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Celeb News: Lady Gaga doesn't take credit for dance music explosion
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Lady Gaga doesn't take credit for dance music explosion
Lady Gaga Doesn't Take Credit For Dance Music Explosion
'I was just one of a few artists at a certain sort of time in radio where more dance music was being played on top 40,' she tells MTV News.
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Lady Gaga burst on the scene in 2008 declaring that the world should "Just Dance." From there, everyone kind of did.
A few years back, the pop star was one of the few singers infusing mainstream pop records with electronic dance music influences. In the years since her breakthrough, Gaga's use of the musical form has certainly gotten darker and more in-depth, especially on 2011's Born This Way.
These days, she's hardly in the minority. EDM is all over pop and urban radio. Performers like Rihanna, Usher, Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj are working with some of the top EDM producers and DJs in the game, some of whom MTV has recognized as the Best EDM Artists of 2011, churning out chart-topping, genre-busting tunes.
When MTV News caught up with the Mother Monster earlier this month in L.A., she weighed in on 2011's EDM/pop explosion, noting that she was hardly the main factor in the recent blast of crossover hits.
"I think that radio has had the biggest influence on the rise of electronic dance music," she said. "I was just one of a few artists at a certain sort of time in radio where more dance music was being played on top 40, but I'm not the person to thank for that. The people to thank for that are at KIIS-FM and at the other stations around the country who gave dance music a chance."
Not only is radio taking note, but also the whole music industry. Just last month, EDM star Skrillex was nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy, the first DJ recognized in that category ever. Gaga thinks there's still room for growth.
"I think we have some more work to do, especially with the different academies that honor music," she said. "I think that dance music should also be credited as pop music where it's due and vice versa, the way that country and pop is, the way that R&B and pop are. So we still have a ways to go, but it's moving in a wonderfully fast and interesting direction."
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Atleast she's honest about it.
Though, I do think that she's somewhat responsible for the current electropop trend.
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She's so humble.
She isn't a stuck up bitch like the others.
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Originally posted by iPukeCrystals
She's so humble.
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I agree. 
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She better serve the true tea. Too bad some delusional monsters say otherwise.
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Atleast she's honest about it.
Though, I do think that she's somewhat responsible for the current electropop trend.
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Girl, that avi NEEDS to be in NSFW tags. I mean, what kinda mess.
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So humble that she even dismisses her own actual achievements.
I love my humble faves 
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This is why she's my bitch, always very down to earth 
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I don't understand what this even means. And I'm not talking specifically about what she's saying here but about what people in general mean when they discuss the origin of dance music on the radio and trace it back to Gaga, Britney, Justin, Nelly, etc.
One of the main things about music is that it makes people dance. Hasn't it always been the case? Fo example in the '70s when disco was huge, didn't the radio play those songs? Was there a point when they stopped? I don't get it...
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And she shouldn't, because she has nothing to do with it exploding. Gaga is humble 
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Glad she didn't because so many artist out were doing Dance like David Guetta, etc but her music and visual appeal made the music even more worthy of success. U can tell her team knew the generic music would get her thru the door and once she got there, she would go back to staying true to her artistic vision
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So humble that she even dismisses her own actual achievements.
I love my humble faves |
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I don't understand what this even means. And I'm not talking specifically about what she's saying here but about what people in general mean when they discuss the origin of dance music on the radio and trace it back to Gaga, Britney, Justin, Nelly, etc.
One of the main things about music is that it makes people dance. Hasn't it always been the case? Fo example in the '70s when disco was huge, didn't the radio play those songs? Was there a point when they stopped? I don't get it...
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I understand what you're saying. I think that she (and her fans) are referring to the electropop trend. Gaga was one of the few new artists that did something more than just songs about ****ing somebody in a club over a random dance beat. The Fame had a specific sound that was, for the most part, different from everything else on the charts at the time.
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And she shouldn't, because she has nothing to do with it.
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Why is it always YOU.
You're almost as pathetic as Vin
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Originally posted by AlexandraStanFan
Glad she didn't because so many artist out were doing Dance like David Guetta, etc but her music and visual appeal made the music even more worthy of success. U can tell her team knew the generic music would get her thru the door and once she got there, she would go back to staying true to her artistic vision
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I'm glad she was asked about this because so many of her stans seem to think she's the sole reason that dance music is back, which is laughable to me because it never went away to begin with. And pop stars have been doing electro pop long before we even knew who she was. Even over seas with the likes of Kylie and Robyn.
Glad she's not trying to take create for a sound that several other artists have been making before she came on the scene.
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Why is it always YOU.
You're almost as pathetic as Vin
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I'm just being honest and I love Gaga, I'm agreeing with Gaga, she did not cause it to explode. I fail to see your insult going anywhere? <3
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Originally posted by i spit on haters
I'm glad she was asked about this because so many of her stans seem to think she's the sole reason that dance music is back, which is laughable to me because it never went away to begin with. And pop stars have been doing electro pop long before we even knew who she was. Even over seas with the likes of Kylie and Robyn.
Glad she's not trying to take create for a sound that several other artists have been making before she came on the scene. |
I agree. And I'm also glad that she clarified that she isn't responsible for the sound.
But she was one of the first major American pop artists to bring the sound to the charts.
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She's right.
Justin, Rihanna, Britney and Nelly Furtado came before her
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Originally posted by ManDown
I agree. And I'm also glad that she clarified that she isn't responsible for the sound.
But she was one of the first major American pop artists to bring the sound to the charts.
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