This is actually growing on me quite a bit. It was a weak new music week for me, so maybe that's why.

It's cool being at a place where Capital is spamming the hell out of two Katy singles at once. Something we didn't experience during Witness.

Small talk is quite an average track. It won’t perform as well as never really over and she will need a stronger third single to help boost pre-interest in any future album from this campaign. I think she will struggle to come back!

Love this!

 

Only just listened to it this morning, but I like it as much as I like NRO, and I'm loving the lyric video :wub:

lol a bridge is not the pre-chorus oh my

I'm a fan! It's another single that will keep the public and radio on board which is all we can ask for! Not as big a moment as NRO but I think this will go top 20 and have a decent chart run. Strangerstoloverstostrangers is a really nice part of the song which is memorable enough even if the chorus isn't as big as I'd like it. However this does sound more 4th/5th single territory rather than 2nd.

 

Only thing I'm not a fan of is that Katy says 'SMALL TUK' instead of talk :cry:

For me it's up there with Never Really Over. It's perhaps even better, dare I say. *.*

 

My only gripe with the song is that it's too short. <_<

 

Edited August 10, 20195 yr by Voodoo

lol a bridge is not the pre-chorus oh my

 

Lyrically, the bridge is typically used to pause and reflect on the earlier portions of the song or to prepare the listener for the climax. The term can also refer to the section between the verse and the chorus, though this is also commonly called the pre-chorus or link.

Opening Spotify numbers sadly similar to 365's :( the charts haven't updated yet but this was 365's:

 

Global: #39

Uk: #57

US: #57

Let's listen to Timbaland teach us about song structure:

 

#12 on the US iTunes, down to #16 in the UK

NRO is proof she can still get a decent hit with the right song at least... hopefully this will be a lesson to her!

Not surprised. 1 listen was enough for me. I could tell it was gonna be shet from the clips

It's actually not as bad as I thought, but I feel like it's missing just a little more punch.

This is her Delicate, or so she/her label hopes, I reckon.

Opening Spotify numbers sadly similar to 365's :( the charts haven't updated yet but this was 365's:

 

Global: #39

Uk: #57

US: #57

It had a 2.3m first day, much bigger than 365 (less than 1.5m from memory). NRO was about 3.1m.

Spotify

 

Global: #27

UK: #41

US: #19

 

Amazing!

Those are much better than expected - big shame it missed out on the top 50 effect today though.

This is such an ear worm. It's slowly creeping into my affections and after each listen, I think more and more of it.... Such a good song. :wub:

It's more mid table Katy for me, which isn't a bad thing because her singles are so strong, it feels like a comedown after NRO though. The final 40 seconds are amazing.