Applause VS Roar

[koumori]

Applause. My opinions on the PR of the songs and the artists themselves aside, it's just the better song to me. Roar is boring and I feel I've heard similar songs before from Katy Perry.

[Minttulatte]

Applause because I've never been a fan of Katy Perry's music.

[hayasaki]

ROAR. I like this genre more than gaga's but I appreciate her effort in applause. Sorry for my ignorance but why do people compare these two different songs?

[koumori]

Originally Posted by hayasaki

Sorry for my ignorance but why do people compare these two different songs?

Because if we compared the same song, it wouldn't be much of a discussion.

[ayufan-]

Originally Posted by Becky

Neither offer anything new from their respective artists but at least Roar is relatable and has personality. Lady Gaga is pretentious; she treats this release as if it's life-changing and just the best song ever. It's a fine song but let's not pretend this is something that it isn't. Like marty said, the songs are on the same level in terms of quality.

Amen, exactly my thoughts

[rookies]

Applause.

[KremlinChaos]

I like Applause a bit more.

[hayasaki]

Originally Posted by Koumori

Because if we compared the same song, it wouldn't be much of a discussion.

duhhh. What I meant is that i saw some discussions in some forums and the comment sections of their videos in YT. I read somewhere that someone copied someone. I heard both songs and they don't sound similar to me. Perhaps ROAR sounded closer to Brave, the song which some fans stated to which Roar was copied from. And I started to wonder how Applause got something to do with it that i even saw it here in AHS.

[Kazeyomi]

Both songs are anything special, imo.
Artpop is so hyped, I put all of my hopes on Applause. But it turned out as a generic dance song.
Roar have cute lyrics, but it's like picking a random Katy Perry's album track out of her discography for me. Her singles are nice, but album tracks are really boring.

So, uhm... I think I'll gonna for Katy Perry, mostly because I agree with this

Originally Posted by Becky

Neither offer anything new from their respective artists but at least Roar is relatable and has personality. Lady Gaga is pretentious; she treats this release as if it's life-changing and just the best song ever. It's a fine song but let's not pretend this is something that it isn't.

[koumori]

Originally Posted by hayasaki

Perhaps ROAR sounded closer to Brave, the song which some fans stated to which Roar was copied from. And I started to wonder how Applause got something to do with it that i even saw it here in AHS.

They're both recent songs released by female, American pop stars that are in the American Pop category, currently both contenders for the #1 spot. I'm not really sure how much more in common you want them to be in order to not be against their comparison No one is saying the songs are copied from one another, but it's more seeing which song AHS thinks is better as a majority. We've had plenty of similar polls before..

[hayasaki]

Originally Posted by Koumori

They're both recent songs released by female, American pop stars that are in the American Pop category, currently both contenders for the #1 spot. I'm not really sure how much more in common you want them to be in order to not be against their comparison No one is saying the songs are copied from one another, but it's more seeing which song AHS thinks is better as a majority. We've had plenty of similar polls before..

Well, now that make sense. Thank you. I just got confused by the comments I read in Youtube. LOL

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by hayasaki

duhhh. What I meant is that i saw some discussions in some forums and the comment sections of their videos in YT. I read somewhere that someone copied someone. I heard both songs and they don't sound similar to me. Perhaps ROAR sounded closer to Brave, the song which some fans stated to which Roar was copied from. And I started to wonder how Applause got something to do with it that i even saw it here in AHS.

Both were released on the same day and are comeback singles for two important popstars of the moment that are trying to stabilish themselves

They are just on such competition because Gaga released her song 1 week before the official date... She said it happened because she was afraid of hackers, but she most likely did it because she wanted the fight.

[NintendoHTF1242]

Okay my opinion changed. I'm starting to like Roar more :x

[George]

Roar. I'm getting tired of Lady Gaga's pretentious art shtick and overall insecurities. I lost it when she released Applause the very next day Katy Perry released her single. She couldn't wait for her moment that would've come eventually anyway. It backfired though, she's now behind Katy Perry and that Blurred Lines dude. She makes it really hard to root for her. She looks really gorgeous though.

/rant

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I listened to them both a few days ago, just one time each. And chorus of Roar is still in my head, while I can't even remember how Applause goes...

However before I vote I suppose I need to re-listen to both of them haha.

On the other hand though, who's to say Katy didn't hurry to release her song before Gaga? I feel like Gaga's date was revealed before Katy's... maybe that's not true though.

[koumori]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

On the other hand though, who's to say Katy didn't hurry to release her song before Gaga? I feel like Gaga's date was revealed before Katy's... maybe that's not true though.

Well, Gaga was due to release Applause on the 19th, but due to leaks she rushed it out. People are saying it's to compete with Katy Perry...personally I don't think she's that stupid and it was probably to stop her losing any sales over piracy...but people just love dramatic gossip, lol

[blackmage]

Roar. When I first listened to it, I fell for the song and the lyrics are relate-able and fun, I like the small nuances throughout the song and the jungle-pop drum feel.

Applause I thought was weird and not that great at first when I heard it. A grower and it took a while, but I like it now. Its alright. Just another Gaga song (arguably we can say Roar is just another Katy song though).


So I pick Roar!

[Mirrorcle Monster]

Originally Posted by George

Roar. I'm getting tired of Lady Gaga's pretentious art shtick and overall insecurities. I lost it when she released Applause the very next day Katy Perry released her single. She couldn't wait for her moment that would've come eventually anyway. It backfired though, she's now behind Katy Perry and that Blurred Lines dude. She makes it really hard to root for her. She looks really gorgeous though.

/rant

She had to rush-release it because of the leaks. Her radio deal and the promotion campaign are all scheduled for next week, this week she just had a couple of radio interviews and some radios stard playing it early

[Andrenekoi]

"Leak"... On this case the "leak" was some random people playing 30s of her song on some random chats, not the whole thing for download on decent quality. It could be hackers, it could be her PR team.

And the overall idea of hushing one week to not losing sales for piracy is just stupid... After piracy became something pretty common, people buying this or that track is people that want to buy this or that track, not people buying it cuz they have no other way of listening it.

Officially releasing it won't force anyone who never wanted to buy it to actually buy it. She wanted competition, she got competition... And she is being beaten.

[~StarCatcher~]

I think Applause.

Both are good but nothing too special to me.