Do You Think Gaga Experienced A Creative Block?

[ryanripley 86,575]

i won't lie to you, i'm a little scared to make this thread with you little monsters  

but a good majority can agree whilst the Million Reasons video is what we should have expected from a slow song, it does lack that essence of Gaga's visual magic

i know plenty of you will think "yawn a thread on that video again, lets comment "i stopped reading at Million" for those likes " but hear me out a second because i'm interested to see what you guys think, cus i'm not here to trash the video or say who's fake or not  

from personal experience, i can go through phases of creative blocks where my mind just can't think of what to do in order to make what i want to say good, and i'm pretty sure that gaga experiences these days, weeks, possibly months so i'm questioning whether she's been experiencing a block recently

a couple of things that make me question this are:

- the fact it took the MR video so long to be released

- comparing the MR video to her previous work

- comparing the MR video to her live performances

it just seems a little odd that these great performances with amazing visuals had the end result of a very... plain video  i'm aware this era is stripped back but PI's video was very complimentary of the song, the energetic visuals go hand in hand with the song but i'm wondering if gaga and her team just said "you know what? lets just do plan C and get something out there and say it's personal"  

i'm not saying it's a bad thing if she is, it could be a result of her PTSD? i'm not that educated about it  but i don't truly think gaga is being lazy

what do you critics think?

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who's gunna drag me for filth first?

 

[lego 44,165]

yawn a thread on that video again

 

 

I stopped reading at Million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ryanripley 86,575]

Just now, lego said:

yawn a thread on that video again

 

 

I stopped reading at Million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bannedT from the planet earth

[River 116,225]

no..

next topic please

[ryanripley 86,575]

Just now, River said:

no..

next topic please

compelling input

[imwoahvicky 4,248]

i stopped reading at ryanripley 

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but honestly tho she could possibly be experiencing a creative block. i literally experience those everyday when it comes to anything requiring a project or (gasp) to make something in a class to be GRADED for.  

 

[lego 44,165]

2 minutes ago, ryanripley said:

bannedT from the planet earth

 

 

[MarryTheKnight 2,181]

I personally believe that the reason Gaga's work was so spectacular in the earlier years of her career was the impeccable team behind her.

However, Dada (who was a genius and behind most of her iconic visuals) and BoomKack left and she is no longer working with fantastic directors such as Joseph Kahn (who she got in some creative feud with), Steven Klein, Francis Lawrence, Jonas Akerlund, etc

I think having a strong team behind you is extremely important in putting out superb works. See: Lemonade (which was directed by Akerlund and had a huge team behind it)

Letting go of SOME creative control is not a bad thing; Gaga can remain involved in her work and it will produce higher quality results.

Now we have Gaga making music and videos with like 9 people in her garage

[ryanripley 86,575]

Just now, Scarlet said:

i stopped reading at ryanripley 

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but honestly tho she could possibly be experiencing a creative block. i literally experience those everyday when it comes to anything requiring a project or (gasp) to make something in a class to be GRADED for.  

 

when i was at university, my creativity crumbled because of the sheer amount of pressure they were putting on me

maybe all the attention about her being open about PTSD had an affect on her?

[Benji 20,113]

Did you not hear?

 

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All joking aside. I don't think Gaga cares about the video or if she does... yikes.

 

[Nono 3,576]

She experienced " all-star team loss"

[ryanripley 86,575]

1 minute ago, MarryTheKnight said:

I personally believe that the reason Gaga's work was so spectacular in the earlier years of her career was the impeccable team behind her.

However, Dada (who was a genius and behind most of her iconic visuals) and BoomKack left and she is no longer working with fantastic directors such as Joseph Kahn (who she got in some creative feud with), Steven Klein, Francis Lawrence, Jonas Akerlund, etc

I think having a strong team behind you is extremely important in putting out superb works. See: Lemonade (which was directed by Akerlund and had a huge team behind it)

Letting go of SOME creative control is not a bad thing; Gaga can remained involved in her work and it will produce higher quality results.

Now we have Gaga making music and videos with like 9 people in her garage

i admit i cackled

[ryanripley 86,575]

Just now, Benji said:

Did you not hear?

 

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All joking aside. I don't think Gaga cares about the video or if she does... yikes.

 

honestly iconic  

i considered editing my avi onto this for my comeback thread  

[Jenina 15,072]

I really don't think it's her being lazy because she has always been really passionate about what she does and puts so much effort into her work.  I know it's a slow song and stuff but the video is like idk how to explain it it just feels like something is missing.  I wasn't expecting something over the top but it missed something in my opinion.  It could possibly influenced with wanting to honor her aunt and she doesn't want to "mess up" I guess, could be creative block, it could be a lot of things I just don't think it was lazy.

[ryanripley 86,575]

Just now, Jenina said:

I really don't think it's her being lazy because she has always been really passionate about what she does and I know it's a slow song and stuff but the video is like idk how to explain it it just feels like something is missing.  I wasn't expecting something over the top but it missed something in my opinion.  It could possibly influenced with wanting to honor her aunt and she doesn't want to "mess up" I guess, could be creative block, it could be a lot of things I just don't think it was lazy.

i guess she just decided to do the literal approach instead of the half way between fantasy and reality