It’s not for nothing for many. Her music and image haven’t evolved much and this album just ain’t it I’m sorry. Very basic pop music even by Katy’s standards.
Time stamps Never really over - 1:33 Cry about it later - 9:25 Teary eyes - 14:45 Daisies - 20:30 Resilient - 25:32 Not the end of the world - 30:43 Champagne problems - 35:00 Tucked - 42:13 Harleys in Hawaii - 46:29 Only love - 51:50 What makes a woman 57:30
the only reason it's not doing too well it's because the best songs were released months ago the hype died down i love katy but she should have made Never Really Over the official lead single not just a droplet it's one of the best pop songs in a long time
@mario Yeah she pissed off her label by not playing their game & making music she wanted to make not what she was being told to make, so her label is being a dick about it.
Yes First of all,Never Really Over debuted amd peaked at #15,without 0 promotion,so if it was promoted,it could've been #1,and Smile would now debut at #1,....not #5 ;(
I’m so glad you liked this. In my opinion, this is one of Katy’s best albums. Like you said it’s solid all the way through. It’s full of catchy hooks, clean production and pretty good lyrics. I think people are very impressionable and their judgement is clouded by commercial success. For one reason or another this isn’t as commercially successful as her other albums and therefore people see it as being “not as good”. I wish people just accepted a good pop album for what it is and enjoyed it regardless of its commercial performance. Katy Perry, or anyone else for that matter, doesn’t need to make a big ‘cultural impact’ for her music to be considered good pop music. It makes me sad to see all these critiques saying how she needs to reinvent herself to say “relevant” when she’s just released a pretty fantastic pop album. Surely that should be enough!
Never really over - 1:33 Cry about it later - 9:25 Teary eyes - 14:45 Daisies - 20:30 Resilient - 25:32 Not the end of the world - 30:43 Champagne problems - 35:00 Tucked - 42:13 Harleys in Hawaii - 46:29 Only love - 51:50 What makes a woman 57:30
Your reaction to this album was such a breath of fresh air! So many reactions to this have been bad or either very critical. You had very nice words & perfect input to what you didn’t like but you said it in a way that she can either improve or just fix on. Your comments or critiques weren’t harsh at all & I loved that. It is sad to see that this album didn’t do the way it should’ve but at the same time I think this album was mainly made for her & her KatyCats. This was album more about finding herself & loving herself. I personally loved the album, definitely on my top 3 list of favorite albums from Katy! Thank you for your reaction! Loved it! 😊🔥
@James keeling i see u hatin on katy perry althroughout the comment section. keep that hate for urself. Nobody likes that. Ur not cool in this class. Bye. Lmao
OMG! Finally after a months I've been waiting for you to react to Katy Perry's album. Huge appreciation to Blake Mclain who has reviewed this album production wise very well. Love you so much Blake! keep doing well. Maybe if you are interested, you should check her previous albums such as WITNESS, PRISM, etc, but I'm super open for any content ☺️ God bless you.
