[Boop]

Originally posted by Almighty Gaga

just like they suddenly disliked Applause because it didn't smash.

Why am I not surprised

To suddenly liking it again once it passed 100M on radio.

[Monster]

Originally posted by BORNTOSLAY

Sometimes you need to take off your stan glasses. The album is getting these reviews not becuase they hate her, is just because simply the album is not that good and it has some of her worst lyrics ever. TFM is still her best album, BTW with all the fillers has one of her best songs, and The Fame has the hits and the fun but daring pop music. ARTPOP lacks something and its quality is not on pair with Gaga's prior work, just that simply. I said it and don't ****ing regret one bit.

Mods, get ha.

Anyway, I'm chilling til all the reviews come in. The score so far fits in with my original prediction tho.

[ToniGaga96]

Originally posted by Retro

ARTPOP lyrically worse than the lows of BTW? Lmao never.

My mama told me when I was young
We are all born superstars
She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on
In the glass of her boudoir

I just want to be free, I just want to be me
And I want lots of friends that invite me to their parties
Don't want to change and I don't want to be ashamed

Amen, on the runway
Dressed in his best
Amen fashion, on the runway
Work it, black Jesus

I'm gonna be his first and last kiss,
'Cause honey I was born to be his
I was made for loving him
The fashion of his love


IKR

[J a y]

I don't care about Metacritic, as long as I like it.



It's just fun to see what "experts" think, I guess.

[z10]

Tiny MixTapes better not be making an appearance this time bc

[Bribe]

ARTPOP is Gaga's best album in my opinion. I'm not really surprised by the reviews though. It's an edm/dance album with lyrics mostly about sex and drugs. Critics tend not to like that kind of stuff.

[Boop]

Originally posted by Bad Kid.

Tiny MixTapes better not be making an appearance this time bc

They're ready with that -30

[ToniGaga96]

Originally posted by Boop

They're ready with that -30

i'm i'm i'm i'm i'm i'm i'm ready for the meltdowns.

[Harajuku]

Watch it perch at 69 in the end.

[dreeam]

Originally posted by Rama

Now suddenly the album is bad. This fanbase I swear...

God, ikr? I feel like I'm always in a cycle: staning for Gaga because I love her music and then getting away from everything 'cause this fanbase is the pits.

[BORNTOSLAY]

Originally posted by Retro

ARTPOP lyrically worse than the lows of BTW? Lmao never.

Yes.

Walk down the runway but don’t puke (it’s okay)
You just had a salad today, Boulangerie
Just ask your gay friend's their advice, before you
Get a spray tan on holiday, in Taipei

Worst than anything on BTW.

[geo]

Deserves 70+ but oh well. It's still my favourite album of hers and nothing will change that, I don't know why fans are treating 8 people as the be all and end all.

Not people suddenly saying the album is bad because it "only" has a 67 It's still classed as "generally favorable reviews".

[Rama]

I understand some of y'all are still affected by the drag fest we were victims of when Applause underperformed, but coming in here with your shady gifs trying to shade Gaga, when you just got your life restored with this flawless album is not working.

[Almighty Gaga]

Originally posted by Boop

To suddenly liking it again once it passed 100M on radio.

inb4 they like the album again once the next review is positive

[mariska]

Originally posted by BORNTOSLAY

Yes.

Walk down the runway but don’t puke (it’s okay)
You just had a salad today, Boulangerie
Just ask your gay friend's their advice, before you
Get a spray tan on holiday, in Taipei

Worst than anything on BTW.

Difference is these lyrics aren't meant to be taken seriously. Hair was a genuine attempt to empower that used a cheesy metaphor. Donatella is pure tongue in cheek camp. If you're taking it seriously, you're doing it wrong. The point is to be shallow.

[Gee]

Originally posted by BORNTOSLAY

Yes.

Walk down the runway but don’t puke (it’s okay)
You just had a salad today, Boulangerie
Just ask your gay friend's their advice, before you
Get a spray tan on holiday, in Taipei

Worst than anything on BTW.

Bad Kids and The Queen must have been left off your edition of Born This Way.

[Vespertine]

The thing that really bothers me about the more negative reviews is that they spend half the article talking about TF --> TF(M) --> BTW "peak and decline", the tour being cut short (and one of the reviews even just says "the tour was cancelled" which is totally misleading), things Gaga has said, etc. It leaves me unsure if they're reviewing ARTPOP/the music, or Gaga as a celebrity.

[J a y]

Originally posted by dreeam

I feel like I'm always in a cycle: stanning for Gaga because I love her music and then getting away from everything 'cause this fanbase is the pits.

I feel so close to you right now.

[HausOfA-M]

As long as it stays in the 65-70 area, it is good for a pop album. At least 15-20 more reviews are going to be added, so everything could change (though the score usually goes down with time). ****, anything above 60 is quite good for a mainstream release, especially when it is put under such scrutiny like it happens when you are an extremely polarizing figure. Born This Way was overall a better album with lower lows but a lot of brilliant highs compared to ARTPOP, which is consistently good bar a couple of fillers but just occasionally brilliant, so it is only fair that it got a better score + lots of mentions in year-end lists.

[J a y]

Originally posted by Bad Kid.

Tiny MixTapes better not be making an appearance this time bc

Hopefully, it's 'so bad' that they can't get passed Aura and give up on reviewing it.