I totally agree. (not calling artpop a major flop though

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She COULD hire song writers and producers who would write No. 1 singles for her. She just chose to do lots of it on her own and on her own terms.
Because she needs music. She needs that to free herself. She could not just take a song from someone else and sing it.
And you know what, let her rebel. She said on Howard Stern she clearly knows what music charts and is played on Radio. But she wants to push it to another direction.
I guess mostly she needs to work on how the GP sees her.
VMA were a great start and SNL too.