• Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2020
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  1. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    It's amazing, Incredible have good sounds, deep lyrics, and too much talent.
  2. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The album shows Perry as a more mature artist! The album has a good communication through the songs. Well done, Katy, you did it!
  3. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Honestly this album is SO GOOD. Katy knows how to do pop perfection. This deserves a lot of recognition. More than other albums released today. Maybe katy´s BEST album.
  4. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    eu não to me aguentando com essa album, to tão feliz que a katy entregou simplesmente tudo, fazia tempo que não sentia isso por um álbum, era exatamente o que a gente precisava nesse momento. Perfeita, PERFEITA
  5. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    amazing, the way katy can express her feelings in this album is totally incredible. She shows herself at a happy place right now where she’s grateful and most alive than ever
  6. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy returns with an explosion of rhythms, that make you dance on the rain, to the point of forgetting your problems ... without a doubt one of the best albums Katy has given us to the point of endangering her career. like her did with witness
  7. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Мне альбом очень сильно понравился, он даже превысил все мои ожидания. Я считаю что это одна из лучших её работ.
  8. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    horrible. katy has lost all of her talent and now she’s just washed up. i’m so sorry to say this because her old music is amazing.
  9. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    horrible, lo mismo de siempre. Ya aburre con su música repetitiva, ojalá y se pueda ya retirar.
  10. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only art, supera por mucho a Prism, merece que todas las canciones sean singles Expand
  11. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. bop after bop after bop most of the negative reviews aren’t even reviews so just try a listen Expand
  12. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Smile é um álbum completo. Dividido em 4 fases de sua vida, Perry consegue se comunicar e passar o lado mais pessoal de sua vida. Iniciando com a tristeza, depois ela sorri pois vence sua depressão. Aparece então o grande peão que ajudou nesse ciclo de recuperação... O amor. E por fim ela consegue seguir sua vida dando boas vindas a uma nova fase de amor e a chegada de sua filha. Não é mais do mesmo, é sua voz, sua mente, sua vida. Muitos críticos querem um novo firework, mas não é possível recriar algo na vida, são momentos e Perry expressa o momento mais difícil e pessoal da sua. O álbum é uma reviravolta que traz paz e vontade de continuar... Continuar sorrinfo! Expand
  13. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es muy malo cada canción es cualquiera que se puede olvidar y pasa desapercibida Expand
  14. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is the perfect wat to explain a story about the biggest shift of any main pop girl in their career. A 10 out of 10.
  15. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Perfecto, el álbum tiene excelentes letras y ningún ritmo es repetitivo, esto es un gran regreso para katy perry, lo ame
  16. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Best album of her since 2010. Powerful, funny, happy and katy perry world! Love it
  17. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The album is the best of its kind. Critics write that Katy does not change, but for me this is truly a very conscious, real album. Each track gives me a very good push inside to do something good. The smile just doesn't leave my face. Love you.
  18. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Amazing amazing and amazing! This album is magnificent. Why people give this album 0 stars only for lower its score? Like... are you okay?? AHAHAHAH
    This woman gave birth two days ago and you have the intelligence to spread hate around her? AND why y’all talks about the peace in the world and **** when you’re literally spreading hate on this woman? Why don’t y’all start to use your brain?
    Amazing amazing and amazing! This album is magnificent. Why people give this album 0 stars only for lower its score? Like... are you okay?? AHAHAHAH
    This woman gave birth two days ago and you have the intelligence to spread hate around her? AND why y’all talks about the peace in the world and **** when you’re literally spreading hate on this woman? Why don’t y’all start to use your brain? Cause... wasting your time creating multiple bad reviews do not represent a sing of intelligence! Especially when y’all consider yourselves as women supporters.
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  19. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Este álbum está perfeito, pelo amor de deuss!! O melhor album da Katy sem dúvidas, álbum autêntico, pop, com ótimas letras.
  20. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Genius! Good sounds. I'm dancing and smiling. It's a good coming for Katy Perry.
  21. Sep 2, 2020
    10
    A perfect album!
    A true lyrical journey from Katy's last years since Witness.
    There is no bad music and the vocal evolution is totally clear.
