Did Madonna do the ticket bundling WW, or was it just in the states? Either way Madonna did better than most of the pop girls today without the bundle sales attached
I'd love to make some messy Gaga threads Right Now but combining members' names with tragic, high-profile gay murders got me a LOT of points so I cannot afford it.
I feel for Mr. Iovine. Interscope will have a difficult time reigning in Gaga's uncontrollable ego. I highly doubt she'll emerge from ARTPOP having learned anything about marketability, and it doesn't seem likely that she'll be willing to adapt her schtick in order to boost her likability. So what can be done with her? She's committed to this preposterous persona, and somehow she's convinced herself that, regardless of how convoluted the act becomes, the theatrics, recycled motifs of art and fame, and pseudo-intellectualism will continue to amuse her audience. But, as we're seeing now, that won't always work. How quickly will she buckle to her label's demands for the Gaga equivalent of a Femme Fatale? How much of a delay for her next album will be caused by stubbornness and label drama? There's no way she'll have the sort of control she's currently enjoying over any future projects.
