I see it a lot with Madonna stans (not you) nowadays... they're always saying stuff like "the Queen's gonna be back next year, she's coming to put Gaga in her place!" It's too defensive. Madonna doesn't need to put Gaga anywhere, to me Madonna needs to deliver a ****ing good album and that's it.
They're starting to hate Gaga more than love Madonna.
I agree with every single thing you said. Madge's new album will be successful as long as she delivers good music.
And the hating on Gaga is just getting ridiculous imo.