Smile (Katy Perry album)

Smile is the upcoming sixth studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It is scheduled to be released on August 28, 2020, by Capitol Records, three years after its predecessor Witness (2017). The album was preceded by the singles "Daisies" and "Smile", and also includes Perry's 2019 standalone singles "Never Really Over" and "Harleys in Hawaii". Perry described the album as her "journey towards the light, with stories of resilience, hope, and love".

Smile
Standard edition cover. Fan edition comes with a lenticular cover[1] while five limited-edition alternate covers were available to pre-order.[2]
Studio album by Katy Perry
Released	August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28)
Recorded	2018–2020
Length	36:36
Label	Capitol
Producer	Josh Abraham Johan Carlsson Dreamlab Oligee The Monsters & Strangerz Charlie Puth Zedd
Katy Perry chronology
Witness (2017) Smile (2020)
Alternative cover
DTC exclusive vinyl cover
Singles from Smile
"Daisies" Released: May 15, 2020 "Smile" Released: July 10, 2020

Background

In March 2018, Ian Kirkpatrick announced he had worked with Perry on new music. In an interview with The Fader, he stated: "We did a couple of days and she is amazing." He further stated that working with Perry was "someone I've wanted to work with my whole life, and she was literally the most normal, no-ego person."[3] In June of the same year, Perry was seen working with Max Martin in his native Sweden.[4] In March 2020, Ryan Tedder revealed he had worked with Perry on new music for the album, telling Official Charts Company: "I was working with Katy two weeks ago." He continued explaining how she was "in a really cool headspace. I've only cut one song with her but I'm in love with it."[5]

Perry also announced her intentions that month of releasing "a lot" of new music during the over the year's summer.[6] In May, she announced "Daisies" as the album's lead single.[7][8] The same month, Amazon Alexa announced the album's release date as August 14, 2020.[9][10] In a June 2020 interview with Billboard, Perry discussed a new song, titled "Teary Eyes".[11] She later confirmed the following month that "Never Really Over" will be on the album.[12] The same month, the album's title was confirmed as Smile, after one of the songs on the album.[13]

The album will also be released as a bone white vinyl,[14] alongside with a picture disc one,[15] a cassette,[16] and a limited deluxe edition CD, with a lenticular cover,[17] and titled "Fan edition", being the latter available for preorder so far on Perry's[17] and Universal Music Czech Republic's official webstores.[18] On August 2, a flash sale went up on Perry's online store for five days. This sale featured five limited-edition alternate covers of the standard edition of the album that could only be pre-ordered during this sale.[2] On July 27, Perry announced on social media that the album release date had been pushed back from August 14 to August 28 due to "unavoidable production delays".[19]

Conception and artwork

Perry explained that Smile is about "finding the light at the end of the tunnel", and taking back your smile, and that the album comes from a place where she fell in after her career and relationship hit a low point back in 2017. Perry stated that she struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts, and that gratitude is what saved her life.[20] Perry also defined the album as her "journey towards the light, with stories of resilience, hope, and love".[21]

The album's artwork features Perry as "a glum clown with a red nose and a blue and white checkered suit above the title, Smile". It was unveiled via a Twitter game that involved her fans/followers tweeting about the album to "tweet to pop virtual balloons in order to uncover" the album cover.[22] In August, Perry unveiled a limited edition collection of vinyl picture discs and alternative CD packaging for the album. Five alternative covers/vinyl picture disc were available for pre-order for a period of five days.[2]

Promotion and singles

"Daisies" was released on May 15, 2020 as the album's lead single.[23] The album was made available to pre-order on July 10, 2020, alongside the title track.[24]

Throughout 2019 and 2020, Perry released four solo songs, originally intended to be non-album singles. "Never Really Over", released on May 31, 2019, was announced to be on Smile by Perry in June 2020.[12] "Harleys in Hawaii", released on October 16, 2019, was revealed to be on the standard track list upon the release of the album pre-order.[25] "Small Talk", released August 9, 2019, and "Never Worn White", released March 5, 2020, did not make the standard track list, but ended up as bonus tracks on the "Fan edition" of the album.[18]

