That Dada video makes me a lil sad. It really confirms her previous team were responsible for the "Lady Gaga" we loved and that the amateur and lack of good taste of this era is the real her.

As Ramos said, there's no problem replacing old members of your team if the replacement is equally as good. I'm still rooting for her to replace her current team with capable people again

omg

lemme snatch that

It is genuinely upsetting seeing as where we are now, and where we were before.

Swine Fest, but that was five months ago

its February

But her success still comes down to her in the end. I just... I don't know, something about HER has changed, not just her team I get so sad sometimes watching TFM era performances because there was just so much fire in her eyes

Swinefest was the one time this era where I was really like DAMN! she's in it to win it!

No.

a.k.a everyone played their part in making this "perfect storm", and he's saying that you couldn't just give her team to someone else and the same thing would happen (i.e. implying Gaga was integral to making it work).

THIS. It was the right team, right decisions and the right music at the right moment.

I feel like ARTPOP might have a rerelease after this long wait with some new tracks or she'll come out of left field and release Act 2

Fans continue to ignore this.

TF/M can't be repeated. She had novelty on her side then, and that made her sound/look/performances/persona/stunts much cooler because they were fresh. You can only bleed on stage once, only wear meat once, only be carried down the red carpet in an egg once etc. and after that it's done. She had the right collaborators and right songs at the right time. Making "another Poker Face/Bad Romance" won't work, and working with RedOne doesn't guarantee anything. Nor any other creative collaborators.

All she had to do back then was have iPod glasses and a disco stick. She - and we - have evolved from that. She can't just wap out a new prop designed by Matthew Williams now and get the same results. People barely acknowledge her riding down the red carpet on a puppet horse and flying around a warehouse these days - some cool prop isn't going to cut it. She's done all that and we expect it - what's next?

Minimalism. It's something she's trying to fight but really it would set her free.

There's a reason why the "ARTPOP" performance from iTunes festival is the best this era. There's also a reason why ARTPOP and Dope are the best and most praised tracks on the album.

Gaga is a great musician who changed the pop landscape with her theatricality. Now it's time for her to strip it down but still keep it sleek and avantgarde.