-A slow, groovy song.
-Sample lyrics: “Take me down to the river/ Underneath the ____/ Say my name like a scripture/ Keep my moyo beating like a drum/ Legendary lovers, legendary lovers, legendary lovers”
-There’s a breakdown in the song that makes wewe want to belly dance. There’s a howl toward the end.. “Ah-who-o-o-o!”
“Birthday”
-Katy shared that it’s an upbeat “song that Mariah Carey would have put on her first record.”
-Sample lyrics: “I’ll give wewe a taste/ Make wewe lick your body every day/ Give wewe something to satisfy… Give wewe something good to celebrate/ I know wewe like it sweet/ Make it like your birthday everyday.”
-The breakdown: “Let me get wewe in your birthday suit.”
-Song ends with a whisper, “happy birthday”
“Walking On Air”
-Recorded in Stockholm, produced kwa Klas Åhlund.
-She was inspired kwa a “Central Park Day” where she was eating hot mbwa with a friend and watching roller skaters perform to deep house music.
-Very 90′s dance divas a la CeCe Peniston and Crystal Waters.
-Sample lyrics: “Just when I think I can’t take anymore/ We go deeper and hotter than ever before/ We go higher and higher, I feel like I'm already there/ I'm walking on air tonight”
“Unconditionally”
-Katy‘s inayopendelewa song on the record. She shared that she’s the “most proud to have written” the mid-tempo song. Seems like the song written most about John Mayer.
-Sample lyrics: “Did I almost sin… all your insecurities…” Chorus: “Unconditional, unconditionally/ I will upendo wewe unconditionally. There is no fear now… I upendo wewe conditionally.”
“Dark Horse” feat Juicy J
-The urban song has Juicy rapping “She’s a beast” of Katy.
Sample lyrics: “So wewe wanna play with magic/ Boy wewe should know what you’re falling for/ Baby do wewe dare to do this/ Cause I’m coming at wewe like a dark horse.. Are wewe ready for, ready for/ Perfect storm, perfect storm/ 'Cause once you’re mine, once you’re mine”
“This Is How We Do”
-Club banger written in Stockholm and Just Jared‘s personal favorite!
-Sample lyrics: “Chanel this, Chanel that, hell yeah… mitaani, mtaa stuntin’ ya we do it like that/ Yeah this is how we do.. Bring the beat back”
“International Smile”
-Upbeat, dancey song written for her DJ BFF Mia Moretti. Katy shared, “She travels all around the world. She’s my muse. Don’t tell my other friends.”
-Sample lyrics: “That girl’s a trip, one way ticket/ Takes wewe miles high, cause she’s got that one international smile.”
“Ghost”
-Mid-tempo song written in Santa Barbara.
-Sample lyrics: “Every gift, every letter, every promise, there forever… now you’re just a ghost.. vanish like a vapour… now I see clearly… my vision’s 20/20… So rest in peace, see wewe on the other side.”
“Love Me”
-Made in Stockholm and produced kwa Bloodshy. Katy has wanted to work with him every since Britney Spears‘ “Toxic” (One of Just Jared’s inayopendelewa songs!).
-”All the lyrics [to “Love Me”] are important to me,” she shared
-Sample lyrics: “I upendo myself in fear of losing you… I Lost my own identity”… upendo me, no zaidi sekunde guessing/ There’s no zaidi questioning/ I’ll be the one to find who I love/ I can see wewe have feelings… I’m gonna love”
“Double Rainbow”
-Wrote this melodic mid-tempo song with Greg Kurstin and Sia.
-Sample lyrics: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure/ The two of us together… So if it’s up to me, I’m gonna keep wewe forever… Brighter than the Northern Lights… Like a double upinde wa mvua in the sky… double upinde wa mvua time flies”
“By The Grace Of God”
-This ballad closes out the regular record.
-Sample lyrics: “Lay on the bathroom floor/ Couldn't take it anymore… kwa the grace of God/ I looked in the mirror and decided to stay/ Wasn't gonna let upendo take me out… I thank my sister for keeping my head above the water… Every morning, I finally see myself again… Universe calling my bluff”
