It's hard to understand what makes people so irrational about Lady Gaga.
Consider the following: ARTPOP, her third album, has sold 2.5 million copies worldwide.
One side will look at that number and say, "See, she has tons of loyal fans who wants to buy her records!" The other side will say, "See, she's not as popular as she used to be and her career will soon die a fiery death!" The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
Rumors of Lady Gaga's imminent career death are greatly exaggerated, but someone needs to move her closer to the middle.
Lady Gaga has yet to make a classic album, and that is not a troll.
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Here's the important part: Lady Gaga is absolutely capable of making a classic album. It takes almost superhuman-level talent to put together the body of singles that she has in the span of her career. So that begs the question: why hasn't she?
Well, that's where we get back in to the world of subjectivity, but the simplest answer may be this: she needs a strong producer to help direct her wilder impulses.
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So yes, if Lady Gaga could just find a musical partner to help her turn her wilder impulses into something a bit more fun to listen to, we'd all be better off. Still irrational, of course, but certainly in a better place.
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