base talk What if Katy Perry released "143" in 2017 instead of Witness?

[Riverbank]

It would tank and she would still remain a has been

[UseYourIllusion2002]

At least Witness went #1, had a top 5 hit, and had singles (Bon Appette & Swish Swish) that have huge streaming numbers. I don't see 143 achieving any of those in any era. But I do feel like if 143 and Smile switched, that would be better. But then again, Smile would've done so much better if Harley's was the second single and if the album was released in 2019 under the title "Never Really Over" with the hippie aesthetics of NRO/Harley's/Small Talk. Preferably without Small Talk existing.

[SinnerCity]

She was already flopping with Rise, her downfall was imminent regarding of the material she'd release 

[Xtina23]

6 hours ago, WERKER said:

Woman's World would be diamond and Nirvana would have been at #1 for 8 weeks+. No blonde buzzcut would have meant Katy would have stayed on top. Regardless of what everyone's individual bias is, that is the truth of the matter 

[Kiss It Better]

i think if Lifetimes and All The Love are the singles it could be some cute top 40 hit, maybe even match CTTR peak, but with dr luke's name attached to it during the peak of his and kesha's legal battle would've been bigger backlash/controversy to Katy than it is today or whatever controversy that happened during witness era

[Taylor fanboy]

I think it would have done better.

[Polgg48]

i fear we probably got woman's world with nicki there as a lead, IHHM gonna be album single but we should have gimme gimme as second single. nirvana on swish swish slot and close era on lifetimes. singles performance on all top 20 at least and her image isnt tainted to damage her brand while it's going to be underperformance with one top 5 and slowly decline.