SCORE: 7.207
Highest Score: 10 x 16 (
@sweetlikegrande,
@Markus1981,
@gagapourgaga,
@CorgiCorgiCorgi,
@Joe.,
@tylerc904,
@enjoy,
@digitalkaiser,
@AlmightyAloud,
@soratami,
@GimmeWork,
@JapaneseJesus,
@Raichu,
@Andy French,
@Jeffo)
Lowest Scores: 1.5 x 1 (
@Beginner), 2 x 3 (
@Sanctuary,
@Spiral,
@HeartSwells), 3 x 3 (
@Subwaykid,
@Trouble in Paradise,
@Beautiful Child 2)
As we leave the 40s, we also get our most 10s so far:
sixteen! And yet, it wasn't quite enough. This is often floated as the most viable single option remaining from
Witness, so of course it is being ignored completely; however it did get the very plum opening slot on the tour so who knows (and it knocks in an arena, by the way). Speaking of the tour, that 3
Subwaykid dropped is a good explanation as to why he was 15 minutes late to the show and missed this number completely (at least he brought me a beer). Spacey, atmospheric, dramatic, with a deliciously sultry vocal from Katy, this is an album track that achieves what a lot of
Witness fell short of doing. Max and Shellback did great work here. I'm listening to it now and
whew this is a bawp.
Then, there's you all, PMing me your little bubbles of trouble. "OKAY, this pops off," claps
constantino. "It has the lush, expensive 80s-in-2017 sound to it that I adore. It’s well within Katy’s range, which is a rarity on this project; she sounds comfortable and it feels a lot less try-hard than the rest of
Witness."
kalonite ponders, "Why do all of these songs on this album have such good, potentially iconic intros…only to fall apart when the words start?" but then admits, "I do kind of love this though," and gives it an 8.
GimmeWork calls it an 11 contender. "Nothing against 'Chained' but I would have lead with this!"
Slice of Life is all about that "immaculate production. The pre-chorus + chorus combo is a career peak."
"Beverly Hills Cop lookin ass," sasses
Solenciennes.
joe_alouder calls it a "basic bop" (it really isn't?) that has "cute production."
Beautiful Child 2 cackles, "Imagine throwing in all these dated bops for the gays and even the gays don't buy it. Sad!" But
Raichu did. "Jesus Christ, what a banger. That Eurythmics-style production is fucking ace and the chorus goes OFF. I always imagine this performed on a Tron grid and it’s glorious. Why it wasn’t released as a single is beyond me."
CasuallyCrazed compliments it as, "Such a tune. Should be a 10, but the vocal delivery is too understated — we needed that One Love Manchester belt."
RJF is a hater. "Me: Does anyone
really want cheap, obnoxiously 80s synth-pop on a Katy Perry album in 2017?
Tasteless Gays: YASSSSS.
Also Me: …can I interest you in 'I Like It Rough' by Lady Gagger?" You absolutely can every night.
ericcccc also defends said synths: "Those cheesy 80s synths… are kind of amazing. The production during the chorus, however, gives me a throwback to 2007 that I did not need."
dodoriazarbon comeback corners his way through this commentary by
embedding an Imgur post instead of just doing the gif, sad! Let me fix that for you, sis. "People saying this could be a campaign-saving single...
"
This song doesn't pop off as much as you all say it does," says
paperboyfriendd, who is wrong!!!!
A$AP Robbie, my empathetic prince, is more concerned for Katy's wellbeing. "Roulette is famously the casino game that no-one should play because you have statistically no chance of walking away with any money whatsoever, so what I'd say, Katy, is don't." Aw.
sexercise poses a question for everyone: "I don’t know why the entire forum hasn’t gone apeshit over this honestly. One of the best produced songs of the year & that chorus is huge."
evilsin is more critical, but only slightly. "I live for how this starts like the most epic 80s space jam in the existence. Too bad that the chorus comes in a bit whiny to me with that delivery of '
like roulette!' Still, the synths are heavenly and I have to forgive this little misstep."
Bolton agrees, "great verses but chorus is such a letdown."
digitalkaiser wrote so much hjelp. "First of all, I love the production of this song let’s just get that out of the way, I live for the 80’s smoke and mirrors fantasy of it all. The funky bass line is icing on the cake. I love the concept of a song about hookups and kind of ignoring your sensibilities about proper etiquette for such things, there are times where humans just give in to the deep primal desires that they have, and I think it paints a very millennial picture of just going to see someone for a special night of craziness, via phone apps."
aaronhansome becomes person number two to namecheck
Tron. "This is another song that has a great pre-chorus but thankfully, the chorus is forever jammed in my head with those TRON-ass synths blaring in the background. A great song when you’re on the drive to a hook-up."
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