Why is Poker Face popular again?

[malazam 15,710]

It's something called PAYOLA

[Emvee 8,130]

9 minutes ago, malazam said:

It's something called PAYOLA

Gosh, if I interscope keeps spending money on her old hits, they'll have none left for the new single  

please don't make them go bankrupt again momma monster  

[Desperado 2,439]

PAYOLAAAAAA!!!

[HANZ 4,380]

Fame-GA was just perfection, everyone could like her and ejoy her ****, we all miss that

 

 

[Lord Temptation 11,209]

6 hours ago, Didymus said:

I think people genuinely miss that pop star that is just MILES ahead of typical pop stars that aren't really bringing anything new and exciting to the table.

I'm known here for my extreme TF stanning, but I do believe that for a lot of people Gaga in 2008-09(-10 for some people) was that pop star. Her songs were incredibly radio friendly but simultaneously they just rang of timeless pop glory that could easily appeal to people who liked various genres. That was the key to her success back then.

I think people miss that pop star that can make them feel like they're witnessing something special again in pop music. I'm not surprised that songs like Poker Face become more popular because, let's face it, that song still sounds just as good and fresh and current as the biggest pop hits today, even though after 7 years it still sounds exactly as nostalgic and "old school" as it did in 2008. Which is amazing. That song will never die. It will always remind people of how deliriously good pop music can/had be(en).

I feel as though fans of 2008-2010 Gaga are finally feeling guilty for turning their back on her after 2011. In the beginning of her career Gaga presented herself as an enigma. She had audiences (especially the paparazzi) bewildered and constantly guessing her next move. "Is she a Lady or is she a man?", "Is she real or fake?" etc. By the start of 2010, and with the release of Monster at the end of 2009, Gagamania had hit the stratosphere and peaked as the whole world woke up to find that all along the joke had been on them. It was a rude awakening. Gaga was not a puppet. So while for much of 2008-09 she reveled in her persona as the MOST PLASTIC POP STAR THERE EVER WAS, by 2010 it had dawned on the GP that this was all a carefully crafted illusion. Not only was Gaga serious but she had powerful messages she wanted to convey. This surprised (and offended) many who felt caught off-guard. So by the time of the release of Born This Way in 2011 most of the GP had already decided to abandon Gaga, who felt like she was reaching out only to the outcasts of society (hollow euphemism: pandering). Not to say that the BTW era was not stupendously successful. It was. Especially the BTW Ball Tour the next year in 2012 (she sold 200,000 concert tickets in Australia alone). But by then the media fallout was huge. "She is too political". "She tries too hard". "She takes herself TOO seriously". "She is copying Madonna". "Shut up and sing". BLA BLA BLA. Anyway by 2013 with the release of ARTPOP (a concept album dedicated to all ex-Monsters), Gaga was just waiting for the public backlash that had been brewing since 2011. The media were ready to burn her at the stake. 2013 was Gaga's lowest year. But while most of the modern universe had retreated to mindless EDM-pop, looking for the next Gaga (Miley?) or Anti-Gaga (Lorde?), it was the legendary performers of yesteryear who acknowledged Gaga's talent. Fast forward to 2014 and with Cheek to Cheek debuting at No 1 on Billboard, winning a Grammy, all of a sudden the public realized that they made a big mistake pretending that Gaga would simply go away. I would say the turning point was early 2015, during the Oscars ceremony. Gaga was declaring: "I am the opposite of everything you hate about modern music. You can hate me all you want but  you cannot deny that I deserve my rightful place in the company of legends". So right now, there are millions of people going through massive Gaga benders. Revisiting a time in their life where - unliek today - they were actually receptive to alien beings from outer space, less hostile to people who mean what they say, even if we don't yet fully understand what they are saying. 

