Witness
by Katy Perry
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Jun 9, 2017
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7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3037 Ratings

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  1. Longmaster12
    Jun 11, 2017
    10
    Katy Perry, just two rods: Nice Job. This album, where you used your voice and how you changed your tone and vibrates, and your notes, its nothing but art. I'm surprised with "Miss You More" and "Save As Draft" that balads you reflect all your feelings and let your fans and people who is listening to this songs how you grew like a artist. I'm so proud of you.
  2. soydavidcastano
    Jun 11, 2017
    10
    Katy made an amazing job with Witness, is an album with mixes of pop and EDM creating brand new sounds so good to a dance floor. The rythm of deja vu is so involving and for my opinion power and tsumani are the best of this album. good job...
  3. zxcvbnm999
    Jun 11, 2017
    10
    Her best album to date. Standout tracks: Witness, Hey Hey Hey, Roulette, Swish Swish, Bigger Than Me, Miss You More. Even the "Worse" tracks on the album are still very goos. Excellent album.
  4. Wael
    Jun 11, 2017
    3
    Katy Perry's much anticipated fourth studio album is as disappointing as its two buzz singles 'Bon Appétit' and 'Swish Swish' promised us it would be. It is a hugely flawed record, and it feels like each song suffers from a different type of mistake. While some songs start up real good but fall short the second their chorus hits ('Pendulum', 'Tsunami', 'Roulette'), other songs have veryKaty Perry's much anticipated fourth studio album is as disappointing as its two buzz singles 'Bon Appétit' and 'Swish Swish' promised us it would be. It is a hugely flawed record, and it feels like each song suffers from a different type of mistake. While some songs start up real good but fall short the second their chorus hits ('Pendulum', 'Tsunami', 'Roulette'), other songs have very shallow lyrics, so superficial. they sound like they've been written by a 10-year-old (for example: 'I saw a balloon floating away/ I wondered did someone let go, or did they lose it?' on 'Miss You More'). Next to that, there are tracks that are just full-on annoying ('Mind Maze' comes to mind). KP tries to channel 'Ghost' by singing songs like 'Save As Draft', or tries to end the record with 'Into Me You See' on a similar note to that of 'By the Grace of God', but she just fails to do so. The only aspect remotely close to being very-good on this record is the production that glows from start to finish. Highlights are lead single 'Chained to the Rhythm', and probably the title track 'Witness'.
    The problem is that Perry's still trying to imitate her own work on 2010-pop-perfection-album 'Teenage Dream', but the outcome turns out to be 'Witness': a bunch of un-related non-cohesive wanna-be tracks influenced more by the A-Listers who worked on them, than by Perry herself.
    3/10.    … Expand
  5. moor
    Jun 11, 2017
    10
    cant stop listening to this whole new album! it's so catchy!
    you can hear different type songs out from this hot stuff!
    definitely better than her previous ones.
  6. Pedrocat
    Jun 11, 2017
    10
    Definitely her best album vocally and production wise. Highlights include 'Power', 'Tsunami', and 'Into Me You See'. Personal favourite is 'Act My Age' which is only available on the deluxe version. Would definitely suggest buying this album. I Love u Katy.
  7. NewRomantic
    Jun 11, 2017
    0
    It's hurts me to say that Witness is just trash. There is absolutely no redeeming song on the album. It's messy, confusing and feels cheap. It's production quality is something you would expect from a music assignment of a year 10 student. It just feels wrong. She's not talented, she's not songstress.
  8. PauloRoberto
    Jun 11, 2017
    3
    Esperava mais. Parece que essas músicas são demos ou versões ruins de outras músicas. A mais animada é Roulette. Perry tentou evoluir, mas não foi dessa vez.
  9. vinicusjunior
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Her best album since TD, pop perfection and fresh. Fav song: ''Pendulum'', ''Witness'', ''Roulette'', ''Hey Hey Hey'', ''Power'', ''Tsunami'' and the ballad ''Save As Draft''.
