TROPICUM Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Every time an artist has a change of hair, mostly when they get a buzzcut or very short blonde hair, it immediately gets translated to 'Katy Perry Witness' in here It's almost like a curse, if any pop star flops or their lead single starts tanking it's immediately called their 'Witness' era I wasn't as much around here when it happened, but I assume the way it flopped hadn't been seen in a long time... Was the Witness era in a way, one of the most impactful these site has ever seen? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Only the pop music gays remember 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The7thStranger Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 No eras if not Witness, Queen, and Artpop define ATRL's glee at misfortune, that's for sure. But seriously, Witness was an absolute disaster all its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junipero Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Just now, The7thStranger said: No eras if not Witness, Queen, and Artpop define ATRL's glee at misfortune, that's for sure. But seriously, Witness was an absolute disaster all its own. That reminds me when people would use ARTPOP as the standard "flop" album. Katy fell hard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitnessOblivia Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 It was quite traumatic, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erreur2 La Nature Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I never understood why ATRL called it a flop. The singles certainly did not have high peaks (which was a first for Katy) but they performed well overall and are famous everywhere (especially BA et SS eventhough Chained was the bigger one commercially speaking). On top of that they had good sales and insane streaming numbers. It was a messy era for sure and somehow underperformed compared to TD or Prism but it objectively did fine. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThousandMiles Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Erreur2 La Nature said: I never understood why ATRL called it a flop. The singles certainly did not have high peaks (which was a first for Katy) but they performed well overall and are famous everywhere (especially BA et SS eventhough Chained was the bigger one commercially speaking). On top of that they had good sales and insane streaming numbers. It was a messy era for sure and somehow underperformed compared to TD or Prism but it objectively did fine. it was career changing and not in a good way. Calling it a flop is granted, even if the numbers were decent. She went from one of the biggest artists of the early 2010's to one of the most hated / controversial. Edited March 23 by ThousandMiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Stratus Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 The pop music itself being 2 mins long streaming era radio fodder pop with your standard 20-25 WoC, is par for course for underperforming MPG era. The gays love it, but subsequently it ages like milk to GP. The album had good peaks, she had an OK tour (they hid the numbers though), and it had a hit and a moderate hit (CTTR, SS). However, it was a huge mess for a whole manner of reasons. They blatantly frauded her YouTube and social media stats to the point mainstream media outlets picked up on it, it killed her sex appeal, killed her coolness, the music itself really didn't say anything and got panned. Most of the visuals were tacky. She thought she could make this transformation and people would stick with her, but it was just cringe. The sjw political theme as well, which i don't even think naturally aligns to her own views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 1 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 as a Katycat, the biggest trauma is that pixie cut. It all took away Katy's Charisma and she looked like Ellen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxMartin Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 It all began with the rise mess and the Hillary campaign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kern Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Considering that threads about this album are being made almost daily on this forum I would say it definitely had impact on ATRL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoganai Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Traumatic and utterly pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolution Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 yes, an iconic flop era like artpop and bionic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I remember when it used to be Bionic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Her second best album did that lemme stream Dance with the Devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 era was horrid but one of her best albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritboy Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Only Madonna got away with pixie haircut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANZ94 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 It taught everyone else what NOT TO DO the era was a disaster at least with Bionic Christina served in the not myself video and performances but Katy gave us nothing but the worst performances of her career and the visuals were CRINGE And that hair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyboi Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 3 minutes ago, HANZ94 said: It taught everyone else what NOT TO DO the era was a disaster at least with Bionic Christina served in the not myself video and performances but Katy gave us nothing but the worst performances of her career and the visuals were CRINGE And that hair but CTTR was very successful lead single sis, not to mention Swish swish has more than 1B views 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Aurora Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 The Witness era was pretty bad tbh. 365, Never Really Over, and Harleys In Hawaii were supposed to be smash hits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
znake Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 bon appetit >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entire basic boring pop stars careers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvadaKedavra Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Yes, it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 1 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 4 hours ago, MaxMartin said: It all began with the rise mess and the Hillary campaign That song is supposed to be an Olympic anthem until Katheryn sabotaged it by singing it on Hillary's rally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 1 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 2 hours ago, Princess Aurora said: The Witness era was pretty bad tbh. 365, Never Really Over, and Harleys In Hawaii were supposed to be smash hits... This is from Smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 The album had some strong songs and good singles if you ask me (minus Hey, Hey Hey) but it wasn't "impactful" per se. When I think of impact, I think of influence and cultural significance and 'Witness' did not have that. And yes, it definitely was a traumatic era to live through. Imagine your fav coming from diamond singles, 9 #1s, biggest female era of all time and being hailed as a new pop queen to whatever that era was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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