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Indiewire PRAISES 'Power Bottom Anthem' G.U.Y
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(...) The release of this third single (whose initialed title stands for ‘Girl Under You’) happens at a moment where it is hard not to perceive Gaga’s brand of fizzy electronica and larger-than-life theatricality as pretty superfluous to the current pop climate.
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As stated by the singer, the short film is basically an extended metaphor for the turbulent past year of her life. It is given two intros that showcase abridged versions of the title track and the loopy Venus. The former, depicting the diva as a fallen archangel surrounded by men in suits battling each other as heaps of green bills float around, illustrates periods of career struggle such as when a hip injury forced Gaga to cancel remaining Born This Way Ball tour dates, and later when she cut ties with a sizeable portion of her management team, letting go of those Judases who could only back her up during the most lucrative of days. The latter is a Felliniesque/Juliet of the Spirits garden party 60s extravaganza symbolizing her time of convalescence and reinvigoration, when her new real-life boyfriend sexually reawakened her and she relearned how to take some time off for herself, namely by watching Bravo (Andy Cohen of the network cameos as God’s face in the clouds, because why the **** not).
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And so begins the portion of the so-called ‘power bottom anthem’ G.U.Y. (...) Gaga’s discourse, if not particularly well-documented, is a most unusual topic to be brought forward by the lyrics of a dance-pop single. ‘‘I’m gonna wear the tie / The power to leave you / I’m aiming for full control of this love’’ she sings, the camera gliding around her skinny yet shapely figure at the center of K-Pop sets populated by her troupe, and the straight viewer salivates over her ****-hot physique while the homos scan every frame for every ****ing fabulous bit of avant-garde fashion.
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‘‘I don’t need to be on top / To know I’m wanted / ‘Cause I’m strong enough to know the truth’’ is a line which, seen through the lens of Gaga’s manifesto for willing submissiveness in a relationship, is sung so defiantly it can’t help but sound persuasive despite being so divisive by nature. It would be all the more interesting to read it as emblematic of the current state of the superstar’s career, which during the ARTPOP era has witnessed her shrink from ‘only real pop star around’ status (quoting Pitchfork!) to just another quirky big-budget act on the side. But G.U.Y. is a great return to form for being so damn compelling as it declares that even though Lady Gaga might now occupy far less space than she did during her phenomenal entry within the pop sphere, she remains unbothered knowing she is in full control of her relationship to the public.''
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http://blogs.indiewire.com/bent/lady...m-guy-20140323
Get that hipster acclaim.
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