Lady Gaga Has Reinvented Herself — And Her Haters Can't Recognize Her

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Even in a relatively quiet year for Lady Gaga, every word she offers explodes into a conversation in the pop world. The announcement she'll costar in the upcoming, American Horror Story: Hotel, premiering Wednesday on FX, sparked equal outpourings adoration and shade. So far, she's dropped two singles, both warmlyreceived. One is a harrowing account of surviving s-xual assault, led to an unlikely partnership with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to promote legislation combatting campus rape; the other, a classic dance track that gave her an opportunity to flaunt her personal brand of oblong s-xiness. 

The vast divide between the tracks offer a compelling a glimpse at the Lady Gaga of 2015. She's equally comfortable wearing meat dresses and a politician's pantsuit. Pop music hasn't overlooked her efforts, either. In December, she will accept Billboard's Woman of the Year in the first televised broadcast in the award's 10-year history. 

The woman who will take the stage looks markedly different from the Gaga who burst onto the pop scene seven years ago thirsting for her "Disco Stick." It's still a vital part of her repertoire, as evidenced by her most recent release: a cover of Chic's "I Want Your Love" produced by disco legend Nile Rodgers. Yet this is an important distinction. This hedonistic, glossy couture is now only one face of the expanding personality that is Gaga.

A new Gaga's birth: The fact that Gaga has been able to create as much intrigue as she has this year following the critical flop of her last project solo project, 2013's ARTPOP, is a miracle in and of itself. For many, that album revealed an artist at an uninspired crossroads. Its 15 tracks vacillated between the laser-lit exuberance of her early days and the mature poise of her later work. 

Gaga responded with an unexpected redirection, baring a side of herself that critics and audiences couldn't possibly accuse as being a dim reflection of her early shock and awe antics. She went full soulful crooner. 

Cheek to Cheek offered her an opportunity to show off that which actually made her a star in the first place: her voice. The Oscars in February gave her an even larger platform to prove the same, and her performance earned the admiration of one of music's most divine performers, Julie Andrews.

Gaga can sing, and beautifully at that. Pair that voice with a powerful message, and you have a celebrity force to be reckoned with.

Gaga the activist: Her recent single, "Til It Happens to You," appears in the documentary film Hunting Ground, which addresses campus rape culture. The song captures Gaga's recent artistic in stark relief, the lyrics showcase Gaga's resonant voice, while the video depicts the horrors of s-xual violence with an appropriately devastating amount of gravity.

This year more than any other proved there is a keen, organic talent behind the flying dresses and vomit-filled performances. When Lady Gaga begins to promote her fifth studio album sometime next year, her entire pop persona will come packed with a whole new depth. Perhaps the haters will finally take note.

http://mic.com/articles/126233/lady-gaga-has-reinvented-herself-and-her-haters-won-t-be-able-to-recognize-her

 

[mcphee 1,778]

Get the praise at last, queen

[bayonse 6,525]

i see no lies

Except for the ARTPOP shade 

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

Not sure if I like the article or not 

[monsterdreams 1,529]

No matter what you think of the article, she's coming back and everyone is recognising 

[Warholian 6,880]

Slay us all. 

[Ladey Gagz 2,512]

What's with all the threads about haters these days?

Stop paying attention to haters and trying to make them like her and just enjoy what Gaga's doing

[NewYorkCity 10,462]

Those ARTPOP comments were unnecessary and biased.

[chromaticka 4,350]

Slay us all. 

Nnnnnnnnn  why yall gotta do nicki like that??/

[Enhsa 2,043]

No lies detected

Except for the ARTPOP shade

[SissyFromSpace 20,883]

The Little Angela Chengter's are seething

 

 

[GloZell Green 11,723]

Our girl has more success when she's resting than most others' faves get when they're in their most successful eras 

[Serendipity 7,821]

Slay us all. 

OMG

[holy scheisse 20,310]

Face it guys lol ARTPOP was a downturn for gaga. and ive never heard it put more nicely than an "uninspired crossroads." they still give a nice review, saying it was "laserlit" like her early days, but also mature. all of it was truegood article. gaga's back. c2c revitalized her soul, and ahs is just the beginning.

[Whis 2,920]

Lets hope that the praise will continue in the LG5 era