Three years after her last album, Katy Perry has released her highly anticipated album Smile. The album comes two days after the birth of her first daughter Daisy Dove Bloom.

When making an album with a title that alludes to emotion, it’s important to have variety in production if the message throughout is going to be the same. And though the themes of each song are very beautiful, it would have been a lot better if she had sung them over different beats. It’s quite repetitive when it comes to the production.

Stepping away from the lack of variety in production, the track’s meanings are very relatable.  Perry really lets her emotions do the talking on this album and it’s evident on tracks such as 

“Cry About It Later” which touches on enjoying the moment and not worrying about the consequences, and “Daisies” which is about resilience and thinking outside the box. On these tracks she talks about living like there is no tomorrow and being grateful for your life and the people around you.

The song that really stands out to me is “What Makes a Woman.” I love it because it says what I have such a hard time saying. There are so many things that make a woman and it’s because of that that this song is so meaningful. It looks at women from the perspective of society and I think that is beautiful because society can be so unfair towards women and we ask ourselves why. That is what this song is doing. It’s asking why and I think that it’s a beautiful message for young girls and women all around the world.

Despite some highlights, this album is not one of my favorites when it comes to production as it’s filled with repetitive beats and sounds. But based on content, this album is a ten out of ten. I feel like when Katy was making this album, she was thinking about how she wanted to introduce the world to her daughter and the realities of life, and she did it wonderfully.