Devotion

"The Fate of Ophelia" vs. "After All" "Elizabeth Taylor" vs. "Habits of Creatures" "Opalite" vs. "Versailles" "Father Figure" vs. "On Wires" "Eldest Daughter" vs. "Blue Skies" "Ruin The Friendship" vs. "Burning Heart" "Actually Romantic" vs. "Wild Child" "Wih Lit" vs. "Good Fine Alright" "Wood" vs. "Something Tragic" "CANCELLED!" vs. "Soft" "Honey" vs. "Lonely Side of the Bed" "The Life of a Showgirl" (feat. Sabrina Carpenter) vs. "Just a Little Walk on the Moon" "Patient Zero" vs. "Never Let a Good Thing Die" "Cleveland!" vs. "Amalfi Coast" "Pink Clouding" vs. "Patience Power Passion" "Babylon" vs. "Don't Leave Me on the Dance Floor" "The Fate of Ophelia" (Alone In My Tower Acoustic Version) vs. "Motivation" "Eldest Daughter" (Now You're Home Acoustic Version) vs. "You Don't Know How It Feels" "Wih Lit" (Settled Down Acoustic Version) vs. "Near or Far" "The Life of a Showgirl" (Dressing Room Rehearsal Acoustic Version) vs. "Diver" "Opalite" (Life Is A Song Acoustic Version) vs. "Hold Me to the Light" "Ruin the Friendship" (My Advice Version) vs. "That's Just Me" "Elizabeth Taylor" (So Glamorous Cabaret Version) vs. "No Labels, I Love You" "Father Figure" (Late Night Piano Version) vs. "Super Sage"

I'm so confused… Why would she do this? Who asked for this? Why put emphasis on the most critically panned album of her career rather than release the tracks as a seperate EP? So many questions… It's almost a same kind of situation if Katy Perry would choose to reissue 143 now.

The fact that Taylor is releasing deluxe tracks of her most critically panned album a year after its release raises the question again. Is her judgement starting to fail just like Katy's did before the start of her downfall?

The covers look AI generated, especially the acoustic one

Diver and Hold Me to the Light just hit me This album just keeps and keeps on giving.

Burning Heart

nobody would care

This grew on me a lot! Never Over and Foreverness are bops!

Jealousy is the standout here

I hope she wont even get nominated. She needs another wake-up call like she got when reputation wasn't nominated. She really needs to snap out of the headspace that made her create Showgirl and on top of that, decide to release it.

The only song of hers that is deserving to go viral is Peacock

Katy's back catalogue has basically become her most reliable way of getting back into the conversation. A random resurgence of The One That Got Away or Harleys in Hawaii can remind people that Katy Perry used to be a huge pop star, without requiring her to release anything new. But how long can that realistically work? At some point you've already gone through the obvious choices… and then what? Most of the catalogue after Prism isn't exactly overflowing with songs the GP is desperately waiting to rediscover. There are exceptions, but we're eventually getting into that Witness, Smile and 143 territory, and I'm not sure there's much left there that the GP is actually nostalgic for. So can nostalgia actually keep Katy's career afloat indefinitely, or is there a point where even the back catalogue runs out of lifelines? How many more times can old Katy keep saving new Katy?

nobody cares, that's why. It says "for the fans" on the movie poster, but how many of those she has anymore..? Not even enough to fill movie theatres apparently. she's done for good!

The chorus is… well a bit annoying. My least favourite of the songs released so far.

The Eras Tour was basically Taylor's Teenage Dream: untouchable and almost impossible to imagine ending. Then Showgirl arrives… still doing huge numbers, but with a much weaker critical response and a fandom that suddenly seems a lot more sceptical of Taylor's work. Even the wedding has added to the more critical conversation around her image and celebrity status. Prism wasn't a flop either. It was a commercially succesful album that came immediately before Katy's narrative completely changed. So is Showgirl Taylor's Prism in a way? Could we be one underwhelming era away from the swifties getting their very own Witness?

I think her image is just tarnished beyond repair. Going into the 143 era, she was carrying the heavy weight of "flop baggage" from Witness and Smile. The GP gave her multiple chances, but they all led to disappointment. The GP doesn't see her as a serious artist. Collaborating with Dr. Luke was the final nail in the coffin.

Was it trying to escape Teenage Dream with Witness, only to spend the next decade trying to get back to it? Was it failing to capitalize on Never Really Over? Going full clown with Smile? Becoming more famous as an American Idol judge than as a recording artist? Or was the Peacock chanteuse really convinced that reuniting with Dr. Luke for 143 was the move? Considering her decade-long decline, which mistake actually did the most damage?

literally

I hope she got what she wanted

I love it

what

143 made it to my top 10 albums in 2024

Has anyone in pop had this kind of prolonged decline, where every era becomes progressively smaller than the last, and then managed to completely turn it around? Is it possible for Katy to have even a small bounce back, and what would it take? Discuss.