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Originally Posted by Mirrorcle Monster
I never thought I would be saying this, but I am actually growing tired of Gaga. The problem is that everyhting she does is epic, amazing, iconic... Before she releases it. I like her concepts and ideas, but she doesnt seem to know how to work them out good. With The Fame Monster everything was perfect because she wasnt trying to be anything. With Born This Way she tried too hard to create an iconic album and it wasnt as succesful as she expected... With ARTPOP she is talking about art and pop together. And I actually was very excited about it, until the era started. Applause is a great song, but its pretty safe and even basic. The lyrics are too strange, i dont think they even make sense lol. The video is really great, i was expecting some storyline but still amazing. The VMA performance was meh, her vocals werent good, and it wasnt really memorable. And then the iTunes Festival:
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I think the first problem is that your expecting WAY too much from her... she's not that good. She goes for shock value which rarely makes any sense.. She's trying to do what Madonna did in the 80's, sadly she (Gaga) just isn't trying to change anything like she (MDNA) was. It's still about the music, but it's not about the change to acceptance of some things (like sex).
Also with artpop, I think you might be missing the concept? Pop music is ART, but more so, art pop is a concept that came from the the 1950's. It was suppose to break all conventions at the time and be so different from what was considered 'fine art'. The concept itself also refers to what ld to that art, not the art itself, which you can see in Gaga's first video, lol.
Also, with the song and lyrics, it makes complete sense if you get the references, if you don't... then you should look them up. The lyrics are like what she is trully feeling about the world around her... it is refreshing to see/hear this in such a way... instead of the age old. "I never asked for this, I never wanted to be this... i just wanted to make music" crap.