Billboard: the do's and don'ts for LG5

[ViviLittleM 3]

@jasonlipshutz: I wrote about the do's and don'ts of @LadyGaga's next album: http://t.co/kUlR8LowAg

[Travis 543]

Just came to post this :deadbanana: Let me go read it...

[Didymus 32,745]

Summary:

DO nod to your Cheek To Cheek success

DON’T record a new duet with Tony Bennett for your album

DO record some sort of triumphant love song

DON’T feel the need to make another 15-song opus

DO duet with another R&B artist

DON’T rely on shock value

DO work with new co-writers

DON’T follow current pop trends

DO record “Telephone Part II

DON’T worry about commercial performance

DO showcase your voice

DON’T overcomplicate your rollout

[The Child 18,994]

F U C K THEM ! 

She just only posted "LG5 TIME" and they are already feeling the need to pressure her to make this and to not make this.

Last time I checked, it was HER album, she can & will do whatever she wants.

[Dodo 313]

The album is still fetal and people are already telling her what to do

welp

[Red 87,453]

I was ready to tell them to **** off but they made some valid points tbh. Specially "don't worry about sales" (which is a very odd advise coming from a Billboard article on how she can sell more) 

[Cocaine Heart 4,768]

Good ****ing bye 

 

[Born To Slay 10,996]

I hate it when people tell Gaga to shorten her albums. I think a 20 track album would be great if she has 20 masterpieces.

[Ursula Buffay 73]

She doesn't need a DO's and DON'Ts list. Stay in your motherfücking lane Billboard, sit down before you get sat down hoes.

[AM98GJ 3,086]

"Tony Bennett as a guest on a dance single" 

[Giorno Giovanna 3,178]

If she did the album this way I'll probably love it, sounds good and promising to me

esp. the love song part....tho it is up to Gaga what she wanna do , she might deliver the complete opposite to us, cause those things in the list are kind of expected or the edm route a la her former albums.

[Torsoface 3,262]

They told no lies tbh 

[Spock 20,290]

"With some smart creative choices and a focused presentation, Gaga can return to the impenetrable turn-of-the-decade reign."

Come through Queen

[The Child 18,994]

I agree with this:

DON’T feel the need to make another 15-song opus. The Fame Monster, arguably Lady Gaga’s most critically acclaimed album release, only had eight new songs featured on its track list, as a deluxe reissue of her Fame full-length. Still, Gaga made those eight songs — including “Bad Romance,” “Telephone” and “Alejandro” — count, and ended up scoring an album of the year nomination forThe Fame Monster. On the other hand, Born This Way and ARTPOP included 14 tracks and 15 tracks, respectively, and in both cases, three or four songs seemed expendable. What Gaga needs for her next album is a cohesive set of 10 or 11 supremely sturdy songs, because sometimes, less is way more.

DO record “Telephone Part II.” Come on. Gaga and Beyonce, linking back up to continue the ass-kicking partnership set forth five years ago? That’s a no-brainer in terms of buzz and quality control. The nine-and-a-half minute “Telephone” video is among Gaga’s best and had 234 million views on YouTube — and that was three years before Beyonce’s self-titled reinvention helped her reach a new level of stardom. The fans want this, the non-fans will still listen to and watch this, and the artists themselves have always been on the same page professionally. Let’s make it happen!

DON’T worry about commercial performance. Remember when ARTPOPdebuted at No. 1 in November 2013 with a less-than-expected 258,000 copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen Music, and Gaga took to Twitter to defend herself against those mocking the still-huge start as a “flop”… and only brought more attention to the situation? Compare that response with the bow ofCheek To Cheek, which hit No. 1 with roughly half of what ARTPOP sold in its first week, but was touted as a triumph by Team Gaga. These things are all about expectation and perception, and if Gaga’s next album does not match the start ofARTPOP (or Cheek To Cheek) — a realistic possibility, with falling CD sales and the longer break Gaga will have taken between ARTPOP and her next pop release — she should do little more than shrug off the number and keep moving forward. After all, she’s still a touring beast and can likely string together a few hits from the project in order to gradually regain her momentum.

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

THEY CAN SHUT UP