Can Gaga really afford to make another non-pop album?

[SwissMonster 29,118]

I am more scared about the opposite to be honest. Can Gaga afford to make a pop album again? Now she showed a privat side of herself with Joanne and I am scared that if she is turning back to „Gaga“ that people will say that it’s played, not real and fake. I know it’s not the case but I am scared of the GP...what do you think?

[Pianosavant 69]

9 minutes ago, SwissMonster said:

I am more scared about the opposite to be honest. Can Gaga afford to make a pop album again? Now she showed a privat side of herself with Joanne and I am scared that if she is turning back to „Gaga“ that people will say that it’s played, not real and fake. I know it’s not the case but I am scared of the GP...what do you think?

This is a very valid point tbh. She can never be as she once was 1, because it would seem super ingenuine, probably more than when she first hit the scene, and 2, she never does the same thing twice. Why would she go back and create music that is in the same vein as her older stuff. She’s said a billion times before she doesn’t do the same thing twice, even if we get pop music the approach and the undertones will probably be different. 

Also as much as I loved Darkga, I just don’t know if it’s great for her to go there again. I’m sure that it can’t put you in the greatest mental space, having to create ideas like that. Why would she want to put her self in a dark place/mindset to create darker imagery and visuals when what the world AND the music industry needs right now is something lighthearted and grounded. 

[sipthistea 21,099]

What does creativity have to do with the money? 

[SLAG 7]

3 hours ago, ryanripley said:

people every pre-era say the album is her hit or miss chance and it never seems to be a problem lol

there's no knowing what she's cooking up and she never does the same sh*t twice  if your place in her fanbase depends on her success then those people probably should leave before the door hits them on the way out

the great part about gaga is the versatility, i've come to love it ever since the beginning and if you can't appreciate other genres than pop then you should probably look elsewhere  

She also would rather die than wear comfy clothes..

[ryanripley 86,575]

Just now, darkpaw said:

She also would rather die than wear comfy clothes..

ok

[Princess Stache 2,066]

*Long response ahead, worth reading tho*

Well first, Gaga is always experimenting in her music.  No one was doing Glam Rock in 2008, she took a 100 year old violin sample and made it into a massive pop song (Alejandro), No one was experimenting with 80s sounds in their music (Dance in the Dark, Monster, Most of Born this Way). No one in pop was doing country in 2016 until she did.  The question is, will she experiment in the right direction?  She can't go back to doing music like The Fame Monster and Born this Way, just like she can't go back to doing music like ARTPOP and Joanne.  Gaga is constantly evolving, and we're going to get something we've never seen from her before.  Gaga always differentiates herself from era to era, and Gaga NEVER plays it safe.  Whether she was releasing Just Dance, Bad Romance, Applause, Million Reasons, Perfect Illusion, Judas, The Edge of Glory, or Born This Way she was ALWAYS taking a risk.  The amount of payoff from the risk always varies.  From this next era we can expect something COMPLETELY different from Gaga, as we always get, and maybe we will get a HUGE payoff from whatever musical risks she takes.

[Hyperballad 4,309]

I think she can be able to fuse pop music with authenticity and experimentation  

ex: Madonna’s ‘Ray of Light’ was not just a huge success because of the success of Frozen and RoL but because it was authentic, new, and QUALITY  

i’d love another pop album, but not just a generic sell out pop album feat. Cardi B, it should be on her terms 

[Thats stupid Luv 629]

she sold a million copies of cheek 2 cheek - so I mean she could do whatever she wanted at this point and still outsell most of the top 40s album sales (excluding mega weights like taylor, beyonce etc.) even without a hit, so i'd remain unworried and just trust she's gonna serve us good material as she always does.

[iCpro 14,846]

All of Gaga’s albums are pop, just different types of pop, and I love that each album has a different sound. I’d much prefer her to keep experimenting with different types of pop, rather than just pumping out basic pop album after basic pop album, like some other artists. I’d love for her to try psychedelic pop, rock pop, or disco pop next.

[iCpro 14,846]

5 hours ago, SolidSnake said:

My point is she if she keeps experimenting and gaining the favor of music critics and fans in other genres she wont need hits, She will become extremely respected and each one of her albums will get hype. She doesnt need hits to stay relevant with the GP and culture as a whole. You have A LOT of reading to do. 

Exactly. Look at Beyoncé, Lemonade didn’t have any hits yet it was one of the best selling, most hyped, and most critically acclaimed albums of 2016. That’s where I’d like Gaga to end up tbh. I’d much rather a fully formed high quality album than a bunch of radio hits.

