Was Just Dance about being raped?

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XD yes love game too

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31 minutes ago, Pizza said:

gypsy, donatella, and fashion of his love are about rape too

dont forget startstruck

[holy scheisse 22,266]

Nah it's about being extra turnt and being a sloppy mess but still keeping your **** together enough to slay the dance floor 

[lavenderblondee 3,695]

Nope. Every song on past albums doesn't have to be deep and have profound meaning about her rape. I feel like people are looking too hard into it, JD is a fun party song. Gaga said so herself she wrote the song in like ten minutes after partying and it was before she was even signed onto the label.

Monster on the other hand seems more obvious, but obviously isn't confirmed, so who knows. She said so herself she didn't even really come to terms with the rape or realize what really happened until years later.

[Boyboi12 2,125]

Someone help that lost soul💀

[ChicaSkas 23,065]

2 minutes ago, Boyboi12 said:

Someone help that lost soul💀

The OP? Or Gaga? Lol.

This premise the OP has requires we take Just Dance extremely literally as a song.

It's hard to do, because people focus on different aspects of the song to identify with. For me , the sound itself is all encompassing, I dont identify with the lyrics too much because I don't party like that too often, but if one were to be loose and party and drink and get absentminded I suppose this would be a great song for that... I could be reaching into the abyss of my memory but I could swear I read somewhere that Gaga and RedOne had written it in something like ten minutes or something.

[Sister 9,907]

At least she could have been getting "black out" drunk to deal with her lifestyle at the time and to appear able to cope and fake a kind of happiness.

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11 minutes ago, ChicaSkas said:

The OP? Or Gaga? Lol.

This premise the OP has requires we take Just Dance extremely literally as a song.

It's hard to do, because people focus on different aspects of the song to identify with. For me , the sound itself is all encompassing, I dont identify with the lyrics too much because I don't party like that too often, but if one were to be loose and party and drink and get absentminded I suppose this would be a great song for that... I could be reaching into the abyss of my memory but I could swear I read somewhere that Gaga and RedOne had written it in something like ten minutes or something.

Yup 10 minutes. She wrote the song while on the plane to Hollywood after her going away party in which she got obliterated drunk and then when she arrived to Hollywood she went to the studio with redone and they finished the song and wrote other songs like Poker Face, Lovegame, I Like It Rough, and Paper Gangsta. This was all done in January 2008. 

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Stop

[VOLANTIS 16,406]

You can literally pick any song and relate it to anything tbh.

Observe..

 

Checkout I'm blonde

Stefani is a natural Brunette. This proves she was raped around 10 years ago when she died her hair and started her career.

I'm Skinny

Gaga was associated with many eating disorders 10 years ago. PTSD? 

I'm Rich

Her abuser could have taken everything from her. But he can never take away her destined Fame. 

And I'm a little bit of a bitch. 

Gaga will one day come for this Man like a Hurricane when he least expects it. 

[JesseBabe 837]

While I think your take on the song is really interesting, I don't think the song has anything to do with rape. If you've ever been sloppy drunk at a party or club, you would understand the lyrics to the song. I never thought the song was about her meeting a guy and him raping her. It literally just sounds like she's having a little too much fun and might be slighting browning out. 

Side note: I also don't think the song Monster has anything to do with rape either. To me, it sounds like she met this really hot guy at the club and her friend tried to warn her about him being a player or whatever but she chose not to listen and went ahead and got involved with him, and she ended up falling for him on a romantic level and he just wanted to bone. I don't think that every song in her discography is about sexual abuse.

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1 hour ago, Strigoi said:

This is where I got sick to my stomach.

lol  The most dramatic thing I've read since Sam Smith won the Oscar 

No, its not about rape.

[CakeLikeLG 6,275]

It's not about rape but it definitely has a dark undertone

 

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1 hour ago, Strigoi said:

So, I was listening to Just Dance the other day and a really dark thought came across my mind. Is "Just Dance" about rape (or more specifically, hers)?

According to Gaga she was raped 10 years ago, which means she was assaulted sometime in 2006. I am beginning to believe that she wrote this song about being raped and covered it up with an upbeat melody and production. Her own way of turning something beautiful out of the ugly. Maybe this is a reach or maybe i'm right. Either way, let's breakdown the lyrics: 

"I've had a little bit too much, much
All of the people start to rush.
Start to rush by.
A dizzy twister dance
Can't find my drink or man.
Where are my keys? I lost my phone, phone."

Right off the bat we know that Gaga is out in public with a man. Then suddenly, after (supposedly) having too much to drink, she begins feeling dizzy and her vision begins to blur. Now she can't even find her date and now her phone and keys are missing. Was something put into her drink? Did the man purposely take her phone and keys so she couldn't escape?  

"What's going on, on the floor?
I love this record, baby, but I can't see straight anymore.
Keep it cool, what's the name of this club?
I can't remember but it's alright, a-alright."

Her paranoia is kicking in, she really doesn't know where she's at. She's trying to calm her self down and not panic but it's hard. 

"Just dance. Gonna be okay.
Da-doo-doo-doo
Just dance. Spin that record babe."

So now she's trying to hit the dance floor to distract herself from what's going on. She's using the familiarity of the song that's playing as a way to calm down. 

"Wish I could shut my playboy mouth.
How'd I turn my shirt inside out, inside out right?
Control your poison, babe
"Roses have thorns," they say.
And we're all gettin' hosed tonight."

This is where things get disturbing. Somewhere in the midst of dancing she realizes that her shirt is inside out. She's doesn't remember taking off her own shirt. She tries to forget about it by dancing it off when her abuser finally finds her. 

"[Colby O'Donis]
When I come through on the dance floor checking out that catalogue.
Can't believe my eyes so many women without a flaw.
And I ain't gonna' give it up, steady tryna pick it up like a car
I'ma hit it, I'ma hit it and latch onto it until tomorrow, yeah
Shorty I can see that you got so much energy
The way you twirling up them hips 'round and 'round
And there is no reason at all why you can't leave here with me
In the mean time stay, let me watch you break it down."
 

This is where I got sick to my stomach. Finally after escaping his clutches, her abuser has finally found her on the dance floor. He says he's not gonna give her up so easy, that's he's going to continue "hitting it" until tomorrow cause she's got so much energy. He says there's no reason for her NOT to leave without him, but that's because he's drugged her, stolen her keys, and took her phone. For now he sickly watches her dance, waiting for the moment to lunge at her like a predator. 

 

Thoughts? 

VERY interesting way to look at it but I think you may be looking too hard. Great analysis though... pretty sure it's just a simple fun song.

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5 minutes ago, Shota said:

It's not about rape but it definitely has a dark undertone

 

OMG This is so incredibly beautiful