  17. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Kaká, es lo que define este álbum, pasando la Smile
  18. Aug 29, 2020
    0
    The worst album of 2020.its like a child wrote this album for fun and it's not even fun. There is not a single good song in it. I like other albums of katy but this was a disaster!
  19. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not that good. Same old ............,....,.................................. Expand
  20. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Painfully the same Katy we’ve seen for years, with similar sounding beats and overproduction. There are some okay tracks on here, but not enough to fully save it. We can’t easily give her good reviews just because she’s Katy Perry. This album has to at least live up to its predecessor’s, to which it does not.
  21. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Ela desaprendeu , não adianta, passou o tempo e não melhorou... ela precisa amadurecer as letras
  22. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es el peor álbum que hubiera existido, mejor que se dedique a ser mamá y deje de flopear bien feo Expand
  23. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    No hay nada de bueno en el álbum. Tiene el mismo sonido de siempre. Ojalá en el próximo se renueve y saque algo que valga la pena
  24. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Un álbum hermoso, pero sus fans s1dosos no pueden vivir con el fracaso entonces tienen que hundir a otras artistas para que la suya no se muera totalmente. Maduren mierdacats
  25. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    tristemente Katy Perry nuevamente nos vuelve a desilusionar... STREAM DYNAMITE
  26. Sep 15, 2020
    0
    I thought this album was bad and inconsistent, none of the sounds she plays with are very appealing.
  27. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This album is so powerful and beautiful but this album haves lots of old song released in 2019 , I love this album
  28. Nov 23, 2020
    0
    achei que depois do flop gigantesco que a mesma caiu ela iria melhorar como artista mas nunca estive tão errado... entregou mais uma vez algo básico, genérico e sem substância
  29. Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Es un álbum mediocre, plano y aburrido Merece menos de la calificación que tiene.
    Nadie le gusto ese abortó.
  30. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    What katy make here is amazing, she's best album so far! REALLY RECOMMENDED #SMILE
  31. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Katy que pasa, sinceramente es poco más de los mismos tus fans queremos que te arriesgues a musica nueva.
  32. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    her worst album to date, it didn't made be smile, it's a very predictible record with basically the same sound that she's been doing since 2010, nothing innovative, nothing catchy, so far it's the worst female release of the year
  33. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Her worst album to date, it is reproductive and out-of-date. How can you imagine that this mediocre album is poorly produced by Katy Perry who used to have great record like Prism. Overall, the songs from Smile reminds you of a circus, not the funny one but a horrible one. It makes people think that it is written by a 9 years old and the generic lyric is even worse than a child poems. TheHer worst album to date, it is reproductive and out-of-date. How can you imagine that this mediocre album is poorly produced by Katy Perry who used to have great record like Prism. Overall, the songs from Smile reminds you of a circus, not the funny one but a horrible one. It makes people think that it is written by a 9 years old and the generic lyric is even worse than a child poems. The album wants to make us happy and smile but it ended up being horrible and lane. Expand
  34. Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Katy always has the same concept but it doesn't work anymore. Sounds generic and aged like milk.
  35. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    The worst album of her career

    The songs seem to be a recycling of everything she has ever done with a dance beat on top, in an attempt to appear trendy and fresh but unfortunately still dated
  36. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    A new album that is old-fashioned and has no novelty, and I can still hear such an album in 2020.
  37. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Mais do mesmo, chato, datado e desesperado. Chega ser triste pensar que Katy era uma das artistas mais interessantes da indústria.
  38. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Album I bet unforgettable and in-cohesive. sis needs to stop making music Facts are facts Expand
  39. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This album sounds exactly like all her past stuff, feels like im listening the same stuff again and again, i cant feel how she has grown as a songwriter, and thats so bad, because she is a nice songwriter...
  40. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    I only like two songs. Worse than her last album. So short. She’s lost her touch. Lost it 7 years ago at this point, after prism.
  41. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy ha bajado mucho de nivel. Está muy bien que se sienta inspirada en su hija y en responderle a los haters, pero sinceramente no la da... Expand
  42. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Esperaba bastante más de lo que ha hecho, después de lo mal que salió Witness, no me esperaba este disco.
