Ugh, when it comes to pop music, absolutely no one except fans care about lyrics.
Ofcourse the concept of a song is important, but if the chorus has normal lyrics (like Applause), nobody will care about the lyrics in the verses.
Ugh, when it comes to pop music, absolutely no one except fans care about lyrics.
Ofcourse the concept of a song is important, but if the chorus has normal lyrics (like Applause), nobody will care about the lyrics in the verses.
Gaga is far from struggling and the song just doesn't appeal to a wide demographic of people. Hence why it kinda under performed, damn how many threads are we gonna discuss this song. Expect the typical the song is a flop and on one is hear for Gaga etc... in this thread
I'm well aware of the chart positions and the song is by no means a flop. It just isn't performing like everyone predicted it would, and I want to know if anyone thinks it's because of the lyrics, as I do.
Don't come for me.
Maybe she thought she got too deep with Born This Way and has to dumb things down a bit more.
Keep in mind that visually, she has a lot going on. You don't want to overwhelm the GP with complicated lyrics and complicated video, that might put them off...
... but that doesn't explain why it was doing poorly at the beginning.
... maybe this genre of music is just over? Someone said earlier in this thread that this isn't really different than what she's done before, and I have to agree. It's just your standard dance music + ridiculous/artistic video combo that we've been seeing from her since 2009.