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Originally posted by ahauntingnearu
Thank you. With a few exceptions, Prism is just a bad album. I genuinely think OOTB is her best work overall, and TD is pop at its finest. Her unreleased overall slays more than half of her released discography. The songwriting was quirky, clever, and unique--even great a lot of the time, on KH, the unreleased, and OOTB (and half of TD). And the vocals, while not Mariah Carey, had genuity and rawness to them. She sounded like a true singer songwriter. Ugh, I just need her to go back to that and not the **** mainstream pop garbage she's releasing now
Or something more like CYB. There are a few gems on PRISM that are highlights of her career
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My breakdown of her quality:
Lyrics: OOTB and PRISM Deluxe, no contest. The thing about OOTB is that the songs fell flat due to vocals or subpar melodies/production. But her songwriting vocabulary and rawness was genuinely unmatched.
Melodies: Teenage Dream and PRISM (probably thanks to more songwriting experience and her producers)
Thematically: OOTB and PRISM. OOTB was definitely more unfiltered and a more direct reflection of her character. PRISM was kind of a self-help book that fell very flat. I still thought both were far more intimate than TD though.
Vocals: PRISM>>>>> If she re-recorded some of her OOTB with PRISM vocals
So while her songwriting has declined dramatically she's grown as an artist in vocals and better melodies/working with better producers. That's her weakness imo. But I mean PRISM Deluxe shows she STILL got it, so she just needs to break out her best when working on every song on K4. Don't compromise, queen
Katy mentioned him doing other parts of songwriting but never the lyrics
let's hope the 4th of July will push it more
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