Smile
by Katy Perry
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2020
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 11514 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9,454 out of 11514
  2. Mixed: 291 out of 11514
  3. Negative: 1,769 out of 11514
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  1. cruelchanges
    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. venusprincess
    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. SINTHIA
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    i hate this album it’s so boring. non songs is good.
  4. TndN0Sau7
    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. OmarDm0613
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Is so amazing ❤️.
    I love her talent.
    Folklore is one of her best albums ever
  6. Speak
    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. andrreeaa13
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    hbdissbdhdbdsosjsjaonajdosbsshkaNbesos hey vi cbcjsosjahisjdhwusydehsushdbdj
  8. sadramahgoli
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    One of the worst album of all time really boring really skip and how people love this
  9. arigrandefans
    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.    … Expand
  10. aishaxmalick
    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. Acoto3009
    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. kevindnguyen
    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. VenessaTeng
    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. Tanci
    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. Alyrson
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Muito bom ver a evolução da rainha californiana. Otimo album. Se não, o melhor da carreira.
  16. aintyourboykenn
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Her worst album already. Imagine the downgrade from TeenageDream-Prism-Smile
  17. Jhaider28
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Kaká, es lo que define este álbum, pasando la Smile
  18. Ayesha_
    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. Akshadawankhede
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not that good. Same old ............,....,..................................… Expand
  20. deslopez
    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. igordisraeli
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Ela desaprendeu , não adianta, passou o tempo e não melhorou... ela precisa amadurecer as letras
  22. Alejadro
    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. Jose-m
    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. Xxxxxmrgxxx
    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. Salvatorxmundi
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    tristemente Katy Perry nuevamente nos vuelve a desilusionar... STREAM DYNAMITE
  26. glock13
    Sep 15, 2020
    0
    I thought this album was bad and inconsistent, none of the sounds she plays with are very appealing.
  27. whishyie
    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. gabrixl
    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. Alfonso911
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Es un álbum mediocre, plano y aburrido Merece menos de la calificación que tiene.
    Nadie le gusto ese abortó.
  30. FrancisFahsbndr
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    What katy make here is amazing, she's best album so far! REALLY RECOMMENDED #SMILE
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58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. AllMusic
    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.
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  2. No Ripcord
    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.
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  3. PopMatters
    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).
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