“The popstar confidently returns with very little to say.”
“All that glitter gets dull after a while, and 143 is so lacking in fresh ideas and human touches that it accidentally slips into the AI Uncanny Valley; even if no AI was involved, it gives you the same queasy feeling in your stomach. ”
“a pop star struggles to relocate her old sense of fun”
“wan Europop revival falls short of total catastrophe”
“The increasingly distant past when Katy Perry was one of pop's most fun, relevant exports only feels further away each time she returns. Since 2013's Prism, Perry has abandoned her tongue-in-cheek puns and trademark liveliness, unable to grasp why her audience is so disillusioned. Maybe that's why she's taken the no-publicity-is-bad-publicity approach on 143 — an album that doesn't even live up to”
“The maximalist productions she used to lord over feel as dated as a Vine”
