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Originally posted by AnotherGagaFan
I'm not saying that that's the particular reason why she's going to fail. I'm saying that's a good example of why she will fail. She could easily make a choice that she knows will help her, but mysteriously decides not to. After a while, all of these horrible decisions are going to pile up and ruin her career.
She tries so hard to be different with her decisions. It's not even different anymore, it's just plain illogical.
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Yeah, you're right.
Her decisions to make videos like Bad Romance and Alejandro that enrage the public and make everyone hate her are stupid. Her decisions to constantly maintain a stream of publicity, good and bad, which make her the mandatory mention in every news article because of the web traffic she generates are stupid. Her decision to release Born This Way first, even as we now see that it's likely going to be the most successful song from the album was stupid. Her decision to make the album less accessible to the public but instantly more memorable upon the first spin than her competition's after a thousand spins is a bad decision.
Whether she says it or not, I am quite sure she, upon entering the music industry, wanted nothing less than to become an icon of a magnitude the world has rarely seen. I'm quite sure she wants to be bigger than a few pop hits. I'm not even sure she wants to be remembered for one or two huge hits like Bad Romance or Born This Way. She is a relentless assault on all of pop culture, pissing people off with legions of followers close behind, distorting everyone's ideas of what pop music is and what she plans to do.
She pulls random **** all the time (Calderone) and it's going to become tiresome to criticize and resent every string of actions she takes that might or might not be detrimental to her commercial success in the long-run. She vaguely reminds me of a James Joyce quote, which I can only paraphrase as I don't really know it. Anyways, he said something along the lines of: "I ask nothing more than for people to spend their entire lives studying what I do." She is a maelstrom of artistic ambition and it's just too hard to tell if her actions are in her best interest at the moment or not. Who is to say that a decision that would bring her immediate commercial success and public approval in the present would be beneficial in the long haul? It certainly never phased a Madonna or a David Bowie during their prime.
Completely agreed. It would be a great single with a stronger chorus. Such a shame because the verses and the middle 8 are incredible. I wish she'd just let RedOne compose the chorus for that one 