This just proves how much Katy Perry is committed. She's really good idk why people are saying this album isn't good. She's always been good and pushing bouderies. ♥️♥️♥️
her record label did her so dirty because they have newer and bigger artists that are "worth" pushing and getting better promo capitol SUCK and i think of taylor and katy could start their own record label together and promote their shit the RIGHT way even tho neither of them care about numbers anymore they just care the fans enjoy it but whatever
@@valterssluka1945 i PROMISE u she doesn't at all or else she would do better promo these last 3 eras have just be like HERES AN ALBUM and then silence
@@valterssluka1945 like revey artist she cares about numbers but she's not driven by them anymore, I do believe she cares more about the freedom and doing whatever she wants with/on her art
Thank you so much for reacting to Smile :) Her label (Capitol) has been a pain. They are not promoting the album as much and it really sucks, the album is not reaching to people. No one really knows that Katy has released an album. You should check out her Witness (Deluxe) album that was released in 2017. It got a huge backlash and was labelled "flop" which makes no sense cause the album was very experimental. She wasn't using her same old Teenage Dream "pop" sound and people freaked out. I think it was a great album, lyrically and the production was CRAZY. Also, Katy co-writes all her songs :)
I think blackcash really started after ''Bon Appetit'' (few weeks before the released of the album), because ''Chained to the Rhythm'' was very successful and was very well received in radios and in MTV (i remember to hear this song so much this song in radios). But when the song ''Bon Appetit'' came out, this song received a huge controversy and she was criticised hugely to work with homophobic rappers. And the song was boycotted by radios and the video was a horror (like the title) and the song was a flop not just in crititcs, but also in public. It's really affect her career and after that, all the next singles of the album was not a success and not reproduced the success of ''Chained to the Rhythm'' or many classics songs (like Dark Horse or Last Friday Night)
Thank you so much for doing this review of the album Blake, it's always great to see how people react to it, especially someone like you who actually LISTENS to the music, how its built up and pay attention to the meaning of the lyrics, I agree with your comment at the very end of the video about this album performance and the "professional critics" but honestly, just because this album felt extremely personal and she's in such a beautiful mindset after all the hate she went through after Witness, I don't really care that much and it feels so good to see people enjoy Smile 🙂
You should really react to Blue Neighbourhood- Troye Sivan. The album as well as the beautiful trilogy. Other albums I would love to see your reaction on are Shawn Mendes - Handwritten & Illuminate, Charlie Puth - Voicenotes, Blanks - Cheap sodas and ice cream kisses :)
That’s the kind of reaction this album deserves! Much Thanks for this AMAZING reaction. your feedback was on point and built on constructive criticism in contrast with what others did which is only Hate to Katy. This album deserves all the best KATY 👑 PERRY
Friendly reminder Katy Perry is always the lead writer on her music. Makes me cringe when you give all the writing credit to her male collaborators :-). Great video though, thank you!
V S Santos yes, but the few times he completely discredited Katy’s writing by only highlighting her male collaborators is what I was referencing. ❤️ it’s all good I don’t think it was meant to be mean, just is really disheartening to see.
THE LAST PART YOU SAID ABOUT HOW THIS ALBUM ISNT BEING PUSHED (at all) / IN THE RIGHT WAY IS LITERALLY WHAT HER FANS (myself included) HAVE BEEN SAYING! Capital récords, for whatever reason has been SO lazy and doing the least. It’s frustrating when, like you said, you KNOW the record is solid af from start to finish. every song is a bop and strongly executed. Not to mention all the records she broke for them, they’re legit not even trying and not sure why, if they did this album would be getting the praise it deserves.
Wow, you are really fast! You aploaded something yesterday or something and now a whole album reaction! I love your reactions because I actually learn a lot about music and my perspective has changed a lot about music. Thank you for that! Keep doing good work! I also wrote this but I want to write again, I saw Billie Eilish's 'Bad' cover, I was wondering if you could listen to it and then the original Michael Jackson's and then explain us some technical parts where she did things more interesting or boring or how she changed the melody and it was still that good. I honestly liked it more than the original, probably just because it was slower and Billie's voice is so beautiful. Same goes for the 5SOS 'No Roots' cover, I think they did a great job there, I would like to hear about that too!
Honestly you’re one of the few people that actually sounds like they know what the hell they’re talking about. I love your channel and all your content!!
I’ve been a fan of Katy since I was 8. This is by far her best album she’s made. You have to listen to Prism omg. You’ll love Legendary Lovers. The beat is fantastic!
Jerome van Diest really? that’s actually my least favorite. I really love Circus and In The Zone. I also REALLY love a lot of the songs on Glory I think the production was very different from what she put out before.
Got the same react than you in "Cry about it later" about the guitar. My producer 2 years ago told me "no guitar in pop music this is old fashion" and now I'am feeling like ....YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH FINALLY AGAIN. !
Its so sad that people just started hating Katy Perry for nothing :(
They hated her for being herself. But i still love her
It’s not for nothing for many. Her music and image haven’t evolved much and this album just ain’t it I’m sorry. Very basic pop music even by Katy’s standards.
they hate her the copyright issue she had with Dark Horse :)
Katrina I’ve literally never seen that brought up as a reason to hate her. Your the first to ever mention it that I’ve seen.
@@LoneWolfeMedia I don't hate her for it, just makes me not want to listen to her music in case that she stole ideas from another song :)
fun fact: champagne problems was made before dua lipa's album. actually the album "Smile" was entire made last year.
