Don't get mad.... But is Lady Gaga taking her fame for granted?

[JustPokeHerFace 2,564]

I don't think she's been worrying about attention because she's been so quiet lately. When she has been speaking out, it's usually been to support something/someone. Just a few days ago, she tweeted about the Kesha situation at the BBMAs. No other celebrities did (that I know of, correct me if I'm wrong). 

Keep in mind that she's been in the spotlight for eight years, and it does get old after a while. She's also been working on her new album, and she does have a lot to prove with it. I'm interested to see what she does next, but I'm not feeling impatient like I was during BTW and AP.

[Bebe 17,094]

"Do you think that she wastes the opportunities she has when she has so many fans waiting?"

No. I know it's been a longer wait for LG5 but it's just getting to that point after every era where people are thirsty. She has done multiple tributes, performances and even released TIHTY.

 

"To hear her music? To hear her opinions on certain topics? Has she become like so many celebrities worrying only about perception and attention rather than using her fame to influence the generation?"

She is working on her latest album though? There are artists out there that take far longer to complete new albums. She is taking her time with this record but that doesn't mean she is taking anything for granted.

I mean I think she still is using her fame to 'influence the generation' whether that be her speeches

Her projects like LOVE BRAVERY

 

Or her speaking about rape and sexual assault and releasing TIHTY

I mean putting this into perspective a little, look at the woman Gaga was compared to throughout the ARTPOP era.

What has Katy Perry released since PRISM? What has she done? What has she said?

That's not an attack on her, she has every right to take her time too. But while Katy has used her time away from the spotlight in a certain way, Gaga has kept working. She released C2C, she acted on AHS, she performed multiple tributes for a range of artists, she released Till It Happens To You, she performed multiple times at The Oscars, she performed at the Super Bowl.

[ChicaSkas 23,130]

I think she's taking her fame for reality. 

There is no other female pop star on earth right now, with the possible exception of Taylor Swift (and probably certainly Madonna) who is more famous and who has more instant name recognition.

She's not taking it for granted. She earned it, and she's basking in the sheer reality of it

 

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1 hour ago, frankguo8 said:

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sorry so off topic

yeah I felt it was about time I at least changed that

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1 hour ago, kieron said:

It definitely depends on how you look at it imo. I personally admire her for all the social issues she's positively advocated and fought for. Aside from Katy's "Firework", Gaga's music has been more of the empowering kind of pop music (and I think Katy followed suit w/ Firework with that anyway..? anyway).

Done more than most of her contemporaries at least. That should say something 

I think most of Katy's discography is made of empowering and inspirational songs. Gaga is much more varied. The thing wth Katy is that, her songs are not mature and high qualify.

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if LG5 were here already, i bet you wouldnt create this thread 

[Didymus 34,379]

I would say no, but..

I am getting annoyed at her being all Hollywood now. I get that she needs privacy and needs a place where she can just be by herself and enjoy herself completely, but did she really need a 25 million mansion with a bowling alley and a movie theater? Given her earlier statements about how authentic she was exactly because she didn't chase all these things, it stings a bit.

And that's not all. She's acting like a damn Golden Globe is the best thing that ever happened to her. Like **** off girl It's a stupid award given to people for media buzz and you, as a student of Madonna, should know that. It just makes me very curious for the next era. It will really be a make/break moment for me. She had the balls to say in 2014 that she'd rather return to singing in bars than change herself and then a year later we had to hear she was feeling like utter **** and began feeling like a robot in a corporate machine ever since 2011, having lied for years about how happy she felt. Who's to say she won't lie again? Is it just a promo tactic to make her next big work look more attractive? All these things just make me wonder if she's still the artist I fell in love with. It hasn't felt like her work and her artistic message has come first for years now.

[LadyGagaStan93 129]

20 minutes ago, Didymus said:

I would say no, but..

I am getting annoyed at her being all Hollywood now. I get that she needs privacy and needs a place where she can just be by herself and enjoy herself completely, but did she really need a 25 million mansion with a bowling alley and a movie theater? Given her earlier statements about how authentic she was exactly because she didn't chase all these things, it stings a bit.

And that's not all. She's acting like a damn Golden Globe is the best thing that ever happened to her. Like **** off girl It's a stupid award given to people for media buzz and you, as a student of Madonna, should know that. It just makes me very curious for the next era. It will really be a make/break moment for me. She had the balls to say in 2014 that she'd rather return to singing in bars than change herself and then a year later we had to hear she was feeling like utter **** and began feeling like a robot in a corporate machine ever since 2011, having lied for years about how happy she felt. Who's to say she won't lie again? Is it just a promo tactic to make her next big work look more attractive? All these things just make me wonder if she's still the artist I fell in love with. It hasn't felt like her work and her artistic message has come first for years now.

The great thing about her is that she is multi faceted. She can be loving NYC girl and an LGBT/Sexaul assault advocate all at the same time. I feel like some of you guys have set expectations of what she should be and who she should mingle with. And really that's her fault because no one is quite open like her. Beyonce's fans don't have this problem, nor does any other popstar at this very moment honestly. Like yeah, she once told us she'd never need a car, she hated Hollywood, but she grew up and changed. She's well on her way to getting married and having a child. You can't expect her to be the same person she was at 22 when she's 30. For the most part when it comes to her music, it shines through that it's important to her.

