I jumped off the Gaga ship in 2009 when she released The Fame Monster but stayed on the Gaga lifeboat up until Born This Way, and at that point I just sort of gave up on her completely.
She still puts out the occasional good song, but I just can't get back on board with her whole...persona.
I may talk a lot more crap than usual about Gaga lately but I don't think I'll ever abandon her. However, I am getting REAL tired of her **** right now. If the era continues to frustrate me and the next era is even worse then I'll definitely turn in my stan card and become a casual fan instead.
Don't forget 'TiK ToK' blocked Gaga's megahit 'Bad Romance' on the Hot 100. Long before the overdue YouTube addition to streaming points.
Long before Bill Werde came up with a formula that does not really reflect at all what is popular but allows anyone with an obsessive fanbase and tricks to play videos non-stop to chart in the Top 10. Seriously, Billboard has become so inacurrate and has been a mess since they gave so much weight to streaming.
And no I've never stanned for Gaga, tried at the beginning but couldnt connect with her, tried watching interviews and stuff but didn't like her personality
vin... your back at it again .
but anyways i felt like ive lost some connection with her as a stan since born this way , and artpop does seem to be a continuation with that - but im going to stick through it for at least 2 more eras - tbh.
I was a big fan from summer 2008 to halfway through the BTW era. I found her so interesting, her music, interviews, performances, videos, all of it for her first two eras. The BTW era marked a steep decline in quality on all fronts, but I still held on for a bit before I realized she wasn't worth the effort of keeping up with her. The BTW video and Electric Chapel were the last really exciting things she's done. Pretty much everything else has bored me since. I do like a few songs from ARTPOP, but nothing is really remarkable.
Maybe she's fully-aware and is self-sabotaging herself for her new album. That would be a game-changer. She's always been self-aware but maybe this is planned.
ARTPOP Act.II - The Decay
ARTPOP Act. III - The Rise
I stopped using Gaga after Born This Way except for Judas, maybe TEOG a bit but I got tired of that too.
This era I still use some of her tracks from CHARTFLOP (DWUW, Applause, Gypsy, MANiCURE, Dope) but that doesn't stop me from shading/dragging her to make the monsters fume.
Nope. This era is actually the first time I have supported her. I bought ARTPOP, Applause, and I'm buying DWUW if I get an iTunes gift card this Christmas.
I definitely would buy the Christina Aguilera remix to DWUW if that was to be released... *cough cough*