SCORE: 6.328
Highest Scores: 10 x 9 (
@inevitable,
@Joe.,
@ericcccc,
@P'NutButter,
@sexercise,
@enjoy,
@digitalkaiser,
@Petty Mayonnaise,
@Andy French)
Lowest Scores: 0 x 1 (
@Markus1981), 2 x 3 (
@Trouble in Paradise,
@happiestgirl,
@kalonite)
Nawt the prude brigade showing up in such full force that they managed to sink this cunnilingus bop, despite it having nine 10s. I didn't really much care for this song until the tour, where the instrumentation sounded terrific in the arena. The treatment with the giant flowers and pole dancer was actually quite nice too, so if this indeed a single, I hope she doesn't go full Bette Midler Delores DeLago hamfisted buffoonery with it. (Sigh.) Should this be out yet? I wouldn't say so, but Katy Perry has committed the cardinal sin - she
disappointed, and for that, she was punished across the board.
"Now that's something else," coos
evilsin. "More of this next time, please, Katy. The rolling synths are so hypnotizing especially coupled with
tsu-naaa-mii. That little moment of bliss in the middle 8 is a bit of a kii too." But
Trouble in Paradise loathes: "I cannot with Katy Perry delivering another boringly derivative song using an overarching metaphor."
Heartthrob calls out "lyrical triteness, especially frustrating given the promise set by Mike WiLL Made-It’s production." Apparently
Bolton and Joe. are friends? "
@Joe. loves the song and I just don’t get it. Sorry Joe." But
Joe. let his 10 do the talking and didn't submit commentary.
LA Hallucinations slips back into her native language. "Sinnoh Route 216 better gather ha lawyers and get ha coins because that froot looks familiar." Literally did not understand a word.
kalonite cannot abide grammatical liberties! "Just awful. Plodding. Tsunami does not have 4 syllables, Katheryn."
CasuallyCrazed just straight up starts talking about the boner petites. "I love that she attempted a Janet-esque sex jam that would fit right alongside 'Moist' or 'Warmth.' However I just can’t get it up for this song, it just drags and drags."
paperboyfriendd stans, "I genuinely love this. It's slow, sensual and the water-based sex metaphors are not as bad as some of the other trash from
Witness. A bit of a win for me!"
A$AP Robbie just wants cupcakKe levels of nastiness. "Kinda hoped considering what the lyrics are that this would be absolute filth but nothing about this is very sexy really." Speaking of filth,
sexercise talks about...well, "This has been the true grower of the album. It went from being a solid 8 to an 11 contender."
GimmeWork frantically points, "See when she sticks in her sexual double entendre wheel house it seems to work for her! This is one of a very few mid-tempos that will actually make me bop a bit."
Solenciennes saw
The Impossible. "This just plods along and I hate the lyrics. Come take a swim and then get caught up in a seismic, catastrophic event that causes untold damage to the environment and all living things caught up in its path with me. Fuck's sake, Katy."
RJF mostly just offers a preview of things to come. "I liked this track a lot more before I realised the lyrics could have been written by a fifteen year old who is finding innuendo in everything because they’ve just figured out how to apply it. Same goes for its counterpart which uses food instead of water." What song could you
ever be talking about precious?
haps says "Too many songs, Katy," so I guess that means this should've pruned. "Another one where the instrumental is a lot stronger than the lyrics," says
Terminus. "It's pure Axel F in sound, and it really elevates the song."
Spiral is getting "80s synth goodness." But
dodoriazarbon says, "No. This falls in with a lot of the album in terms of mildly intriguing icy production and nothing else going on."
ericcccc finds a "slinky R&B bop that I wasn’t expecting from Katy but it totally works."
Slice of Life sighs that it "started super well only to be let down by that non-event of a chorus. This is getting ridiculous."
Raichu nods, "The verses in this song are pretty good and so is the production with that cool bassline, but this is way undercooked. It needs to escalate into something more after the verses but doesn’t. Again, this is a case of great production and atmosphere being let down by lazy songwriting."
constantino gives us some more illumination into what sort of student he was in school: "As a geography nerd I'm not impressed with Katy's oversimplification of the complex culmination of tectonic movements that lead to the creation of a tsunami. The lyrics are dumb as fuck (shocker) but at least the production is good, eh?"
Beautiful Child 2 thinks "The bridge should be the chorus (with a couple more bells attached), this certainly sounds good but the repetition kills it." And
joe_alouder says, "This is lovely and really creates a soundtrack."