Katy Perry

143 is a party and. everyone is invited! Katy Perry has officially launched an exciting new era with the long awaited sixth studio album 143. Katy creates a bold, exuberant, celebratory dance-pop album with the symbolic 143 numerical expression of love as a throughline message.The result is a sexy, fearless, return to form for the multifaceted musician with an album jam packed with the empowering, sexy, and provocative pop anthems you’ve come to love. This is an album with a lot of heart and a lot of BPM. Get ready to pop off!

As an album title, Smile carries an air of determined pleasantry, and Katy Perry could use her share of good spirits in 2020. Witness, Smile's predecessor, found Perry pushing her artistic limits, an exercise that didn't find an audience, so she's chosen to retreat to safe territory for Smile. Mostly, this results in Perry devoting herself to dance-pop that's coolly glassy on the surface and vaguely positive underneath. It's dance music that's not intended for the club; rather, it's a soundtrack for everyday events, from work to exercise to relaxation. It's also music that tacitly acknowledges that Katy Perry is beginning her slow transition away from pop culture's center stage.