JohnWayne92 2,136 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I feel like she wrote the first verse when she first got to Vegas, probably blending in and getting ready to take the city by storm? Anyone else hear that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRCF29 8,181 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 By the time she got to Vegas, everyone knew her, that's why she was there I think it's about her first coming into the industry, especially since she says the song relates to her being sexually assaulted by a music producer back then. "No one knows me yet/not right now", she's just starting to get big and sign deals and then that happened, so she had to remind herself that she's not going to let her self-worth be defined by anyone else, and she won't let that attack rattle her Don't Call Me Gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonkers 28,944 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I figured it was after she wrote Shallow and realized how nice it was to be far from us (the shallow). Remember to like and subscribe, and click on the bell icon to get the latest updates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastertoyo 22,728 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I think she went back to The Fame mindset and wanted to capture the essence of a growing and booming community around her from back in the day ”no one knows me yet not right now” ”we own the downtown hear our sound” these sound very Lower East Side please enlighten me to death Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson123 37,518 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Isn't it supposed to be about the Trans community ? Don't think she's writing it as her own experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 19,522 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Anderson123 said: Isn't it supposed to be about the Trans community ? Don't think she's writing it as her own experience. I think she said she drew inspiration from trans women when writing it. I took that to mean she found strength through empathizing with marginalized women who have had to struggle to claim their identity as a road to also finding compassion for herself. Context: I remember her saying she wrote this song during a huge depressive period and described feeling like she was trapped in a cage. Gaga, being a chameleon of sorts, finds freedom through envisioning herself as different characters and personas, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she used that viewpoint of imagining what it was like to be trans to find freedom in her own identity. We have forgotten our public MANNERS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter 14 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 She said on Gaga Radio it was one of the earlier Chromatica tracks so I assume she was writing it on the road during JWT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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