AJRocketMan 2,684 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 8 hours ago, JustJames said: Definitely one of the bigger casualties of ARTPOP's failure to deliver on its original vision and become a permanent part of Gaga's discography. Had it been released as a single within the parameters of the ARTPOP era we received, it would have flopped hard. It needed everything that was never delivered in order for the title, theme, and lyrics to be taken as anyting other than vulgar. But, in an ideal world, where the following was communicated properly and articulately, and where the album was released with visual representations of each song (whether in traditional MV form or via the app), it should have been able to smash as a single. -- Promo Single: Aura (the girl behind the excess) | Single #1: Applause (the star who can't let go of the rush of fans' love) [APP PROMO TRACKS] Venus (the girl who throws herself into love full-steam) | G.U.Y. (the star who can't show any vulnerability at all) Single #3: MANiCURE (the girl who thinks love will heal her pain) | Single #4: DWUW (the star that is jaded and broken by being used by the industry, lovers, fans) Promo Single: ARTPOP (the idea that both the girl and the star - and their addictions, behavior, and humanity - can merge/belong together) Single #4: Sexxx Dreams (the girl addicted to affection as the reality of love sets in) | Single #5: Gypsy (the star addicted to believing her story can end well *this time*) ^^ a reversal in the way that the girl/star thinks, but resolving/merging the two in realizing that both have addictions. -- 2 key themes of ARTPOP were 1) its sonic explosion of the adrenaline that comes from indulging (and sometimes overindulging) in pleasure to mask pain, and 2) the corruption of art and pleasure for profit - and, on the flip side, the ability of humans to reclaim that extortion by democratizing art. - The title alludes to the adult entertainment industry which is used by many to escape into fantasy away from the difficulties of real-life relationships, can and has degraded the thrill/rush of true sexual pleasure when one becomes addicted to it, and is certainly an example of how money corrupts the most beautiful, innate human behaviors (in the way the pop industry can and has corrupted the beauty of art within music). - The theme of escaping a lovers' quarrel by fantasizing of sex with another, and the internal battle that occurs from having to balance the temptation and/or regret, is expressed in the back-and-forth lyrical content. Without some kind of communication of these, the 'Sexxx' in 'Sexxx Dreams' and verses just seem like "another Gaga gimmick." OR she could’ve taken herself less seriously and just made a record full of fun party songs instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashellplay 512 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, AJRocketMan said: OR she could’ve taken herself less seriously and just made a record full of fun party songs instead. What's the point of naming it ARTPOP then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, AJRocketMan said: OR she could’ve taken herself less seriously and just made a record full of fun party songs instead. ARTPOP... is full of fun party songs. Must a fun record be vapid? Can't it have symbolism and depth? Didn't she take herself seriously when making her other dance albums? What does that even mean? So many questions, so little answers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookerOnAChurch 6,786 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Huge bop, single material. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashellplay 512 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 1 hour ago, nenhures said: ARTPOP... is full of fun party songs. Must a fun record be vapid? Can't it have symbolism and depth? Didn't she take herself seriously when making her other dance albums? What does that even mean? So many questions, so little answers. Yeah, the whole Reverse-Warholian/Artist Liberation angle she took made a lot of amazing visuals come into fruition (The ARTPOP films (Applause, G.U.Y medley) and she worked with Jeff Koons.... I have no idea why Marina Abramovic was there... she's talented but they like, smoked pot/sat on crystals/ran through a forest nude for half of 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggest Fan 988 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 10:18 PM, KatieJudasGaga4 said: BOP! Glad she sang it during Coachella and the backdrop is sickening! The Film is everything I wanted to see 🤖 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG 7 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 A bop. Could’ve done without that awful disco-esque bridge tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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