{"id":63655,"date":"2020-07-10T08:54:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=63655"},"modified":"2020-07-10T08:54:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:54:15","slug":"katy-perry-shares-her-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/07\/katy-perry-shares-her-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry Shares Her &#8216;Smile&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Katy Perry has unveiled &#8216;Smile&#8217;, the title track of her new album, set to be released by Capitol Records on August 14. The infectious, life-affirming song is brimming with gratitude and suggests that setbacks often turn out to be blessings in disguise.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI wrote this song when I was coming through one of the darkest periods of my life,\u201d says Katy. \u201cWhen I listen to it now, it\u2019s a great reminder that I made it through. It\u2019s three minutes of energizing hopefulness.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier today, Katy revealed the album cover along with exclusive &#8216;Smile&#8217;-themed merchandise bundles, available now at her <a href=\"http:\/\/katy.to\/KPshopPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webshop<\/a>. Fans who pre-order the album <a href=\"http:\/\/katy.to\/preordersmilePR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> will instantly receive &#8216;Smile&#8217; plus &#8216;Daisies&#8217;, the Gold-certified &#8216;Never Really Over&#8217; and &#8216;Harleys In Hawaii&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since its release in May, &#8216;Daisies&#8217; has amassed more than 125 million combined global streams. It is now top 10 at Hot AC radio. Last week, Katy shared an <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/07\/katy-perry-releases-daisies-acoustic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acoustic version<\/a> of the song. While in quarantine, she\u2019s won acclaim for the wide variety of performances she has given of &#8216;Daisies&#8217; \u2013 including the &#8216;American Idol&#8217; season finale, the launch of the 2020 &#8216;Good Morning America&#8217; Concert Series and the \u201cCan\u2019t Cancel Pride: Helping LGBTQ+ People in Need\u201d livestream:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_83164\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BwkdoQheLOo?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Katy Perry - Daisies (Can&#039;t Cancel Pride)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BwkdoQheLOo\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katy also co-headlined the recent Democracy Summer 2020 livestream. The event kicked off a campaign to register 200,000 new voters this summer, led by a coalition that includes Rock the Vote, Voto Latino Foundation, When We All Vote, March For Our Lives and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stream and download &#8216;Smile&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/katy.to\/smilePR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. You can pre-order the album <a href=\"http:\/\/katy.to\/preordersmilePR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Katy Perry online on her <a href=\"http:\/\/katyperry.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/katyperry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/katyperry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/katyperry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/katyperry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vevo.com\/artist\/katy-perry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VEVO<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katy Perry has unveiled &#8216;Smile&#8217;, the title track of her new album, set to be released by Capitol Records on August 14. The infectious, life-affirming song is brimming with gratitude and suggests that setbacks often turn out to be blessings in disguise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,21455,9,21453,640],"tags":[3055,144,77,370,9339,81],"class_list":["post-63655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-albums","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-videos","tag-katy-perry","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-smile","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gyH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56487,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/katy-perry-shares-new-song-and-video-harleys-in-hawaii\/","url_meta":{"origin":63655,"position":0},"title":"Katy Perry Shares New Song And Video &#8211; &#8216;Harleys In Hawaii&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"16\/10\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Katy Perry cruises down a heart-shaped highway in her new song, 'Harleys in Hawaii'.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Katy-Harleys-In-Hawaii.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Katy-Harleys-In-Hawaii.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Katy-Harleys-In-Hawaii.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Katy-Harleys-In-Hawaii.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Katy-Harleys-In-Hawaii.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62299,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/05\/katy-perry-unveils-new-single-and-video-daisies\/","url_meta":{"origin":63655,"position":1},"title":"KATY PERRY UNVEILS NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO, &#8216;DAISIES&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"15\/05\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, Katy Perry released her new single, \u201cDaisies,\u201d an exhilarating celebration of the resilience of the human spirit in the face of cynicism and adversity. 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