She make starts make smile in 2018
@@TB-om4dd yeah! i mean, she finished the album last year
Gui Sims this year. The last song made for album is Only Love
@@TB-om4dd yeah, but the album was finished last year before capitol changes. Smile still give me good vibes an i loved the album...
future nostalgia was recorded january 2018 and i think it was written 2017
Time stamps
Never really over - 1:33
Cry about it later - 9:25
Teary eyes - 14:45
Daisies - 20:30
Resilient - 25:32
Not the end of the world - 30:43
Champagne problems - 35:00
Tucked - 42:13
Harleys in Hawaii - 46:29
Only love - 51:50
What makes a woman 57:30
Wow that was fast
Thanks!!
amy zalot thank uuu
Yeeeeees thank you i always look for these comments🤣
Sunny Soul same 😂😂😂
All good songs thxs
Blake's mind: "don't say it, don't say it, DON'T SAY IT!.."
Blake: "this is SOLID"
the only reason it's not doing too well it's because the best songs were released months ago the hype died down i love katy but she should have made Never Really Over the official lead single not just a droplet it's one of the best pop songs in a long time
@mario Yeah she pissed off her label by not playing their game & making music she wanted to make not what she was being told to make, so her label is being a dick about it.
mario either way the TRUE fans got an amazing album
No, it's because it is a bad album.
@@neutralman9124 is a great álbum, YOU can deny it
@@neutralman9124 oh.. If you say so, well🤣🤣
I feel like if Never Really Over was the lead single for Smile it would’ve done better and helped the album too.
Yes
First of all,Never Really Over debuted amd peaked at #15,without 0 promotion,so if it was promoted,it could've been #1,and Smile would now debut at #1,....not #5 ;(
@@filipmarinkovic6281 true
It kinda was the lead, she didn’t intend for it to be an album and turned into one
The problem was that the album as a whole was not ready... the concept evolved throughout this time.
Yes! Small talk, Daisies, should never be singles
react to her album " Teenage Dream " or to " Witness "
uuuup
Witneeeesssss
Ya, he rlly needs to hear witness
yeahh!!!
LOVE WITNESS
I’m so glad you liked this. In my opinion, this is one of Katy’s best albums. Like you said it’s solid all the way through. It’s full of catchy hooks, clean production and pretty good lyrics.
I think people are very impressionable and their judgement is clouded by commercial success. For one reason or another this isn’t as commercially successful as her other albums and therefore people see it as being “not as good”.
I wish people just accepted a good pop album for what it is and enjoyed it regardless of its commercial performance. Katy Perry, or anyone else for that matter, doesn’t need to make a big ‘cultural impact’ for her music to be considered good pop music. It makes me sad to see all these critiques saying how she needs to reinvent herself to say “relevant” when she’s just released a pretty fantastic pop album. Surely that should be enough!
Smile is such an underrated album
X2 :(
unfortunately
Así es amigoa
La verdad que si :(
I think because the singles weren't the best representation of the album :(
you should do :
WITNESS (DELUXE) by Katy Perry
SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama
Ive been waiting for Sawayama
Witness pleaseee!!!
WITNESSS I WANT HES REACTION IN ITS PRODUCTION
PLEASE SAWAYAMA
Witness!!!
Never really over - 1:33
Cry about it later - 9:25
Teary eyes - 14:45
Daisies - 20:30
Resilient - 25:32
Not the end of the world - 30:43
Champagne problems - 35:00
Tucked - 42:13
Harleys in Hawaii - 46:29
Only love - 51:50
What makes a woman 57:30
Your reaction to this album was such a breath of fresh air! So many reactions to this have been bad or either very critical. You had very nice words & perfect input to what you didn’t like but you said it in a way that she can either improve or just fix on. Your comments or critiques weren’t harsh at all & I loved that. It is sad to see that this album didn’t do the way it should’ve but at the same time I think this album was mainly made for her & her KatyCats. This was album more about finding herself & loving herself. I personally loved the album, definitely on my top 3 list of favorite albums from Katy! Thank you for your reaction! Loved it! 😊🔥
thank you!!!! please react to her older albums sometime: Witness, PRISM, Teenage Dream, and One of the Boys
upppp
He'll LOOOOVE OOTB
You should really listen to SAWAYAMA by rina sawayama. It's amazing. A mix of different genres with amazing lyrics
so the opposite of this album then
@James keeling i see u hatin on katy perry althroughout the comment section. keep that hate for urself. Nobody likes that. Ur not cool in this class. Bye. Lmao
Never Really Over and the album in general are so underrated
BLAKE PLEASE REACT TO WITNESS BY KATY PERRY
HEY!! Do her 4th album: WITNESS, most experimental album from her yet, amazing productions and lyrics!
