Katy Perry - Chained To The Rhythm

[LukeB]

8gsGhdZDC-0

[Smithy]

Verses are a lot stronger than the chorus, some of the words in it don't really work, it's just like they've found something that rhymes and shoved it in :joker:

[Cal.]

Verses are a lot stronger than the chorus, some of the words in it don't really work, it's just like they've found something that rhymes and shoved it in :joker:

Typical Katy Pez song

[Tom4784]

Trash.

[LukeB]

I kind of like it. It may grow on me.

[Saph]

I like it, its better than Roar by miles

[Greg!]

I really like it after 2nd listening. A bop!

[Saph]

Verses are a lot stronger than the chorus, some of the words in it don't really work, it's just like they've found something that rhymes and shoved it in :joker:

not the art police

[Strictly Jake]

Aaaah Katy is back!!

[Denver]

This is why she should retire

[Shaun]

lyrics are a joke LOL but it's a good tune?

[Crimson Dynamo]

dats a bear bop

[reece(:]

Better than Roar

[Lostie!]

cute hamster

[LukeB]

After a few listens! I love it

[Crimson Dynamo]

looks like she has done Lady Gaga again in the pop bop stakes

I bet Gaga is furious after her superbowl show and now KP has unleashed a number 1

oop

[lewis111]

This is dreadful and so dull i don't get the hype

[y.winter]

Another unnecessary song from an unnecessary singer. :bored:

[EspeonBB]

This is really underwhelming. Is this really the best she could've done in 3 years :/

[Firewire]

I really like this

[Firewire]

Just realised Sia co-wrote this

Makes sense :joker:

[Black Dagger]

The lyrics are a mess, but it's a bit of a bop.

[Smithy]

looks like she has done Lady Gaga again in the pop bop stakes

I bet Gaga is furious after her superbowl show and now KP has unleashed a number 1

oop

Welp

Fails to go #1 on iTunes anywhere of any significance and it's falling already
Only 15k sold in the US first day (apposed to Gaga's 50k)
Weak streams despite a banner and being added to the biggest playlist possible

Gaga MUST be furious :fan:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Welp

Fails to go #1 on iTunes anywhere of any significance and it's falling already
Only 15k sold in the US first day (apposed to Gaga's 50k)
Weak streams despite a banner and being added to the biggest playlist possible

Gaga MUST be furious :fan:

:oh:

[AProducer'sWetDream]

The lyrics are TRASH but I like the music and the lyric video :love:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I love this song now

:clap1:

[MB.]

I liked this song until I saw that LT likes it

[Crimson Dynamo]

I liked this song until I saw that LT likes it

:smug:

[Black Dagger]

Welp

Fails to go #1 on iTunes anywhere of any significance and it's falling already
Only 15k sold in the US first day (apposed to Gaga's 50k)
Weak streams despite a banner and being added to the biggest playlist possible

Gaga MUST be furious :fan:

My wig has been snatched by this post.

[Smithy]

My wig has been snatched by this post.
https://i.imgur.com/I1Oc6cO.png
https://i.imgur.com/WAi7XSf.gif


Velvet Saxaphone, you mad boo?

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://i.imgur.com/I1Oc6cO.png
https://i.imgur.com/WAi7XSf.gif


Velvet Saxaphone, you mad boo?

But KP has not had any radio play yet, once that kicks that wee chart will change

[Smithy]

She already has more than double the airplay of Million Reasons in America, it had the 3rd biggest debut by a female on radio with 28million AI, meanwhile MR is sat at 12 million :fan:

[reece(:]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Review: Katy Perry’s “Chained to the Rhythm” Is the Song We Need Right Now

http://www.slantmagazine.com/assets/house/27103/music_chainedtotherhythm__article-house-780x440.jpg

In case you weren't among the lucky few who happened upon the 20 some-odd disco balls strategically placed around the world, from San Francisco to Paris, playing Katy Perry's new single, “Chained to the Rhythm,” the track made its official online premiere tonight. Rather than the stomping disco anthem the song's title and inventive, albeit not always successful, pre-release promo might have suggested, “Chained to the Rhythm” is a midtempo—but no less beckoning—invitation to the dance floor.

Though it's only February, the single—co-written by Sia and produced by longtime Perry collaborator Max Martin—feels like the off-season summer smash we need right now. This can be largely attributed to the song's breezy Caribbean flavor, strikingly reminiscent of Men at Work's early-'80s hit “Down Under.” (The song also features Bob Marley's grandson, Skip Marley.)

