Antonio 27,768 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 "You can say what you want about Lady Gaga. However, nobody can deny that she has the most dedicated fans in the world. In fact, some of them have set up a new fundraiser for their idol at GoFundMe. Mind you, it’s not to raise money for gay rights, which Gaga has been a constant activist for. It’s not even for raising money for the homeless. Instead, $80 has been raised (with the goal of $10,000) to help her new single “Perfect Illusion” become a No. 1 song. The mission statement almost sounds like a parody. “Lady Gaga is to gay rights what Martin Luther King Jr. is to black rights. If it wasn’t for Lady Gaga, we wouldn’t have gay marriage or gays wouldn’t be able to participate in the military. We are hear [sic] to repay Mother Monster and give her another number one hit.” The statement adds that the people who put the fundraiser together know how to manipulate iTunes and Amazon accounts in order to buy several thousand copies of “Perfect Illusion” with just a couple accounts. They say that Billboard will count all sales — something that may actually be possible as record companies have reportedly been using several shortcuts to purchase their artists’ own records without setting up several accounts. So far, the fundraiser — which was posted less than one day ago — has raised $80 from 11 donors. Some of the responses from donors may embarrass Lady Gaga and a huge portion of her fans who enjoy her music, but are embarrassed by the actions of her more crazy fans. “Hey, I live in Evanston not too far. I’ll contact you though Twitter. I can only donate $5 now, but I can donate other things if you know what I mean,” says Louie G.U.Y., who offers oral sex just as long as the receiver isn’t HIV positive. “I would donate my hole [sic] paycheck for this if I had time. But for now kindly accept my donation,” says Little Monster Miguel, who donated $5. Perhaps the saddest response (or funniest — depending on how you look at it) is from Little Monster Jade, who donated $15. “I don’t make much and am practically starving, but Lady Gaga is so important to me” The popular gay blog Boyculture brought attention to this fundraiser on Thursday morning, and the commenters after the post think the fundraiser is pathetic, but funny as well. “Oy, some folks take fandom beyond obsession,” claims SpireaX. “I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING!! I’M LITERALLY CRYING I’M LAUGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW!! This made my day so much gayer!!” shouts FRosario. However, at least one Lady Gaga fan thinks all her fans should not be judged by the actions of a few.g “This is such a non-issue. Why it was posted on this blog is beyond me,” claims Mikey J, who claims many fans of such artists as Madonna and Beyonce have done the same thing, even though there is no proof of that. However, Mikey brings up what most would consider a good point: There is a sector of artist fan bases that, in the internet age, are rabid and overreaching. In fact, it’s come to the point where different fan bases of mostly female singers have tweeted death threats or even racist comments to fans of artists they don’t like. In fact, E! News reported a couple years back that Lady Gaga tried to reign in her fans who were sending death threats to Perez Hilton and others who did not like her new single “Applause.” Perhaps Lady Gaga and other artists need to remind the Internet that pop music is supposed to be fun, not a death match." http://www.inquisitr.com/3475280/lady-gaga-fans-raise-money-to-help-perfect-illusion-hit-no-1/#1VE6yx0pqfgxZJ8A.99 - Link to GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/2mq53ck - Discuss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah 26,941 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Link to the GoFundMe please ⟡ ⋆ ˚｡⋆🦢⋆ ˚｡⋆⟡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzily 14,543 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Tears in the rain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio 27,768 Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Just now, Noah said: Link to the GoFundMe please I'll try to find it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Life 118,907 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, Noah said: Link to the GoFundMe please https://www.gofundme.com/2mq53ck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio 27,768 Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Just now, Gypsy Life said: https://www.gofundme.com/2mq53ck Thank you sis <3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Life 118,907 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryJaneHolland 77,348 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 desperate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuuri 21,636 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 And they couldn't do this for G.U.Y. or Marry The Night? Hell, TIHTY peaked at 95, and now they want to fund a song to go number 1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abductee 162 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 this was almost 100% set up by M*donna fans trying to give her bad press again. Get it taken down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbins 1,760 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 That's not cool tbh... Buying 10,000 copies is not going to make a difference in the grand scheme of things. If the song is good, it'll sell, simple as. Donate that money to a cause or a charity instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyalty 3,904 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Payola Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio 27,768 Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 The article was so entertaining though lmao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayonetta 9,844 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Why don't they just use the money they donate to buy the copies of PI themselves Spoiler at least you'll know the money is actually going towards sales Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio 27,768 Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Just now, PERFECTILLUSION said: Why don't they just use the money they donate to buy the single themselves bc with the money each person donates you could buy 3-5 singles Still tragic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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