This is very sweet, and I'm glad she's found inspiration again.
However, my biggest issue with Gaga is that she is unable to take any criticism. Yes, many people were ruthless and mean just to be mean, but there are some valid criticisms of ARTPOP. Sometimes people who criticize you or offer advice really do want the best for you.
I partly agree with you - she definitely does care, but she doesn't want to.
However, i think we need to remember that what she says to save face in an interview is not necessarily how she actually feels. She's too proud and there are far too many claws out for her to say "ARTPOP wasn't good enough, so it flopped. I'll try harder next time because I want a smash."
I disagree entirely - I think Lady Gaga loves ARTPOP. I think if she didn't she wouldn't have neglected past hits like LoveGame and TEOG in order to incorporate all the tracks from it on her world tour. I imagine she's torn with wanting to continue being a commercial juggernaut considering she worked so hard to get where she is and pragmatically she knows what she does (videos, performances, etc) are very expensive, but at the same time this is acknowledging that she tried something and she's more proud that she put it out and went all in with it rather than letting the cash aspect dictate where she went with her release.
Also I completely believe her when she says she wanted to stop 6 months ago - she completely ditched her album promotion and left the spotlight mid-cycle. That's never been something she's done even for a day before. I'm glad she found inspiration again.
This is frustrating to read because it does bother her that ARTPOP wasn't a Fame Monster sized success but she is constantly trying to convince herself she doesn't care and that she's this pristine arTISE. I don't know why she isn't more honest with her feelings. I don't know why she is constantly, con-stant-ly blaming everyone in the world for the way she feels, for the way she performs, for everything.
She is bothered by it, but she's gotten over it by now. She's just saying that the album is good, which it is, even if it isn't her best.
It's not normal for the lead single to come out the week earlier when everyone was expecting it on the 19th, it's not normal to fire your manager and go into a deep depression in the middle of an era so of course the era wasn't successful. She wasn't even in the public half the era.
I don't want to sound like a broken record or sound like a hater but she fired her manager because she didn't want to do what he deemed necessary to maintain her star. She's facing the consequences of her actions. Now is the time for humility, but instead she insists on this "victim" narrative. I want her to succeed.
Obviously none of us can imagine the pressure of global superstardom, but I still don't see why she continues to believe ARTPOP was a good album. It was moderate to okay (like most releases by major pop stars). It wasn't good. There are critics that will simply put down her work because they don't like her, but not every critic is like this, and ARTPOP's reviews were consistent for the most part.
She's so transparent. That girl loves the fame way too much to just quit. She's so fake. By her 3rd video she was all about the demise and rising of a pop star. She was putting floppage into the air before she even started flopping. She was hoping to have a Phoenix era or some **** but the reality is no one is here for anymore. Mark my beautiful ass. C2C and her next solo effort will be the biggest decline in music history.
the self-righteousness in this post is enough for you not to be taken seriously. her current tour selling as well as it is given how her album underperformed is proof enough that people ARE still here for her. have a ****ing seat
Obviously none of us can imagine the pressure of global superstardom, but I still don't see why she continues to believe ARTPOP was a good album. It was moderate to okay (like most releases by major pop stars). It wasn't good. There are critics that will simply put down her work because they don't like her, but not every critic is like this, and ARTPOP's reviews were consistent for the most part.
I don't want to sound like a broken record or sound like a hater but she fired her manager because she didn't want to do what he deemed necessary to maintain her star. She's facing the consequences of her actions. Now is the time for humility, but instead she insists on this "victim" narrative. I want her to succeed.
You don't know what Troy demanded of her. I don't think Gaga is literally lying to us by saying he USED her to get more money and she refused because he didn't respect her. Managers need to find a compromise with the artist, which he didn't, because her artistic vision got her to this point where she is now
I believe her when she says Troy disappointed her.
We get it ARTPOP wasn't the success you hoped for but you honesty need to stop with this Gaga, it's making you sound quite desperate
So instead of keep moaning and pretending not to care (which we all know you do as you talk about it all the time) why don't you just give us another Fame/Monster sized album and image so I can stan for you again
Obviously none of us can imagine the pressure of global superstardom, but I still don't see why she continues to believe ARTPOP was a good album. It was moderate to okay (like most releases by major pop stars). It wasn't good. There are critics that will simply put down her work because they don't like her, but not every critic is like this, and ARTPOP's reviews were consistent for the most part.
I guess 61 score on Metacritic is not considered good when it's in the generally favorable range.
You know what makes me mad? People are calling Gaga transparent, meanwhile these obsessed haters who comment in every Gaga-related are just as transparent as they THINK Gaga is.
She has the right to call ARTPOP a good album. "GOOD" doesn't mean slaying the charts, or even necessarily good material, it means that it's good to her and she likes it, and she's happy with it.
God, people are so desperate to hate on others!
This.
Gaga is just standing by her work like any artist would. Just because the album divides people doesn't mean she should dismiss her own creative work because some people didn't like it.
I disagree entirely - I think Lady Gaga loves ARTPOP. I think if she didn't she wouldn't have neglected past hits like LoveGame and TEOG in order to incorporate all the tracks from it on her world tour. I imagine she's torn with wanting to continue being a commercial juggernaut considering she worked so hard to get where she is and pragmatically she knows what she does (videos, performances, etc) are very expensive, but at the same time this is acknowledging that she tried something and she's more proud that she put it out and went all in with it rather than letting the cash aspect dictate where she went with her release.
Also I completely believe her when she says she wanted to stop 6 months ago - she completely ditched her album promotion and left the spotlight mid-cycle. That's never been something she's done even for a day before. I'm glad she found inspiration again.
I'm not saying she doesn't love ARTPOP, just that she isn't likely to admit fault in public.
I don't want to sound like a broken record or sound like a hater but she fired her manager because she didn't want to do what he deemed necessary to maintain her star. She's facing the consequences of her actions. Now is the time for humility, but instead she insists on this "victim" narrative. I want her to succeed.
What do you want her to say? That the album she made was crap and she won't do that again? I believe that you want her to succeed but none of us honestly know what she went through with her management. If she felt it necessary to fire him, it must of been something that bothered her. She could of easily said damn it all and managed herself or had one of her parents do it, but she found someone else she could trust. ARTPOP was not her greatest work, but it was far from bad. She understands that people didn't gravitate towards it like they did the The Fame, but she is standing by her work, which is what anyone in her position should do.
I'm sure she is more than humble by what happened during the ARTPOP era.