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Originally posted by kidfromurmemory
If the label knew what was best for her, we would have had her album in the fall of 2012 when there was still STRONG 212 hype.
Here we are 2 years later and still nothing.
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Originally posted by HERMES
If the label knew what was best for her, they wouldn't have overode her vision for her album singles and piggy-backed off of Pharrell success thinking ATM JAM would pop with her core fans or the GP. Label doesn't always know best. Especially with someone who already has their own vision.
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Yeah but they wouldn't have knocked back the material if it was good. It's not about releasing her music when she was 'hot' and relevant. It's about releasing the music when it sounds good and they can tell it will have success. I mean when she released 'Yung Rapunxel' she was so excited about it. She loved the song and was so proud of it. She was expecting it to do well and it did so badly. You couldn't understand what she was saying.
It's not always about respecting the artist's vision. Record labels know what's radio friendly. They know what people will buy. They know what will perform well on the charts. They know how to turn people into superstars.
Interscope knocked back ARTPOP multiple times, and requested that Gaga either went back to the studio to rewrite and reproduce some of the songs (as well as new ones) or she just release it as a mixtape, and she refused to because she didn't want to sacrifice her artistry or her artistic integrity, and look how that turned out. She should have listened to them.
I'm sick of this "Artist vs. Label" debate that goes on. They have common goals and mutual interests. The girls with the smoothest careers and the most chart success, like Katy and Rihanna, are the ones who get along well with their labels.