Smile (Katy Perry album)

Smile
Studio album by Katy Perry
Released	August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28)
Recorded	2018–2020
Studio	Burbank (Heavy Duty) Hollywood (Orange Grove) Los Angeles (Glendale Boulevard Swamp, MXM, Pulse, Unsub, Westlake, Windmark) Santa Barbara (Quarantine 805, Secret Garden) Stockholm, Sweden (A-House, House Mouse, MXM) Sweden (BLND) Sydney, Australia (Studios 301)
Genre	Pop
Length	36:36
Label	Capitol
Producer	Josh Abraham Johan Carlsson John DeBold Dreamlab Andrew Goldstein Oscar Görres Oscar Holter Ilya Ian Kirkpatrick The Monsters & Strangerz Oligee Charlie Puth Pierre-Luc Rioux John Ryan Stargate Zedd
Katy Perry chronology
Witness (2017) Smile (2020)
Singles from Smile
"Daisies" Released: May 15, 2020 "Smile" Released: July 10, 2020 "Not the End of the World" Released: December 21, 2020

Smile is the sixth studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on August 28, 2020, by Capitol Records, three years after its predecessor Witness (2017). Perry worked with various producers on the album, such as Josh Abraham, Carolina Liar, the Daylights, G Koop, Andrew Goldstein, Oligee, Oscar Görres, Oscar Holter, Ilya, Ian Kirkpatrick, the Monsters & Strangerz, Charlie Puth, Stargate and Zedd. She described Smile as her "journey towards the light, with stories of resilience, hope, and love". Primarily a pop record, Smile is characterized by themes of self-help and empowerment.

Three singles were released from the album: "Daisies", the lead single, was released on May 15, 2020, and peaked at number 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100; it was followed by "Smile", and "Not the End of the World".^[1] Smile also contains Perry's 2019 standalone singles "Never Really Over" and "Harleys in Hawaii" in its standard tracklist, while the Japanese and fan editions of the album further include her other preceding singles, "Small Talk" (2019) and "Never Worn White" (2020).

Upon release, Smile received mixed reviews from music critics, who thought the album is one of Perry's solid efforts but criticized its familiar lyrics and production. Commercially, Smile reached the top five in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the top 10 in Austria, Ireland, and Italy.