Celeb News: 'Applause' almost didn't make ARTPOP

Suede

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She told Seacrest that the track "almost didn't make the album" until she met with Interscope Records chief Jimmy Iovine and played him 40 songs during a meeting. "We played 'Applause' last and Jimmy said to me, 'Well every single record you've played me has been better than the one you played before it, so the last one should be the first single,'" she said.

Discussing the decision making which went into choosing the album's lead single, she added: "It's an incredible process choosing the first single. You just play the music and see who gets drunk and takes their shirt off first."

Meanwhile, producer DJ White Shadow – who worked with Gaga on the record – said that the singer had written a huge mass of material for the LP. "It's a result of her dedication," he said. "We wrote 70-100 songs over the course of two and half years. This time we tried to have as much fun as we possibly could and then brought them to our friends and said, 'What do you think?'"

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H-I-M

As legit as "Madonna and her team sent me an email supporting BTW"

MarryTheMonster

And it's doing very good to be a"bad track" (something is must be if it wasn't supposed to be on ARTPOP), wait for single #2

Suede

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Well every single record you've played me has been better than the one you played before it, so the last one should be the first single

So Applause is the best song on ARTPOP

Optimus

Well now you all know. This is just the beggining. A light track, just remind people that she is back. I think that the next song is gonna be huge

Mike91

I like Applause but it's not a good sign if Jimmy Iovine finds Applause to be the best song and the best choice for a lead single.

PopBoi

She shouldn't be banging on about Applause being the best song on there, because ...

MonsterNavy

A bad track doing this well. When will your GLOBAL faves

inspiration4

TikiMiss (somewhat of an insider) said it's Bullsh*t, and that she was adamant on releasing Applause.

And considering that she tweeted coded references to it for an entire year, I believe him.

Forevermore

Why does Jimmy get to pick the single though? She should have chosen it herself.

PopBoi

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Originally posted by TheGeoKing

Why does Jimmy get to pick the single though? She should have chosen it herself.

Because he's the boss?

Poe Dameron

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Originally posted by H-I-M

As legit as "Madonna and her team sent me an email supporting BTW"

Wow, I didn't known you had direct access to Gaga's emails

RudeBoy93

Y'all forget this is just a buzz single cool it until the official lead single is released

Lover

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Originally posted by H-I-M

As legit as "Madonna and her team sent me an email supporting BTW"

ChandlerBing

Gaga always lies, monsters don't fall for this.

Mike91

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Originally posted by aidan_dolan

Wow, I didn't known you had direct access to Gaga's emails

Seeing as how Madonna's team denied it and they were allegedly from them....

inspiration4

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Originally posted by Roc

So Applause is the best song on ARTPOP

This just proves how out of touch she's become regarding the quality of her own work.

DJWS, Tara, and everyone else have her actually believing this *****ing song is not only above absolutely average, but is good enough to be a single, and the FIRST single at that.

It's honestly gone from frustrating to just laughable at this point.

Forevermore

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Originally posted by PopBoi

Because he's the boss?

She's the artist though.

Monster

Old news.

H-I-M

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Originally posted by inspiration4

This just proves how out of touch she's become regarding the quality of her own work.

DJWS, Tara, and everyone else have her actually believing this *****ing song is not only above absolutely average, but is good enough to be a single, and the FIRST single at that.

It's honestly gone from frustrating to just laughable at this point.

You're right