If it seemed like it was just yesterday that "Roar" turned 2, well, it was! "This Is How We Do", the fifth single from Katy's 2x Platinum certified record 'PRISM', was released just one year after the launch of one of the biggest songs of 2013.
The song peaked at #24 on the US Billboard Hot 100, but has been streamed through VEVO and Spotify almost 500M times collectively and is certified Platinum by the RIAA, surpassing the success of other PRISM singles "Unconditionally" and "Birthday".
So unnecessarily hated. When PRISM first dropped, it instantly became my favourite track and most played. It's not my favourite anymore, but it's (surprisingly) still my most played.
but honestly can't believe that Katy was releasing singles only a year ago..it feels so much longer..I guess the fact that this + Birthday low-key flopped (though both felt bigger than their chart peaks) made her era feel like it was longer ago
So unnecessarily hated. When PRISM first dropped, it instantly became my favourite track and most played. It's not my favourite anymore, but it's (surprisingly) still my most played.
Literally me (except I still love it and it's still my favourite).
I still believe if she released this at the beginning of summer after the momentum of Dark Horse instead of Birthday, it would've charted better. It was an instant fave of mine when Prism first came out.
I still believe if she released this at the beginning of summer after the momentum of Dark Horse instead of Birthday, it would've charted better. It was an instant fave of mine when Prism first came out.
Yep. TIHWD suffered because radios overplayed Birthday and the GP didn't respond. They assumed the same would happen to TIHWD, so they didn't play it, and quite the opposite happened. Some radio stations also wanted Walking on Air to be the next single, so they refused to play it out of protest. #TIHWDfacts