So sweet that there is someone out there taking care of her.
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Originally posted by Misanthrope
As far as saying something shes done is "artistic" I think on one hand you can't neatly define what constitutes calling something art. But on the other hand, I would never personally say anything shes done is artistically all that substantial. I do however think she herself is an artistic and creative person, I think she has the capacity to make something truly eccentric if she allowed herself the freedom to but post Fame+Monster she forces herself to stay in this limbo between being completely and shamelessly commercial while simultaneously trying to give everyone drops of her eccentricities. Which doesn't always translate and people have responded to that disconnect. She doesn't own one or the other, she tries to straddle them both and I think thats part of why ARTPOP was such a mixed bag and why The Fame+Monster was so successful. Because in The Fame+Monster days she really owned being a pop star and making commercial pop music, whereas Born This Way and ARTPOP both tried to focus in on her balancing act between eccentric and commercial of which she never mastered or seemed to truly understand herself in the first place. In listening to and reviewing ARTPOP thats all you can end up thinking about, instead of being able to listen to it as the fun pop album it actually is you find yourself criticizing it for not being daring. Which ultimately is her bad. Its a pretty good pop record that was sold by herself as something that it wasn't. Its other downfall though is how self conscious it is in that some of its content and marketing (Lady Gaga Is Over promo video, her VMA performance) focuses too much on what she was or what shes perceived as instead of lviing in the present and trying to evoke something new for people to gain different perspectives. Instead she tries to tell people what she is (an artist) and show them that what they think of her is affecting her. To me that strategy is not very effective.
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That's brilliant.
You can't have everything. More talent is balanced with less business understanding, less strategizing ability, not able to focus, setting herself up for the fall, chasing fallacies,... Unless you accept help of people, takes time to understand the reason behind the suggestions, is willing to admit that your idea/choice isn't always to best and is willing to learn from them. However don't forget that there will be individuals giving worthless contributions by trying to kiss your ass and say yes to everything.