If everything Katy Perry touches turns to gold (or better), we can assure you ‘Chained to the Rhythm’ will be no exception.
The first release from her yet-titled follow-up to 2013’s hit-ridden ‘Prism,’ Perry – with a little help from Bob Marley‘s grandson, Skip Marley – is playing approximately no games with her Max Martin/Sia written comeback single.
Is it game changing and on track to turn the pop world upside down? Eh…we wouldn’t say so. Will it dominate radio in every market? Unquestionably.
Hear it in full inside and you’ll see what we mean:
OMG! How does this woman keep doing this? On one side of the coin, the song’s lyrics speak to Katy Perry’s career in a nutshell: ‘Too comfortable, living on a bubble.” She has a clear, comfortable, and almost predictable formula that is present on every single one of her albums. But…
From where we’re standing, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. For as many naysayers will thumbs down the Skip Marley-assisted tune for its “safety,” something has to be said for one knowing her audience and giving them exactly what they want (a note some of her competitors should copy). Even her most sonically daring singles in the past have still never gone so far left they alienated the core of her base.
This song will ZOOM to the top of the Hot 100 (if it doesn’t debut there) and radio will eat this up! It’s only been out an hour (as of time posted), and hell, we’ve listened to it three times already. The girl has an uncanny ear for a hit and ‘Chained’ will be no exception.
Welcome back Katy! You don’t even have to snatch my wig, I’ll just detach it and politely hand it over to you.
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Ok, Katherine!
Omg she’s here to rip Gagas weave out ???
LMFAO GURL BYE, THIS FLOP AINT GONNA RIP NOTHING OUT BUT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS LMAO
did KATY cut GRACE JONES a check??? She stole that hook from S**** TO THE RHYTHM. It’s just ok
I just listened to Grace Jones she STOLE that hook
Yep, she’s Grace Jones on this one…and that’s the problem I have with Miss Perry Baby lol…she’ll be Indiana Jones in her next video, Marty McFly in her third video, and Beetlejuice in her fourth video lol…and are we going to pretend like Prism wasn’t a hot mess? If this is the FIRST single, then get ready chile lol…I wonder if she listens to her own music…
Kudos to her. I respect her for acknowledging what is going on in the country/world today. Still similar to her other work, but the lyrics out weigh the production.
Album track- Yes!
1-3 on the album- Yes!
Filler track- Hell no, it’s good!
LEAD SINGLE- HELL NO, NOT THAT GOOD!
I like it it reminds me of a song off starboy
I actually like it. It’s not the. Eat song she ever done but I’m definitely interested to see what her album sounds like
Love it!
What is the hype for?? This song is trash
I swear people automatically call songs garbage when they first come out. Bet you only listened to 4 seconds tops.
LOL TRASH IS TRASH, NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU LISTEN TO IT. LANA’S MUSIC SHOULD TELL YOU THAT LMAO
I did only listen to 4 seconds of it granted but after hearing it on the radio at work all day I stand by my comment it is absolute garbage
Exactly what we need from Katy, we don’t need her completely changing the formula and leaving her whole fan base behind
This is trash! Y’all who praise it have absolutely no taste in music! Gurl, bye!!!
We love Miss Perry but I Don’t is better dahhling!
At first I didn’t like the song as mush as her old ones but that’s because I didn’t get her Genius at first but then after a second listen I loved it & after reading the lyrics now I’m obsessed. Lol So yeah it’s lit & im buying & streaming. Can’t wait to see the real video & performance after the Grammys. P.s Top40 going to eat this up! Lol
I agree ,watch out and see this be a hit especially after a video.Its so genius the way she incorporates a message into it.kudos Katy.
It’ll be a hit for sure but she’s kinda late with this type of instrumental. It sounds just like love me harder, style, Cheyenne, do what you want, body on me etc.
Ehhh not really into it but it’s probably gonna be a hit. Hopefully she can actually make a cohesive album this time because her last album just sounded like a bunch of singles
I like it go Katy kat
The greatness of Sia is she always makes us know shes involved with her trademark isms.
