Prism is the fourth studio album by American singer Katy Perry. The album was released by Capitol Records on October 18, 2013. While the album was originally planned to be "darker" than the previous material, Prism eventually became a highly inspired recording by dance. The singer works with some of the past collaborators, when signing up for new producers and guest vocals. Many of Prism revolve around the theme of life in the present, relationships, and self-empowerment. Many critics praise the album's lyrical content as being more "adult" and personal, while others consider Prisma more formulative than previous material.
The album debuted on top of US Billboard 200 with 286,000 copies sold, becoming Perry's best opening week to date. The album also peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK. Prism became Perry's fastest selling album, Australia's second best-selling album in 2013, and the second best-selling album released by a woman in the United States in 2013. The International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) reports that Prism is the world's sixth best-selling album in 2013, the world's best-selling album in 2013 released by a woman, and labeled Perry "a global phenomenon." It has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The album's success continues throughout 2014, ranking in the top 10 of the annual charts for 2014 in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and earned Perry a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.
The release of this album was preceded by the release of two singles. "Roar" was released on August 10, 2013 as the lead single of the album and topped Billboard Hot 100. "Unconditional" debuted on October 16, 2013 as the second single recording. Among the release of these two songs was the release of the promotional single "Dark Horse" on September 17 and "Walking on Air" on September 30, 2013. "Dark Horse" was released as the third single album three months later on December 17, 2013, and also reached number one on Billboard Hot 100. The "Birthday" and "This Is How We Do" are the fourth and fifth singles, respectively. Prism is promoted further through Prismatic World Tour.
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After completing the California Dreams Tour, Perry stated that he intended to "live a little" before recording any new material that is "worth listening to". When the ex-husband of Russell Brand left him on December 30, 2011, he felt devastated and thought to commit suicide. Perry revealed to Vogue in June 2012 that he plans to record the album "darker" than previous records. He states: "It's inevitable, after what I've been through, if I have a time machine and can go back in time, I'll do it, but I can not, so you'll find another part of me." For Interview , he mentioned that he aspires to include more acoustic vibrations to the record.
Perry also said that his music will get "real dark fucking", although it also states that his fans will be able to link it. "I imagine that maybe my next record will be a little more than an artistic endeavor," he said. "That does not mean I'll sabotage myself and become like, 'I'm going to make a crazy note that no one understands.'" That fall, he then told Billboard about his plans for the album, saying he had imagine some aspects of it. Perry told the magazine that he already had songs and ideas, and knew what kind of recording he would make next. He also said that although he has not started recording, he already knows how the artwork, color and tone of the album will change. Perry is more detailed: "I have to let the music form first.I even know what kind of tour I'm doing next.I'll be very happy if the vision I have in my head comes true but I have to respect the music."
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Recording
The development of Prism began when Perry embarked on the California Dreams Tour. He started off with a process that he considered "slow cooking", which consisted of randomly recording "idea fragments" into his cell phone dictaphone app. A member of the Direct Management Group, Ngoc Hoang, then transcribed the audio file, which he put in what Perry described as a "treasure chest"; the object was consulted by Perry later during the album recording sessions. While Perry began recording the album officially in November 2012, accompanied by Greg Wells and Greg Kurstin, he noted that he was still in "dark place", and that he did not "let in light". The session resumed in March 2013, after a trip to Madagascar which Perry had "put his priorities in perspective", leading him to "do more work on himself". Perry also saw a video made by Eckhart Tolle, which discusses the loss. He commented: "When you lose something, all your foundations collapse - but it also leaves a big open hole for something great to go through."
After feeling ready to record again, he reunited with his team from Teenage Dream - Dr. Luke, Bonnie McKee, and Cirkut - in Perry's hometown of Santa Barbara, California, where they spent a month recording at Playback Recording Studio. After the sessions, he went to Stockholm, where he worked with Scandinavian tape recorder Max Martin, to do what Perry calls "laid ice on a cake". He also recruited other collaborators, such as Norway's Stargate team, Bloodshy, Benny Blanco, Jonatha Brooke, and Sia Furler. In April 2013, the recording for the album finished half, and Perry revealed to ASCAP how to work with the collaborator. He asserts that Wells enabled him to "spit words"; with Martin, he chose the melody of the song; Luke mostly leads production and he works with "topline and melody". Perry described the writing session with McKee as "emotional abuse", adding that they were arguing about "best lyrics", as if they were fighting in the boxing ring. McKee, who wrote four songs for Prism, talked to MTV on the effort, describing it as "a little more mature" and "interesting".
