When she started getting too ****ing messy. I mean, "Paparazzi" was great and then "Bad Romance" wasn't THAAAAAAT out there but after that she lost me.
Still like her tho, I just think that was her downfall.
Alienating many of her fans before she established a bigger loyal following. There was another way to show support to the gay community. Her approach was not the best for her career.
After The Fame era she kept wanting the worst singles (Judas and Venus) to be the lead singles. She doesn't understand what a first single should be like. She is trying to be herself through the veil of a pop star and it's not working. She needs to find out what makes her progress as a person and translate that onto her music. TBH her downfall started with TFM. No one was here for Bad Romance. It was riding off of her success with TF. Artpop would have done well for the The Fame fans if it wasn't for BTW. She also needs to figure out who she wants to translate her music to.
Yes, choosing to spread that message might have hurt her career a little bit, but I really think that it was so worth it.
After the Monster Ball, Gaga was the most influential pop star at the moment and at the peak of her career, she had all eyes watching and waiting for her next move.
What does she do with this power? she gives back to her fans, and spreads messages of self-love and empowerment. the Born This Way album might have damaged her career, but it gave millions of people hope and positively impacted so many peoples' lives.
Releasing Born This Way taught many people to love themselves during times in which it was hard for them, it gave people a reason to keep dancing even when it felt like their world was crumbling.
Born This Way showed Gaga's IMPORTANCE.
Gaga's biggest mistake was prematurely releasing the ARTPOP album before completing the app and at least having a plan mapped out for her artistic visions she was hyping.
When she started getting too ****ing messy. I mean, "Paparazzi" was great and then "Bad Romance" wasn't THAAAAAAT out there but after that she lost me.
Still like her tho, I just think that was her downfall.
Sis everyone loved Bad Romance It wasn't getting messy until after TFM which is when GP lost interest
I don't think Born This Way itself was a bad idea but I think the whole era could have been executed a lot better. I think it's very respectable and admirable that she chose to promote that message at the absolute peak of her career. She was the most powerful celebrity on the planet at the time so the message would have reached more people then instead of at a later point in her career.
However, she should have toned down her image for the Born This Way era so that it didn't distract from the message. I don't get why she paired such dark imagery with such a positive message. The egg, the horns, the teal pubes, and the religious stuff all distracted from the core message of the album.
After the Meat Dress and Alejandro video, people were obviously getting tired of the shock tactics. Born This Way was the best time for Gaga to show her authenticity by toning down her image. People would have praised her for doing so. Now if she tries to tone it down, I'm sure the media will call it boring or say that she toned it down for the sake of commercial success.
Starts with Alejandro.
She changed her image into a gay icon, made people think that listen her songs is gay.
She should just release DITD as 3rd single for TFM era.
Second comes with Judas, a Bad Romance copy song and no one is here for the lyrics and sound like that.
After Judas, everything were messed.
I think you guys need to know how her image destroyed her career.
I'm working in a huge CD store in my country and I play her songs sometimes.
So many people came to me and ask what song is playing now, and I showed them the CD (BTW or ARTPOP)
And they're reaction were both like: Oh... Lady Gaga...
Her music is good, but if her image couldn't change, I think she'll never loved by GP again.