I remember when the full song leaked, but not the snippet.

I remember people saying it sounded like peacock

I remember being in that chatroom where someone played the lowest possible quality of the song. The chorus still knocked in 12kpbs.

Yes. It was iconic.

I didnt listen to the song until she released the lyrics or ofificial video or something on her youtube channel.

Yes, I heard the leaked "Pop culture was in arts, now art's in pop culture in me" part, I remember I tweeted like "Another leaked song from Lady Gaga called "Pop Culture" *insert soundcloud link here* " And then it turned out to be Applause. I never had a clue from that leaked snippet since there's no connection between Pop Culture and Applause