    What Katy wants with this album is that we can smile, despite the moment we are living in the world. It is an album that injects spirit and makes us hope for better days.
    Pop perfection! 10/10
  22. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Very bad album I dont like it At all
    She needs to make something like teenage dream
  23. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    SMILE is American popstar's greatest return to Pop League! Some of the songs may sound cliché and need reinvention, but the boppiness of those was explicit. Such a great pop record, Katy!
  24. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This is her best album!! On repeat everyday!! Love how she is now at her best and now found her smile. Love her so much always support her.
  25. Sep 5, 2020
    10
    one of the best albums of 2020, it is light, with very inspiring and strong lyrics, it sounds so fresh to the ears, my favorite songs are: teary eyes, cry about it later and tucked, thanks Katy for sharing this amazing album with the world.
  26. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    AMAZZZING ALBUM. katy came through with a refreshing and bringing positivity during dark times around the world. this definitely help gain my smile back
  27. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy volta com seu novo álbum , com músicas que mostram sua evolução desde o último álbum .
  28. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Honestly the best Katy album so far. Katy hit the apex of his maturity with the smile and gave deep, cheerful letters and written. In addition to the sonority to be extremely pleasant.
  29. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Un álbum fantástico, con canciones que van contando una historia, y definitivamente vas a sonreír desde la primera canción. Cuenta con ritmos geniales.
  30. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfecto para renacer como un fénix después de una época oscura. Los sonidos de sienten como la única e inigualable Katy Perry, desde ritmos alegres hasta misteriosos. Una mezcla retro y contemporánea con grandes himnos en honor a darle paso a una faceta más madura de su ser. La parte donde ha vivido la tormenta y se convierte en el arcoíris. Expand
  31. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Iconic album, good sigles by kty perry. She fknally found her smile yes yes yes good
  32. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album si all i need ,LOVE YOU KATY PERRY tu música nos alegra siempre el día ❤❤ Expand
  33. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Even though it's pop and mostly upbeat songs, the lyrics are very smart and captivating. She put work and her heart on this record, it shows. It follows a narrative very well and i got her message loud and clear. She's doing amazing now and she's heathly, but her past changed her forever, and it's one she's grateful for and has made her the woman she is today. Lastly, her vocals areEven though it's pop and mostly upbeat songs, the lyrics are very smart and captivating. She put work and her heart on this record, it shows. It follows a narrative very well and i got her message loud and clear. She's doing amazing now and she's heathly, but her past changed her forever, and it's one she's grateful for and has made her the woman she is today. Lastly, her vocals are impresive and you can notice that in many tracks. Amazing work! Expand
  34. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amei o álbum, supriu minhas expectativas. Ouvindo cada musica meu sorriso só aumenta , que letras lindas. Expand
  35. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    El álbum es perfecto.
    Katy Perry está a punto de renacer, La letra de cada canción es perfecta.
  36. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Me gusta mucho Katy Perry, y creo que es mejor que su anterior álbum witness, muisca variada pero con lo mismo de siempre todo suena igual.
  37. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    this album is very good since they are not the sounds that Katy normally uses, besides having good lyrics and good rhythm.This is good record work in all its glory.
  38. Aug 28, 2020
    7
    Very nice melodies, however the transition from one track to another has a very abrupt sound.
  39. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Is a album amazing. Katy Perry Is The Best.
    Smile Is a Masterpiece. Never really Over.
    Cry About It Later
    Teary Eyes
    Daisies
    Resilient
    Not The End Of The World
    Smile Champagne Problems
    Tucked
    Harleys In Hawaii
    Only love
    What Makes A Woman
  40. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    One of her best albums ever! Every single song is unforgettable and remarkable. The lyrics are heartfelt and inspiring. I don't understand why so called critics are being so harsh and difficult when it comes to this album, because the public is loving it.
  41. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este es uno de los mejores trabajos de Katy perry, el álbum es tan precioso y tan atractivo. Contiene un instrumental muy bueno además de sus increíbles letras que le llegan a cualquiera, desde que se dieron a conocer los títulos le tuve mucha fé a canciones como only love o champagne problems y no me equivoqué para nada son excelentes. Expand
  42. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Cada música que eu escutei desse álbum foi eu tive orgasmo, na faixa 'Smile' eu tive um ecstasy maior do que o da cocaína. Katy Perry serviu muito nessa obra prima. Está uma bíblia!