OMG! Finally after a months I've been waiting for you to react to Katy Perry's album. Huge appreciation to Blake Mclain who has reviewed this album production wise very well. Love you so much Blake! keep doing well. Maybe if you are interested, you should check her previous albums such as WITNESS, PRISM, etc, but I'm super open for any content ☺️ God bless you.
Hey Blake! I suggest you check out Rina Sawayam debut album called "Sawayama" the production on that album is breathtaking!
YES YES YES
YES
Yessss
YES PLZZZ
YESSS OMFG
This just proves how much Katy Perry is committed. She's really good idk why people are saying this album isn't good. She's always been good and pushing bouderies. ♥️♥️♥️
*hears never really over*
Blake: “Honestly I’m surprised this song hasn’t done better”
ARENT WE ALL 😭
her record label did her so dirty because they have newer and bigger artists that are "worth" pushing and getting better promo
capitol SUCK and i think of taylor and katy could start their own record label together and promote their shit the RIGHT way
even tho neither of them care about numbers anymore they just care the fans enjoy it but whatever
Taylor does care about the numbers
@@valterssluka1945 i PROMISE u she doesn't at all
or else she would do better promo
these last 3 eras have just be like HERES AN ALBUM and then silence
@@valterssluka1945 like revey artist she cares about numbers but she's not driven by them anymore, I do believe she cares more about the freedom and doing whatever she wants with/on her art
Eme Zamarripa she did hype up her past albums a lot. And thats really great!
@@valterssluka1945 Taylor doesn't care about numbers anymore pls she didn't even bother promoting TS8 😔
We hope Rina sawayama "SAWAYAMA" please :)
Thank you so much for reacting to Smile :)
Her label (Capitol) has been a pain. They are not promoting the album as much and it really sucks, the album is not reaching to people. No one really knows that Katy has released an album.
You should check out her Witness (Deluxe) album that was released in 2017. It got a huge backlash and was labelled "flop" which makes no sense cause the album was very experimental. She wasn't using her same old Teenage Dream "pop" sound and people freaked out. I think it was a great album, lyrically and the production was CRAZY.
Also, Katy co-writes all her songs :)
I think blackcash really started after ''Bon Appetit'' (few weeks before the released of the album), because ''Chained to the Rhythm'' was very successful and was very well received in radios and in MTV (i remember to hear this song so much this song in radios). But when the song ''Bon Appetit'' came out, this song received a huge controversy and she was criticised hugely to work with homophobic rappers. And the song was boycotted by radios and the video was a horror (like the title) and the song was a flop not just in crititcs, but also in public. It's really affect her career and after that, all the next singles of the album was not a success and not reproduced the success of ''Chained to the Rhythm'' or many classics songs (like Dark Horse or Last Friday Night)
@@WCD199317 so radio ban is one ofbthe reason why bon appitete didn't chart
11:43 a moment when katy perry sings "drinking it drinking it drinking it all up" and Blake slurping his coffee ☺️
Thank you so much for doing this review of the album Blake, it's always great to see how people react to it, especially someone like you who actually LISTENS to the music, how its built up and pay attention to the meaning of the lyrics, I agree with your comment at the very end of the video about this album performance and the "professional critics" but honestly, just because this album felt extremely personal and she's in such a beautiful mindset after all the hate she went through after Witness, I don't really care that much and it feels so good to see people enjoy Smile 🙂
Probably I was just n spotify when u were recording it cause I remember seeing u listening to it lol
You should really react to Blue Neighbourhood- Troye Sivan. The album as well as the beautiful trilogy. Other albums I would love to see your reaction on are Shawn Mendes - Handwritten & Illuminate, Charlie Puth - Voicenotes, Blanks - Cheap sodas and ice cream kisses :)
YES YES YES.. AND YES.. BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD WAS A MASTERPIECE
Tessel Meulemans yes Blue Neigbourhood
YESSS
Plzzzzzzzzzzzz
Yesss and Lauv please 😭
PPLLEASEEE REACT WITNESS BY KATY PERRY ITS A PRODUCTION MASTERPIECE
Yassssssssss
YES
PURR
PURRRDDD
Such a good album
Please react to Florence and the Machine's “How Big How Blue How Beautiful” album! Her voice is magic
PLEASEEEEEE
Yes please!!!!