 

Some of y'all sound tired and need to realize that you're investing into her brand, not the other way around. She is essentially a character, one that at some point in time you enjoyed or you wouldn't be here at this very moment. No one is forcing you to be her fan, or follow her every movement. She is at the very core Lady ****ing Gaga, the ride has been amazing so far. Idk about you guys lol. 

[PopThatArt 2,193]

4 hours ago, Helios said:

You forgot Born This Way's existence 

But that was 5 years ago. I'm talking about lately. She's so quiet about so much. It's like someone turned off a side of her personality, the side where she's so proactive regarding social issues. All we hear her talk about is Kesha or see her out with Mark. I want the ARE YOU LISTENING BARACK OBAMA?!?? Gaga back. Even with TILL IT HAPPENS TO YOU, I was hoping for a bigger statement, and the statement came so long after the song was released. It's like she was hesitant to even talk about the song.

[Didymus 34,379]

56 minutes ago, LadyGagaStan93 said:

I feel like some of you guys have set expectations of what she should be and who she should mingle with. And really that's her fault because no one is quite open like her. Beyonce's fans don't have this problem, nor does any other popstar at this very moment honestly. Like yeah, she once told us she'd never need a car, she hated Hollywood, but she grew up and changed. She's well on her way to getting married and having a child. You can't expect her to be the same person she was at 22 when she's 30.

Well, I don't expect her to be. But I don't treat her any different than I treat an acquaintance of mine. If I knew someone who was all high and mighty about being on the road and spending all their money on their work etc. and then suddenly doing a 180 I'd like to hear an explanation for that too. I can accept change perfectly but I like people who changed dramatically to acknowledge it (not the same as defending yourself).

And I don't get why everyone keeps bringing up the maturity argument. Sure, that can be about focusing on marriage and children, but that has zero to do with her lifestyle rn I don't see a relation between "growing up" and suddenly loving Hollywood. No need to bring in that element.

Anyway, I don't feel like my post was that bad for you to go all "no one's forcing you to be a fan". Her work always comes first to me and she's delivered plenty for me to keep on watching. Some bits just annoy, but that's not at all the end of the world or my fandom or whatever and I'm kind of frustrated that so many people think some criticism about very justified things (blatant contradictions) are saying something super dramatic. I'm sure you talk a lot worse about your own friends sometimes lol

[mic 1,415]

I think topics like that are just wasteof time, who knows what she thinks?

i just suspect she gave her all to her career and then being close to fans backfired her so now she focuses on private life protecting herself. That's what all of us do at the end of a day.

[Manul 7,377]

I think she took it for granted up to the G.U.Y. era, she thought that after complete silence and repeating lies she could just throw out a video and everyone would be all over her again. That backfired however and I think that it served as  a wake up call for her. Since then she's been very hardworking.

[hELXIG 43,042]

Nahh I just think she's really intelligent, and uses that intelligence to decided exactly how famous she is at any given point in time. She decided she wanted to become famous, and so she did it, she decided when she broke her hip to disappear and not be famous any more, so she did that, then she (thank god) decided to come back again, but she's been keeping herself only semi-famous since.

I think she wants it this way tbh. She spoke out soooo much in the past about fame being dark and terrible. And I think now she's happy being at a medium level on average. She'll be popular again with LG5, but I don't think she WANTS TFM/BTW level fame again, otherwise you KNOW she would have it by now.

[SamJ 8,008]

5 hours ago, JustPokeHerFace said:

I don't think she's been worrying about attention because she's been so quiet lately. When she has been speaking out, it's usually been to support something/someone. Just a few days ago, she tweeted about the Kesha situation at the BBMAs. No other celebrities did (that I know of, correct me if I'm wrong). 

Keep in mind that she's been in the spotlight for eight years, and it does get old after a while. She's also been working on her new album, and she does have a lot to prove with it. I'm interested to see what she does next, but I'm not feeling impatient like I was during BTW and AP.

I completely agree with this apart from I am starting to get a bit impatient now

[Vodka 4,478]

6 hours ago, GreekGod said:

I think most of Katy's discography is made of empowering and inspirational songs. Gaga is much more varied. The thing wth Katy is that, her songs are not mature and high qualify.

Well, I can I agree with you on that..her music style is more...tongue in cheek? True, looking at her discography, she's got her fair share of empowerment songs. I suppose it's just because I don't frequent her music, or that she isn't as outspoken.
Aside from Roar and Firework, I've never really looked into her other songs that weren't on the radio. No shade or anything, but it's when I think of Katy Perry, the first thing that comes to mind is radio-friendly pop, with depth put on the back burner. 

Went off topic there, and yeah we've seen Gaga delve into other genres and experiment more with her sound, not trying to biased or anything, but her music has a certain empowering quality of it's own, and if you combined it with her social activism, it seems more consistent.

I feel like I'm talking in circles lol. Point is, I don't mean to discredit anyone, it's just that some artists seem more consistent in character that spills out beyond the music. That's all