  43. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Um dos melhores álbuns do ano, Katy vem sempre se reinventando e inovando no mercado musical, além de trazer uma nostalgia enorme de suas eras passadas que marcaram o mercado fonográfico e que então seguem até hoje bastante aclamadas pelo público e por grandes nomes da história da música. As batidas são muito boas de cada faixa, somadas com sua voz surreal que segue intacta até hoje. PraUm dos melhores álbuns do ano, Katy vem sempre se reinventando e inovando no mercado musical, além de trazer uma nostalgia enorme de suas eras passadas que marcaram o mercado fonográfico e que então seguem até hoje bastante aclamadas pelo público e por grandes nomes da história da música. As batidas são muito boas de cada faixa, somadas com sua voz surreal que segue intacta até hoje. Pra mim, foi um dos maiores feitos dela. Expand
  44. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Smile, it's the new album of the year, every song makes you reflect, Personally all the songs have been an emotional experience, I love to see that she shows how she was able to grow as an artist, as a person and now as a mother. Congratulations to the artist and album of the year
  45. Aug 30, 2020
    10
    uno dei suoi migliori lavori, 0 skips, Holy Trinity nro cry about it later e not the end of the world
  46. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This is the best album of the year
    Katy realmente ha hecho una obra de arte con este álbum que es completamente actual y nostálgico
  47. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Música aburrida eh infantil, como artista ella sigue siendo esa principiante del 2007 aunque por aquellos años aún tenía creatividad.
  48. Aug 28, 2020
    1
    56??? is too much for this **** pray to continue like this katy, this is your worst album, stay with god
  49. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Achei super conceito,cada faixa eu me impressiono com a Katy Perry. Super sensatez e perspicaz em seu álbum Smile. Muito obrigado Katy. A cada álbum Katy evoluindo mais,o amadurecimento que eu vejo em cada álbum é a perfeição ao meu ver Expand
  50. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ÁLBUM IMPECÁVEL QUE A CRÍTICA VA TOMAR NO MEIO DO ANUS, E QUEM TA FAZENDO MUTIRÃO PRA DAR 0 MORRA. Expand
  51. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album deserves at least 80. Not the end of the world was my favourite song on the album.
  52. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This is an album that has it all, deep and sentimental lyrics, excellent rhythms, the best visuals, believe me when I tell you that you will not regret hearing it, one of Perry's best work.
  53. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This is literally pop perfection. This deserves the album of the year and it’s the best album of the decade that’s been released so far periodt
  54. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Smile is a masterpiece!!! there’s no bad music, they’re all perfect. smile is the album of the year
  55. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    She deserves a 5 but fans are trying to mess up the notes, so they deserve the same
    the album is nothing current, I feel stuck in 2010
    Resilient the worst
  56. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Álbum perfeito,sonoridade e vocal superam expectativa, a proposta foi tão boa que nem conseguimos sentir falta de um feat.
  57. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    smile album of the year. Katy Perry never disappoints, her music is always absolutely amazing!
  58. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Es todo lo que necesitamos ahora, es un álbum lleno de alegría y resiliencia con increíbles himnos pop. Ella recuperó su sonrisa.
  59. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    wow, I loved it. Katy put all her emotions on it
    N did something really pretty n cute
  60. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Conceito, coesão e coerência. Possivelmente o melhor álbum da carreira. Parabéns, Katy!
  61. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    whoever hears it will fall in love and dance in tears.
    it's a super vibrant album full of emotions
  62. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Amazing, brilliant, show stopping, never the same, completely unique, Seriously the best album of the decade.
  63. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Uma pena que a Katy não mostrou nada de novo nesse álbum. Infelizmente o sorriso é amarelo.
  64. Sep 2, 2020
    0
    This album was basic and very generic I hate how bad this is because I love Katy so much.
  65. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Cry about it later, cry about it later
    Tonight I'm having fun !

    Amazing album !