  10. mathcastro1997
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Perfeito, katy perry mostra toda sua essencia através de witness.
    Todas as musicas tem um significado muito pessoal e especial para a cantora o que faz de witness o melhor album da carreira de katy perry.
    Da critica feita em chained to the rhythm ate a lei do karma em pendulum. Tudo tem um pedaco da katy
  11. fingerprintxs
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Katy Perry come back to save pop. This is album of the millennium!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  12. httpsbruno
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    A totally different and wonderful album, congratulations! Is a totally different, more mature Katy, surprised me a lot, Unfortunately some people do not accept the evolution of the idol, but continue so you go further still!
  13. Shana131172
    Jun 10, 2017
    0
    Witness has to be the worst album she has ever made. I mean, I've been really looking forward to it's release and Chained to the Rhythm gave me hope that that this album would be the best yet, but then her songs Bon Appétit and Swish Swish were made public and my worst fears we're coming true. That this album could be a terrible creation in her whole career. Not only are most of the songsWitness has to be the worst album she has ever made. I mean, I've been really looking forward to it's release and Chained to the Rhythm gave me hope that that this album would be the best yet, but then her songs Bon Appétit and Swish Swish were made public and my worst fears we're coming true. That this album could be a terrible creation in her whole career. Not only are most of the songs a disaster, but earlier she had an interview and said that she would not make any songs about any one person, but clearly she was lying when Swish Swish came out which completely dissed Taylor Swift. Only a few songs on the album Witness seemed appeasing to me and when I saw a few, I mean like only two or three of them. I really hope that she makes a come back after this or Witness could be the album of her demise.… Expand
  14. Fhael_joseph
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    An album to read, think and understand.
    More than sounds and cries, the voice of the heart is heard in an intense tonality that leads us to breathe more deeply into each verse, chorus and chorus. I can feel the change, which causes a certain strangeness, but as everything in the world changes, it will not be different with Katy Perry, who shows us the other side of the coin, the side we    An album to read, think and understand.
    More than sounds and cries, the voice of the heart is heard in an intense tonality that leads us to breathe more deeply into each verse, chorus and chorus. I can feel the change, which causes a certain strangeness, but as everything in the world changes, it will not be different with Katy Perry, who shows us the other side of the coin, the side we do not know about.    … Expand
  15. sdsadsdsadsa
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Katy Perry voltou, mas sem perder sua essência. Queimando de vez a peruca de Teenage Dream, mais madura, e com um potencial maior, explora toda a potencia de sua voz. Um álbum digno de ser sucessor do Prism.
  16. Welleson
    Jun 10, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Witness is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Katy Perry. In his newest work did not have a good commercial success, but it is a material divider of waters in the middle of a discography full of samenesses. Katy Perry's last 3 albums despite having different names sounds like a solo album due to similar concept and sound, but on her fourth album, WITNESS, Katy Perry re-enacted, sought new hits and made a deconstructed Pop, A pop without a sound that makes people like it the first time, a mix of different instruments in a single song and at the same time leaving it authentic and promising. It is an adult album, however the weak point are the compositions that are obvious, not innovative and this has sinned a bit since the instruments are extremely good with a great Pop production.… Expand
  17. LegendaryMau
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    This album saved pop, and saved a lot of lifes.Serving bops and masterpieces of ballads. Track order well placed and bonus tracks on point! Excellent work Katy, better than her previous ones.
  18. Naty2498
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    I love it, I feel that Katy has improved a lot in her music and as a person, besides the first time I liked all the songs of an artist album, the album is heard fresh, varied and with a lot of potential.
  19. olaf12
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Album is wonderful, vocal also, a mixture of teenage dream with Prism, Single error so far is singles;
    We realize that she's using a new image, it looks like she's at that time of transformation from California girls to wide awake.
  20. HolyFloWelch
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Every song is perfect,buy this album,buy this album,buy this album,buy this album,buy this album,buy this album,buy this album,buy this album,buy this album!!!!
