Why I think Gaga is not releasing LG5 yet or anytime soon

[Harry 26,836]

There's competition pretty much every month of the year. And that's not even a bad thing. Unless the music and promotion are good, it will sell the same whether it's released in May or October. BTW sold more in May VS ARTPOP in November. Sure, in a quieter period she might get a higher spot on the chart easier, but it doesn't mean she's gonna be selling in huge numbers.

The only thing I feel would be wise to avoid is releasing/announcing directly in line with another big star. For example, announcing something tonight while everyone is going crazy over Beyonce, or, say... Releasing in the same week as Katy Perry 

Just now, GagasFilthyPop said:

Honey, we are talking about the same woman who thought it was a good idea to release Dope as a promo single and use a jazz song for a provocative perfume commercial.

And the woman who quickly signed 2000 copies of her album at the last minute to ensure a #1 debut and encouraged fans to buy/stream her lead single as many times as possible for an opportunity to meet her... Just because she takes creative risks it doesn't mean she doesn't care about selling.

[PopThatArt 2,193]

19 minutes ago, GagasFilthyPop said:

Gaga knows after releasing Applause in the busiest month for Pop music in 2013 that it's not a good idea to release new music at a time when a lot of artists, who are more GP-friendly than her, are releasing new music. (Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman, Meghan Trainor - Thank You, Beyoncé - B9, Fifth Harmony - 7/27, Britney Spears - BS9, Nick Jonas - Last Year Was Complicated, etc.)

I'm not saying Gaga cares about the sales, charts, streams, or views, but you have to remember that she's not in charge of when her music will be released.

Most likely, she won't release new music until after May, because that's when more rock albums will be released, making LG5 to stand out if it's a pop album.

But, it would most likely drop before American Horror Story starts, which is in October.

Basically, LG5 won't come until June and would be here by October.

 

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” ― Molière

 

Are any of those people you named ACTUALLY "GP friendly", I think they're more media favorites at the moment. That's who always get the most coverage - the favorites of media, the favorites of the pop media, and Lady Gaga has most of the time been someone media makes fun of for her outfits and ideas. The ones you mentioned however are more accepted by media, hence get coverage, when they release music or cause scandal. Gaga has always had to fight much harder to get coverage on radio and in entertainment news shows. Also Gaga most certainly has input in release dates, she pushed for a Born This Way release sooner than originally planned to coincide with anniversary of McQueen's death and with ARTPOP, I recall she mentioned she wanted a day that people didn't have work or school so they could get the album and listen to it fully, that day being Remembrance Day. 

[Jester 6,306]

I think the October option is not that unlikely. Maybe they're planning to release LG5 at the exact same time that AHS starts so she's done filming and can promote the album so she's literally everywhere; TV series, music videos on YouTube, live TV performances, guest appearances, interviews, magazine covers etc. 

[GagaMyBlood95 9,915]

Q3 might have even stronger competition tbh, we don't know who might release..

She should just prepare a good marketing strategy, good schedule and that's it. If she waits for a month with no releases, she will never release her album.

[OBEY 57,109]

21 minutes ago, GagasFilthyPop said:

Meghan has a 1 Billion viewed video, Nick had been a hot topic for months when his Calvin Klein ad was released, which helped promote his music, Ariana is still worshipped by a majority of the teenage population, who make up a good portion of streams, views and sales, and Fifth Harmony are rising. Most importantly, all of their last albums outsold ARTPOP.

Explain the "I write for the music not the charts" quote.

ARTPOP was not outsold by Ariana, Nick, 5H and Brit's last albums  

[gag 22,449]

24 minutes ago, GagasFilthyPop said:

Meghan has a 1 Billion viewed video, Nick had been a hot topic for months when his Calvin Klein ad was released, which helped promote his music, Ariana is still worshipped by a majority of the teenage population, who make up a good portion of streams, views and sales, and Fifth Harmony are rising. Most importantly, all of their last albums outsold ARTPOP.

Explain the "I write for the music not the charts" quote.

I have no idea where you got the their last album outsold ARTPOP thing from..

Lady Gaga - ARTPOP 757,000 as of April 2016.

Fifth Harmony - Reflection 500,000 (based on certification).

Nick Jonas - Nick Jonas (doesn't even have record besides first week sales of 37,000, ARTPOP sold more than that in first day/2 days).

Ariana Grande - My Everything 692,000 as of March 2016.

Meghan is the only one who has outsold ARTPOP w/ Title, lol.

[Lucas 26,969]

B9 is actually Britney's 9th studio album, Beyoncé's next album is B6 only :p

[luckythisway 2,610]

41 minutes ago, Black Salvatore said:

The Fame Monster disproves this.. Along with Born This Way

 

thank you for saying it!!!! Gaga's biggest mess (ARTPOP) took the longest to make (2 years!!) and her masterpiece (TFM) was made in 6 months while also on a rigorous tour living on a bus. 

[SlaeUrAnus 15,961]

40 minutes ago, MaryJaneHolland said:

IT'S COMING OUT THIS YEAR!!

whether it'll be may, august or even december, she confirmed it's coming out this year

She confirmed, but it really would not surprise me if she changes her mind and waits till 2017 or something.

[SISTERV 3,887]

Honestly sometimes I forget she even exists sometimes and that's really sad for me.

I know that will change when LG5 comes out, but I doubt she'll ever be popular again. She took too long after BTW to release ARTPOP and now she is taking too long with this album.

You can't call yourself a relevant pop act if you have only released two music videos in the past four years. 

ARTPOP should have come out in December 2012 like promised. LG5 should have been Summer 14'. We should be prepping for LG6 now. 

Unfortunately she got too artistic too fast. And it killed her. 

And considering ARTPOP failed to deliver, she should have quickly bounced back with a great pop album in 2014 like Rihanna did with LOUD after Rated R flopped. It saved her. 

Instead, she had to "prove her haters wrong" and make a (albeit great) covers album. Which then led to lots of covers....which has now led to Gaga being known as a good vocalist/glorified covers act.

Gaga needs to quit caring what her haters think and CONSISTENTLY put out POP records. In my opinion, you should have at minimum, six consistent pop albums with full fledged concepts before you start experimenting too much. 

Born This Way was far enough of a risk, but ARTPOP crossed the line of "weirdly good" to "weirdly stale". 

I hope she bucks up, and LG5, LG6, and LG7 are out by the end of 2020:

LG5: mid 2016

LG6: fall 2018

LG7: late 2020

Revive yourself Gaga or forever be known as "that weird girl who was popular for two years". 

[ViviLittleM 3]

hello she will have Katy Perry again

and maybe Taylor Swift if Q4

so

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[Runway 27,876]

None of those girls were able to outsell ARTPOP (except beyonce and she cant get pop hits anyway) so idt thats the reason

[Versace 7,960]

I would like to mention that ARTPOP sold more in its first week, in the US and worldwide than all of those supposedly Gp-friendly artist's last album efforts with the exception of Beyonce's self-titled. 

So I see no competition other than Beyonce and besides you know how it works

Beyonce gets amazing acclaim and the album sells really well, one top 10 single and then the era dies , LG5 should not be held back for a release date starting Late May, assuming Beyonce drops hers tomorrow. 

[Squidward T 2,229]

Tbh she should be on album 6 by now, shes been on the scene 8 years and only has 3 full LP albums. 

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3 hours ago, MaryJaneHolland said:

THIS!!!!! She might say that she doesn't care... but c'mon guys she not that much of an ''angel''... she ****ing cares, even though she says she doesn't 

I don't think she cares in the aspect that if she doesn't get to #1 she'll be pissed, but that if she does get #1 she'll obviously be happy.