  43. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This album was a disappointment. I didn't have high hopes for Katy and her music, but I did think it would be better than this. She has the budget for the best writers and producers in the world but this album still sounds dated, clunky, and tacky. Hopefully the next one is better but after this and Witness, I doubt the quality of Katy's music is on anything but a downward spiraling trajectory.
  44. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a great album, the songs comply with the message of the album name but are not attractive enough for the public's ear, Katy Perry returned to her old rhythms but several of the songs used many samples from others Expand
  45. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    É constrangedor que uma mulher de 35 anos lance um álbum totalmente sem coesão e imaturo como esse. É, literalmente, constrangedor escutar isso que, supostamente, eram para ser músicas.

    Espero que ela consiga encontrar a sua verdadeira vocação sendo mãe, pois como cantora não tem mais salvação.
  46. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    she deserves so much love for giving us a happy go album during this pandemic
    omgggggggggggggggg
  47. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    We need a real average, not an overrating. Smile is a good album, but Katy could do it better.
  48. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Katy Perry again demonstrates that she is stuck in 2010, bringing a tepid album with empty and recycled lyrics from previous albums. His work continues without news and artistic evolution.
  49. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sounds like commercial basic pop, it doesn't reinvent itself, it doesn't do anything new, just basic children's music, lacking in personality. Expand
  50. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    expected a lot more of katy. its not bad at all but it has no cohesion, i really expected much more. and also not the end of the world is that masterpiece u have to listen to.
  51. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Te amo katy tu no mereces esto pero tus estupidos fans inician siempre las peleas y las guerras, te amo y suerte con tu bebe ❤️
  52. 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.
  53. 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.
  54. 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
  55. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Sou muito fã da Katy Perry mais esse álbum tá péssimo.saudades de quando ela fazia música de qualidade
  56. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Is the worst album of 2020 so far,generic and a realy **** music of katy perry”s albuns,discuting and patetic!
  57. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    The worst album of her career. Honestly I expected better songs than this...
  58. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible! Katy Perry is still unable to reinvent herself. One of her worst albums. Expand
  59. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Some tracks are good, but the album is not cohesive! There is no innovation, but that is to be expected from Katy Perry!
  60. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Solo dire Katy continua sacando el mismo pop de hace años nada innovador nada nuevo
    Su pop es muy generico por lo cual cansa de tanto escucharlo
  61. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Lo mismo de siempre, un album aburrido sin nada interesante, bien merecido tiene ese amarillo.
  62. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This album is bad, only 2-3 songs are good and personally i don’n like your direction
  63. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Meh I’m just mad that katyrats put folklore a 0 just to make smile the top rated album by people it’s a shame Expand
  64. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    this katy perry album is horrible, as are all of her works. this album will flop a lot on your debut.
  65. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    It's very bad, I don't like this kind of style. Katy is a great artist, but this is not one of her best work's
  66. Aug 29, 2020
    0
    i love this album it masterpiece.it amaze me how she wrote a album in quarantine.
  67. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Pobre cagada amarilla urge retiro, se merece el amarillo de todos sus álbumes
  68. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Como de costumbre, sonidos repetitivos y nada innovador, aburrido, infantil, sin salir de su zona de confort. Expand
  69. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    A failure of an album. An empty, lifeless popstar that tried her best to recreate her magnum opus - Teenage Dream, but fell flat on her face.
  70. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Bad, boring, basic... Don't waste your time! If you want to listen to it, go to Spotify or YouTube, don't buy it.
  71. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Gente que sabor delicioso eu recomendo! Esse album não merece uma resposta, lindo o sorrisinho. Rs
  72. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    I like katy but This Album is not What she made before . The only one who gives us best album is The weeknd
  73. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    It is a bad album to be honest
    Bad lyrics bad production
    Not good at all !
  74. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Always the same thing, this album is boring, she is using the same sounds from prism and TD
  75. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    It’s okay but boring, also it feels so similar to other pop songs like it’s nothing new
  76. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This album sounds like the same old katy, it doesn't change the sound and it becomes monotonous. Ojalá cambiara un poco y experimentara más
  77. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Katy Perry do céu, parece que eu to ouvindo o Teenage Dream 4.0, mesmisse de sempre, não muda em nada, parabéns pela tentativa, só os fãs engoliram e olhe lá
  78. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Horrível, horrível, horrível, horroroso, me faz mal, se ela quer alimentar uma filha com o dinheiro de stream desse álbum minha filha pode procurar outro emprego.
