JohnnyVersace 8,540 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I was recently watching the ArtRave in Paris, and it dawned on me that the entire show is essentially a giant "**** you" to her former management, and a satire of her career. Take the opening for instance: "Now performing...Lady Gaga!" (5:20min.) It's dripping with cheesiness, spoken in a bubbly voice while "free my mind" is spoken repeatedly. The music of ARTPOP is dark, edgy, and overtly-electro, yet she presents herself in a typical bubblegum pop fashion, essentially mocking the "Lady Gaga" persona. She needs no introduction, we know who's performing. Yet she sets the show up signaling us that a massive, marketed pop star is about to arrive. Further into the show, she covers herself in bar chairs during MJH, and even crawls and oinks on stage like a pig during Swine. The cherry on top is her rendition of Bad Romance. "Now performing her hit single: Bad Romance!" (1:52:29) She dons perhaps the foulest costume she's ever worn, puts on the clunkiest shoes she could find, and performs her biggest hit in the most garish way. The imagery of Bad Romance is out the f*cking window, and she's doing whatever the hell she wants. She's essentially flipping off her haters, her management, and the industry, and letting her anger and rage take over. My point is that nothing is really glamorized in the show (other than Gypsy) in the way she used to during TFB and TBTWB. She's presenting her artistry in a fashion that overtly pokes fun at herself and would undoubtedly piss off people who wanted to control her image. Thoughts? Video below. Scroll to the timestamps above to hear the sound bits.   Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlopSlurper 34,336 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I don't think she was performing venus barefoot? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOOKGA 2,604 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Cool Not very born this way of you đ« Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenues 4,370 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Girl I literally just finished watching it and was thinking the same thing about BR Am I psychic?  Ouch, My back hurts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyKid 15,079 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 4 minutes ago, JohnnyVersace said: Take the opening for instance: "Now performing...Lady Gaga!" (5:20min.) It's dripping with cheesiness, spoken in a bubbly voice while "free my mind" is spoken as well. The music of ARTPOP is dark, edgy, and overtly-electro, yet she presents herself in a typical bubblegum pop fashion, essentially mocking the "Lady Gaga" persona. She needs no introduction, we know who's performing. Yet she sets the show up signaling us that a massive, marketed pop star is about to arrive. She has that because there is a voice saying who's performing next with the opening acts too I think  And she has black heels during Venus  Life has a hopeful undertone |-/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic 12,177 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 She never performed Venus barefoot, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeyerJ 2,158 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I disagree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyVersace 8,540 Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, FlopSlurper said: I don't think she was performing venus barefoot?  1 minute ago, SpookyKid said: And she has black heels during Venus  Oop you right - I was thinking of Swinefest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decodekid 24,476 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 could be. One thing I noticed at the Paris show is that she was screaming so much it felt like she was saying a big **** you to what happened during the era, she was letting her anger out that night Im Harol don't tell anyone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyVersace 8,540 Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, Avenues said: Girl I literally just finished watching it and was thinking the same thing about BR Am I psychic?  It's so obvious. She takes her most stylized, fashion-forward single, and performs it as a literal rave clown. It's exactly what her label and management would have not wanted her to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BgRaEgTaT 1,526 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Donât forget she also made sarcastic comments about how she wasnât going to perform any hits, and if people didnât come to listen to ARTPOP they needed to either âgrab a glowstick and a drink or get the f*** outâ. Honestly I donât think sheâd perform many of her older hits if she wasnât required to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXXXX 4,775 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I thought you would say the stage looked like an "R" from that view Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabeoz 7,900 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 1 minute ago, BgRaEgTaT said: Donât forget she also made sarcastic comments about how she wasnât going to perform any hits, and if people didnât come to listen to ARTPOP they needed to either âgrab a glowstick and a drink or get the f*** outâ. Honestly I donât think sheâd perform many of her older hits if she wasnât required to I don't think it's that she doesn't want to perform her old hits it's that she's sick of people only wanting to see her to hear them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leecy 1,476 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 maybe it's just her taste lately is too bad to be accepted edit: are you guys taking this as a joke too seriously? lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurotrash 1,603 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Cool observation! I've always thought something was really wrong with the way she performed BR. Like these epic, all-white, glamorous visuals literally do NOT fit that disgusting raver girl outfit!  Thanks for opening my mind about the artRAVE! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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