[dfghuer5 163]

'Cause it's a true bop

[Ferrer Zorola 3,966]

I'm going to listen / watch it 

[SLAYing 3,104]

55 minutes ago, Lord Temptation said:

I feel as though fans of 2008-2010 Gaga are finally feeling guilty for turning their back on her after 2011. In the beginning of her career Gaga presented herself as an enigma. She had audiences (especially the paparazzi) bewildered and constantly guessing her next move. "Is she a Lady or is she a man?", "Is she real or fake?" etc. By the start of 2010, and with the release of Monster at the end of 2009, Gagamania had hit the stratosphere and peaked as the whole world woke up to find that all along the joke had been on them. It was a rude awakening. Gaga was not a puppet. So while for much of 2008-09 she reveled in her persona as the MOST PLASTIC POP STAR THERE EVER WAS, by 2010 it had dawned on the GP that this was all a carefully crafted illusion. Not only was Gaga serious but she had powerful messages she wanted to convey. This surprised (and offended) many who felt caught off-guard. So by the time of the release of Born This Way in 2011 most of the GP had already decided to abandon Gaga, who felt like she was reaching out only to the outcasts of society (hollow euphemism: pandering). Not to say that the BTW era was not stupendously successful. It was. Especially the BTW Ball Tour the next year in 2012 (she sold 200,000 concert tickets in Australia alone). But by then the media fallout was huge. "She is too political". "She tries too hard". "She takes herself TOO seriously". "She is copying Madonna". "Shut up and sing". BLA BLA BLA. Anyway by 2013 with the release of ARTPOP (a concept album dedicated to all ex-Monsters), Gaga was just waiting for the public backlash that had been brewing since 2011. The media were ready to burn her at the stake. 2013 was Gaga's lowest year. But while most of the modern universe had retreated to mindless EDM-pop, looking for the next Gaga (Miley?) or Anti-Gaga (Lorde?), it was the legendary performers of yesteryear who acknowledged Gaga's talent. Fast forward to 2014 and with Cheek to Cheek debuting at No 1 on Billboard, winning a Grammy, all of a sudden the public realized that they made a big mistake pretending that Gaga would simply go away. I would say the turning point was early 2015, during the Oscars ceremony. Gaga was declaring: "I am the opposite of everything you hate about modern music. You can hate me all you want but  you cannot deny that I deserve my rightful place in the company of legends". So right now, there are millions of people going through massive Gaga benders. Revisiting a time in their life where - unliek today - they were actually receptive to alien beings from outer space, less hostile to people who mean what they say, even if we don't yet fully understand what they are saying. 

 

[Gallus 1,525]

3 hours ago, AmericanHSlave said:

 In my country they had a nightly top 40 countdown on a radio station and asked fans to vote for their favorite songs, G.U.Y. was #1 for many days. SLAY.

When Marry the Night came out it was #1 once before too.

Gaga fans are definitely more hardcore than other pop stars' casual fans. That I can tell you.

Where do you live gurl?In Gagaland?

[DiscoHeaven23 35,007]

7 hours ago, UNICORN de ARTS said:

It's probably just one of those songs that will never get old, like Beat It or Take On Me—I realize that I'm comparing Poker Face to legendary songs, but it may become a legend of its own. 

Anyways, it doesn't surprise me; everyone knows the song and all of its lyrics. It's a song that you just know, even if you don't like it. If it was another song like ARTPOP that got that famous, that would be a different story. 

Poker Face will be legendary 30 years from now, so it not a bad comparison at all. 

[SLAYing 3,104]

3 hours ago, AmericanHSlave said:

I appreciate this success but I'd rather that heavenly bop G.U.Y. receive its success. It's so underrated. 

 

 

[Alien Tulip 12,428]

1 hour ago, Lord Temptation said:

I feel as though fans of 2008-2010 Gaga are finally feeling guilty for turning their back on her after 2011. 

Never happened lol as if anybody feels guilty for supposedly "turning their back" on a pop star like we don't have bigger problems to deal with like bills, work and family. A lot of original gaga fans may not be a fan of ARTPOP but they haven't really turned their back on Gaga. They are just waiting for the next album is all. I love Gaga but at the same time I love her as an musician and not so much about everything else like her philanthropy work I couldn't care less for. I and a lot of earlier fans are happy for her now but at the same time we are not going to blindly like everything she does like some of her fans do. We may not like a performance or direction she's heading towards but that doesn't mean we are going to turn our backs because there's always a next album to look forward to. 

