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Music News: Ke$ha's Re-Release: Cannibal
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Originally posted by Boniqua
It's just silly to always think people are copying Gaga. Not just with Ke$ha, but everyone. [Not singling you out, speaking generally]
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It's true. I'm not one of her delusional stans.
If Just Dance + Gaga's other singles hadn't expanded the pop radio format, Tik Tok would not have exploded so quickly on the radio. It took Just Dance a year to really take off. And it's not like Tik Tok is so much catchier, Just Dance is still outselling it on iTunes despite coming out a year earlier.
Is this re-release not basically Animal Monster? She's following the exact same format, release date, everything down to a T. Can you deny it? MTV agrees.
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
It's true. I'm not one of her delusional stans.
If Just Dance + Gaga's other singles hadn't expanded the pop radio format, Tik Tok would not have exploded so quickly on the radio. It took Just Dance a year to really take off. And it's not like Tik Tok is so much catchier, Just Dance is still outselling it on iTunes despite coming out a year earlier.
Is this re-release not basically Animal Monster? She's following the exact same format, release date, everything down to a T. Can you deny it? MTV agrees.
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Where is the problem Nicole? Having a clone is a good thing. It just says she's doing something right.
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Originally posted by Gohustle
Where is the problem Nicole? Having a clone is a good thing. It just says she's doing something right.
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Just as some people are delusional in basically saying she created oxygen, some are delusional in wanting to deny her very obvious influence. They should be thankful, really. It's annoying on both fronts.
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Originally posted by BadBitchRihanna.
Explain.
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- (5/24/10) In a recent interview with The Times of London, Gaga said the following about the album being “spiritual.”
“You know when people say, ‘If you could say one sentence about who you are, what your life is,’ it’s that. For the whole album, Because I recently had this … miracle-like experience, where I feel much more connected to God.”
“[It's] more spiritual. I don’t want to say much, because I want it to stay hidden until it comes out — but I will say that religion is very confusing for everyone, and particularly me, because there’s really no religion that doesn’t hate or condemn a certain kind of people, and I totally believe in all love and forgiveness, and excluding no one.”
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In the double July issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Gaga said the album title will be announced on January 1st 2011, 00:00:00, in the form of a new tattoo. She was also quoted saying this about the new single:
"That chorus came to me, like, I swear, I didn't even write it. I think God dropped it in my lap."
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So cannibal is out nov. 23rd?
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
Is this re-release not basically Animal Monster? She's following the exact same format, release date, everything down to a T. Can you deny it? MTV agrees.
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It's been pointed out that she is not the only one to have done this, and besides, that's more of a label decision rather than her own. And oh god, she's releasing in November. She's such a clone!
But sarcasm aside, neither song is even out yet. All that there is in common is a theme, and they're both trying to send a positive message, so I don't see what the problem is. Ideas repeat. And this is a current problem within the world - so you can see where the influence is from. It's not like she's trying to steal Gaga's thunder, or trying to feed off of her themes. If she wanted to be the breadcrumbs Born This Way she'd release after her, not now.
It's honestly just silly to compare at all.
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Originally posted by PopBoi
So cannibal is out nov. 23rd?
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Originally posted by Boniqua
It's been pointed out that she is not the only one to have done this, and besides, that's more of a label decision rather than her own. And oh god, she's releasing in November. She's such a clone!
But really, neither song is even out yet. All that there is in common is a theme, and they're both trying to send a positive message, so I don't see what the problem is. Ideas repeat. And this is a current problem within the world - so you can see where the influence is from. It's not like she's trying to steal Gaga's thunder, or trying to feed off of her themes. If she wanted to be the breadcrumbs Born This Way she'd release after her, not now.
It's honestly just silly to compare at all.
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If Lady Gaga hadn't successfully re-released her album last November with 8 new tracks and made it available as a separate EP, would Ke$ha be re-releasing her album this November with 8 new tracks and make it available as a separate EP?
