THEORY: 143 was Katy trolling and High on Your Supply proves that .
As we all know 143 didn’t do very well and was widely hated. I personally don’t fully dislike the album, but there is no doubt it wasn’t her best and she made so many mistakes throughout the rollout and with her antics (going to space, etc.) but what if that’s the whole point..?
The bonus track on Smile HOYS is a diss track at herself where she talks about letting the hype get to her and caring too much about charts, as well as being fake. I always thought it was strange she was trying to find success by being superficial again with 143., but it makes sense if the whole time it was just her trolling (with just enough ‘good’ songs like LIFETIMES so the tour would still sell well and people wouldn’t catch on) Beyond that, theres glitches on 143 and the bonus tracks which hint at it flopping were made prior to the albums release.
Suspiciously, High on Your Supply was also added to streaming services after the album released when it hadn’t for a long time before then.
On a more personal note having been in a flop era irl, 143 is perfect to listen to and I wonder if that was the whole point ?