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7 hours ago, nicolasrumet said:

Gaga's last pop radio hit was in August 2013 "Applause".

 

 

G.U.Y. is shook   

[Delulu Rogers 7,242]

Imo gaga cannot afford to have another non mainstream album. Everyone here is talking about genres and producers but what it comes down to is that lg6 could be of any genre but if gaga doesn't make it commercial, it'll be hard for her to continue making money, touring and staying relevant. 

Think about it, she's only 10 years into her career and is already considered a throwback artist   Her last hit was in 2013 and while Joanne was a good album and did okay in America, everyone else in the world hasn't heard from her in years. There's only so long she can milk the success of her pre 2012 material and the truth is that the GP is getting tired of those songs. Even the fans admit that the JWT felt more like a greatest hit show and with Vegas coming up, it'll basically just going to be a JWT 2.0.

Her touring reputation is already in shambles as she hasn't toured Asia, Australia and South America is years and with cancelling on the Europeans...twice...and now staying in vegas for the next 2 years, I find it unlikely she'll ever be a touring force again without a successful or commercial album with well known hits. And before y'all come at me, this isn't me being a little chartster, it just facts that she'll have a very hard time touring and making money if she continues to do smaller and lesser known projects. 

And besides, she has so much talent that it would be a waste to not use it to her advantage and let the whole world know it. She can have commercial music without compromising artistic integrity like her first 3 albums.  

[Ziggy 11,800]

6 hours ago, AndyGa said:

It's simple af without being sensitive he said he wanted RockGa I said PopGa is better 

Plus lets be real All Gaga's career is either solely pop or pop influenced (aside from 2014) she's a pop artist are we gonna force ourselves to love another genre because our queen switched to 

And yes I know Gaga so well she's my life idol but when it comes to her career I know she was on top of the world when she was unique artistic and experimental within her limits and the other side of her that took herself so serious as the goddess of love acted as she's 60 and recorded Jazz (which I still totally admire tho because she's Gaga duh) and ya'll call it experimental af received the weakest sales lowest reviews and mostly negative reception. So it's ok to say we want the POP queen to slay.

Well that went serious and awkward but " do you know who lady gaga is ? " annoyed me as the popga is better thing to you 

Who tf have C2C bad reviews? If anything I think that got the most glowing reviews of her career hahaha the coming up short with ARTPOP had nothing to do with content and I think we can all agree with that. People were sick of her and it was very poorly managed. She had been a bright, polarizing star for a few years but other celebrities were also upping their game or entering it while Gaga had become old news (and she herself was a little burnt out). It’s not so simple as just the music itself otherwise there’d be no need for the label to pay millions for managing the business side of things.

And no, TF and TFM were by no means experimental in any way, shape or form. They are great albums, but there’s nothing remotely experimental about that material. I think she started edging that way more with BTW (where I think she took herself the most seriously, actually, she was just kind of done during AP) and ARTPOP. Her vocal cuts got weirder, her lyrics less easily digestible, productions more complex (and less digestible), etc. Now, I know you are saying you want something that’ll go down easily and that’s fine but you won’t find that in experimental material even “within limits” because by nature it is meant to push boundaries and be far out there where her earlier material was very much not. It was maybe not trendy at first but it was by no means experimental. TF was 80s pop, essentially, and TFM was europop with a little dark flair to it (sans Teeth which I would say is more old school soul influenced pop at least in the construction of the song).

 

With regards to her doing other genres...well, idk what to tell you lol she does what she does and if the past couple of years are anything to go by she’ll continue doing so. Now she’s becoming known for musical versatility so she actually has more freedom to flex her muscles a bit within the pop realm. But as we’ve seen the past week or so, she is working on both a pop and non-pop project so she knows she needs to serve things for everyone. I wouldn’t be too concerned, but just let people like what they like if you don’t want to be lambasted for liking PopGa.

[Magneto 13,431]

Yup, and she will pay in cash 

[SolidSnake 2,804]

46 minutes ago, iCpro said:

Exactly. Look at Beyoncé, Lemonade didn’t have any hits yet it was one of the best selling, most hyped, and most critically acclaimed albums of 2016. That’s where I’d like Gaga to end up tbh. I’d much rather a fully formed high quality album than a bunch of radio hits.

Welcome to the club! Id love to give you a badge but I dont have one! 

Gaga in fact NEEDS to end up here or she risks becoming irrelevant as she ages and younger pop girls take her place. Her art needs to involve beyond club and radio hits.