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Originally posted by Dark_Lorde
I disagree. I think an album (prism) that was not EDM dance music. Was a risk in the current music market.
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Wait, how? EDM isn't popular on radio and wasn't when she released the album. The music on this album is what radio eats up...
I like Katy, I do, I just haven't been too into her for quite some time. While I thought Teenage Dream was generic and dumb, at least it was unique and at least Katy had her own identity at the time. PRISM is the complete opposite. It's so safe, so mindless, and so void of identity that it drives me insane. And the worst part is that it was purposely made to be all of those things to ensure the most success possible. Her videos this era, sans Uncle, have been absolutely horrible when you compare them to the videos from TD. Everything has been. It's just... I don't know, they need to stop watering her down when she's already watered down enough. Her label is so afraid of her possibly falling out of favor that they're turning her into a robot. They have a pretty talented artist on their hands and they're not letting her live up to her potential.
She wants that "industry cred" and she wants people to take her seriously. She has it in her to put out an album that will accomplish both of those things, but she has to stop being afraid of maybe, kind of flopping first.