She does take risks, she's just smart enough to know when a risk wouldn't pay off. Obviously releasing an album like ARTPOP wouldn't pay off (the risk here being releasing a mediocre album in hopes her star power is still strong enough to sell it, which didn't pay off for Gaga).
And I don't really get some of the comments here. ARTPOP wasn't risky or revolutionary. It was Gaga's attempt at jumping on the EDM bandwagon, getting producers like Zedd and Madeon on board, however combined with her odd lyricism it wasn't a good match and it was, to be honest, a little dated upon arrival anyway (especially since many of the album's instrumentals were recycled - and not Dr. Luke's version of recycling, literally stripped instrumentals from tracks from many years ago - which left the innovation out of the record) and was all wrapped up in a tacky concept that didn't resonate with the GP (ART meats POP in a reverse Warholian experience or something similar).
All in all, I'm sure Katy will not have her 'ARTPOP era' as she's pretty good at making the right decisions of what to change and when.
Not saying ARTPOP is revolutionary or anything, but it does have some songs that are quite "out there" and that's something Katy's team would never let her do. I don't think Katy will ever face the type of backlash Gaga faced simply because a) people don't care enough and b) she doesn't piss people off because she plays it safe. If backlash does occur, it'll probably just be because of underperforming singles and it'll only last for a little while without it becoming a huge fuss. Katy's fine as long as she continues following trends.
Yeah. Write what you want, say what you want bout Gaga () but I doubt another popstar would ever try releasing a song like Swine
idk if Katy's "ARTPOP" is coming, but I feel she either needs to change up her game or she will go on this way and have so-so results. You can't try the same trick forever.
Let me educate you a biT. Just because something flops, doesn't make it risky. Artpop is a generic pop album which she made keeping radio in mind and that's exactly what she admitted in an interview. It's not our fault that she doesn't know anymore what sounds radio-friendly and what doesn't.
I'm 22. And I didn't write that. I simply agreed with it by posting a picture implying Sam Jay was "spilling the tea." By the way, he's a Gaga stan.
But let me take the question you're asking and answer it anyway using the song you have written in your signature, Swine. An example of what Sam Jay said, that "many of the album's instrumentals were recycled - and not Dr. Luke's version of recycling, literally stripped instrumentals from tracks from many years ago" is a sound effect that can be heard at 3:50 in Swine. That's one of Nicky Romero's signature sounds, that can be heard at 0:46 of Nicky Romero's 'Toulouse.'
What Sam Jay said was true. Nothing on ARTPOP was innovative. And if you were a true EDM fan who went to EDM festivals, you would know this. I go to Future Music Festival and Stereosonic every year. And ARTPOP wasn't anything new as many of her fans would like to believe, probably because not many of them are heavily into EDM.
It was designed to be radio-friendly. She's said this herself. And then when its singles didn't perform well, everyone said "oh it was too experimental, the GP just don't have good taste and it was too risky." It wasn't risky or experimental at all. It just wasn't current.
In 2013, mixed-beat RnB and disco made a return, like Blurred Lines and Get Lucky. Pop never left, like Roar. And then there was also the emergence of saxophone-lead RnB pop, Thrift Shop, Talk Dirty, Problem, Wiggle. Gaga kept beating the dead horse of EDM, which actually could have been fine if it was melodic EDM, like We Found Love, Wake Me Up, Die Young, Sweet Nothing, etc. But it wasn't. It was just thumping, pumping, banging noise. Most of which Zedd and Madeon were recycling from their own, better material.
I'm 22. And I didn't write that. I simply agreed with it by posting a picture implying Sam Jay was "spilling the tea." By the way, he's a Gaga stan.
But let me take the question you're asking and answer it anyway using the song you have written in your signature, Swine. An example of what Sam Jay said, that "many of the album's instrumentals were recycled - and not Dr. Luke's version of recycling, literally stripped instrumentals from tracks from many years ago" is a sound effect that can be heard at 3:50 in Swine. That's one of Nicky Romero's signature sounds, that can be heard at 0:46 of Nicky Romero's 'Toulouse.'
What Sam Jay said was true. Nothing on ARTPOP was innovative. And if you were a true EDM fan who went to EDM festivals, you would know this. I go to Future Music Festival and Stereosonic every year. And ARTPOP wasn't anything new as many of her fans would like to believe, probably because not many of them are heavily into EDM.
It was designed to be radio-friendly. She's said this herself. And then when its singles didn't perform well, everyone said "oh it was too experimental, the GP just don't have good taste and it was too risky." It wasn't risky or experimental at all. It just wasn't current.
In 2013, mixed-beat RnB and disco made a return, like Blurred Lines and Get Lucky. Pop never left, like Roar. And then there was also the emergence of saxophone-lead RnB pop, Thrift Shop, Talk Dirty, Problem, Wiggle. Gaga kept beating the dead horse of EDM, which actually could have been fine if it was melodic EDM, like We Found Love, Wake Me Up, Die Young, Sweet Nothing, etc. But it wasn't. It was just thumping, pumping, banging noise. Most of which Zedd and Madeon were recycling from their own, better material.
Let me educate you a biT. Just because something flops, doesn't make it risky. Artpop is a generic pop album which she made keeping radio in mind and that's exactly what she admitted in an interview. It's not our fault that she doesn't know anymore what sounds radio-friendly and what doesn't.
Her next album will be her ARTPOP if she doesn't take any risks.
Notice how Dark Horse, the most distinctive single she has ever released, was a monster? Roar obviously did very well too, but that was her lead single. Uncle and Birthday are the same old same old and had mediocre performance. TIHWD is also same old same old, but in a really terrible way, and it's likely going to bomb.
If she delivers TD Part III for her next era, I don't think she will too well. People grow tired of the same music and image. Luckily Katy and her team are probably smart enough to realize that and will do what needs to be done.
Much in the same way that Gaga is now putting all her energy into C2C and she said ARTPOP is the "end of the beginning of my career." She knows it's time to change.
It's kind of funny, really, because Gaga and Katy actually did the same thing this era. They both had the chance to come back with totally different albums/sounds/images, but instead they both chose to push their image harder than ever before.
Gaga went noisier and more pretentious and up her own ass, and Katy went more into her own repetitive Luke/Bonnie sound and playful music videos. And both girls suffered for not knowing when to shake it up