Katy got a nice track here and its apart of the trending themes that are doing well on the billboard charts.
Katy could have maybe gave it more of her own stamp in terms of arrangement vocally but cool track all the same.
I like the tone of the song. It has a ‘very late night club on a spring/summer day’ feel to it.
After reading that, it is the “last call” kinda song. Lights coming on, numbers exchanged, tabs being closed, ppl getting a last dance in. It isn’t fast enough to dance to, but it up beat and doesbfeel good and give a vibe.
She’s good and she has more solo number 1 singles than rihanna who latches on to rappers for hits. Rihanna is a fraud all her record sales are 90% single sales hopefully one day people will see that katy is the true pop queen in this generation.
Katy can never come for Rihanna’s discography sweetie never! Everyone knows that including u that’s why she’s on your seething mind
Actually about 95% of rihanna’s sales are from singles. Rihanna is a singles queen whilst her friends have balanced single and album sales.
Honey she’s talking about solo number 1 singles. Rihanna has few of solo singles most of her number ones either have featured artists or she featured in the track. All her achievements are fake and undeserving. she’s a plague that has overstayed her welcome.
Rihanna is overhyped bcoz she’s a token black. She has no substance and is a lousy performer. She’s the black Jessica simpson but since she’s a token the media will keep riding her d***.
And Katy’s a superb performer ? ? Please stop! Katy not meeting rihanna outside in stage or none of thee above! Yes I live for both girls but let’s not get delusional! The song is super generic ! But radio will eat it! Meets nothing on anti!
Rihanna wishes she was Jessica Simpson. Jessica can actually sing and has a real bank account.
This is nobody but a pressed hive under this account lmao
LMAO GURL SIT UNTIL KATY PAYOLA CAN SELL HALF AS MANY ALBUMS AS RIHANNA HAS LMAO. AND WHAT DA FUQ IS A JESSICA SIMPSON? LMFAO
Sorry but this is basic trash.
I love it already. I just hate the line “wasted zombie”. Cmon bruh. Lol y’all couldn’t pick a better line? I will stream the album though as I did with all her albums.
That’s my fav part. Lol You can only say things like that in pop song. Lol It’s Fun!!!
My point exactly!
Illuminati s*** detected
Girl bye, its not 2010, no one believes that nonsense.
I’m a dude not a girl.
Well 2017 has its summer anthem already. It’should giving me late summer night poolside with friends vibe. I was expecting something with a little more energy or spunk but this is perfect. She sounds great on the track too. Love her or not, you can’t deny she crafts perfect pop.
I felt the same way but then every time that beat drops you just fall more & more in love. Got Damn she’s good!! ??
Yaaaaas queen !
The best part of this song is the political messages hidden through out it. Pay close attention the lyrics. I’m proud of her for using her platform to reach out to her audience and open up conversations. I’m ready for this album.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one hereto get that. LOL these other commenters are thinking this is Pop fluff, but its like a diss to Donald Trump and or his blind supporters who are chained to the lies and crap he spouts.
LMAO there goes all the little hype Gaga had. Sucks because I loved her Superbowl performance, I think it was one of the best I’ve seen.
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That said, I absolutely love this song, it is so great. I love the throwback disco sound, Max Martin did a great job.
LMAO PLEASE, MOTHA MONSTER HAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THIS GENERIC MESS IS ALREADY FLOPPING ON ITUNES LMAO.
On what planet is this ‘reggae tinged’. Just because a relative of Bob Marley appears on the track doesn’t make it reggae – I wish eople would stop pedalling it as such, it riles me no end. Having said that, it is a great ‘pop’ song, Ill give Katy and Sia that much. I like Katy, but I am not feeling this at all. On to the next for me.
