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143
A swirling vortex surrounds Perry, in the center. White overlays blue and salmon colors in the shape of a heart symbol. She wears little but a sheer fabric covers her as she lifts up her arms and leg.
Standard cover
Studio album by
Katy Perry
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2024
GenrePop[1]
Length33:34
LabelCapitol
Producer
Katy Perry chronology
Smile
(2020) 		143
(2024)
Singles from 143
  1. "Woman's World"
    Released: July 11, 2024
  2. "Lifetimes"
    Released: August 8, 2024
  3. "I'm His, He's Mine"
    Released: September 13, 2024

143 is the seventh studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on September 20, 2024, by Capitol Records. The album title references the expression "I love you", but was also inspired by what Perry considers as her symbolic "angel number". It is her first studio album since the release of Smile (2020).

In an effort to create a "dance party" album, Perry turned to producers Max Martin, Dr. Luke, and Stargate, who had produced her earlier songs, while also working with first-time collaborators Vaughn Oliver and Rocco Did It Again!. 143 features guest appearances from German singer Kim Petras and American rappers JID, 21 Savage and Doechii.

The album was preceded by the release of three singles; "Woman's World" was released as the lead single on July 11, 2024. The song peaked at number 63 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 47 on the UK singles chart. It was followed by "Lifetimes" on August 8, and "I'm His, He's Mine" featuring Doechii on September 13. Upon release, 143 received generally negative reviews from music critics, who found the songwriting and production outdated.

Background and conception

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After the 2020 release of her sixth studio album, Smile,[2] Katy Perry confirmed in an August 2023 Good Morning America interview that she was working on new material from a "place of love".[3] The next February, she made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and announced her exit from the American Idol judges' panel following the conclusion of the twenty-second season, wanting to "go out and feel that pulse to my own beat" and release new music after being "in the studio for a while".[4] Two months later, Perry told Access Hollywood that she was working on a "very bright and joyful" album.[5]

Rolling Stone reported in June 2024 that Perry had "reconnected" with producers who worked with her before, including Max Martin, Stargate, and Dr. Luke.[6] During a livestream via her social media on July 10, 2024, Perry described 143 as a dance album: "This record is super high energy, it's super summer, it's very high BPM. We just had a family dance party to one of the songs, and it's just full of so much joy, so much love, so much light." Perry also stated that an acoustic follow-up album was in the works.[7]

During an exclusive interview with Zane Lowe, she explained that the album title is her symbolic "angel" number: "A couple years ago, we were going through a little bit of a hard time medically in our family, and it was a little bit scary, and I started seeing 143 in many different ways, not just, like, on the phone. It was just like trippy, almost. And I looked it up, and it's code for 'I love you.' I really believe it was my angels, my guides, saying, 'I love you. We got you. We're going to protect you. You're exactly where you're meant to be. You're on the path".[8][a]

Release and promotion

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Perry revealed on July 10, 2024, that her seventh album is titled 143 and will be released on September 20, 2024, by Capitol Records.[10] To further excite her fans, she went on a social media livestream that day and teased new songs from the album, including "Nirvana", "Gimme Gimme" featuring 21 Savage, and "I'm His, He's Mine" featuring Doechii, which samples "Gypsy Woman" by Crystal Waters.[7] During her interview with Lowe, Perry shared snippets of two other 143 tracks: "Lifetimes" and "Gorgeous".[11] The album is scheduled to be released on CD, vinyl, and cassette.[12]

Three singles were released from the album, all of which commercially underperformed.[1] The lead single, "Woman's World", was released on July 11, 2024.[13] The song and its music video were received negatively by critics and the public. Several journalists attributed it to the "bad taste" of the album's marketing, which they found unhelpful to Perry's perceived commercial decline with Witness and Smile. Perry's collaboration with Dr. Luke, who has been accused of sexual harassment by American singer Kesha, was also widely criticized.[14]

Negative press continued to plague the album's promotional campaign with the second single "Lifetimes", released on August 8, 2024. Its music video, which revealed 143's track list, was accused of trespassing on ecologically protected dunes by the government of Balearic Islands, Spain.[15][16][17][18] Perry performed "I'm His, He's Mine" with Doechii and "Lifetimes" in a medley at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11,[19] with the song being released as a single two days later on September 13.[20] Perry will be performing at Rock in Rio on September 20, and 2024 AFL Grand Final on September 28.[21][22][23]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic35/100[29]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash5/10[24]
The Guardian[1]
The Independent[25]
The Line of Best Fit2/10[26]
NME[27]
Rolling Stone[28]

Upon release, 143 was met with a generally negative reception.[30][31][32] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from professional publications, 143 received a weighted mean score of 35, based on nine reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews", making it the 13th-lowest critic-reviewed album on the site.[33][29]

Many reviews considered 143 an unimpressive output from Perry. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian dubbed 143 a mediocre pop album, which he felt "isn't that bad. It isn't that good either, but it’s certainly some way short of total catastrophe."[34] Similarly, Clash's Robin Murray,[24] Slate's Tom Williams,[35] The Times's Ed Potton,[36] and NME's Nick Levine felt that the album was a dull, unsatisfying listen with few highlights.[37] Tanatat Khuttapan of The Line of Best Fit described 143 as an album of "mindless club fillers".[38]

Critics took issue with what they considered as an outdated music production. Petridis and Murray felt that Perry's music does not fit in a 2020s pop musicscape defined by fresh sounds of Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan.[24][34] The Independent's Roisin O'Conner agreed, saying 143 is out of touch, too preoccupied by "commercial aspirations to have any real fun" but claimed the track "All the Love" contains Perry's best vocal performance since "Never Really Over" (2019).[39]