Composition
The album opens with "Roar", a synt-driven midtempo pop power song. Musically, it contains elements of rock and glam rock arena, while lyrically it is a song of empowerment. A comparison is made between "Roar" and "Brave" by Sara Bareilles. "Legendary Lovers", a bhangra based song, deals with the concept of karma and infinite. "Birthday" was described by Perry as a self-made attempt to "write something that Mariah Carey would keep on her first note". In music, this is a "subtle" pop song that is mainly laid out in the disco genre. "Walking on Air", the album's second promotional single, is an inspired early-1990s deep-Eurodance-disco song inspired by CeCe Peniston and Crystal Waters. It is produced by Klas ÃÆ'â € | hlund and Max Martin. "Unconditional", Perry's personal favorite song on the second official album and single, is a ballad of "soaring" power with an "epic chorus". Jason Lipshutz of Billboard noted that the song included "woodblock percussion" as well as a "dramatic bass line" and regarded it as the album's "most mature offer". Furthermore, he calls it "a love ode that looks past all the flaws" and declares that the song acts as a "strong grounded predicate" to the title song of Teenage Dream . Perry himself describes the song as a song about unconditional love that can come in all forms, including from relationships, from parent to child, and from sibling to brother.
"Dark Horse" is a song with traps, grime, hip hop, and "rap-techno mashup" genres. This Is How We Do, produced by Max Martin and Klas Ahlund, is portrayed as a possible "summer song" for 2014. Shirley Halperin from The Hollywood Reporter describes "This Is How We Do" as "a brighter 80s decline", while Edna Gundersen of USA Today described it as "pop buoyant buzz with hip-hop underpinnings" and praised the repetitive chorus of the song ("No big deal!"). James Montgomery of MTV News called the song "bandit, club-ready banger". With "Double Rainbow", produced by Greg Kustin and co-writer Sia Furler, Perry was allowed to "let go of the pent-up emotions" and "pull things out of his chest." The song was described as a "massive ballad". Lipshutz considers it a "breathing love song" with "a powerful chorus that explodes on the beat" with lyrics that include "One man's trash is another's treasure/so if it's up to me, I'll take care of you forever". He added that "Kurstin carries the pop sensibility he is presenting with artists such as Kelly Clarkson and P! Nk, while Sia's presence connects this sleek and shimmy pop line to David Guetta's 'Titanium' collaboration. Elia Sarkesian feels that "Some of Katy's best vocals from this album are on this song".
Perry describes "Love Me" as a song "about loving yourself the way you want to be loved". Gundersen called it "irresistibly attractive and energetic". The song is produced by Bloodshy. Sarkesian calls it "an interesting mix - the lyrics are dark, but the music is very centered on dance, at least it will work in clubs." Montgomery stated that both "Love Me" and "International Smile" both "seem destined for the dance floor". The latter was inspired by Perry Mia Moretti's friend, and compared to the songs on Perry's previous album. Lipshutz calls it a "direct pop-rock offer" and describes his guitar link as "kicky", adding that the song also includes "Melting Daft Punk-esque vocoder breakdown". Halperin stated that in the song, Perry sang the phrase "hooky": "Please tighten your seat belt and make sure your champagne glass is empty".
Halperin described "This Moment" and "Ghost" as "the closest mid-tempo ballad in DNA with Perry's previous smashes". Perry stated that he was inspired to write "This Moment" after he heard the audio book The Power of Now ; song lyrics talk about "living in the present"; with Perry "add a romantic spin" to him. Gary Trust describes "Ghosts" as "stunning ballads," while Gundersen describes them as "strong, dark, and haunting". Lipshutz feels that "Ghost" and "By the Grace of God" contain the album "the saddest moments". Speaking of each track, Perry mentioned that "By the Grace of God" was the first song he wrote and recorded for his album in November 2012 when he was in his "dark" phase. Jody Rosen from Vulture described the "Spiritual" bonus track as an inspiring song. Kevin Fallon of The Daily Beast describes "It Takes Two" as a "sweeping ballad" that allows Perry to "show off a full-throat belt that's so much more bubbly trailer mask". In "Choose Your Battles", Perry "strikes his chest and spews poison in a man he can not understand".
