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It’s Official: Lady Gaga’s New Song Featuring R. Kelly Is The Best Thing
“Do What U Want” is sexy, fun, and kind of impossible not to body roll to. It’s also kind of refreshingly — dare we say it? — normal. In a good way.
When Lady Gaga unveiled the cover art for “Do What U Want” a few days ago, we knew we were in store for something EPIC.
Popjustice
I pronounce the new Lady Gaga/R Kelly single EXTREMELY GOOD.
Slant Magazine
The track, which features a verse from R. Kelly, is a measured electro banger that smartly doubles as a love song and finds Gaga doing her best impression of Christina Aguilera as she instructs detractors and/or a lover: "You can't have my heart/And you won't use my mind/But do what you want with my body."
Pretty Music Amazing
Look at that cover art. It’s certainly enough to make you taste bile, yet… we can’t make ourselves hate Lady Gaga and R. Kelly’s new single “Do What U Want.” We can’t deny we love the song’s Chromatics-like percolating synth lines or it’s bubbly New Wave-indebted melody. And we definitely cannot help but be totally on board when Kelz belts out at the top of his lungs: We taking these haters and we roughin’ them up. We layin’ the cut like we don’t give a fuuuuuuuck! Because, really, how many ****s should R. Kelly and Lady Gaga give? None. The answer is none.
MuuMuse
LADY GAGA MAKES MORE AMAZING ‘ARTPOP’ WITH “DO WHAT U WANT (FEAT. R. KELLY)”
“Do What U Want” is, as the kids say, a serious “bop.” Along with “Applause” and the rest of the songs previewed at the iTunes Festival, ARTPOP is seriously shaping up to be one of the top pop records of the year. Kudos, Gagaloo — you can Do What U Want with my bodeh.
MSStarsNews
Musically, the song blends together an energetic, driving throwback beat. It's hard to pin down the direct decade of influence, making "Do What U Want" feel timeless. There's the deep synth beat from the '80s, the funky R&B vocalizations from the '90s and the classic disco dance feel from the '70s.
The Daily Beast
The pop startist strikes again.
The remarkable success of “Do What U Want,” is its self-assured straightforwardness. It’s got an earworm of a chorus that will make it a radio hit, and a driving, danceable beat throughout, the resistance to which is futile. It’s not selling itself as high art—or at least as any higher art than pop music.
Billboard
Produced by Paul “DJ White Shadow” Blair and Gaga, the radio-friendly track is accompanied with a pop du jour piece of artwork – a butt-in-a-thong snap, presumably belonging to the Mother Monster herself. Gaga is in good form as she channels the throaty, sassy vocals of Christina Aguilera.
can she open with 200k ww?
