No, this album made me fall out of love with her.
Ever since my 4th/5th year at high school, I was obsessed with Gaga. I remember hearing Just Dance for the first time on the radio on my way to my work placement via school (I even remember thinking it was Christina
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I was hyped for ARTPOP, I was so, so, so excited. But the album is awful. I honestly don't believe any Monster who says it's good. It's a compete mess, as was the era but that could be down to the management issue.
At the time, I think Gaga thought she was indestructible and she could release any old garbage and people would still love it. Obviously she was wrong as she was overshadowed by Katy & Miley and she received significant media backlash.
In a way, I guess I am sort of glad it happened, I feel like it humbled her. But also, it's obvious she was in a bad place, personally, when she made the album, so maybe she did genuinely think songs like Swine, Dope and Donatella are good. Who knows.
Overall, no I'm not glad it happened, I bought the album and i won't be buying LG5 simply because I want to even out the money I spent on her.
I think she'll be delivering quality material with LG5. I still like her, of course, but ARTPOP made me fall out of love with her.