Release and promotion
On July 29, 2013, a truck gold truck in Los Angeles revealed the album title as Prism and will be released on October 22, 2013. On August 9, the truck was hit by a drunk driver in Pennsylvania, but no injuries reported. On August 20, Pepsi revealed a partnership with Perry, where fans are given the opportunity to unlock song titles, lyrics and trailers from Prism by tweeting #KATYNOW hashtags. In addition, Pepsi provides previews of songs "Dark Horse" and "Walking on Air", and fans can choose which song they want for an early release on the music platform. The song was previously declared the winner and released to iTunes on September 17, 2013.
Three parties who listened to Prism hosted: on 5 September 2013, one of the hosts in New York, open exclusively to an audience of 100 people in industry and journalists, where twelve tracks are played. The second hearing party Prism took place the following day in Atlanta, while the third took place Sept. 12 in Los Angeles at the Hammer Museum. The release of two promotional singles precedes the release of "Prism": "Dark Horse", featuring rapper Juicy J, was released on September 17 and debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and at number ten on the Singel chart of New Zealand. Perry first performed "Black Horse" three days later at iHeartRadio Music Festival. "Walking on Air" was released as the second promotional single on September 30th.
Prism was released on October 18, 2013. The album cover was inaugurated on September 6, 2013 on Jumbotron during Good Morning America and shot by American photographer Ryan McGinley. For the deluxe edition, 300,000 copies with colorful digipak packs are printed, and included with album logos printed on seed paper.
Perry started the Prismatic World Tour on May 7, 2014 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first leg of the tour also featured performances in Scotland and England that month. The second leg was announced on January 15, 2014, which consisted of concerts in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The legs ran from June to October 2014.
Singles
"Roar" was serviced to mainstream radio station on August 10, 2013 as the lead single of the album, and its digital release followed two days later. It received mixed-to-positive comments from music critics, who praised the "easy" and "poppy" beat, while some were ambivalent towards the cliché lyrics. Commercially, it's a success, surpassing the Billboard Hot 100 and charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. It became the best song of 2013 in Australia with 560,000 copies sold by the end of the year and spent 9 weeks on the national charts. The song was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance Award at the 56th Grammy Awards.
"Unconditionally" was released as the album's second single on October 16, 2013. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised it for being "towering" and "easy". A lyric video for the song was released two days after its debut, and the official music video was released on November 19, 2013. To promote the single, Perry has appeared on numerous occasions, including a geisha-themed show at the American Music Awards 2013, which drew negative press, controversy and allegations of cultural deprivation. "Unconditional" has reached the 14th spot on Billboard Hot 100 and has charted moderately around the world, reaching the top 30 on the single charts in Canada and Germany as well as the Top 10 in Italy.
"Dark Horse" was released on December 17, 2013 as the third official single of the album. It was previously released as the album's first promotional single exactly three months before the single's release. The following week, the song jumped to number four because Hot Hot Songs topping, sold 243,000 copies. With "Dark Horse" at the top of the Hot Digital Songs charts, it became Perry's 10th digital number. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 29, 2014, becoming number 9 Perry in the United States.
On April 3, 2014, "Birthday" was announced as the fourth official single of the album. It debuted at number 91 on Billboard Hot 100 and impacted the Top 40/Mainstream radio in the US on April 21, 2014. The single peaked at number 17 in the US, becoming the 15th song to reach the top 20 in this country.
"This Is How We Do" functions as the fifth official single from the album. The lyric video of this song was released on July 24, 2014, while the official music video was released a week later. The song was then sent to radio on August 12, 2014. The song debuted at number 88 on Hot 100's Billboard on August 9, 2014 and peaked at number 24.