I’m not really feeling it….and this is coming from a Katy fan. I’ve even seen Katy stans calling it a flop already. I don’t think this will be Hot 100 #10, although it’ll definitely debut in the top 15. It just needs more time to work on me. I feel like the lyrics are too complicated with the beat.
What a shítty song…typical Sia trash.
It’s not all that
It sounds like the British sound has inspired the USA!
Sounds like Dua Lipa, Zara Larson, The Rockaby baby girl… and to confirm it, that Caribbean tinge that has been in the U.K. top 10 all of 2016 came in.
She has a massive hit on her hands with this. It’s catchy
How is this a British sound, sis?
I live in the U.K., i listed who it sounds like. My opinion.
This song is a mess, her monotone voice never gets better, it always sounds strugglish to me.The track has a nice retro vibe but the hook is not catchy enough,the lyrics are basic asf, just downright bland to me. I believe in judging a song by first listen and this one is a C. I wont even talk about that horrendous feature. Of course it will be number 1 because its katy and the song is radio friendly, it will be played a trillion times and we’ll be forced to like it, nothing new.
Boring, uninspiring, cliche, cheesy! Horrible, just like her entire discography.
LMFAO. You can so tell the GP of this site is GP Pop fans who just hear the beat and thats about it. Only ONE other commenter realized the political message of this track. That is also why Skip is featured, because he is speaking a message not for high profile feature, if she wanted that she would have gotten J. Cole.
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I think the song is not the best KP single ever, but I don’t hate it as a lead single because it is very different for her and I love that she is still keeping up with her political message from 2016.
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Hello people listen and read the words, especially verses. This song is absolutely political and speaking about all of the decisiveness that has been going on since Trump began is want and now reign to be a politician.
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Thats why it is a better than average song. It is so well crafted you can easily miss the political message and just here a party anthem, but in actuality it is a political message about the world we currently live in. Way to change you content Perry!
Totally agree,I thought I was the only one who caught that!
So what’s the political message exactly?
The world is f#cked up but hey let’s dance like nothings wrong?
Cool…
Me like!
Dark horse still her best song to date! This is ok and will be filed into oblivion in weeks to come . Sorry I was routing for her, but this is a mcpop generic mess. The same thing most of you got on Rihanna for.
Walking On Air is her best song, and the only one worthy of being called perfect pop music.
I like the political message and diss to trump in the song lolz…it’s a cute pop song
??? ???
Hmmmm, Katy got another #1 waiting to happen! Congrats!
The beat and melody are very generic. It doesn’t grab me like her previous singles although I like the message it conveys….
B**** is still stuck on kids bop @ age 32 I can not at the growth, she’s just the white female Trey Song/ Jason Derulo whatsoever when it comes to growth
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I seriously don’t know how a b**** disappears for 3 years and comes back with this steaming pile of s***
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Kiddy Kats I hope this was worth your wait
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What a downgrade Sia these lyrics are worse and 10x more shitier than Peacock….. she can suck a d***
This is a mess. She never grows. You can stick any one of Katy songs on any one of her albums and it would fit. She’s a quasi-darker, brunette version of Taylor Swift. This mess of a song will go to number 1 because of the stupidity of the market and the brainlessness of her base but it’s a garbage song.
Mad cause Janet is from the time of the dinosaurs? Dont fret, Janets next single will give her 3 #1 when it peaks at #111. LOL
Janet has made a bigger impact on the music industry than your fave (whoever that is) will EVER achieve.
She doesn’t need to have #1’s anymore. She’s in a different league.
Have a seat chile
LMAO UM JANET HAS TEN NUMBER ONES BYTCH, ALL EARNED WITHOUT GUEST APPEARANCES, STREAMING OR PAYOLA, SO SIT UNTIL KATY PAYOLA CAN SAY THAT LMAO.
I like that triple six sign she’s throwing up.
This song is wack af!
Still reigning queen of rhythmic nursery rhymes. Im ok with that but to add a political message to such offensively basic lyrics and melody is just….no.
GAGA IS SHOOK
LMAO OVER WHAT?
