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Originally posted by Ramcoro
Yes, I read the OP. :rollseyes:
Just because an action was always done is not in itself an excuse for said action.
I still stand by my point it's too early to start defending (or even attacking) this album. All Gaga said is that Warhol has influenced, that is so incredibly vague. She can take that in so many different directions.
Before you reply "that's not the point..." I understand you aren't actually making any assumption of the sound of the album. But your whole post focussed around pretentiousness, which we don't know yet.
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The post was written as a reaction to people categorically stating "there is no concept" and "this shows she's out of ideas." Well, there is a concept, here's one possible one. On the flip side, many people were saying, "Warhol? How dare she think she's good enough to reference Warhol!" Well, she's always referenced Warhol, here are some examples.
That's what the post was. I wasn't defending or attacking the album title or even the concept; I was just saying, you can't definitively state "there is no meaning behind ARTPOP," just that you don't know it, and you can't say "Referencing Warhol means she's super-pretentious now," because she's always been 'pretentious' and has always referenced Warhol.
That's all I was saying.