    Good job Katy ❤️

    Teenage dream >>> Smile >> Prism >>> Witness >>> One of the boys
  66. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Su segunda mejor era musical. Smile logra romper con la visión común que se tenía de Katy Perry, dejando atrás los pastelitos, caramelos, la war pop entre Taylor Swift y Katy P. Un álbum adoc para contemplar nuestra vida y que siempre habrá un arco iris después de la tormenta.
  67. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The best album of 2020.

    Thanks Katy for the album.
    Nothing compares to the jewel of witness, but smile has danceable beats and beautiful songs. It is undoubtedly the best album of this year and needs a presentation tour.
  68. Aug 28, 2020
    4
    Basic lyrics that are corny. At times she nails it but it feels like an album loaded with filler tracks. It has a cohesive message but it fails to deliver lyrically.
  69. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Extremamente coeso. Katy nos devolveu a vontade de sorrir. Acredito fielmente no crescimento dela ao longos dos anos, e fico muito feliz que ela não se propõe a lançar feats com cantores na era dos streams só pra conseguir números que muitas das vezes são irrelevantes. Ela trouxe um álbum solo e com produção executiva da própria.
  70. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Finally out the Album of the year!!!!!!
    Probably Katy’s best album!!!!!!!!!
  71. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I sub estimated her, Katy realized one of her best albums ever made. Honestly I feel like the new Katy is more connected with her feelings and with herself. I recommend Smile a lot, nothing compares to it. Expand
  72. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Simplemente perfecto. En verdad sonríes al escuchar el disco. Con sonidos divertidos y pegadisos.
  73. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    cry about it later e teary eyes são tudo que eu pedi.No geral eu adorei todo o álbum!
  74. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the best albums in 2020! Katy perry is back to te charts!!! Yas katy, yas! U are on periodt Expand
  75. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this album is pure magic, finding true happiness and take care of yourself, im so happy for katy and for her team ! Expand
  76. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    people are so tasteless nowadays, katy is one of the best artists of the decade and i said what i said.
  77. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    it’s a great album she did that! stream cry about it later and not the end of the world.
  78. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The SMILE album is definitely a magical album, which will bring your smile back, KATY is characteristic for wanting her music to make changes in the lives of her listeners, always giving a very full and complete message of being a person and not an idol at all costs, that's why this album is the best, an album that will help you overcome your fears and throw them into the fire. :) just listen and SMILE Expand
  79. RF3
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. JUST MAGNIFICENT Expand
  80. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    so good, i love it. :).
    cry about it latter merece ser single.
    cry about it latter, not the end of the world e teary eyes santissima trindade.
  81. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Incredibly amazing, katy perry as found her sound! Can't even describe in words
  82. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Smile is one of the best albums of Katy Perry. The record works as a book because it tells you a whole story, a story of resilience and empowerment. It shows why Katy Perry is one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
  83. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy Perry trouxe paixão ao que faz nesse album, é tão magnifico, e não sei porque de criticas tão pesadas. Esse albim mostra que ela voltou para sorrir, e fazer oque faz de melhor. Smile é magnifico
  84. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    IT'S PERFECT I really want you critics to get **** up a lot. The album is wonderful, full of hope and very happy. smile album doesn't deserve the note it has
  85. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I really love this Katy Perry's new work. It's fresh, original. Totally a new sound.
  86. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy Perry: Smile.

    Com Smile, Katy deixa para trás os seus dias de adolescente sonhadora, para então se tornar uma mulher crescida e que lutou por sua felicidade plena. Em seu quinto álbum de estúdio, Katy Perry agora procura nos trazer uma mensagem mais clara do que em seus álbuns anteriores: Uma mensagem sobre resiliência, felicidade, amor e sobre quão tortuoso pode ser o caminho
    Katy Perry: Smile.

    Com Smile, Katy deixa para trás os seus dias de adolescente sonhadora, para então se tornar uma mulher crescida e que lutou por sua felicidade plena.

    Em seu quinto álbum de estúdio, Katy Perry agora procura nos trazer uma mensagem mais clara do que em seus álbuns anteriores: Uma mensagem sobre resiliência, felicidade, amor e sobre quão tortuoso pode ser o caminho para encontrar tais elementos. Katy parece beber das mesmas águas que os álbuns recém lançados, com forte influencias disco e anos 80’s, Smile a primeira vista pode parecer um álbum pop como qualquer outro, todavia, suas batidas dançantes disfarçam por um momento a melancolia transmitida em suas letras. Com Smile, Perry canaliza todo o seu sofrimento passado durante os seus mais sombrios momentos para transforma-los em algo maior: Musica pop.