It kinda basic but after a few listens you know that it will be a smash u. Katherine knows her lane and sticks to it, can’t blame her gotta be careful tho cause her fans will eventually grow tired of the basciness but hey
she’s going to flop hard.
It’s not bad but it’s not great. Wouldn’t have picked it as a first single IMO. And TGJ post about Bom Bidi Bom and how it slayed y’all lives.
It sound like something she already released.
Every inch of this was crafted for radio. It sounds generic and dated. There is absolutely nothing innovative here and it will likely be a smash b/c Top 40 music is TRASH.
You are so so right. You hit the nail on the head. This is pop music at its worst. Manufactured, safe, and meant to be played over and over and over until it hits #1.
Why Is it taking so long to hit #1 on iTunes??
Slow and steady wins the race. Longevity.
Meh. I’m ready for alpha male hard rock, heavy metal, hip hop (hardcore hip hop…not Drake/Kayne) or country (real country…not T. Swift) to overtake the charts again. I’m tired of sugary girl-pop for 14 year old girls and gay men in arrested development. Enough. Pop music is corny.
LMAO DEATH @ THE PAYOLA KATS PRAYING THAT THIS FLOP WILL OUTDO QUEEN GAGA. THIS GENERIC FAIL IS STILL FLOPPING OVER AT ITUNES SO KEEP REACHING FOR THE STARS KIDS WHILE GAGA CONTINUES TO SLAY LMAO!
2010’s is such a lost and hopeless decade in music. Katy, Gaga, Bieber, Taylor, Weeknd, Ariana, Drake. THESE are the stars of the music scene now? THESE people? Really? I thought that the 2000’s was subpar, but damned in it didn’t get worse.
Leave Gaga out of that basic list please. She has proved she can do it all. Different genres and all. But really changes of genres. Not supposed ones like Rihanna and Katy Perry lol
Shitga is NOTHING without her shock antics and 1000 back up dancers LMAO
Her Golden Globe and Grammy for a Jazz Album say hi. And I say bye.
That jazz album sold and got a Grammy cause of Tony chile LMAO
Ain’t no 1 here for Flopanne
Such a loser hater. And her Golden Globe for acting and Oscar nom were too? Stay pressed worthless POS.
Golden Globe for playing a scary looking psycho?
Personally don’t think playing yourself is gg worthy bb
This is not her best it sounds messy noise but i love dark horse was the best!
1. I don’t use Katherine but I actually prefer this to ‘Firework’ which was annoying AF and probably one of the worse live vocal showings ever (Xfactor) since Cassie.
2. As generic as it is – it’s simple, melodic and relatable – that’s what makes Pop hits that people remember. She’s never going to be innovative – she knows she can’t win with that. Y’all need to stop expecting Bjork like left field ishhh from Katy and your expectations TF down.
It’s average 7/10
It’s definitely not touching anything on ANTI though that’s clear
Nobody understand the undertones of a pop song with a political messsage.
Don’t like it. Katy got this way of pronouncing certain words that’s always been annoying as hell to me.
The mesaage is good. It just isn´t credible from someone so damn basic. If you guys say Sia in somehow related to this then I truly believe the message cause Sia is an amazing human being that really knows what is going on, things 95% of people ignore, just brainwashing working and they don´t even care.
And the beat and music sound cool… BUT like something we had already hear from way less known artists. The fact that we also know Katy cannot pucking sing live to save her life makes me not be able to enjoy her basic music.
Shitia is a stinky piece of Australian sh#t nowadays.
LOL fuming up and down the post already calling a flop after less than 24 hours. Didn’t y’all do the same thing with Starboy’s first week sales?
This will probably pull a 24K Magic and peak a month later. Anyways, the song is boring but the production is sublime. She should’ve done another “Dark Horse” since trap music is huge right now.
Loved Sia back when she was all about quality instead of chasing hit after hit.
Her writing formula is f#cking tiring at this point.
Nice