This article reminds me of Gaga

[PunkTheFunk 124,557]

Okay so this article has nothing to do with Gaga directly but hear me out  

I found it on The Atlantic and it's called "Frank Ocean, Harper Lee, and the Reclusive Artist"

It's a well-written article and I suggest you read the whole thing if you have time. The article compares Harper Lee (the woman who wrote "To Kill A Mockingbird" -- one of the most beloved works in American literature -- and basically never wrote another novel again) and Frank Ocean (who snatched us bald with Channel Orange and was never seen again ).

Basically the author explains how Harper Lee was able to get away with never writing another novel; "To Kill A Mockingbird" was a sufficient, self-contained masterpiece. "It was a classic. And that was quite simply enough, even without a subsequent masterwork or public performance from the author. It was enough." Meanwhile, Frank Ocean's fans saw Channel Orange as a promise of more.

"On April 6, 2015, Ocean posted an image on Tumblr of himself seated in front of two stacks of magazines; one cover is labeled Boys Don’t Cry. The caption, now infamous, reads “I got two versions. I got twooo versions…” and the post is hashtagged “#ISSUE 1 #ALBUM 3 #JULY2015 #BOYSDONTCRYMAGAZINE.”

"Thus began the spiraling period I can only imagine Ocean historians will one day refer to obliquely as The Wait, or perhaps The Age of Acrimony."

After July came and went with no album to speak of, Ocean’s every action—or, more often, inaction—was met with indignation from those who’d previously declared their adoration for him. “Frank Ocean is a liar” became as reliable a sentiment on social media as tweets about television or the weather.

There are variations, depending on the day: a “certified platinum liar,” a “disgusting liar,” a “liar and a fraud,” a “compulsive liar.” Ocean granted no interviews and offered no commentary on the rumors that would crop up via other artists, assuring journalists that the album would manifest itself eventually. “I feel like he’s working harder than he’s ever worked in his life,” the producer Malay toldPitchfork. “I know he’s away making a masterpiece,” Chance the Rapper told Complex. And when Ocean did emerge from obscurity in brief fits—sitting in the audience at Kanye West’s Madison Square Garden release party for his album The Life of Pablo, appearing in a Calvin Klein commercial—fans responded to his presence with angst and rage."

"There’s a deep intimacy that seems to underlie the fury directed toward Ocean. Sharing the news of the alleged new album on Facebook this week, my friends’ reactions were so personal that it would have been impossible for the uninitiated to guess that they were talking about someone other than a dear friend. “Francis, I swear to gawd if you’re playing with my emotions...” “I heard you bout to lie again on Friday. Say it to my face this time.” “Good thing I have therapy on Monday, just in case.” I find these sentiments a little odd, even within myself, but still unsurprising. It’s the frustration we reserve for those we love, those who disappoint us time and time again but draw us into their orbit—through bonds of love, trauma, family—such that we know we will stick around to be hurt again and again, and will never stop believing in them nevertheless. Why are you doing this to us?"

Sound familiar?

The article then poses these questions:

What are we owed by an artist whom we profess to love?

How do we maintain an earnest interest in and desire for art we love, while respecting the autonomy of the person who creates it and the fact that creating anything at all is the most excruciating of human endeavors?

Imo, Gaga is sick of the fame and the fans and would much rather be an artistic recluse at this point in her life. If she decided she never wanted to allow us entry into her inner life again, could you forgive her? Could you even love her again?

[Evan Peters 10,755]

harper never wrote a book again bc she got stacks that lasted ha a lifetime 

[Gaga Monster 13,001]

I read TKAM in school, it was a pretty good book and movie

[sipthistea 21,099]

Maybe she'll never release music for our ears again .

Maybe LG5 is an exclusive record for her friends 

[Sid 6,755]

She hasn't said anything about LG5 because you all ripped her to shreds when she hyped ARTPOP and it didn't meet TF era sales 

[Miracle 14,068]

Why do ATRL, gay indie twitter and that stuff act as if Frank Ocean was the new Bob Dylan? He just made a great album and a nice mixtape. They weren't good enough to be called classics