LordEnigma 11,313 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 2 hours ago, kevindjibouti said: Piano ballads were the absolute trend late 2013/early 2014. Plays weren't counted as sales back then boo, Dope DID sell that much and reached #8 for a reason... which is that the GP ate it like bread. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5785931/lordes-royals-leads-hot-100-lady-gagas-dope-debuts-at-no-8 Again -it had 8.2 million streams and 95% of those came from the live performance. She sold 31,000 digital downloads which put her at no. 60 on the Digital Songs chart. Dont kid yourself, again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S 8,672 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Flop for sure. The production is nice at times, and the chorus is actually great. But the verses and some of the lyrics just wouldn't connect with the general public nor radio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelganger 3,933 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Love the song and it’s more representative of ARTPOP but no it would not be successful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
REALITY 76,604 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Absolutely not. I never understood why some people thought that it would have been a great single, and a great lead single at that. It's just so left-field. I get that Gaga always wants to be experimental and that she wants to have each and every lead single be different from the stuff that's on the radio, but at the same time, you need to be realistic about how it would perform. I think it's too "creepy" for the GP to handle, with the whole HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA and the "I killed my former and left her in the truck on Highway 10" lyrics. Applause was by far the best lead single choice. 𝔊𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔟𝔶𝔢, ℑ'𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔶 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪𝔰 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter 14 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 5 hours ago, Sirius094 said: Nah it would have flopped hard without a doubt, even worse than Perfect Illusion. Applause was a wise choice indeed, a radio-friendly song is always the best choice as lead single. THIS! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,044 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Yes, I was positive we'd have a KILLER album when it leaked. Sadly, it didn't meet my expectations, but after the Demo's leaked I'm positive it was Troy and the rats influence that skewed her killer ideas. Mary Jane, Fashion!, Venus, Aura, even Applause demos are so much better (personally) than the studios, especially the iTunes festival songs! MANiCURE, Sexxx Dreams, IWBWY, Swine, all amazing and better than their studio counterparts. Maybe it's my adoration for raw Gaga, but wow, is she an amazing creator. I have a ying-yang dislike for ARTPOP, but only because the ARTPOP I love isn't on Spotify or sold in stores. (except for DWUW, but I love the solo version just as much as the R. Kelly version) This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvador Sequea 813 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson123 38,380 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 It'd have been cool to have it as a promo single before Applause but I think it's too weird and experimental to be the lead one. Even Bad Romance and Judas had "that" experimental sound but they were still catchy as hell and had a lot of hooks to become successful. Aura on the other hand has too many weird noises (long intro) and as much as I love and think the chorus is one of her strongest, the rest of the song (especially the vocals) would've turned people away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probglum 824 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I don’t think it would’ve flopped had it received the promo Applause did. The radio was going through a generic EDM phase during the time Applause was released, so releasing Aura would of been the radio’s saving grace. The radio version wouldn’t have the intro, that’s for sure. My name is yours! What's Probglum? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstrongboy 13 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 What?? It had not even to be on the album for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusBones 3,343 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I hate Aura so much lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIghtmareElm 2,606 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Flop because a lot of SJWs were already complaining about the leak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Temptation 11,209 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 AURA is the best Gaga song ever so YES. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bostonGUY Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Aura as the lead single would have killed her career so bad. It's an amazing song but the GP would have reacted in a very negative way, especially with the burqa lyric (unfortunately) My best friend loves Gaga and it took her a few years to like the song cause the intro creeped her out too much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickMonster 6,495 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 no, its one of her weakest effort not just on ARTPOP but in her whole discography, sorry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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