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Poll: Are you glad ARTPOP happened?
View Poll Results: Are you?
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Yes, I'm a pressed hater and wanted to see her flop
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14.19% |
Yes, we got some great songs and videos
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53 |
34.19% |
Yes, cause it humbled her and taught her that she will only slay if she makes good music
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44 |
28.39% |
No, delete it fat
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23.23% |
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Member Since: 4/3/2014
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Are you glad ARTPOP happened?
Hear me out. I'm not a troll
We all know what a mess ARTPOP was. Her team tried to rush release Applause to overshadow Roar but Roar ends up completely destroying it. The album is critically panned and fails to go platinum, sending her into a depression that causes her to go into a media blackout in the middle of an era. Feeling bad for her fans, she decides to release a high budget mini movie full of fan favorites from the album. This does not breathe any life into the era, in fact it was the final nail on the coffin.
Despite this though, I'm glad it all happened. It humbled her. It taught her that she wasn't invincible anymore and that if she wants to be successful again she has to put in the effort. Without the public backlash from the album, she would've continued doing whatever the **** she wanted and her music quality probably would've continued to spiral downwards. Not to mention we got like 13 great songs and 2 great vids from the era, and some amazing performances. It was a rude awakening for her as she had never had a real flop before then.
Now she's back in the studio with RedOne, performing across the country with Tony and she looks happier than ever. It was a dark time for her, but everybody hits rock bottom eventually. Now the only place to go is up.
If you could, would you delete the ARTPOP era from existence? If you did, Gaga would most likely still be the HBIC but you would never hear Applause, Venus, Do What U Want, Gypsy, etc. You would never get to experience the artRAVE, you would never get your life watching Swinefest on that sh***y stream. Or maybe you're like me and you're glad it happened, as it brought her back down to Earth, gave us some great songs and brought her passion for pop music back? We all know she's not one to go down without a fight.
Anyway spill the tea sistrens
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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First off, Katy tried to overshadow Gaga. Gaga was set us up for release for like 2 months and a week and a half before, she decides to release Roar a week before Applause.
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I'm glad it happened because it was simply an era, kinda ****** era, but would you rather wait 4 years for new music, or 2?
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Member Since: 8/6/2012
Posts: 22,977
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Very.
The album is fantastic, and G.U.Y. is one of the best videos of all time
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Member Since: 4/3/2014
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Quote:
Originally posted by wesleywalrus
First off, Katy tried to overshadow Gaga. Gaga was set us up for release for like 2 months and a week and a half before, she decides to release Roar a week before Applause.
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I'm glad it happened because it was simply an era, kinda ****** era, but would you rather wait 4 years for new music, or 2?
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Oh I always thought it was the other way around, ugh it was such a mess
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Member Since: 6/2/2011
Posts: 28,055
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Yes, it was very entertaining.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 17,938
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No.
On the bright side though, we got some kiis on this forum, like "Reverse Warholian" "critic an english paper" etc
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 58,053
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No I cant believe I fell for the hype
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Member Since: 4/3/2014
Posts: 19,477
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3rd option. She needed to be knocked off her pedestal. Her ego was getting too big. Hopefully she'll come back with an album full of #1 hits and pop classics.
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Member Since: 1/6/2012
Posts: 15,374
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she will not learn from it, in every single era she will whine about how the previous one was terrible and she was depressed but now Taylor/Tony/Marina/Inez & Vinoodh/Ryan Murphy/etc have put her in a better place
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Member Since: 4/28/2012
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Quote:
Originally posted by wesleywalrus
First off, Katy tried to overshadow Gaga. Gaga was set us up for release for like 2 months and a week and a half before, she decides to release Roar a week before Applause.
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I don't know why y'all keep clinging to this
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Yes. All legends have an underperforming era. I'm glad that now people aren't going to have sky high expectations for her and treat her like some mega god just because she had one of the biggest debuts of all time. Now her voice is better than ever and she's working with Red One, not giving a **** about the bling and feeling happy. We're about to get served one of the best albums of all time and I'm not sure we're even close to being ready
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Member Since: 6/18/2012
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Yes. It has great tracks
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by NX127
Very.
The album is fantastic, and G.U.Y. is one of the best videos of all time
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This
Even though the era had its up and downs, it brought her best album to date, best tour, and best music video. ARTPOP, the album, is a masterpiece in my eyes. Its her most creative and original work and it paid off great music wise as well as performances for the tour.
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Member Since: 4/3/2014
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Quote:
Originally posted by wesleywalrus
First off, Katy tried to overshadow Gaga. Gaga was set us up for release for like 2 months and a week and a half before, she decides to release Roar a week before Applause.
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I'm not necessarily disagreeing, considering she kind of did steal Gaga's thunder, but they were both always going to release around that time. They both had VMAs performances planned.
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Member Since: 5/12/2012
Posts: 18,331
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Did it really "happen" tho
Yes I'm glad, it showed what type of person she really is after all.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by umich
I don't know why y'all keep clinging to this
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I mean, yes Gaga was originally planned to release the 19th, but since the single was already all over the internet, she decided to release it the 12th. They both tried to overshadow each other, Katy clearly winning.
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Member Since: 4/14/2011
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Stan wars aside, I honestly liked the music of ARTPOP better than that of Born This Way.
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