  79. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think that the era of Katy is over, Katy was good when she out Roar or Dark Horse. Expand
  80. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s amazing how an artist can stay this long but the truth it’s that Katy Perry doesn’t know how to reinvent itself, every album sounds the same and Smile it’s not different, I’m not saying that it’s a bad album but it’s nothing new these days, she need to get inspired by Lady Gaga for example, Chromatica show us an Alien Queen in her own planet, Katy it’s just... the Clown of pop. Expand
  81. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    The way the whole aesthetic of this album is circus but the title track is the only one that can relate sonically.
  82. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Nada personal katia, pero el cero para que convine con la critica que se le avecina, xoxo
  83. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    It’s extremely boring... I’ve enjoyed her past work and didn’t even hate Witness that much but this isn’t it
  84. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrível, fracassado, mal feito, chato de ouvir, repetitivo, enjoativo, radioativo, sem sal, tem muito o que melhorar, Taylor rainha desse universo. Katy Perry c4del4 Fracassada Expand
  85. Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Every song knocked down a teeth til' I lost every reason to show up a smile.
  86. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Que album tan aburrido y predecible! Katy ya no es como antes que no hacia divertir con sus canciones Expand
  87. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This album is a really weird one.
    First, it includes singles that were released almost or more than a year ago. For me that is Lack of creativity for making new songs. Next, 12 songs for an “iconic” album, really? 12 songs is nothing and only 8 are really new songs, I really think that is, besides lack of creativity, also lack of interest for achieving an award or returning something to
    This album is a really weird one.
    First, it includes singles that were released almost or more than a year ago. For me that is Lack of creativity for making new songs. Next, 12 songs for an “iconic” album, really? 12 songs is nothing and only 8 are really new songs, I really think that is, besides lack of creativity, also lack of interest for achieving an award or returning something to her fans.
    Speaking of that, I don’t think this album will archive any award (again), much less a Grammy. But on this point, she has nothing to lose already.
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  88. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    I liked her previous albums a lot more I liked the message of the songs and I’m glad Katy Perry is doing better and I’m so happy about her baby but this album was not it for me personally but I hope she continues to make music -swiftie
  89. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    She released a playlist of songs she wrote while bored and then recorded in a bathroom and called it an album, A disrespect with her fans and everyone who lost their time to listen to this terrible body of work, if it can be called one.
  90. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy Perry should make peace withthe fact that she's just an industry plant with no growth whatsoever. This album is boring glad and generic Expand
  91. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Suena igual a todo lo que ya hemos escuchado, es olvidable, no tiene nada que impresione para escuchar el album todo el tiempo. Expand
  92. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy's worst album, only three songs have great potential, and the rest seem like a combination of smile and harleys in Hawaii. Expand
  93. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Boring album. Let’s not post that. Let’s practice a little more. Let’s catch up.
  94. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    En lo personal, éste álbum tiene sonidos similares a sus anteriores trabajos discográficos, nada que no haya hecho antes, lo unico que puedo rescatar son las letras que tiene como not the end of the world
  95. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    I think is kinda Cool but nothing new, still the same katy perry from the last decade
  96. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Katy always doing the same thing, she needs to change her rythms and leave this
  97. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    If not Katy included her old "hits" this album would be totally forgotten. Let's be honest, the songs aren't bad like Witness but they're pretty forgettable.
  98. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Nem daria pra chamar de álbum, na verdade Smile não passa de um amontoado de faixas que foram coladas e disfarçadas sobre um suposto conceito de "sad clown". Liricamente é uma vergonha, com frases vazias e rasas, entretanto já era esperado vindo de Katy Perry.
  99. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is so boring, simple and the same sound of Teenage Dream or Prism with any reinvention. Expand
  100. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Sucks, in the Middle of a year With such good albums from Other artists this comes and screws it all up
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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).