I will agree that the long-windedness has killed a lot of things this era. Like...Marry the Night video, for example. Great story, sure. Great cinematography even. Could have been so much stronger as a pop video, though. I know she [supposedly] isn't bothered by chart positions, and I wouldn't be either, but that doesn't mean she has to be as out-there as possible at all times. The use of her polarizing skills was most effective during the Fame/Monster era because she was still appealing to the mainstream somewhat. Now it's just...like, even when she has a perfectly acceptable and accessible song, she's going to try and do something to make it deeper than it really has to be.
Cuz she promised the best album of all time. She thought the singles were going to be massive & her lable got to cocky. Some of her videos have been subpar in comarison to her last work & she's no longer doing material the general pop buying audience wants to hear.
There's no such thing as Gaga hate. If you guys weren't as delusional as to think that Madonna can't be successful because we live in a "Gaga-dominated world", no one would have anything bad to say about her. She's doing great now of course because she's living her peak, but she still has a lot to prove so y'all should respect legends that have been here longer than her and have achieved more things than her during their careers.