Edonis 28,950 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 PretentiousGa. The Gaga that comes off as pretentious. Do you think this persona exists? Do you think it's helped or harmed her career at times? Backstory: I was talking to some friends about pop music nowadays and we reminisced about our high school fav's and naturally Gaga came up. One of my friends mentioned that those were the days when Gaga wasn't as pretentious as she's been in the past years. He mentioned that during TF/TFM era Gaga was weird, crazy, but still felt authentic at times and it wasn't until midway during BTW where it seemed she came across as pretentious. I sort of agree with this as I think Gaga did begin to turn off some of her casual fans in interviews, etc. Anyways, discuss friends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnabesk 1,230 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 My cousine told me the exact same thing. She liked her during the TFM era but started to dislike her during BTW since she would come off as pretentious, arrogant and delusional Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yASSsss 35,510 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 when people don't get art,they call it pretentious.poor them Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,379 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I miss the time she refused to comment on other artists and celebs because she thought it wasn't her business. I cringe when she criticizes artists who don't write their own songs etc. now or when she calls out people for "copying" her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 28,950 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 1 minute ago, barnabesk said: My cousine told me the exact same thing. She liked her during the TFM era but started to dislike her during BTW since she would come off as pretentious, arrogant and delusional A lot of causal fans have actually said this. Ironic because that was her emotionally penned album about being yourself. I just think she put too much effort into getting the message across in interviews when the album's title is pretty self-explanatory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manyatyau 262 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 3 minutes ago, barnabesk said: My cousine told me the exact same thing. She liked her during the TFM era but started to dislike her during BTW since she would come off as pretentious, arrogant and delusional what. BTW IS THE REAL GA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 28,950 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 2 minutes ago, yASSsss said: when people don't get art,they call it pretentious.poor them At the end of the day those people who didn't understand her art were buying her albums so...yeah. But I agree somewhat with that when messages don't translate to everyone or they don't understand it, it's labeled pretentious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creyk 17,805 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Totally true. I noticed this too, sometimes I cringe so hard when reading her magazine interviews even. Like when she talked about not being able to properly express herself to her fiance so she writes a song to communicate with him better. What is this, Glee? I can't with some of the things she says at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister 9,907 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I like a touch of pretentiousness in everyone, when it is honest. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip 5,100 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 She is a little sometimes, but who isn't? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creyk 17,805 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Just now, Clip said: She is a little sometimes, but who isn't? Taylor, Adele, Katy, Rihanna, basically her peers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelx 1,309 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I used to think she was, but then I started to go back and watch old interviews and she acts exactly the same. I guess she's just really passionate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,115 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I have no question that Gaga is sincere when she discusses her art and her work. Does she go a little overboard sometimes? Perhaps. But I admire her investment in the music and visuals she puts her name on, much more than artists who are like "So... meh, here's my song." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yASSsss 35,510 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 1 minute ago, Creyk said: Taylor, Adele, Katy, Rihanna, basically her peers? sis,ANTi is coming,so you should delete Rihanna from this list. Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haroon 49,685 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I don't think it's a common occurrence or overwhelming I didn't really see it much or at all during BTW, it was parts of ARTPOP for me I don't think she's a pretensions individual, I just think she sometimes runs with her thoughts super far and her chosen wording skews things I mean everyone can be a bit pretensions with things they care about Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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