Store Categories KATY PERRY Witness / 2x LP NEW COLORED VINYL / Capitol 2017

Indie Retail Exclusive On Red Vinyl. Limited to 1500 copies.

Perry’s eagerly anticipated follow-up finds the 32-year-old pop diva reflective, anxious, and fired up. And can you really blame her? In the four years since Prism‘s release, the world has profoundly changed, including for Perry. She’s weathered very public breakups (most recently with Orlando Bloom), made peace with her pastor father (who, in his sermons, has reportedly criticized his daughter’s life choices), and watched as Hillary Clinton, whom Perry vocally supported, lost the election to Donald Trump. So on “Hey Hey Hey,” co-written by Perry with Sia and Martin, she makes her frustrations clearly known — toward one unnamed misogynist specifically and the patriarchy in general: “I’m feminine and soft, but I’m still a boss, yeah/Red lipstick but still so raw, yeah/Marilyn Monroe in a monster truck.”

Proud girl-power moments like those course throughout much of Witness. And it’s refreshing to hear Perry distance herself further from the PG-rated fun of Teenage Dream, one of those perfect, once-in-a-lifetime pop albums. Here, she shoots for Big Important Messages: There’s an inward-looking anthem about finding your purpose (“Bigger Than Me”), an electro-R&B ballad about wanting to free yourself from a dead-end relationship (“Déjà Vu”), and a timely rumination on the suckiness of living in a digital world (“Save as Draft”). There’s also a curious detour into gospel territory on the uplifting “Pendulum.”

Instead of relying solely on the songcraft of Martin, who produced Witness with Perry, she’s found new talents: house wunderkind Duke Dumont, British electro artist Jack Garratt, Hot Chip, and Mike WiLL Made-It, among others. Those collaborators’ penchant for chilly melodies — versus blazing, smash-you-over-the-head hooks — meshes well with Perry’s diary of reflection and self-enlightenment. In fact, many of these songs are written in sad-sounding minor keys as opposed to cheery major ones. It’s a smart trick.

Description

A1 Witness
A2 Hey Hey Hey
A3 Roulette
A4 Swish Swish
B1 Dejà Vu
B2 Power
B3 Mind Maze
B4 Miss You More
C1 Chained To The Rhythm
C2 Tsunami
C3 Bon Appétit
C4 Bigger Than Me
D1 Save As Draft
D2 Pendulum
D3 Into Me You See

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