The main topic at Chicago’s program directors’ meeting this week was Lady Gaga’s Born This Way album falling off the charts worldwide. It was expected, by Lady Gaga, to become the album of the decade. But even with the album selling for 99 cents, it still hasn’t made a dent.
More suspicious, however, is Rolling Stone Magazine’s sudden “official” announcement that Lady Gaga is the “Queen of Pop.” Most of the people at the meeting agree that Lady Gaga’s PR team is paying Rolling Stone money to hype her up while her career is dying down.
Music retail manager Darius McCain thinks Rolling Stone isn’t relevant enough to be making these announcements. “Rolling Stone magazine has seized to be relevant since the 1990s. They act as PR agents rather than an actual magazine. Remember—this is the same magazine that gave Bruce Springsteen’s recent Working on a Dream album 5 stars while it was panned by fans and critics.”
Program Director Ralph Espinoza isn’t surprised. “Lady Gaga is a has-been now. Her album flopped. Her last two singles flopped. She is being sued for pocketing money that was supposed to go for charity. Lady Gaga is a prostitute and Rolling Stone is her pimp. This is the same magazine that, at the height of the 'Born This Way' plagiarism controversy, claimed that “Express Yourself” is a much worse song."
Meanwhile, a Latino civil rights group called Chicanos Unidos Arizona is set to file a lawsuit against Lady Gaga next week for pocketing money from Latinos that was supposed to go to Japan.