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Originally posted by Roman
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Oh okay
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
It's true. I'm not one of her delusional stans.
If Just Dance + Gaga's other singles hadn't expanded the pop radio format, Tik Tok would not have exploded so quickly on the radio. It took Just Dance a year to really take off. And it's not like Tik Tok is so much catchier, Just Dance is still outselling it on iTunes despite coming out a year earlier.
Is this re-release not basically Animal Monster? She's following the exact same format, release date, everything down to a T. Can you deny it? MTV agrees.
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Reminds me of our PM.
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
If Lady Gaga hadn't successfully re-released her album last November with 8 new tracks and made it available as a separate EP, would Ke$ha be re-releasing her album this November with 8 new tracks and made it available as a separate EP?
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There's no point even debating it, GaGa began the trend and others will follow.
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Originally posted by Celestial
Reminds me of our PM.
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It's no secret that I rip you off all the time. Which is fitting, given the topic of conversation.
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Ke$ha talks to EW about upcoming album 'Cannibal'
That “good, positive music” launches with anthemic new single “We R Who We R,” which will go out to radio stations across the country today. Ke$ha penned the topical tune in the wake of the news about bullying that has led to multiple suicides of gay youth lately. She hopes that the song, in particular, will be a pride anthem. “I wanted to inspire people,” she says, “to be themselves. It’s a celebration of any sort of quirks or eccentricities.” Of the album as a whole, she adds: “It’s fun as s—! So I wanted to give [my fans] that.” Cannibal will feature nine tracks, including a remix of “Animal,” the title song from her first album. In addition to being sold individually, the album will be repackaged into a special deluxe edition with her first record to be called Animal + Cannibal. Look for more from Ke$ha about recording Cannibal in the issue of Entertainment Weekly that hits stands Oct. 29.
More here: http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/10/14/k...lbum-cannibal/
Animal gonna be the remixed song!
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We already knew that, but thanks for the second confirmation :P
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Lady GaGa has revolutionised pop music, and her rivals are taking advantage of that. GaGa came out in 2008 when the pop scene was rather dull, and the radio format was far weaker than it currently is. With her success, more stations switched to the pop format and other artists have reaped the rewards, most notably Ke$ha, but also Katy Perry. She recently had two Hot 100 airplay #1s, they used to be elusive for a white girl. GaGa's success didn't come overnight and she had to work hard for it, but she ultimately opened the door for her rivals in the process.
It's not surprising that Ke$ha is copying GaGa by releasing an 8-track EP, TFM was incredibly successful and it's far more cost effective to release an EP than an album. It also allows artists to release at more regular intervals, thus pleasing their fans.
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
It's no secret that I rip you off all the time. Which is fitting, given the topic of conversation.
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TBH, I've never noticed you doing so before.
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I'm not intending to diminish your argument but I'd just like to point out that Cannibal will have 8 new tracks and a remix of 'Animal', hence making it 9 tracks
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Originally posted by Celestial
TBH, I've never noticed you doing so before.
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Well some people know how to do it with tact.
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
If Lady Gaga hadn't successfully re-released her album last November with 8 new tracks and made it available as a separate EP, would Ke$ha be re-releasing her album this November with 8 new tracks and make it available as a separate EP?
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I didn't deny that one, I said that was more a label decision.
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Originally posted by Roman
I'm not intending to diminish your argument but I'd just like to point out that Cannibal will have 8 new tracks and a remix of 'Animal', hence making it 9 tracks
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Nobody was releasing EPs before TFM, but its success has made labels realise that it is ridiculous to spend up to two years recording an album when sales are constantly decreasing. New Artists generally tend to sell singles over albums, so releasing an EP is far more logical because it will allow them to continue to release new material, without the cost and time associated with making an album.
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Originally posted by Boniqua
I didn't deny that one, I said that was more a label decision.
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Well of course, when I say an artist's name you can assume I also mean their label.
Although Gaga had to fight with her label to release TFM instead of another single off of TF, so some artists manage to make their own decisions.
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