I disagree. The "ate my heart and... Brain" make sense in context of rape, and in context of Fusari, since they reportedly dated for a while. The, "boy, now, get your paws right off of me" takes away from any consensual, and the bridge makes perfect sense in context of rape.
"I wanna Just Dance
But he took me home instead
Uh oh! There was a monster in my bed"
While "Just Dance" is possibly not about rape, the song speaks about having "a little bit too much" and losing all sense of time and place, a common occurrence with drugs and date rape. And the "fear of sex" is the only fear that Gaga fully personified and declared a "monster". I don't think she would do that unless she had personal experience, and I don't think she would call any consensual sex partner a "monster".
And then there's the bridge in Just Dance which sort of simulates being wasted at the party. The left and right audio levels flip back and forth creating like a disorienting sound. Gaga sounding an absolute nonsensical mess. I mean you can fit a lot of it to be about rape, but I don't think she meant for it to be. It's interesting.
And then there's the bridge in Just Dance which sort of simulates being wasted at the party. The left and right audio levels flip back and forth creating like a disorienting sound. Gaga sounding an absolute nonsensical mess. I mean you can fit a lot of it to be about rape, but I don't think she meant for it to be. It's interesting.
Both JD and Monster can be seen as being about rape as I think they are. The JD bridge and stuff you're saying, JD being name-dropped in Monster, "he ate my heart...brain" "paws right off me" etc
And arguments like she didn't address it, I don't think she's obligated to do so, it's up to everyone how they interpret her songs.
Whether or not the author intended for something to connect or not doesn't mean that it doesn't. It's all interpretation and if there are enough pieces to connect the dots, then it fits.
Just Dance was always fun only on the surface, for me. The whole chorus can be seen as a coping mechanism 'Just dance, play the music, I don't care, it's gonna be okay, '.
The whole TF album has that kind of dark moments peaking here and there through the up-beat/fun cover.
Whether or not the author intended for something to connect or not doesn't mean that it doesn't. It's all interpretation and if there are enough pieces to connect the dots, then it fits.
I'm always conflicted on the "Death of the Author" argument.
Starry night come inside me like never before
Don't forget me when I come crying to heaven's door
I will fly on a challenger across the sky
Like a phoenix so you can remind them of the dream I bore
Starry night come inside me like never before
Don't forget me when I come crying to heaven's door
I will fly on a challenger across the sky
Like a phoenix so you can remind them of the dream I bore
Gaga nearly beating a freedom fighter.
It's all interpretation and if there are enough pieces to connect the dots, then it fits.
