Katy Perry Finds Her ‘Smile’ Again on Resilient New Album: Review

usmagazine.com:

Katy Perry went through a dark period. Her yearlong relationship with Orlando Bloom came to a screeching halt, her average-at-best album Witness received the worst reviews of her career and she had a bout with clinical depression.

But three years later, the pop star is back on her A-game, engaged to the Pirates of the Caribbean star and expecting their first child together any day now.A baby girl is not the only thing Perry, 35, has on the way though; her sixth studio album, Smile, is set to be released on Friday, August 28 — and while it’s no Teenage Dream, it’s light-years ahead of Witness (and maybe even Prism).

It’s evident that the Grammy nominee poured her heart and soul into the autobiographical project as she has a writing credit on.