Not releasing DWUW was "career damaging"

[Dolev 866]

Is that u in the avi daddy

[Paper Gangsta 6,693]

That's not the point here, we know how everyone would react. In fact, we've already seen how people reacted to the leaked snippets.

of course people will talk but they will forget it in few days

[Harry 26,836]

They could just have filmed a different video. Not releasing a video for that SMASH HIT was the biggest mistake of her career so far.

 

This tbh. Even if it was a quick TEOG basic video, it's better than nothing. People like to see Gaga, and especially with streaming points being so important now it could've given the song that boost it needed to become a huge hit. I don't understand why they'd go to such effort in promoting it so hard on TV but not even give it a video. It's sad.

[xoxo cupcakke 4,781]

Um, if preview didn't cause anything, full thing wouldn't either. TMZ leaked the most controversial scenes anyways

Preach it to the GGD masses. I was thinking the same thing as well.

 

Besides, I don't get how the video portrays rape. R. Kelley does not grind on her like on SNL when she's under and she is full awake during scenes where they are grinding. You people saying it portrays rape are only repeating what the media has been feeding you about details behind the video. Most journalists probably have not seen the full video and people would sort of half expect this of Gaga, TBH.

 

If the video had been released, I feel it would've made people notice Gaga again for a short while to make DWUW get higher on the charts and possibly to help catapult GUY to at least the top 50. That's all I have to say

[Slojo 51]

we will never know how lucky we are that that video never saw the light of day

 

[Benji 20,113]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOEeN9NmyU8

[Whispering 18,865]

Why are people still talking about DWUW.

[derbloodbruder 32]

The backlash would be bigger than Judas'. The video portraits rape, that's not taken lightly. Releasing the video would bring controversy, sure, but it would damage her image a LOT.

Basically this. And add to the fact that R Kelly is featured...don't get me wrong I love the song..but for all you fetuses out there..R Kelly PEED ON UNDERAGE GIRLS and VIDEOTAPED IT. People born before 1990 just don't forget things like that. I have no idea why her or anyone in her camp thought that it would be a good idea to do that collaboration. And Terry Richardson directing the video? I was just like...C'MON.  These are like the two most hated men in fashion and music. 

[GagaXCupcakke 3,818]

ARTPOP was called a flop long before the DWUW era.  The video would have just given haters more reasons to hate gagz.  No one gave ARTPOP a chance to be amazing.  The second it got mixed reviews from the critics that gaga called out in Applause it was over.  

[Wet Fire 7,412]

It'd be reputation-damaging.

[MonsterofFame 1,785]

It was already bad enough that Gaga, as someone who has talked about being s-xually abused, is supporting two people who have been proven to be s-xual abusers (Terry and R Kelly). Now to feature one of them in the video while the other is directing it? It's really disgusting, even by Gaga's risque taste.