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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
These songs were 100% ON TREND.
Regardless of what anyone thinks BTW did to Gaga's career, it was completely in keeping with her larger-than-life image at the time. Everybody expected her to do something like it since she'd been pushing her self-love/little monster agenda since TFM. And if nothing else, the explosive sales/airplay/success of the song is enough to dispel any notion of a risk being taken in releasing it as a first single. Not only was it huge based on hype, but it lasted, and it's one of Gaga's 3 or 4 biggest singles, is it not?
RR struggled out of the gate. It practically killed Rihanna's pop momentum! The album looked like a bust until Hard picked up on radio and then Rude Boy kinda salvaged the era. I'm not saying it's a risk because it was a flop, and I do recognize that it fit Rihanna's post-CB, angsty agenda at the time. But it was a risky, challenging single nonetheless. She'd never done anything like it! She could've easily separated her life from her music and released something like Loud, but she chose not to. |
Gaga stan telling the truth right here.
To be honest, Bad Romance was one of the riskiest lead singles by pop girl of the last decade. She was huge at the time, so it all paid off, but it was definitely a MASSIVE side-step from everything she'd being doing with 'The Fame' that was going so well for her (Just Dance, Pokerface, LoveGame, Paparazzi). Not only that, but it was a risk that paid off. There are a lot of people in this thread saying risks that flopped. What's the point of bragging about a risk that didn't pay off?
