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Single: Lady Gaga - "Perfect Illusion"
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Originally posted by davidmonster
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3 radio interviews on a Monday 
She's going back to basics  it reminds me of her resilience when she only had Just Dance
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The fact that the stans have become the Gaga of the ARTPOP era.
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Member Since: 11/17/2011
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Originally posted by The Unforgiving
I'm an atheist but I would ask my mom to pray for a better, enjoyable, instant bop, second single from Gaga that won't disappoint me again.
But this song is a lost cause tbh.
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 it was my report that got you outta here. Have fun on the other side!
Perfect illusion is bad alright.
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Member Since: 9/3/2011
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Originally posted by joe71941
If she drops everything at once how is she going to rebound the following week considering people still don't know about Gaga's comeback since she's not hyping anything this time around (thank god)? The song will gradually become popular once the radio adds kick in and it gains enough airplay. Just don't expect it to become quickly, new releases nowadays take weeks to take off and it's not just Gaga, it's everyone. Into You was released in late spring but it became really popular amongst the GP (me included) in July. Give it time. Time is the ultimate truth teller. All of the big releases this year started slow until they become hits (Work, Cheap Thrills, One Dance, Into You, etc.)
The second week will be even worse in my opinion. But around the third/fourth week when and IF it has enough airplay things will start changing, streams will get bigger, sales stabilising, etc.
You don't need to be #1 on iTunes in order to be #1 on BB. Gaga is Interscope's biggest artist, they want her to succeed, if they didn't like the single and if they didn't believe in it, they wouldn't have released it. Remember, in the end, Gaga is obliged to do whatever they tell her to and if they think that an extremely different song which has no analog on radio right now is the best way to start her new era, then PI wouldn't be released. Don't let some twinks with no logical sense get to you. These people are multi millionaires who get business better than ATRL. The best you can do right now is to enjoy the song, live your life and maybe after three weeks to check its chart run again
Gaga always relied on different sounds, JD and PF were all groundbreaking - literally taking months to take off. BR got an obnoxious review on the RS (2/5 stars) and it took off weeks after its release, the same with Applause which became a stellar hit in late September. The only exception is Born This Way who became a big smash because of her brand at that time. and if it wasn't for her popularity it would have underperformed because it also had no analog on US radio. So, people, take a chill pill and prepare for an even worse second week because things will start changing in late September.
I can't believe I spent so much time explaining how things work but I am honestly tired of people dragging this amazing song which includes no autotune and real instruments just because it "flopped". Would you like the song better if it still was #1?  Don't answer me, think about it. |
Love you 
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Originally posted by Jeiboy
Already better than yesterday
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33K on Shazam!
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Fine for the States, but what about the rest of the world? Because it isn't doing great in the UK and it is a very important music market.
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Yessssss bitch get back to the States and promote
She looks sooooooo good
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Originally posted by Cannabis
33K on Shazam!
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Positions?
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Originally posted by Liberdade mi amor
If the song rebounds I swear yall gonna get dragged.
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I remember the song being better when I listened to it for the first time, that's all I'm going to say
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It's now #7 on UK iTunes. Wtf is happening.
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I'm ready for the second single
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PI getting people punched out left and right
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Originally posted by Teneo
I remember the song being better when I listened to it for the first time, that's all I'm going to say
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Back in your corner sis. 
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Originally posted by IronFist1994
Fine for the States, but what about the rest of the world? Because it isn't doing great in the UK and it is a very important music market.
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Promo in UK already happened. She's coming from there.
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I just listened to spotify top 50 and all songs have soft, chill vocals and/or tropical/trap elements. There is no way such a loud dated rock song like PI won't be skipped
It can still have viral controversial video but I am sure she is going for very minimalistic music video.
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Originally posted by Torturo
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Thanks!
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Originally posted by Teneo
Hey, take a minute or two to read this.
As some of you might already know, I was a very active poster in this forum, until something happened to me four months ago. I went into a slumber, as you can see in my post history, I hadn't posted since then. I won't go into deep details, but I wasn't supposed to come back this early. My sister heard that Gaga was releasing a new song in September and thought that I would like to listen to it, so she put the radio on that night and we listened to the premiere. And then I woke up.
I couldn't get back my phone until today and I've been pretty busy. I'm still debating if it's really a good idea to log in and begin posting in ATRL again. I know most of you don't even know that I existed and some people might not care, but I just wanted to say that Perfect Illusion is health, it is life and it is hope. I don't know how the reception to the song has been or how good it's doing commercially, the only thing I got told is that the album is coming this year and that Kesha and Florence and on it, so it might take me some time to catch up.
It's nice that I'm eventually going to be able to experience my first Gaga era from the very beginning here with all of you since I wasn't around when ARTPOP released. I missed the first two days of the Perfect Illusion era, though, that's a shame, though. Anyway, thank you for reading this, you don't have to reply if it derails the course of the thread.
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I'm really glad you're back. I love your posts, you're naturally very funny - whether you know it or not.
Gaga is back, hope you're feeling better 
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Originally posted by LadyGagaStan93
Back in your corner sis. |
I actually like it!, but I don't remember the last minute being that "repetitive". I think that if there was an instrumental breakdown between the first chorus and the second verse and then the flawless "where are you? I can see but I still feel you watching me" bridge being a bit longer could have improved the song instead of the chorus being repeated three times (which would work better for the live version).
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