[boyerased 2,883]

They miss the girl who made them hold on to their weaves. They miss watching her shock them every time she comes out. They miss that sexy weird uncomplicated totally cool and socially acceptable girl they groomed to replace Madonna and expected to deliver them cool bops continously but failed. They miss that Gaga, although I think most of the gp is ready for her reinvention, they expect her tot change the game that's why a small mistake (like ARTPOP) was unexcusable. 

[Mr Judas 4,106]

1 hour ago, Lord Temptation said:

I feel as though fans of 2008-2010 Gaga are finally feeling guilty for turning their back on her after 2011. In the beginning of her career Gaga presented herself as an enigma. She had audiences (especially the paparazzi) bewildered and constantly guessing her next move. "Is she a Lady or is she a man?", "Is she real or fake?" etc. By the start of 2010, and with the release of Monster at the end of 2009, Gagamania had hit the stratosphere and peaked as the whole world woke up to find that all along the joke had been on them. It was a rude awakening. Gaga was not a puppet. So while for much of 2008-09 she reveled in her persona as the MOST PLASTIC POP STAR THERE EVER WAS, by 2010 it had dawned on the GP that this was all a carefully crafted illusion. Not only was Gaga serious but she had powerful messages she wanted to convey. This surprised (and offended) many who felt caught off-guard. So by the time of the release of Born This Way in 2011 most of the GP had already decided to abandon Gaga, who felt like she was reaching out only to the outcasts of society (hollow euphemism: pandering). Not to say that the BTW era was not stupendously successful. It was. Especially the BTW Ball Tour the next year in 2012 (she sold 200,000 concert tickets in Australia alone). But by then the media fallout was huge. "She is too political". "She tries too hard". "She takes herself TOO seriously". "She is copying Madonna". "Shut up and sing". BLA BLA BLA. Anyway by 2013 with the release of ARTPOP (a concept album dedicated to all ex-Monsters), Gaga was just waiting for the public backlash that had been brewing since 2011. The media were ready to burn her at the stake. 2013 was Gaga's lowest year. But while most of the modern universe had retreated to mindless EDM-pop, looking for the next Gaga (Miley?) or Anti-Gaga (Lorde?), it was the legendary performers of yesteryear who acknowledged Gaga's talent. Fast forward to 2014 and with Cheek to Cheek debuting at No 1 on Billboard, winning a Grammy, all of a sudden the public realized that they made a big mistake pretending that Gaga would simply go away. I would say the turning point was early 2015, during the Oscars ceremony. Gaga was declaring: "I am the opposite of everything you hate about modern music. You can hate me all you want but  you cannot deny that I deserve my rightful place in the company of legends". So right now, there are millions of people going through massive Gaga benders. Revisiting a time in their life where - unliek today - they were actually receptive to alien beings from outer space, less hostile to people who mean what they say, even if we don't yet fully understand what they are saying. 

An epic summary of what actually is going on.

[coolninjaguy 1,239]

16 minutes ago, Alien Tulip said:

Never happened lol as if anybody feels guilty for supposedly "turning their back" on a pop star like we don't have bigger problems to deal with like bills, work and family. A lot of original gaga fans may not be a fan of ARTPOP but they haven't really turned their back on Gaga. They are just waiting for the next album is all. I love Gaga but at the same time I love her as an musician and not so much about everything else like her philanthropy work I couldn't care less for. I and a lot of earlier fans are happy for her now but at the same time we are not going to blindly like everything she does like some of her fans do. We may not like a performance or direction she's heading towards but that doesn't mean we are going to turn our backs because there's always a next album to look forward to. 

this is honestly so true. A lot of monsters expect everyone to drool over anything GAGA. Sometimes people have prefrences. Born This Way was not relatable to a lot of people like The Fame/Monster was. In a class of 30 theres only like 1 kid who is gay most of the time, but in that same class most of the kids have had their heart broken or have wanted to be rich. The fame was fun, relatable and mostly fun.