Green Detox 2,779 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 ...in a general view, it can be perceived that way, But none of the 8 tracks is about that topic. The closest we get is Paparazzi and that was from The Fame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter 14 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Your right! Paparazzi does express the dark side of fame but TFM helps those understand gruesome parts of fame. I always view The Fame to be about the glitz & glamour to becoming famous while TFM express the challenges those are faced with while having all the fame & fortune. EDIT: Bad Romance: It’s hard finding love when your famous unless your with someone is equally famous. Alejandro: Most women & sometimes men in Hollywood have dealt with sexual assault from men or any other abuse. Monster: Sex sells especially when your famous. SHICD: Most famous people have dive into some sort of drug or alcohol and struggle escaping it. DITD: Each person has an ego but a famous person always in the limelight constantly has an ego. Telephone: Suffocation of not having your pre-fame lifestyle, being told what to do, and constantly being surrounded around people. Speechless & Teeth: Self-explantory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith Grey 3,140 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 To me i always viewed it as The Fame is the image of a pop star, which she presents in a very clever way and it’s very fabulous and fun. While the Fame Monster shows the truth behind the pop star. For example, LoveGame represents sex as kind of a tool a pop star uses and the appeal of it. Then Dance In The Dark shows the insecurities she has and the dark side of her sexual prowess which is that as a pop star she must look perfect and sexy at all times and have her body scrutinized so she develops this sort of body insecurity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shame 25,360 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Imo, TFM is more about the emotional turmoil left by fame, like it's negative impact on ur love life, ur self image and worth and your relationships with people. Contrast to TF, which dealt more with the materialism and superficial appeal of fame angels forever, forever angels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Nook 37,805 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I think Gaga explained it better in interviews but it’s more about the repercussions of fame or what celebrities might deal with i.e. Britney’s 2007 breakdown Uh Red Wine... Convict... Gah Gah... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doot 2 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 11 minutes ago, KING said: Your right! Paparazzi does express the dark side of fame but TFM helps those understand gruesome parts of fame. I always view The Fame to be about the glitz & glamour to becoming famous while TFM express the challenges those are faced with while having all the fame & fortune. This is gonna make me cry, I miss the old days. So artistic, so conceptual. :-( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
migamiga 12,101 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 i honestly don’t see every song as a fame monster. pretty much every song is a fear of love but it made for good marketing still her best album Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIghtmareElm 2,606 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I think the meaning is expressed in such a subtle way. It's why it's her smartest album of her career. Such genius. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doot 2 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 But in other news, yes, the songs weren’t straight forward, they were metaphors. The album was really something that was digested as a whole (music, lyrics, visuals, interviews). Its sorta how she said PI was about Instagram But the songs do touch on what she’s talking about tho. Think of DITD...it’s about being afraid to be your true self with someone, so she took that idea and translated it into a relatable scenario for the public: having sex with the lights on. Same with Alejandro: fear of the men you meet that want to screw you over in the industry translates to fear of commitment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter 14 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, Doot said: This is gonna make me cry, I miss the old days. So artistic, so conceptual. :-( Same! I had to update my post to help people understand the metaphors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy 11,329 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, F AM E said: i honestly don’t see every song as a fame monster. pretty much every song is a fear of love but it made for good marketing still her best album She wrote the songs through a pop lens which generally are songs that have to do with love as they're relateable. So she used "love songs" as a way of more simply conveying the complexities and metaphors she was trying to communicate. Take Speechless, for example. Nowhere in that song does she mention her dad, but when you hear her say that it's about him it makes sense. She just wrote the song in a way that others can relate to better as well as keeping in mind that she's a pop star and trying to keep her work within certain parameters. The only song that needed work to make sense was Telephone, but I think this was less a case of just shoving it in and more of, she saw how this song she wrote years before made sense within the body of work she was crafting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian 19,928 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 12 minutes ago, F AM E said: i honestly don’t see every song as a fame monster. pretty much every song is a fear of love but it made for good marketing still her best album If you read lyrics only of course it's "only" about romance because that's relatable and it sells. But as you start to read between the lines and take a bit of distance everything makes sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Nook 37,805 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 This is making me wanna listen The Fame Monster from beginning to end again it’s 10 year anniversary technically in a few days is going to be next year Uh Red Wine... Convict... Gah Gah... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Is My Name 453 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I've listened to this album for nearly 7 years and I still find new meanings in each of the songs as time goes by. Amazing. Haroon is coming to kill me D: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
migamiga 12,101 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Ziggy said: She wrote the songs through a pop lens which generally are songs that have to do with love as they're relateable. So she used "love songs" as a way of more simply conveying the complexities and metaphors she was trying to communicate. Take Speechless, for example. Nowhere in that song does she mention her dad, but when you hear her say that it's about him it makes sense. She just wrote the song in a way that others can relate to better as well as keeping in mind that she's a pop star and trying to keep her work within certain parameters. The only song that needed work to make sense was Telephone, but I think this was less a case of just shoving it in and more of, she saw how this song she wrote years before made sense within the body of work she was crafting. the song is about luc no matter what she says publicly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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