That’s why “ARTPOP,” her third studio album, which is set for release on Monday but already streaming online, is such a stunning and welcome reverse of course. It packs a punch precisely because its maker didn’t try so hard to do that. She’s still tethered to her outlandish image and to our expectations of her, but when she finally loosens her grip on this album, it’s a marvel to see what’s beneath those gaudy exteriors.
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It’s the kind of a blockbuster pop album that’s mainstream but kooky enough to make you realize just how bland her peers sound on their latest releases, from Katy Perry’s “Prism” to Miley Cyrus’s “Bangerz.” On the opening “Aura,” a spaghetti Western interlude gives way to a series of jittery beats that shift and contort like a lightning round of Tetris. Gaga rides the bumpy rhythm until she gets to ask, “Do you wanna see me naked, lover?. . ./ Do you wanna see the girl who lives behind the aura?”
alternative independent artists dedicated in producing exceptional pieces of art
have a hard time being accepted by 85% of the conformist general public. that's why their chart positions
are notoriously low.
t’s the kind of a blockbuster pop album that’s mainstream but kooky enough to make you realize just how bland her peers sound on their latest releases, from Katy Perry’s “Prism” to Miley Cyrus’s “Bangerz.”
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