    Depois de apostar em álbum mais experimental, se arriscando em ritmos pouco convencionais, Katy Perry parece ter se encontrado entre o Pop em sua maneira mais pura de Teenage Dream e o excêntrismo encontrado em Witness. Never Really Over tem a difícil missão de abrir o álbum, e mesmo tendo lançado a pouco mais de um ano, o bop apresentado por Katy continua sendo cativante, chiclete e um dos maiores singles de Perry. Mas isso não é tudo, Cry About It Later e Teary Eyes, sustentam os níveis do álbum ainda lá em cima, com uma batida marcante e letras memoráveis. Em Smile, Katy não apela para sentimentalismo barato, buscando em baladas datadas e letra que muito provavelmente te fará chorar por te remeter a algum momento de sua vida, muito pelo contrário, o ponto alto do álbum fica para as letras que brincam com todos os nossos sentimentos, nos lembrando que a tristeza é um processo e nunca o resultado final. Vale ressaltar Tucked e Only Love, de um lado, uma produção impecável com uma batida que de imediato te faz querer dançar, nos deixando no ápice da euforia em seu refrão, enquanto do outro, uma letra com uma pitada de melancolia, que nos faz questionar sobre como vivemos os nossos dias no automático, se esquecendo que tudo isso a de um dia virar apenas memórias de outra pessoa.
    Claro, Smile continua sendo um álbum pop que não deve ser levado tão a sério, mas não leve isso como uma ofensa, música ainda é algo para nos distrair e levar mensagens importantes, e isso, Katy Perry faz da melhor maneira possível, a que ela mesma criou durante todos os seus anos de carreira. Smile não é um álbum sobre a felicidade, mas sim sobre quão exaustivo pode ser o caminho para encontrá-la.
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  87. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The best album of the year!
    Katy is the queen of pop, I really like your art and songs. Smile is a revival.
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  88. Aug 28, 2020
    1
    It's sad that a big pop star such Katy Perry had declined this way. Smile has no cohesion as an album itself. Three songs are only the exception. She should take a rest and bring pop music what it deserves.
  89. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The songs are just so boring, the lyrics are so repetitive, she’s telling in all the songs that she is strong and she is no longer going to cry... but she must be crying with this album full of trash Expand
  90. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beautiful music and much more beautiful lyrics. Cry about it later, Teary Eyes, Not the end of the world, Only love.. all freaking great! Katy did an amazing job, so so so proud of her! Expand
  91. Aug 28, 2020
    1
    Pésimo álbum Katy debería reinventarse totalmente, su música es muy parecida
  92. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Mehhh Always the same, I had my high expectations... Smile was a bad single bahh
  93. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Very relevant and comforting, my favourite is not the end of the world. I’m very glad katy decided to release an album that feels good for her
  94. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I really love it. I think hating on Katy Perry is a trend right now, this is why the "critics" are rating this album so poorly
  95. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    ES ARTE, DEJEN DE SER UNOS MISÓGINOS, Y APOYEN A TODAS, SI LO HACEN CON ODIO Y CALIFICAN CON 0 NETA, VÁYANSE A LA V.
    Taylor, Katy, Gaga, Día y todos merecen el mismo pinche trato, déjense de rivalidades.
  96. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP es un álbum malo súper repetitiva y desagradable la crítica profesional ha dado su punto de vista por lo más alto este álbum es el peor del año katy ya no sirve para la música
  97. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Katy deserves a 10!!
    You just give her this grade because you don’t like her, this isn’t an valid argument. pls be professional!!
  98. Aug 28, 2020
    5
    O mesmo de sempre. Músicas totalmente esquecíveis e descartáveis, fora as letras infantis e utilizando frases de pára-choque de caminhão
  99. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Álbum extremamente coeso e bem trabalhado. Faixas dançantes e alegres. Letras lindas.
Metascore
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).