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Goodness gracious. Who has time for this?
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Originally posted by MissedTheTrain
And I find it kind of ridiculous that some of you are saying "Pop artists obviously care if they promote, they're lying if they say they don't".
Kelly is my fave and she has said plenty of times that she doesn't care about the charts...of course she'd love everything she releases to be successful, everybody wants that, but that isn't a main concern. It's pointless stressing over that because it isn't in your control, what's in your control is making the best music you can make. Kelly still does the typical promo routine for her music because 1, she enjoys being busy working her music and 2, she has a label/team that needs her to. Part of that is written in contracts.
Since this thread is obviously aimed at Gaga, I'll bring her up. She's had a whirlwind of a career, her first 3 releases were huge and she was nonstop, working herself past her physical limits. She never had a chance to process things, evaluate her career, and sort her priorities for what's important. Her massive success set people's expectations for her way too high. When she released ARTPOP and it didn't meet people's expectations for success, she got a lot of over the top backlash aimed at her. She never really had something like that happen and probably didn't really know how to react. While the main source of her depression she fell into after releasing that album was because of behind the scenes drama (her manager and other people in her team abandoning her and her feeling betrayed, realizing they only cared about her for money), people turning against her and giving her backlash for underperforming I'm sure did get to her. Even though she said she didn't at the time, I do think she cared...who wouldn't? Who wouldn't be upset after dealing with something like that? She was being rushed to release new music and get back out there, and released something half baked.
She finally took time away from Pop and with Cheek to Cheek, it was extremely therapeutic for her. Spending time performing with classics with a renowned artist, working hard on performances like the Sound of Music tribute and releasing a song with an important message like Til It Happens To You... she fell back in love with music and remembered why she got into it in the first place. She spent more time with her family and realized what's important in life. Making this upcoming album, she just spent time working with musicians she gelled really well with and went back to her old ways of creating from the ground up...not getting tracks sent to her to write to. That's why this time around, I truly believe she isn't as worried about the charts anymore. Of course she'd love her music to be successful, and will try to give it the exposure she wants it to...she worked hard on it and is proud of it. But she isn't making that a main concern anymore because it's pointless to put too much of your worry in something so meaningless. She's been there, and saw how it affected her, and then took time to realize what's important.
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#justiceforlovemyself 
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