Oy, Katy Perry. I love you. Some hate you. Regardless, anyone with half a soul can feel your pain in this acoustic version of “The OneThat Got Away.”
This song may never make it to Billboard Hot 100’s #1 spot (last week, the song fell from #3, it’s peak, to #6). If it has any chance of topping the charts, it’s all due to this acoustic version. I love when Katy breaks it down with her guitar (achemmm…more acoustic numbers on the next album, pretty pleeeeeeaze?) The song glows with the heartwarming chime of a bell throughout. Her voice sounds like it might just crack as though she’s about to burst into tears, but it never does, and that emotion makes this little track all the more tragically gorgeous.
Love you, Katy! Wishing you all the best in this trying time.
Unapologetically,
Gregory
P.S. This is probably the last thing you care about right now, but if “The One That Got Away” doesn’t it make it to #1, Capitol Records MUST release “Peacock” as a single. That song is SKKUUUHRRREAAMING for radio airplay. Thanks! Feel better. XO
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