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Originally posted by UnusualBoy
She a fool by not releasing the Christmas anthem aka Come To Mama, she would've been over 1 milli already.
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I'm gonna be called corny for this, but at this point I totally think Gaga + team ought to go for releasing singles that have significance - not solely the ones that they think will rip up the charts. Gaga's still
really good at whipping up media attention and attaching herself to movements and narratives. Consider
'Til It Happens To You' - that wasn't a chart hit but was still by all means an acclaimed career success, it had high profile performances where tonnes of people were praising her, and whipped up interest from blogs and media and such (which IMO is far more exciting than a number on a list). Of course, it also won multiple awards and titles.
I feel like her team could see great success if they started applying a similar method to album promotion and singles too. Why not release
''Come To Mama' before a highly-covered election and divisive time for all? It sounds somewhat like a Phil Spector holiday track too. Or in the face of likely social unrest culminating in more tragic events in the future, why not try to get
'Angel Down' out there? The worry about radio not supporting her is somewhat unfounded these days, when it's not as if they stick behind her a whole heap anyway. It feels like they're constantly trying to reduce her to "it wasn't love" club tracks and somber pop ballads. Of course, that's the status quo and generally what you're supposed to do with singles - but why not go against the grain? Chart success won't really keep her "in" at the moment I don't think, it's respect that they ought to be seeking.
Of course it's important to note that it's difficult to articulate this in the context of Joanne, where the social / thought-provoking / currently-applicable songs are all ballads or mid tempos and such. I'm still 100% behind fun, dance tracks like
'A-YO' and
'John Wayne'. It just so happens that on this album they're distinctly separated. The two often collide in her other albums, particularly with Born This Way.
its so beautiful 