I KNEW Gaga was forced to release Applause and put it on the album, her SXSW comment about it is the final receipt I needed
If it had been up to her Aura would have been the lead, she probably leaked it thinking overwhelming fan enthusiasm and support would convince Interscope to release it
I thought we already knew Applause wasn't even going to be on the album initially.
1 Will RED be Taylor's last multi-platinum album in the US?
With all the backlash she has received, is it safe to say that RED will be her last commercially successful album in her major market, the US?
She said (paraphrasing) "now I will play this song because they told me I really had to".
Quote:
Norris: The show was also primarily Artpop. Was ‘Bad Romance’ the only non Artpop track last night?
Gaga: Yes it was.
Norris: You weren’t really that into doing ‘Applause’ last night?
Gaga: I did want to do ‘Applause’ … Moreso the idea I wanted to really create show that was really perfect for Austin. We thought that it would be good to close with ‘Applause’ but I really wanted to close with ‘Gypsy’, so I was really just making a crack so my team would start laughing.
Norris: ‘Gypsy’ could not have been a better choice. There was also an inspirational tone to your show. A couple times you mentioned the albatross that is Twitter. I was happy you said that, but ‘Gypsy’ has just got an inspirational quality and I hope that as time goes on the song gets more attention. I know that when the record first came out you did a few performances, a VEVO thing. Most of the tracks had been heard as the album came out, already. Hopefully there will be a video for ‘Gypsy’ at some point.
Weird.