All my friends told me they had no interest in this year's HT show.

What trolling? She made the better video but the song is ****. Nothing was gonna save it, not even that good tv performance and the ginormous airplay. The Maroon 5 song is simply better.

And uncle is a piece of ****. No one would pollute their wedding with that trash.

She needs to wake up!

The overwhelming negativity

Oh gosh I hope the next era has at least 3 hits. God knows she hasn't established the dedicated fanbase she thinks she has.

'A combination of humor and color which I think is my strength'

Shut up

The fact that the Birthday lyric video is only 6 million views behind Roar's and it being one of the most watched lyric videos ever kinda makes the arguments that it's a bad song which no one was interested in completely moot. You don't generate that many viewers without being being interested in your song. It was clearly her try-hard video which sabotaged it.

She really needs a non-American in her close work circle. If I remember correctly it was mainly US viewers that found it funny after it premièred whilst WW people were like "What the hell? " Humour changes drastically between countries and a non-American could've slapped some sense into her. (If there are non-Americans on her team then they're trash and need fired).

Birthday is a generic, top 40 eying, trend hopping song produced by Max/Luke and co. It's also gotten tons of airplay (an undeserved 85m AI peak) and a TV performance at the climax of viewership of a main award show.

If you can't see that it's a bad song, then...

The lyric video of birthday slays. Its views, too. Ofc the song could be a top10 hit, it did amazing on the radio. Imagine if it had a proper music video, the radio and streaming points would be amazing. It could be already platinum I think. But there's no need to discuss this again and again. Katy understood her fault, she knows that birthday music video was the least successful music video of her career since 2008. She won't do that again.

Of course she won't do that again, she oversaturated market with 5 singles in less than a year, 3 of which were total trash that completely killed her once amazing radio power. Only a miracle would save her now.

But Sugar is the same song like Birthday and it doesn't flop..

It's simple. Sugar is better written and better produced. It's also easy to sing along to.
Also Adam employed his sex appeal in the music video (I'm not blaming the video alone for Barfday's flopping since it's one of the lesser reasons).

Ugh you can tell the halftime show is gonna be too colorful. I know it's a career celebration but she could still use as a platform to rebrand.

By the way Katy is not to blame for Birthday. It was her stupid label that kept pushing for it since Roar. She wanted TiHWD and LL which were better single choices. But it's too late and the radio stopped giving her unconditional support. Unconditionally had barely any negative effect after Dark Horse salvaged what it left.

If she doesn't come back with something meaningful and epic yet catchy a la Roar and Firework and something edgy yet catchy a la Dark Horse/E.T, she can kiss her career goodbye.so much potential wasted. She's easily the best thing we've had in pop since Madonna.

I can't wait to hear Roar in a stadium full of people
Yeah, her hair will probs be in a high black ponytail. I doubt she has the time for wig changes

Yeah it's really sad to see so much potential wasted.

lmao Lord Blackout pls check urself

Also she confirmed at least one outfit change.

Katy will come back with another mega hit (& more) with KP4 and y'all drama queens will be eating your words!

Omg it's not that serious, another good bop and she'll be back.

Sometimes Katy just says things for the effect or joke, but she did say she'd "have to borrow Beyonce's fans that blow her hair everywhere"... I really don't want a ponytail. LOL I don't mind it, but for the Superbowl... let's kick it up a notch, LOL!