Is Gaga better at experimental or commercial music?

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What do you think Gaga does best, experimental or commercial music? Or maybe you think she is equally good at both?

Examples:

Commercial: Pokerface, Telephone, Applause

Experimental: Judas, Bloody Mary, Aura

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Aura >>>>>>>

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Honestly a lot of her songs are experimental until proven otherwise.  Pokerface, Bad Romance, etc.

 

 

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1 minute ago, whipopotamus said:

Honestly a lot of her songs are experimental until proven otherwise.  Pokerface, Bad Romance, etc.

 

 

Yeah. Most of her songs have something unique and original in them, and thus making them somewhat experimental. But there are songs that are obviously more commercial or more experimental. 

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Nothing from her sounds that experimental to me  I would say Aura, Heavy Metal Lover, and Electric Chapel. She's better at experimental. 

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Commercial 

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She's honestly great at both. She so EFFORTLESSLY writes generic bops and I think that's why she strives to be more experimental, it pushes her talents

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Well, I mean she made her come up making very commercialized music. I mean, I wouldn't necessarily say that a song like Just Dance is very experimental.

In terms of which one she's better at... I've always liked her more experimental stuff a bit more. Much of ARTPOP is pretty experimental, and I love that album. But objectively, she's better at commercial music, everyone really is, because to a degree there is a set formula in which to follow. Experimental music, is well, experimental, you don't need to follow a pattern or formula that people will just instinctively like.

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Her "experimental" music is better in my eyes, but her commercial music is what she's known for.

Though, even her experimental music isn't really that experimental.

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I think she can pull both with the same quality and that's her differential 

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1 minute ago, M Monstre said:

Well, I mean she made her come up making very commercialized music. I mean, I wouldn't necessarily say that a song like Just Dance is very experimental.

In terms of which one she's better at... I've always liked her more experimental stuff a bit more. Much of ARTPOP is pretty experimental, and I love that album. But objectively, she's better at commercial music, everyone really is, because to a degree there is a set formula in which to follow. Experimental music, is well, experimental, you don't need to follow a pattern or formula that people will just instinctively like.

That is not necessarily the case. It may be that experimental music may be easier since you just do whatever you want instead of meeting the standards of what is normal or mainstream.

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1 minute ago, Enigma said:

That is not necessarily the case. It may be that experimental music may be easier since you just do whatever you want instead of meeting the standards of what is normal or mainstream.

That can also be a double-edged sword though. Music is an art form and while being able to do whatever you feel like is obviously a good thing, that can lead to overthinking or perhaps just trying to make something sound just the way you want and instead just spend countless hours making something that may not even be who you really are anymore. 

Whether you like it or not, meeting a criteria and meeting standards is much easier than just creating something experimental. 

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10 minutes ago, whipopotamus said:

 a lot of her songs are experimental 

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1 minute ago, M Monstre said:

That can also be a double-edged sword though. Music is an art form and while being able to do whatever you feel like is obviously a good thing, that can lead to overthinking or perhaps just trying to make something sound just the way you want and instead just spend countless hours making something that may not even be who you really are anymore. 

Whether you like it or not, meeting a criteria and meeting standards is much easier than just creating something experimental. 

Yes it goes both ways. All I am pointing out is that is not always the case that it will be easier to make commercial music.