The failure of DWUW had nothing to do with R. Kelly. Gaga is just a flop. Plain and simple. People don't care about her outside of her fanbase. You trying to blame R. Kelly is stupid because he had an album come out around that time and he was selling more than Gaga.
DON’T follow current pop trends. That being said, Lady Gaga doesn’t necessarily need to run to Max Martin or one of his Swedish production elves to scoop up a hit, or (shudder) work around a horn riff of the “Problem”/“Talk Dirty”/“Worth It” ilk. Gaga has never been about abiding by what’s in vogue, and even when her ideas have not panned out, she’s at the very least tirelessly original. Trusting Gaga to stand and deliver means having faith that she will figure out the next direction of pop music, not regurgitate the paths that have already been explored.
Billboard knows the tea though.
Let me post this in the Base.
Yes, and she proved me wrong. I was not here for the album before release. Then, it came out, and I fell in love. I listen to it more than any of her previous work.