True to the track's genre bona fides, “Chained to the Rhythm” is a decidedly political statement: “So comfortable, we're living in a bubble, bubble/So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble,” sings Perry, who was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election. Marley takes a more combative tone (“Time is ticking for the empire/The truth they feed is feeble…And we about to riot/They woke up, they woke up the lions”), but whether the song is an endorsement of self-care or a critique of escapism in times of political upheaval is up for interpretation. What is certain is that a track with a hook that implores listeners to “Come on, turn it up/Keep it on repeat” had better deliver the goods, and this one most definitely does.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/review-katy-perrys-chained-to-the-rhythm-is-the-song-we-need-right-now

:clap1:

[Crimson Dynamo]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7686081/katy-perry-chained-to-the-rhythm-woke-political-review

Now BIllboard gushing about KPs new edge


when will the plaudits end?

[Smithy]

“Chained to the Rhythm” is a decidedly political statement: “So comfortable, we're living in a bubble, bubble/So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble,”


i screamed

[Ross.]

“Chained to the Rhythm” is a decidedly political statement: “So comfortable, we're living in a bubble, bubble/So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble,”


i screamed

Omg bye :joker:

[Ross.]

It's a bit of a bop though

[Firewire]

It is

[Firewire]

And the charts mean nothing when Ed Sheeran has been sitting at the top for about five weeks

[Jamie89]

“Chained to the Rhythm” is a decidedly political statement: “So comfortable, we're living in a bubble, bubble/So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble,”


i screamed

:joker:

A lyric video probably wasn't the best way to go with this one :worry:

[Ross.]

And the charts mean nothing when Ed Sheeran has been sitting at the top for about five weeks

Both songs are good though :worry:

*runs*

[Denver]

Ed Sheeran is only #1 because of the trash everyone has released this year so far

[Firewire]

Both songs are good though :worry:

*runs*

But not good enough

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[Ross.]

But not good enough

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Clearly they are as they're #1 and #2 bitch

https://m.popkey.co/21c303/qxzqa.gif

[Firewire]

Dua should be #1 with Be the One and Little Legends at #2 with Touch

don't @ me

[Ross.]

Dua should be #1 with Be the One and Little Legends at #2 with Touch

don't @ me

This is true

[Firewire]

Thanks :hee:

[reece(:]

Chained from the charts?

[Smithy]

Chained to the bottom of the charts?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Its positive and free and not dark and angry like joans moans

its a sound for a new America

I think it can make American music great again?

[EspeonBB]

Mess it can't even overtake Taylor's horrible song with Zayn or Million Reasons on iTunes

[Crimson Dynamo]

Mess it can't even overtake Taylor's horrible song with Zayn or Million Reasons on iTunes

give her time to get dat promo

[Jordan.]

Screaming at gaga stans having the nerve to shade Katy after how Perfect Illusion performed. Joanne would still be dead in her ditch without the superbowl.

Also the song is cute. Katy has enough appeal with the general public to have longevity, something not all the girls have.

[Shaun]

It'll probably chart relatively high with a brit awards performance. Why popstars think they can expect success with zero tv performances is beyond me.

[Jake.]

Screaming at gaga stans having the nerve to shade Katy after how Perfect Illusion performed. Joanne would still be dead in her ditch without the superbowl.

Also the song is cute. Katy has enough appeal with the general public to have longevity, something not all the girls have.

bc you can't comment on chart performance if artists you like also underperform?

[Jake.]

it's simple but it's nice

better than the majority of Prism

[Jordan.]

bc you can't comment on chart performance if artists you like also underperform?

No http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/customprofilepics/profilepic60748_3.gif

[Smithy]

Screaming at gaga stans having the nerve to shade Katy after how Perfect Illusion performed. Joanne would still be dead in her ditch without the superbowl.

Also the song is cute. Katy has enough appeal with the general public to have longevity, something not all the girls have.

Perfect Illusion first day: 50k
CTTR first week expected: 45k

Don't even try it lil boy

[Jordan.]

Nn at 5k difference. Let's wait and see if it bombs out of the charts after it's first week like PI.

[Denver]

Has Katie even had a hit since Roar?

[Jordan.]

#1 hit Dark Horse

[Smithy]

Nn at 5k difference. Let's wait and see if it bombs out of the charts after it's first week like PI.

Reread the post Hun

[Jordan.]

What needs rereading? The point is Katy wont tank out the charts as soon as all her fans have bought it

[Smithy]

5k difference but gags was one DAY Katy's was a whole WEEK

[EspeonBB]

Wait 45k first week? Is that real :umm2:

[Jordan.]

Her first week sales are irrelevant, we all know gag has die hard stans who will eat up anything she puts out. It soon fell off the charts where as Katy has more staying power as the general public like her :unsure:

[reece(:]

Streams?