Variety writer Steven J. Horowitz described 143 as a "flat" album of lyrical cliches and "limpest" music production, marking a new creative low for Perry. Horowitz argued that Perry's decision to retrospect on her older catalog to create new music was a bad creative direction.[40] Mark Kennedy of Associated Press called it "uninspired and forgettable", lacking soul.[41] However, many reviewers such as Horowitz, Petridis, and Khuttapan declared "Wonder" as the best track of the album, complimenting the display of a sincere emotion.[34][42] On a positive note, Billboard author Rania Aniftos regarded 143 as a "characteristically Katy Perry" album that her fans are "sure to enjoy".[43]

Track listing

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Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Woman's World"
2:43
2."Gimme Gimme" (featuring 21 Savage)
  • Dr. Luke
  • Rocco Did It Again!
  • Ogren[a]
  • Thompson[a]
2:57
3."Gorgeous" (featuring Kim Petras)
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
  • Malibu Babie
  • Ogren[a]
  • Thompson[a]
3:17
4."I'm His, He's Mine" (featuring Doechii)
  • Dr. Luke
  • Rocco Did It Again!
  • Ogren[a]
  • Thompson[a]
3:18
5."Crush"
2:57
6."Lifetimes"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Oliver
  • Valdes
  • Ogren
  • Thomas
  • Lewis
  • Hudson
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
  • Ogren[a]
  • Thompson[a]
3:12
7."All the Love"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Oliver
  • Joseph
  • Ogren
  • Bach
  • Alqaisi
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
  • Joseph
  • KBeazy
  • Ogren[a]
  • Thompson[a]
3:15
8."Nirvana"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Oliver
  • Joseph
  • Valdes
  • Ogren
  • Bach
  • Hudson
  • Koehlke
  • Thomas
  • Warren
  • Harris
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
  • Joseph
  • KBeazy
  • Ogren[a]
  • Thompson[a]
2:51
9."Artificial" (featuring JID)
  • Perry
  • Destin Route
  • Gottwald
  • Joseph
  • Valdes
  • Bach
  • Angelides
  • Hudson
  • Samuel Catalano
  • Dr. Luke
  • KBeazy
  • Ogren[a]
  • Thompson[a]
2:43
10."Truth"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Oliver
  • Valdes
  • Ogren
  • Lewis
  • Hudson
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
  • Ogren[a]
  • Thompson[a]
2:57
11."Wonder"
3:24
Total length:33:34
Target edition (bonus track)[44]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Has a Heart"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Oliver
  • Valdes
  • Ogren
  • Lewis
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
2:49
Total length:36:23
Web store exclusive purple vinyl (bonus track)[45]
No.TitleLength
12."No Tears for New Year's"3:23
Total length:36:57

Notes and samples

  • ^[a] signifies a vocal producer.
  • ^[b] signifies a primary and vocal producer.
  • "I'm His, He's Mine" contains samples from "Gypsy Woman", written by Neal Conway and Crystal Waters.
  • "Crush" contains elements from "My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da)", written by Barbara Alcindor, Torsten Dreyer and Karsten Dreyer.

Personnel

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Musicians

  • Katy Perry – vocals
  • Łukasz Gottwald – background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 9)
  • Chloe Angelides – background vocals (tracks 1, 3)
  • 21 Savage – vocals (track 2)
  • Kim Petras – vocals (track 3)
  • Doechii – vocals (track 4)
  • KBeazy – background vocals (track 9)
  • JID – vocals (track 9)
  • Leah Gjerde Drabløs – background vocals (track 11)
  • Tius Luka Sundberg – background vocals (track 11)
  • Knut-Ingolf Brenna –guitar (track 11)
  • Cirkut – synthesizer programming (track 11)
  • Stargate – synthesizer programming (track 11)
  • Cato Sundberg – synthesizer programming (track 11)
  • Thomas Andersson Drabløs – synthesizer programming (track 11)

Technical

  • Dale Becker – mastering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Clint Gibbs – engineering (tracks 1–10)
  • Kalani Thompson – engineering (tracks 1–10)
  • Tyler Sheppard – engineering (tracks 1–10)
  • Cirkut – engineering (track 11)
  • Stargate – engineering (track 11)
  • John Hanes – immersive mix engineering
  • Katie Harvey – mastering assistance
  • Noah McCorkle –mastering assistance
  • Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance
  • Grant Horton – engineering assistance (tracks 1–10)
  • Rachel Findlen – engineering assistance (tracks 1–10)
  • Ashlee Gibbs – production coordination
  • Cynthia De La O – production coordination
  • Kent Sundberg – choir arrangement (track 11)

Release history

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Release dates and formats for 143
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various September 20, 2024
Capitol [12]

References

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  2. ^ Lee, Janet W. (July 27, 2020). "Katy Perry Delivers Final Performance Before Giving Birth (Watch)". Variety. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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  4. ^ Morrow, Brendan (February 13, 2024). "Katy Perry says she's leaving 'American Idol' amid 'very exciting year'". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
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  12. ^ a b 143 release formats:
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  35. ^ Williams, Tom (September 20, 2024). "Katy Perry '143' Review: A Joyless, By-the-Numbers Comeback". Slant Magazine. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
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  42. ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (July 10, 2024). "Katy Perry Teases Sixth Album '143' With Features From Doechii and 21 Savage, Plus a Crystal Waters Sample". Variety. Retrieved July 10, 2024.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  43. ^ Aniftos, Rania (September 20, 2024). "Katy Perry's '143': All 11 Songs Ranked". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  44. ^ "Katy Perry - 143 (Target Exclusive, CD)". Target Corporation. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  45. ^ "143 Exclusive Deluxe Purple Vinyl". Universal Music Group. Retrieved September 20, 2024.

Notes

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  1. ^ 143 was a popular pager number to communicate "I love you" derived from the number of letters in each of the three words[9]
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