Well I understand how you might say that you think 'Born This Way' is lyrically the most important thing you've done. But what about beyond the lyrics? So does the importance you feel in the lyrics, does that importance win out over the melody of 'Bad Romance'? Do the lyrics being 'important' make it a better pop song?
No, it's completely different. 'Bad Romance' as a song was amazing and is amazing and had this giant cultural impact where it was big on YouTube and everyone learned the dance moves and made the costumes and everything. Right? 'Bad Romance' didn't piss anybody off, at al. Maybe it pissed off a couple of [other] artists, but it didn't piss off any actual people. It was just a really great pop song. This ['Born This Way'] was the first time that an outfit wasn't what pissed people off about me. Do you know how exciting that is for someone like me? The only thing that made me controversial before was the fact that my show had no heel. Suddenly, I put out 'Born This Way', the lyrics were really literal, and there was a huge backlash in the United States. Suddenly I'm not controversial because of my shoes, or controversial because of my clothes. I'm controversial because of my music.
