Is Lady Gaga Being Petty?

[Chump 1,093]

9 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said:

I fail to see how it was a poor choice. It was well received.

It was received well because that was Gaga's lead single and had a good promo. If Applause was not Gaga's song, it would not even get in top 50 of h100, it's just not relatable

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

1 minute ago, ****Eliza said:

This is actually pretty accurate except for DWUW, that one would have smashed for sure.

The feature killed it.

[Manul 7,377]

Just now, LebaneseDude said:

The feature killed it.

im still pressed. 

[Bad Bromance 5,809]

23 minutes ago, Iwontell said:

Uh...maybe she's acting human...? Because when people start attacking what you do in the most personal and unfair way it's a natural reaction to withdraw and focus on other stuff that are not as complicated and that make you feel at ease...?

Besides, "blaming" people is kind of a stretch, she was just open about the stuff that happened...but it's hard to say she's blaming people when she defends and stands by what she did...

So, no, she's not being petty, despite so many people (including many so called "fans") being so petty to her...in fact, it's surprising how she kept on working! She literally didn't stop: from ARTPOP she went on a tour, immediately dropped Cheek to Cheek, then started working for the awards season, toured with Tony Bennet, started shooting AHS, is now working on new music...so how did she "stop"?

MTE!!  It's only natural for her to react that way when everybody and their mother was dragging her through the mud.  It's a defense mechanism.

[Desperado 2,439]

47 minutes ago, ****Eliza said:

Didn't she blame half the music industry directly (including BB and Katheryn) when Applause didn't do well, instead of just coping with the fact that it was a poor choice for a lead single? 

Katy? she blamed the media for putting her against a female singer.

[Alfonso 1,551]

Not really 

[Manul 7,377]

41 minutes ago, Desperado said:

Katy? she blamed the media for putting her against a female singer.

Did she? I thought she made direct comparisons to Roar and said that she writes for the music, not the charts, implying that Katy sings with success in mind. I hope my memory isn't flopping. 

[AJH219 4,448]

It has felt like fall 2013 all over again on this forum lately. Can we leave the past in the past? Gracious!! 

[Chris Evans 8,917]

2 hours ago, ****Eliza said:

Didn't she blame half the music industry directly (including BB and Katheryn) when Applause didn't do well, instead of just coping with the fact that it was a poor choice for a lead single? 

she didn't "blame" anyone she didn't like the petty stan rivalries/ media for when they weren't focusing on the music instead they made it KATY VS GAGA

I guess her message is still not clear when these threads are still being made 

[Ronk 14,762]

2 hours ago, LebaneseDude said:

You're making the false assumption that her life is her music business.

In fact, Gaga did not want anything to do with the work because the music business was getting in the way of her life. The ARTPOP era wasn't a mess because of the music, as Applause and the hype around Do What You Want attest to. It was, again, because of the music business.

Considering what happened to her, I don't think she was petty for ditching the people who were only interested in the music business and not the music itself. She was in a really bad place.

Now that she's back in it for the music, she's got nothing to hide nor run away from and this time the music business will serve her and not the other way around.

She wasn't petty. She liberated herself. 

 

This.  As you said, people around her were only interested in the business, not the music.  It was so unfair to Gaga to under-promote her music, make bad choices when Gaga had no say in those choices, and mess up what could have been a stellar era.  She wasn't being petty at all.

[djBuffoon 12,123]

She's never tried to blame anyone for the music on ARTPOP. She's consistently said how much she loves the album and how proud she is of it. She's never pulled a Lily Allen and crapped on her own songs.

The truth is, the album plans fell through. With the exception of Swinefest and the "Applause" video, very, very few aspects of the era went as planned. I don't think I ever saw her blatantly point fingers, but she did explain that there are higher powers at work that she had to battle with to get these things executed. Which, I assume, is very true.

[djBuffoon 12,123]

2 hours ago, Chump said:

It was received well because that was Gaga's lead single and had a good promo. If Applause was not Gaga's song, it would not even get in top 50 of h100, it's just not relatable

Of course it's relatable. We all know what it's like to feel the rush of mass appreciation, and how validating it can be. Anyone who doesn't enjoy having their work/talent recognized.... is probably lying.

And it was well-received because it's one of the catchiest songs in years.

[Whispering 18,865]

42 minutes ago, ajhuffman219 said:

It has felt like fall 2013 all over again on this forum lately. Can we leave the past in the past? Gracious!! 

It is because we have a new group of "fans" coming in asking questions from two years ago. Isn't it interesting that all these old topics are appearing and they are so heavy with language you would see at places like ATRL, MN, PD, Exhale, etc? Many of these newbies don't want to talk about the accomplishments of the past year or the ones that are happening now, but want to make some thread that sounds like it came straight from a hater site two years ago. Coincidence? Lol

[2007 5,291]

3 hours ago, ****Eliza said:

Didn't she blame half the music industry directly (including BB and Katheryn) when Applause didn't do well, instead of just coping with the fact that it was a poor choice for a lead single? 

But she didn't even choose the lead single, interscope did and she said it in a radio interview. I remember reading twitter Q&As asking her what would've the lead single be if she choose it and she replied Venus.

[AJH219 4,448]

2 minutes ago, Whispering said:

It is because we have a new group of "fans" coming in asking questions from two years ago. Isn't it interesting that all these old topics are appearing and they are so heavy with language you would see at places like ATRL, MN, PD, Exhale, etc? Many of these newbies don't want to talk about the accomplishments of the past year or the ones that are happening now, but want to make some thread that sounds like it came straight from a hater site two years ago. Coincidence? Lol

I've never been to those places, so I cannot comment on the language. However, if it in anyway resembles the mess in the OP (and several recent threads) I don't think I want to. And, of course it isn't shocking to see such negative 'discussions' arise after the Sinatra Tribute. I've noticed this trend throughout all of 2015 as well. Almost instantly after an acclaimed appearance by Gaga, 'fans' appear out of the shadows with these unnecessary trips down memory lane.