Looking back, we can see how Katy was visionary in her aesthetics for the Smile era. Is it underrated?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 28, 20242 yr by Lagerfeld

The idea was good but I think it was terribly executed because it also didn't match the music.

This **** was dire.

this is my first time seeing a lot of these and yikes. katykats were in the trenches

..no?

 

it was honestly embarrassing

That clown-circus theme/aesthetic feels like a regression tbh   sis

The initial 70s-hippie-new age direction was perfect
This honestly feels like a natural evolution and where she needed to be.....but katy like usual..takin bad decisions 

Edited June 28, 20242 yr by AvadaKedavra

34 minutes ago, Lagerfeld said:

 

 

 

I still think she's the one to blame for every decision she has made since Witness. She seems like the boss that always says no when she get warned about her horrible ideas but she still go on with it and then she see all the backfire and never learn. Good for her for not giving a **** and stand with their tasteless ass 

Her worst... the clown stuff was not a good idea

Yes, and thank God

Well...yes, but not the Smile you're thinking of

 

 

It was horrible, to this day I have no idea why she thought it was a good idea. 

No. It was ugly then and it's ugly now.

If by "underrated" you mean "rightfully forgotten"

 

2 hours ago, AvadaKedavra said:

That clown-circus theme/aesthetic feels like a regression tbh   sis

The initial 70s-hippie-new age direction was perfect
This honestly feels like a natural evolution and where she needed to be.....but katy like usual..takin bad decisions 

THIS.

 

The Never Really Over hippie theme should have been the moodboard for the whole era, and the ideas were literally right there to flesh out and expand on. This logo which built upon the yin Yang theme itself was right there and it matched most of the material and sound on the album too. 

why did she ditch all this and go for the clown/ circus theme we will never know. But I will always associate the Smile era with NRO-HIH concept above the clown concept so there's that, lemme be a delulu stan here and say that's the original concept 

well considering many people do the circus kinda vibes visually i will say no

2 hours ago, Julia Fox said:

I still think she's the one to blame for every decision she has made since Witness. She seems like the boss that always says no when she get warned about her horrible ideas but she still go on with it and then she see all the backfire and never learn. Good for her for not giving a **** and stand with their tasteless ass 

she's been doing this since "Unconditionally" and pretending "Dark Horse" didn't exist when it was outselling "Unconditionally" 2 to 1 despite not even being a single until she had no choice but to acknowledge its slayage and release it as a single

the clown nose was so tacky 

hell no

Yes, I loved the use of primary colours (yellow, red, and blue for the uneducated) in the promos. However, my favourite is the pink or orange ballons with the yellow background. 

the mv is what was possible in the middle of the pandemics for a pregnant woman

no she looked like a freaking clown

one of her best album shoots tbh.

just behind prism.

If she removed the ugly red block with the horrible smile font, the album cover would slay substantially more.