[Denver]

She only lasted a few hours in the UK itunes top 5

[Smithy]

Her first week sales are irrelevant, we all know gag has die hard stans who will eat up anything she puts out. It soon fell off the charts where as Katy has more staying power as the general public like her :unsure:

Then why did Joanne sell over 200k first week? The second highest female debut of 2016?

https://media.tenor.co/images/8abc9a40aee9d6f05666f4ca2a6a2d68/raw

[Marsh.]

No http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/customprofilepics/profilepic60748_3.gif

Michelle Fowler looks good here.

[Jordan.]

If all else fails for Katy she can discount her entire discog

https://68.media.tumblr.com/0590f2ef9171d9c120daa59db8f36233/tumblr_ohzq8qnPcO1sqsw6qo1_500.gif

[Smithy]

If all else fails for Katy she can discount her entire discog

https://68.media.tumblr.com/0590f2ef9171d9c120daa59db8f36233/tumblr_ohzq8qnPcO1sqsw6qo1_500.gif

THe discounts have already started, its been discounted in turkey, Russia and NZ, I imagine the rest of the world will follow suit soon

https://media.tenor.co/images/8abc9a40aee9d6f05666f4ca2a6a2d68/raw

Not that Katy is new to discounting songs or anything, seeing as it's the only reason half her songs during the teenage dream era went #1, that and those godawful remixes

[Jordan.]

Then why did Joanne sell over 200k first week? The second highest female debut of 2016?

https://media.tenor.co/images/8abc9a40aee9d6f05666f4ca2a6a2d68/raw

we all know gag has die hard stans who will eat up anything she puts out.

That and the fact the other girls stepped into 2016 where streaming is where you need to be smashing on if you want longevity, something gag has been failing to achieve.

[Smithy]

That and the fact the other girls stepped into 2016 where streaming is where you need to be smashing on if you want longevity, something gag has been failing to achieve.

But is also had one of the best second week drops of the year and the best of her career too, if all the die hards bought It first week, then who bought it the second week? :conf::conf:

Katy was a streaming Goliath in 2014, Dark Horse was one of the first songs to hit one billion on Spotify iirc, ha ARTPOP era is upon us

[Jack_]

Dua should be #1 with Be the One and Little Legends at #2 with Touch

don't @ me

this made me search for Touch's chart performance and how tf has it not been #1 yet

it's easily their second best single ever

[Denver]

I dont think they have performed Touch live since the start of December have they?

[reece(:]

this made me search for Touch's chart performance and how tf has it not been #1 yet

it's easily their second best single ever
First*

[Ross.]

this made me search for Touch's chart performance and how tf has it not been #1 yet

it's easily their second best single ever

It's done well for how much promo it's had

[EspeonBB]

this made me search for Touch's chart performance and how tf has it not been #1 yet

it's easily their second best single ever

tbf it's impossible to get higher than #3 atm with Ed Sheeran's terrible songs permanently in the top 2

[Denver]

Also can we not push our luck it has been decided that LM can have one #1 per album

[Samm]

ANYWAY

make me outsold, #1 hours worldwide on itunes after its release

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[Smithy]

Fergies MILF $ outsold fgsnhagzvbs

[EspeonBB]

Katy the next victim of the pop girl curse
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[Ross.]

Taylor won

[reece(:]

Katy the next victim of the pop girl curse
https://m.popkey.co/4aa1ae/pJKyv.gif
Only longevity queens Rih and Bey survived it :fan:

[Denver]

Only longevity queens Rih and Bey survived it :fan:

Not this Adele shade

[Smithy]

Taylor won

Taylor dealing with 50 shades of grey whilst Katy deals with 50 shades of red

[EspeonBB]

Taylor won

The fact her awful soundtrack song with Zayn is #1 on iTunes and Katy is struggling to overtake Fadga :deadbanana:

[EspeonBB]

Only longevity queens Rih and Bey survived it :fan:

Rih, Bey and Taylor the new trinity :fan:

[Samm]

Taylor won

she's next

[Ross.]

she's next

I don't think so honey!

The fact her awful soundtrack song with Zayn is #1 on iTunes and Katy is struggling to overtake Fadga :deadbanana:

[Jordan.]

The fact her awful soundtrack song with Zayn is #1 on iTunes and Katy is struggling to overtake Fadga :deadbanana:

Trailor and Gag still relying on that discount though

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[Marsh.]

Is she still a thing?

