Do I miss the success Gaga had in 2009? Not really. what I DO miss...

[MonsterOfSpain 8,318]

I like her better now

[gagzus 15,837]

She was depressed and couldn't handle the large amount of fame she garnered she even said so herself that's why she acted the way she did & had a straight face all the time.

i personally miss her bubbly attitude and her "pop music will never be low brow" towards her generic songs back then. Now she complains about pop music and lost belief in her own statement which is sad 

[lego 44,165]

All this attitude was a result of the power and the success she had back then because she was the #1 popstar of the planet.

When you are #1 you are fearless either way. Her life, her career her whole persona was full of stardust back then so her attitude was meant to be that way.  Therefore what you 've missed the most is actually her success.

Yep and if she would still act the same, showing that she wants that #1 and she doesn't get it - it makes her look like a fool. This down to earth SOBER Gaga is much more to my taste. 

Some of those quotes sound like she was on coke 24/7.

[PrinceGaga 7,585]

At my artRAVE she made a big thing about "Look at all you looking so fab, this is MY show. Who the **** are these motherf**kers?!!!!" It was awesome. It gave me that I don't give a **** attitude. Also when she was changing during Rachet she talked about rebelling against the pop boundaries and f**king it up!!! She is still badass and a rebel. There are a few pop girls that are just as big (I won't say as good) as her now so she is just doing her own thing and being happy. Back in 2009, she was kinda leading the charge and was struggling with alcohol which made her more serious all the time. That's my 2 cents  

[Bitter 3,640]

Yep and if she would still act the same, showing that she wants that #1 and she doesn't get it - it makes her look like a fool.

​that's right.

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

Completely agree with everything you said.

 

I miss who she was then, and ESPECIALLY all those flawless looks and that fearlessness and attitude she had.

 

I want that back more than anything, more than her being at the top, and popular af, more than sales and charting and all else. Except for more great music.

[Psychedelic 1,098]

I feel you, I miss the fearless, relentless FameGa too. 

[HausOfGuy 10]

lets not forget that she went through a really tough time during the ARTPOP era. lets just pretend that didnt happen... Im looking forward to the next era. Now that shes in a much happier place, both artistically and emotionally i think shes gonna be once again, the gaga we all fell in love with. 

[No Angel 128]

​It's obvious.

Her confidence SHATTERED after MTN flopped, if you watched her over the years you see that after that she started changing

Plus she doesn't have the drive anymore that "I need to make it" drive. During the ARTPOP era only the jingle bell ball had that spirit. She got it back for that 1 night, she was so confident and badass during that show

I agree. A good example of this: watch the Applause GMA music video launch where she got out of the car to go into the studio. She looked so lost and shocked that her fans were out there waiting to get autographs. It was a little weird/sad seeing her like that.

[Gaga is Life 101]

I miss this about her too, along with other stuff  Not that I don't like her now  

[lego 44,165]

I agree. A good example of this: watch the Applause GMA music video launch where she got out of the car to go into the studio. She looked so lost and shocked that her fans were out there waiting to get autographs. It was a little weird/sad seeing her like that.

That was day after that Perez-stalker-buying-flat-in-my-building-do-I-need-to-be-shot drama on twitter. Someone even asked her about it and she looked lost.

[Darcklighter22 2,358]

I feel she's given into aspects of fame just from how she acts a bit with social media like with asia (of course she's a person she's aloud to do so blah blah) and how she clings to Versace for dear life in whatever she wears to any event recently. I feel she's been assimilated in a sense it could also just be that she's less awkward than she was at the beginning which is what I liked about her. Just confidently arrogant at times instead of awkwardly smart. Rambling but yeah that's how I feel.

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

Gaga became very tame after BTW and mixed ARTPOP with crazy and beautiful

Jazz and Oscars completely made her a relatable artist to the GP 

I do miss theatrical Gaga but not the "crazy controversial" one...

[KaanBTW 5,244]

She was very cool back in the day but I feel like she is happier right now. Her happiness is more important than her coolness for me. And I am happy that she acts how she feels now.

 

[blacklistedd 599]

Mmm I do as well, but the truth is she acted that way because she was in fact the biggest pop star on the planet in that time period. She could do anything and people ate it up because she was that powerful. She thought she could do anything and it would still be that way but Born This Way shook the foundation of her success/fame. So the bravado was dialed down.