YESSSS. All Florence please!
High as Hope also plz
OMFG DO IT AAAAAH
This album is gold
Words can't describe how much i wanted this video. It's here, i can't believe. Snacks, where u at?
That’s the kind of reaction this album deserves!
Much Thanks for this AMAZING reaction.
your feedback was on point and built on constructive criticism in contrast with what others did which is only Hate to Katy.
This album deserves all the best
KATY 👑 PERRY
Yes!!! You should really do Blackout by Britney, It's one of the best pop albums of all time
You finally did it!! was anticipating this for such a long time
pls blake SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama i been asking for months 😭😭
wow me too, and you know what's the worst i know he will love
Sawayama yessss
Uuuuuh yeeees
His going to love it!
YEAH, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS T_T
Blake you NEED to react Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle, you gonna love the production
People don’t give her vocals any appreciation. Not only is she a great vocalist but being a great lyricist on top of it
BLAKE PLEASE DO RINA SAWAYAMAS “SAWAYAMA” IM LITERALLY GOING INSANE !!
Those are her own vocal harmonies in Never Really Over, not a vocoder. She’s actually a very good and underrated vocalist.
React to Katy Perry's old albuns...teenage dream, prism and witness
One of the Boys too. Why do people always forget her first album?
Sam i don’t know! One of the boys deserves more!!
Manifesting!! SAWAYAMA reaction!!🙏🙏 PLEASEEEE it will be COLLAPSE
you should really listen to SAWAYAMA by rina sawayama. It's amazing
Friendly reminder Katy Perry is always the lead writer on her music. Makes me cringe when you give all the writing credit to her male collaborators :-).
Great video though, thank you!
He was talking about production most of the time actually, but it is true that katy is an underrated songwriter
V S Santos yes, but the few times he completely discredited Katy’s writing by only highlighting her male collaborators is what I was referencing. ❤️ it’s all good I don’t think it was meant to be mean, just is really disheartening to see.
lol same, i came to see if anyone said what you said and i'm glad someone did.
No need to bring gender into it but whatever.
@@christianwarner7128 but if he did only credit MALES, he did it only credit males?
THE LAST PART YOU SAID ABOUT HOW THIS ALBUM ISNT BEING PUSHED (at all) / IN THE RIGHT WAY IS LITERALLY WHAT HER FANS (myself included) HAVE BEEN SAYING! Capital récords, for whatever reason has been SO lazy and doing the least. It’s frustrating when, like you said, you KNOW the record is solid af from start to finish. every song is a bop and strongly executed. Not to mention all the records she broke for them, they’re legit not even trying and not sure why, if they did this album would be getting the praise it deserves.
Sir, you MUST do one for her Witness album! It's so creative and mind-blowing record!
Actually Katy and Zedd have a song. It’s called “365” you should react to it!
Wow, you are really fast! You aploaded something yesterday or something and now a whole album reaction!
I love your reactions because I actually learn a lot about music and my perspective has changed a lot about music.
Thank you for that! Keep doing good work!
I also wrote this but I want to write again, I saw Billie Eilish's 'Bad' cover, I was wondering if you could listen to it and then the original Michael Jackson's and then explain us some technical parts where she did things more interesting or boring or how she changed the melody and it was still that good. I honestly liked it more than the original, probably just because it was slower and Billie's voice is so beautiful. Same goes for the 5SOS 'No Roots' cover, I think they did a great job there, I would like to hear about that too!