  21. legendarysia
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    THIS ALBUM IS PHENOMENAL!!!! HER BEST WORK SO FAR AND A MASTERPIECE, I DON'T MAKE THE RULESS!!!! Every song is just so inspirational and the sounds are really very different.
  22. SLamprea
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    This album shows the best part of her career, shows how she has grown up in her voice and her lyrics. Her first album with single-potential in all the songs.
  23. Abruz
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Katy Perry risked it all, experimenting with the sound and being honest with the lyrics. The result is a revolutionary album, if you let it do it, it will open your mind and lead you through each song to the liberation that it represents.
  24. bri_briel
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Honestly, the best thing I've heard in these times.
    I'm proud of this change and of being a Witness of that moment.
    Doesn't matter what they say, don't be afraid to be what you are e do what you think is right
  25. moyjonathan
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Definitely this is the best album by Katy Perry contains a mix of very good sounding songs also very good as a witness, miss you more, power, roulette, mind maze and into me you see.
  26. edusantos
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Powerful, the word that defines Witness, Katy's comeback.
    As a fan, I see that that's the album that she used more her vocals, her worry about the perfection in this album it's defined perfectly.

    Highlights: Witness, Roulette, Power, Mind Maze, Miss You More, Tsunami and obviously Pendulum, the best song of the album.
  27. DieSalD
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    After 4 years, Katy Perry made it AMAZING with witness, this album is pop perfection, her sound wrape among our feelings and it feels like a rolling coaster. Bon Appétit bebé.
  28. gregoriee
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Witness é o melhor álbum do ano até agora, é o projeto mais coeso de Katy Perry e a introduz como uma adulta, uma mulher, mas ela não perde sua autenticidade, e mais uma vez ela mostra seu lado mais pessoal e vulnerável.
    'Pendulum', 'Witness', 'Roulette' e 'Into Me You See' são os pontos altos do álbum, e mesmo 'Miss You More' sendo a música menos atraente aos ouvidos, ela tem seu sentido    Witness é o melhor álbum do ano até agora, é o projeto mais coeso de Katy Perry e a introduz como uma adulta, uma mulher, mas ela não perde sua autenticidade, e mais uma vez ela mostra seu lado mais pessoal e vulnerável.
    'Pendulum', 'Witness', 'Roulette' e 'Into Me You See' são os pontos altos do álbum, e mesmo 'Miss You More' sendo a música menos atraente aos ouvidos, ela tem seu sentido dentro do álbum.
    Com tantas músicas com potencial, talvez o único erro de Perry tenha sido lançar uma música que pouco representa o projeto final como single ('Bon Appétit'). 'Witness' poderia ser o lead-single perfeito, embora 'Chained To The Rhythm' seja uma boa musica, porém acredito, que o grande smash hit do álbum está logo na primeira faixa.    … Expand
  29. GatesXxX
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    This album needs more than a listen, it has deep messages, great letters and sounds different from those already seen.
    It seems flat and no sense, but is more, such a great album.
    The best are Witness, Power, Miss You More, Tsunami, Chained To The Rhythm and Pendulum.
    Give it one chance, it worth it,
  30. goksubangalter
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Definitely her best album. Her vocals awesome. Roulette, Witness, Tsunami, Deja Vu, Save As Draft are my favorites. This album is better than Swish's career. And this albums deluxe version is really the best.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Aug 13, 2020
    75
    While it's certainly missing any form of coherency, Witness does feel like you're growing with Perry - going on this journey that's helped her find new ground and a reinvigorated appreciation for all walks of the pop music spectrum.
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  2. Prefix Magazine
    Jul 6, 2017
    70
    While she may have slipped down the pecking order, Witness proves she’s still a more interesting pop star than she’s often given credit for.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    Jun 28, 2017
    50
    It’s a real shame Witness has come out as a bit of a disjointed mess, as there’s a decent record somewhere in there, but it gets lost in the fog of endless guest productions and co-writes that miss the point entirely.
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