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Where to even begin withKaty Perry?
1 albums, and a spectacularly silly 2015 Super Bowl halftime set.
When she breaks through now, its usuallyfor the wrong reasons.
as if to suggest that its possible to usher in another 2010.
Unfortunately, her latest rollout may be her least inspiring yet.
Does she still have some sparkly juice left in the tank?
How does she recover after years of public flopping?
Weve got a few ideas.
.Get new producers
.
We all agree Perry should be working with someone (anyone!)
other than former collaborator and alleged sexual predatorDr.
And if Perry is insistent on reuniting with old collaborators, she could try Charlie Puth.
Or Calvin Harris, whose Feels team-up with Perry gifted us her last real memorable chorus.
(Yes, Never Really Over is great, but its not as great as Feels).
.And some better guest stars … Look, weve been down this road before.
Katy incorporating rap feels like an embarrassing attempt at relevancy, especially next to her mid-range belting.
Even when the features ostensibly work, they end up aging poorly.
Snoops appearance on California Gurls and Juicy Js on Dark Horse sound like mashing two opposing magnets together.
Perry should know this.
Shes done it before.
Her music should lean back into gibberish.
In fact, her Vegas residency was good!
One way to get folks to forget this awful rollout?
Jump out of a giant toilet again.
An anecdote like that a decade ago would have been a Katy Perry aside on a late-night show!
Its time for her to start posting through it andkeepposting through it.
Perry even has a famous spouse who can help in Orlando Bloom.
As a couple, however, Perry and Bloom are mostly giving us blank slate.
Even Perrysphoto dumpshave significantly more appeal than her more recentattemptsat reminding us of her stardom.
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.Embrace the cringe live …
Even when Perryscrews up, she manages to pull it back together with a self-deprecating sense of humor.
Shes better at showcasing this in live parameters than on record.
Wouldnt you rather see herdancing on Zane Lowethan in the Womans World music video?
Okay, yes, most of it was awful.
(Though she should definitely avoidsaying things like thison podcasts.
Put a camera on her and shell goof off without prompting.
Sooner or later, shell strike gold.
Now Womans World might threaten the entire album rollout.
But what if Perry dropped Womans World from it entirely?
Cutting the track would allow her an opportunity to admit a fuck-up.
Maybe it even launches the song into cult status.
People love stuff thats been taken away from them (see also:Happy Endings).
Besides, it wouldnt be the first time a pop star hasscrapped an initial album concept.
And whats more womans world than changing your mind at the last minute?
