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Originally posted by H-I-M
It's Gaga's newest video in 2 years, that alone should make up for the difference in success, and yet Roar surpassed Applause's views after a week.
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Well, there is the fact that she was gone, and she had left with three consecutive duds for videos that failed to garner enough attention to pass 100M views, while Katy had been gone for less time, and had a streak of eight successes. Naturally, Katy would be more poised for success, no?
Gaga really needed to deliver something great that could appeal to the general populace to make up for that. While Applause is commercial in its instrumental, it's largely inaccessible in its lyricism. Which makes it hard for it to be really marketable.
In the end, Applause is a successful single in its own right. It's just not what she needed for a healthy comeback.