Smile may be a somewhat insidious title. Although the American singer sounds predominantly cheerful on her sixth album, she appears as a sad clown on the cover. After the singer failed to achieve the intended success with (2017), it had a negative impact on her mental health. When you listen to Smile, you get the feeling that the singer wanted to release more hit-sensitive material again. Opening
… track Never Really Over clearly goes back to the earwigs that Perry used during (2010) took the charts by storm. Elsewhere she changes her course, Daisies is less exuberant with the input of acoustic guitars, although the singer overcries herself vocally here. Nice is the dreamy Harleys In Hawaii, a song she wrote as a result of a trip to - yes - Hawaii with her beloved . Furthermore, Smile actually offers nothing new under the sun in Perry's oeuvre, although the playing time is at least more manageable than that of Witness. (JvQ)more