[EspeonBB]

Trailor and Gag still relying on that discount though

http://i0.wp.com/www.sopitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mariah-Carey-oso-mil.gif?resize=270%2C225

Katy will probably discount in a few days so we'll see how she does then
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[Jack_]

First*

Black Magic remains untouched, a masterpiece of a pop song

They do keep having bop after bop though recently

[Denver]

Taylor ended after her fantastic 1989 era

[Jordan.]

Katy will probably discount in a few days so we'll see how she does then
http://i0.wp.com/www.sopitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mariah-Carey-oso-mil.gif?resize=270%2C225

It's only fair if she wants to compete with the snakes that are her contemporaries

http://i0.wp.com/www.sopitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mariah-Carey-oso-mil.gif?resize=270%2C225

[Marsh.]

That moment when you try to do the high note in Firework live and realise you don't have the talent.

https://m.popkey.co/4aa1ae/pJKyv.gif

[Shaun]

https://68.media.tumblr.com/99c725b820231055ddf51980db5897b3/tumblr_inline_nxm3nwh3KM1s8vwq8_500.gif

[Smithy]

https://68.media.tumblr.com/99c725b820231055ddf51980db5897b3/tumblr_inline_nxm3nwh3KM1s8vwq8_500.gif

So's AIDs

[Pete.]

ANYWAY

make me outsold, #1 hours worldwide on itunes after its release

http://images.hellogiggles.com/uploads/2016/08/07190019/animation1.gif
Facts only :clap1:

[Kizzy]

I love it, try look at it as a metaphor.... hmm? do you see it?

[Crimson Dynamo]

the anxiety of gaga a britney fans that KP has birthed another global smash hit


take a chair

[Black Dagger]

Can you not go and listen to your 60's music instead of trying to get involved in the LGBT's pop queens drama pls, you want us all dead anyway.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Can you not go and listen to your 60's music instead of trying to get involved in the LGBT's pop queens drama pls, you want us all dead anyway.:nono:

70s.:nono:

Not dead just in barracks in Ireland under Arista law.

[EspeonBB]

https://m.popkey.co/a23103/jWw6m.gif

[reece(:]

Kind of love this now?

[LukeB]

Katy Perry's Chained To The Rhythm sets new Spotify record

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perrys-chained-to-the-rhythm-sets-new-spotify-record__18202/

[Jordan.]

Streaming icon :clap1:

[MB.]

Katy Perry's Chained To The Rhythm sets new Spotify record

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perrys-chained-to-the-rhythm-sets-new-spotify-record__18202/

Not the least streamed song of all time

[Denver]

Love this now

[Marsh.]

I love it, try look at it as a metaphor.... hmm? do you see it?

Omg, no way, it was so subtle I couldn't see it!!!!!!! :omgno:

[iRyan]

I love it

[Joelle.]

1st listen: flop
2nd listen: better
3rd listen: BOP

[Ronald.]

I am hearing this all the time on the Radio it is very catchy! R.

[Denver]

1st listen: flop
2nd listen: better
3rd listen: BOP

My exact reaction

[LukeB]

Charted at #7

[Pete.]

A non event

[MB.]

A non event

I love songs that peak at #42

[Samm]

chained to the tank

[Denver]

Um7pMggPnug

Video is released

[Denver]

Actually a cute vid

[Shaun]

Like the video. Looks a bit obviously like she's been watching Black Mirror though. Remind me of this, too, which still scares me:

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[LukeB]

#2 on itunes :flutter:

[MB.]

That box that fell off the stage ha impact?

[Denver]

#1 now

[Saph]

this song is so addictive :clap1:

[Gstar]

^^ [2]

A great lead single

[Ross.]

Love it

[Denver]

She had her 15 mins at the top of the charts

[Jordan.]

She had her 15 mins at the top of the charts

This isn't the gaga thread

[Denver]

This isn't the gaga thread
But she was #1 for 15 mins then Sheeran took it back

[Saph]

This isn't the gaga thread

:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

134 replies to a thread about a single

wow

[reece(:]

This isn't the gaga thread

Oop

[LukeB]

Gone up to 5 :clap1:

[Denver]

Queen of charting higher then GaGa

[Alf]

Where a song charts, doesn't mean anything.

The chicken song reached number one, but I could name a thousands songs that didn't, which are far better songs.

[Crimson Dynamo]

still a bop, best radio pop song for 2017 so far

:clap1:

[Ross.]

This is my go to song to sing along too while driving

[Crimson Dynamo]

me and smallest boy LT are listening right noo

[Denver]

Likely to get top 3 today

[LukeB]

Stayed at 5 :love:

[Denver]

her streaming is letting her down as she been top 3 on Itunes all week

[Jordan.]

me and smallest boy LT are listening right noo

Very metrosexual

[Ross.]

wow so this is still iconic