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As much as I love the song, BTW. Even though the message was a positive one, it catered more towards the LGBT community, isolating her other, non hardcore fans, obviously not entirely but to a large extent. Look at the music video for the song as well, like it took a lot of thought and understanding to grasp it's message while at the same time it was just weird. Then Judas, of course. Had she released a poppier second single she probably would have been fine, but that song is just off-putting and doesn't and never did fit well on radio. Pair that with the string of off-putting/hard to understand videos, and you've got a formula to isolate a great deal of fans, along with a majority of the GP. Even my sister, someone who isn't into pop music whatsoever, but enjoyed GaGa back in the day, said she can't stand her anymore because she's "too weird" and "none of her music is catchy."
Overall, her downfall was caused by non-radio friendly songs, complicated lyrics that at times were borderline strange, and music videos that were off putting/weird to the point of trying to hard on her end.
This is all coming from a stan, so I'm being totally real right now.
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