Reading posts about how Gaga needs to put her ego aside and work with professionals always makes me chuckle.
ok, but how do you know if the label simply cut her budget with expectations to make bigger profits and it backfired. We don't know that. It's really fishy how Gaga and no one she has worked with haven't told us any details about what exactly happened, which leads me to believe the label has more to do with it. Anytime people at the bottom refuse to speak it is out of fear of pissing off the bosses at the top.
Also, great sales and all, Katy Perry will remain second to Rihanna as lead female of her generation as long as she continues to work with Dr. Luke and write these childish songs. She will never have the Grammy or respect from, well, anyone, she so desperately craves with these Kids Bop records
BTW isn't just going to be a bump in the road from which Gaga will be able to recover. It's the beginning of the end for her. As stated in the OP, the problem comes from her - she's simply too arrogant now. In a way she reminds me of Xtina, who looked down her nose at her debut album, tried to aim for something "superior," and lost more and more fans with each album until she eventually flopped into reality TV oblivion.
Gaga's arrogance and need for creative control are also keeping her from working with the top producers in the biz. Who's scoring the big pop hits lately? Pink, Katy, Ke$ha, Rihanna. They work with the very best: the aggressively commercial Max Martin, Dr Luke, Stargate. They wouldn't even exist without them. Pop music is nothing without powerhouse producers. So while the other girls sacrifice creative control (you saw that Dr Luke article - he runs his girls like an iron-fisted pimp) in favor of massive hits, Gaga invites her bad kid friends to play around with '90s synthesizers and craft 12-minute songs around her vague Mother Monster lyrics. Does she think she can compete by putting unknown flops like Fernando and DJWS at the helm? Based on BTW, she lacks the vision needed to guide smaller/unknown producers into making great songs that are both commercial and fresh. So it's best to leave it to the experts and be willing to share the credit with them.
correct me if im wrong but didnt she pin the problems with the born this way era on everyone but herself as well
well she and her team only know who has more leverage, not me or anyone else for that matter. Unless there is confirmed quotes by the others detailing what exactly happened we can't know for sure, We can only speculate. The only thing that does lead me to believe that she has something to do with it is the MTN video.
Also, great sales and all, Katy Perry will remain second to Rihanna as lead female of her generation as long as she continues to work with Dr. Luke and write these childish songs. She will never have the Grammy or respect from, well, anyone, she so desperately craves with these Kids Bop records
People keep telling Gaga what she needs to do. Let her do what she wants to do. If she wants to end up in Paula Abdul/Jody Watley/Cyndi Lauper land, then let her. She's too prideful to listen to anyone's else's opinion.