Track listing

Smile: Standard Edition[25][18]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Never Really Over"	Katy Perry Dagny Sandvik Michelle Buzz Jason Gill Gino Barletta Hayley Warner Anton Zaslavski Leah Cooney Daniel James	Zedd Dreamlab	3:43
2.	"Cry About It Later"	Perry Alexandra Yatchenko Jonnali Parmenius Oscar Holter		3:09
3.	"Teary Eyes"	Perry Michael Pollack Madison Love Jacob Kasher Hindlin Andrew Goldstein		3:02
4.	"Daisies"	Perry Jonathan Bellion Pollack Hindlin Jordan K. Johnson Stefan Johnson	The Monsters & Strangerz^[a] Gian Stone^[b]	2:54
5.	"Resilient"	Perry Ferras Alqaisi Mikkel S. Eriksen Tor Erik Hermansen	Stargate	3:07
6.	"Not the End of the World"	Perry Pollack Love Hindlin Goldstein		2:58
7.	"Smile"	Perry Brittany "Starrah" Hazzard Alqaisi Oliver "Oligee" Goldstein Josh Abraham Anthony Criss Benny Golson Kier Gist Vincent Brown	Abraham Oligee G Koop^[c]	2:46
8.	"Champagne Problems"	Perry Hindlin John Ryan Johan Carlsson Ian Kirkpatrick		3:16
9.	"Tucked"	Perry Alqaisi Hindlin Ryan Carlsson		3:07
10.	"Harleys in Hawaii"	Perry Charlie Puth Hindlin Carlsson	Puth Carlsson Peter Karlsson^[b]	3:05
11.	"Only Love"	Perry Sophie Cooke Andrew Jackson		3:18
12.	"What Makes a Woman"	Perry Sarah Hudson Hindlin Ryan Carlsson		2:11
Total length:				36:36

Smile: Fan Edition[18]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Small Talk"	Perry Carlsson Puth Hindlin	Carlsson Puth	2:41
14.	"Never Worn White"	Perry Carlsson Ryan Hindlin	Carlsson	3:45
15.	"Daisies" (acoustic)	Perry Bellion Hindlin Pollack J. Johnson S. Johnson	Pierre-Luc Rioux (guitar) Stone^[b]	3:05
16.	"Daisies" (Oliver Heldens remix)	Perry Bellion Hindlin Pollack J. Johnson S. Johnson	The Monsters & Strangerz^[a] Stone^[b] Oliver Heldens^[d]	3:35
Total length:				49:42

Target edition bonus tracks[26][27]

No.	Title	Length
13.	"High On Your Supply"
14.	"Track 14" (Voice Memo)

Notes and samples

• ^{^[a]} denotes producers that are also credited for producing vocals on that track
• ^{^[b]} denotes producers that are only credited for producing vocals on that track
• ^{^[c]} denotes additional producers or additional production by
• ^{^[d]} denotes remix production by
• "Never Really Over" contains interpolations from "Love You Like That", written by Dagny Sandvik, Jason Gill, Michelle Buzz.
• "Smile" contains samples from "Jamboree", written by Anthony Criss, Vincent Brown, Kier Gist.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Smile

Region	Date	Format	Version	Label	Ref.
Various	August 28, 2020	Cassette CD digital download streaming vinyl	Standard	Capitol	[28]
		CD	Fan edition		[17]
United States		CD LP	Target edition		[29][26]

References

1. Perry, Katy. #SmileSundays Livestream. Episode 2. Published via Zoom. Starts at 6:35.
2. References for limited edition artwork:
   • Official store listings – "Flash Sale: Limited Edition Alternate Artwork Albums". Katy Perry Official Store. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
   • Twitter – Perry, Katy (August 2, 2020). "Police cars revolving light!!! IT'S UP! !!Police cars revolving lightPartying face FLASH sale of the collectible #SMILE album artwork is ONLY available from now until Thursday at 11:59pm EST Slightly smiling faceUpside-down face Get the exclusive CDs and vinyl at Shop.KatyPerry.com Heart suitClown face #smilesundays". Katy Perry Official Store. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
3. Kheraj, Alim (March 8, 2018). "Ian Kirkpatrick on helping create Dua Lipa's 'New Rules' and other weirdo mega-hits". The Fader. United States. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
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21. @katyperry (July 9, 2020). "I wrote the title track from the album when I was coming through one of the darkest periods of my life and had lost my smile. This whole album is my journey towards the light – with stories of resilience, hope, and love. ♥️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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