Critical reception
Once released, Prism received generally favorable reviews from music critics. Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone gave this album three out of five stars, writing that "Perry and his old collaborators Dr. Luke and Max Martin often go for darker intimacy, moodier ÃÆ' la high-end Swedish diva Robyn and Lykke Li.Perry's always doing a wonderful job of telling us that he's on top of a pop star's joke.However, he does not always bring the same sense of humor and self-consciousness to the jokes of introspection of pop stars This mature-ballade raft album filled with Alanis-ian poesy she can not do it Nick Catucci from Entertainment Entertainment gives B album and states that "my adia power Katy, now more than ever, scores songs so relevant that their insights with quickly rising to be inspirational... Now he's catching on that he's making the mainstream, not just swimming in it. "
Helen Brown of The Daily Telegraph gave the album five out of five stars, stating Perry "sounds like a woman, and an artist, who eventually finds herself" and praises the "vulnerability" of the album. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian , and Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine all also gave the album three out of five stars. Erlewine was nicknamed Prism "tighter, cleaner than his predecessor". Petridis called it "Katy Perry's most spiritual album to date". Mesfin Fekadu of ABC News considered the songs "fun", but felt the album lacked "some of the fiery ferocity and excitement that dominates the Teenage Dream." James Reed from The Boston Globe felt Perry "always looks like a pop star who knows exactly what he does best" and calls the album "humming listening". Chris Bosman of the Consequence of Sound gave the album three and a half out of five stars, calling Perry "a chorus champion". Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune gave the album 2 of 4 stars, remarking "Though not really spiritual, Prism appears as a more serious - if there is no formula-- -balum from its predecessors ". Angry Eakin from The A.V. Club gave the album C, commenting "Much Prisma is just forgotten", despite praising the song "Roar", "Birthday", and "This Is How We Do". Rob Harvilla from Spin gave the album a 5/10 rating, and felt some material was not "all it wanted".
Elysa Gardner from USA Today gave the album a 3/4 rating and found the album "original and captivating". Trent Wolbe from The Verge rated it 4/4 overall and praised Perry's ability to "hyer-specific hyper-emotions into a new format that can be tied to everyone." He especially praised the song "Smile International" and "Birthday", declared the "Birthday" choir to be "so perfect". Jody Rosen from Vulture is disappointed with every song on the album except "Roar". Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times gave the album a 3/4 rating, calling it "a glittering, dynamic, and heavily loaded pop pop album". At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, Prism was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album, but lost against Sam Smith In a Lonely Time .
Commercial performance
Prism made its official debut in Ireland, where it charted at the top of the charts. In the United States, the album opened in the top spot in the US Billboard 200, becoming the number one album in the country. The album sold 286,000 copies in its first week. Prism earned the largest number of first week by female artistes for 2013, surpassing Miley Cyrus' Bangerz (270,000 copies). However, this achievement was surpassed by the self-titled fifth album Beyoncà © ©, BeyoncÃÆ' © (617,213 digital copies), released in December 2013. At the time of its release Prism had sales the fourth week of this year's fourth highest for a pop album, trailing behind Daft Punk's May 2013 Random Access Memories album, which sold 339,000 copies and Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience debuted to 968,000 copies and its follow up Experience 20/20 - 2 of 2 which debuted to just 350,000 copies. The first week's sales also marked Perry's highest weekly sales, with his previous album Teenage Dream sold 192,000 copies in its first week in August 2010. Prism had the highest first-week sales for female pop artists since the twelfth album Madonna, MDNA . Prism sold 92,000 copies during its second week of availability, falling to number two on Billboard 200. This represents the smallest sales drop for the number one album in the United States since the August 2013 release from The Civil Wars . Prism has spent 17 weeks so far in the top ten on the charts. The album has been certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 1.7 million copies in the United States in February 2017. In June 2014, Billboard announced its Top Mid Year 20 best-selling album with Prism comes at number 9 with sales of 453,000 in 2014 alone. Pharrell Williams and Perry are the only two people who have an album and one on the Top 10 Mid Year chart. In February 2015, after Perry's performance at Super Bowl XLIX on a part-time event, sales for the album increased by 85% and the album returned to the Top 50.
In New Zealand, the album became Perry's number one second album, and was certified gold by Recorded Music NZ, which sold over 7,500 copies in first week sales. Prism opened on top of the ARIA Album Charts, giving the singer the second number-one album in Australia after Teenage Dream . It was the nation's 688 album to top the overall charts and 342 to get to the top. The record received Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Australia (ARIA) during the second week of its release, and became the country's second best-selling album in the year behind Pink's The Truth About Love with 179,000 copies. sold in late 2013.
In Europe, the album was a moderate success. In Switzerland, the album debuted at two, just behind James Blunt Moon Landing and Gold certified shortly thereafter. In Austria, the album debuted at number three and was certified Gold in the first week, reaching Platinum certification a month later. In France, Prism debuted in the Top 10, spending a dozen weeks in the Top 40, and has sold over 130,000 copies according to SNEP. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at the top of the charts, where it was certified Platinum and sold 433,000 copies in February 2017. In the Netherlands and Denmark, the album debuted and peaked at number four. In August 2015, Prism has sold over 4 million copies worldwide.
Track list
Credits are adapted from linear notes Prism .
Personnel
The following people contributed to Prisma :
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Certification
References
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