I love this álbum and it deserves soo much more love than it gets (sorry for my english)
GURL U SHOULD REACT TO RINA SAWAYAMA OR MELANIE MARTINEZ THEIR PRODUCTIONS R REALLY COOL🥺🥺
Sawayama & Melanie Martinez 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Honestly you’re one of the few people that actually sounds like they know what the hell they’re talking about. I love your channel and all your content!!
You'll love Sawayama by Rina Sawayama!
Omg I was waiting this reaction, Smile it’s an amazing album, so underrated
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME MY LIFE TODAY BLAKE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
Thaaaaanks, I've been waiting for this 😭😭😭
This album is everything. U guys should promote it to ur friends
my favorites never really over, cry about later and only love!!
The Album is honestly underrated same as Witness.
Thank you❤️
This album is being really underrated 😭❤️
People hated Katy when she experimented with Witness and now they hate her for being normal with Smile
I’ve been a fan of Katy since I was 8. This is by far her best album she’s made. You have to listen to Prism omg. You’ll love Legendary Lovers. The beat is fantastic!
Sawayama!!
You're actually great producer like zedd. Very detailed! You should work for Katy on her next record omgggg 😍
SAWAYAMA! NOW! 🗣️
omg this is exactly the reaction I was hoping for
React to her album Witness! It’s a production masterpiece!
love this!! dude you’ve gotta listen to her other records, her songwriting is always outstanding. she has writing credits on every song!
You'll have fun with Rina Sawayamas album SAWAYAMA🤯
I really apreciate your musical inteligence .
hopeless fountain kingdom by Halsey please!
Thank you so much I was hyping on this video 😆 thanks for your analyzes it's so cool to understand the songs on a technical way!
Blake we are asking Sawayama for Rina Sawayama for months please love your job
Harleys in Hawaii used to be a song I didn’t vibe with, but it’s a grower, the groove is so good. I can’t stop singing hula-hula
Manifesting a reaction to Britney Spears album Blackout it's her BEST album and you'll love the production!!
......I'm not Blake but I haven't listened to a full Britney album in over 10 years so this is what I'm doing today. Thank Ya.
ashley summerfield I highly recommend you listen to blackout it’s her best album in her career
Jerome van Diest really? that’s actually my least favorite. I really love Circus and In The Zone. I also REALLY love a lot of the songs on Glory I think the production was very different from what she put out before.
Smile deserve so much ❤
BLAKE YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE “SAWAYAMA” PLS REACT TO IT
The detailsssss, the trumpets on Tucked love this album so much, it’s a masterpiece underrated
Still waiting for SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama. Love your videos!
i love this movement of everyone wanting SAWAYAMA
Got the same react than you in "Cry about it later" about the guitar. My producer 2 years ago told me "no guitar in pop music this is old fashion" and now I'am feeling like ....YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH FINALLY AGAIN. !
please react to Katy Perry's last album WITNESS - the singles really didn't do it justice!!
When I heard Cry About It Later I remember 5SOS' Youngblood (song) so much bc of the kick drums.
Too many people are asking for a reaction to the album smile hahaha
Finally 😃
Thank you for the positive things you said about this album!!❤️❤️❤️
You should react to prism!!!!
Witness album would be so good to react to (production and lyric wise), every song is a masterpiece. It's my fav. of hers.
you should react to ‘chemicals’ by the vamps, it comes out at midnight
you should react to her Witness album, it’s sonically her most experimental album ✊🏽
You should do Bebe Rexha's album if you want some guitar in pop music! That whole album is very guitar centric
Yes!!!!! Expectations is amazing from beginning to end
2 years waiting for Katy Perry WITNESS THE ALBUM
You need to listen to ungodly hour by Chloe and Halle
My favorite Katy Perry album!! Loved your video
Harley's in Hawaii and tucked are my favorites
i love you blake mclain! please do more of katy perry's albums!!!
PLEASE REACT WITNESS BY KATY PERRY aka her best production album !!!!
never really over actually came out in May 2019. It was such a huge hit in the summer of 2019.
Imma join everyone else... react to Sawayama! You won’t regret it ;)
PLEASE REACT TO HER ALBUM WITNESS SUCH A AMAZING AND DIFFERENT SOUND ! 👁 great video btw!
Please react to Sia's 1000 Forms of Fear and This is Acting 😍
Thank you so much for this Blake! You should also react to WITNESS, it's one of her best album :)