It's pretty clear that they tried another Walking On Air with this song. But i wonder what happened to them while producing it that they didn't gave it some personality like they did for WOA. How could they listen to both songs and think they did a good job this time?

The verses and instrumental are gorgeous 

 

stop trying to tare this apart. 

3 minutes ago, corotinho said:

It's pretty clear that they tried another Walking On Air with this song. But i wonder what happened to them while producing it that they didn't gave it some personality like they did for WOA. How could they listen to both songs and think they did a good job this time?

I've been thinking about this as well. And I've tried to re-arrange the song in my head but then the result feels waaaay too similar to Walking On Air. Idk I feel like they found the perfect formula with WOA and there was not much to improve on so they tried this odd song structure to differentiate it a bit, but the result is a bit clunky in comparison. 

59 minutes ago, Mr. Stratus said:

it's their own fault for going ahead with the horrendus womans world lead, had she picked this she'd have a least got a 'when im gone' treatment - smaller TTH playlists and big dance ones 
She is literally now effectively banned from TTH from all the floppage, unless she gets a hit or a collab that's a scary place to be

its not like they used a coin for WW placements either  not sure why they greenlit that lead when they didnt believe in it to begin with

My issue with it is it doesn't really go anywhere. It's fun, it's clubby, it's catchy, it's Katy, it's upbeat, it's summery but it moreso fulfills a checklist than imbuing any sort of sonic euphoria and a song like this should do exactly that. If you compare it to the actual 90s club songs this references, there is immense gravity to them, or else they soar. Here, it's just kind of matter-of-fact. It sounds like the music you'd hear on Selling Sunset, more than a Katy Perry second-single.

 

 

Edited August 9, 20242 yr by swissman

35 minutes ago, Sannie said:

This is performing even worse than WW somehow. An absolute disaster. I still think she needs to move on ASAP before this era does even more damage to her existence.

Somehow? Low budget vid, no lead hype, worse streaming placements, no controversy... Is it truly that hard to wrap your head around it?

Just now, swissman said:

My issue with it is it doesn't really go anywhere. It's fun, it's clubby, it's catchy, it's Katy, it's upbeat, it's summery but it moreso fulfills a checklist than imbuing any sort of sonic euphoria and a song like this should do exactly that that. If you compare it to the actual 90s club songs this references, there is immense gravity to them, or else they soar. Here, it's just kind of matter-of-fact. It sounds like the music you'd hear on Selling Sunset, more than a Katy Perry second-single.

girl you are doing the most. just have fun 

3 minutes ago, halcyonday said:

Somehow? Low budget vid, no lead hype, worse streaming placements, no controversy... Is it truly that hard to wrap your head around it?

Calm down gurl haha

I'm Katy's fan and I was looking forward to new album, however everything this era so far is disaster and the snippets she played didn't sound better either.

 

I think they will release album and move on to world tour which will be marketed based on her back catalogue. Hopefully she wont end up like J.Lo

4 minutes ago, MusicIsMyMaster said:

girl you are doing the most. just have fun 

By doing the most, do you mean...critiquing a song...on a pop forum...in the thread that opinions about the song belongs in?

13 minutes ago, MusicIsMyMaster said:

girl you are doing the most. just have fun 

The fact y'all always get this one out whenever someone releases something… not fun 

 

Having fun is about getting excited, getting something fresh, something new, something catchy, something that stimulates the brain 

 

Lifetimes is none of that 

I can't wait for this instrumental to be used in a YT video spoiling the Season 17 and All Stars 10 cast of Drag Race next year

15 minutes ago, AxelFox said:

I've been thinking about this as well. And I've tried to re-arrange the song in my head but then the result feels waaaay too similar to Walking On Air. Idk I feel like they found the perfect formula with WOA and there was not much to improve on so they tried this odd song structure to differentiate it a bit, but the result is a bit clunky in comparison. 

Of course. Yesterday i was listening to WOA and you can see that they really did a nice job at creating a dance pop song that has a lot of personality. All the angels voice on the bridge, the lyrics about it and the momentum being hyped ate the production to explode in the last chorus. Lifetimes failed hard when compared to WOA.

2 minutes ago, Cain said:

The fact y'all always get this one out whenever someone releases something… not fun 

 

Having fun is about getting excited, getting something fresh, something new, something catchy, something that stimulates the brain 

 

Lifetimes is none of that 

Oh I know WHY you're MAD mad

 

11 minutes ago, swissman said:

By doing the most, do you mean...critiquing a song...on a pop forum...in the thread that opinions about the song belongs in?

Yeah exactly that. 

Yes it's basic but I caught myself singing the chorus in my head all day, i'm bopping, hope it's a cute radio hit in Europe for her

 

Well, I'm glad some of you like it... lyrically and sonically it's not something I would come back to

 

She looks amazing in the video, I'll say that

The video reminded me of this 00s classic the way it's shot

And story wise both videos are about a woman engaging their environment looking for something, one finds rejection and the other finds joy

 

Edited August 9, 20242 yr by Dark Miracles

What happened to KPSEX? This is the worst music of her career. 

27 minutes ago, halcyonday said:

Somehow? Low budget vid, no lead hype, worse streaming placements, no controversy... Is it truly that hard to wrap your head around it?

Best we can hope for is a little buzz and positive word of mouth on social media. They're probably hoping for a slow rise rather than a big debut out of the gate.

10 minutes ago, halcyonday said:

Oh I know WHY you're MAD mad

 

Exactly, I'm looking for a popgirl void to fill and thought miss Kathryn had it in her to deliver something 

 

Oh well

 

ATRL being Tasteless per usual whats new

THIS SLAPSSSS

this era is worse than smile what's going on with her

I feel the same way about Kim Petras music with Dr Luke as I do with this and WW, sure it's "pure pop" or whatever but every element from production to lyrics to melodies are SO simple and predictable that it feels robotic. Like this isn't fun, it feels synthetic. That said, it isn't bad but just so... meh

41 minutes ago, MusicIsMyMaster said:

girl you are doing the most. just have fun 

to have fun it needs to be… fun