Imagine your terror of tweeting a joke that doesn’t quite land or even a careless typo. Multiply that pressure millions of times, and you’re in Katy Perry’s social media hell, where the weirdly defensive Witness was born.
The album plays out like the “Can you hear me now?” Verizon commercials — a meme before we knew to call it that — as Perry wanders aimlessly in search of a connection. “Can I get a witness?” she pleads. Feeling like the world is slipping out of your fingers is ripe for material, but more of than than not, it comes off as robotic. She’s chained to her own rhythm.
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