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Was Gaga the first one to do a blackout?


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I just saw this post on r/popheads, listing all of the times artists have done a social media blackout to promote/kickstart a new era. Gaga is at the top of the list, with ARTPOP in 2013. Was she being a trailblazer yet again? :whitney:

2013
Lady Gaga

2015
Imagine Dragons
The 1975
Red Velvet

2016
TheWeeknd
Radiohead

2017
Kendrick Lamar
Taylor
Lana Del Rey (era started in 2019 so might take her off)

2018
The 1975**
Avril Lavigne
Betty Who
Blackbear
BROCKHAMPTON
Brooke Candy
Cheryl
CHVRCHES
Ellie Goulding
Greyson Chance
Grimes
The Heirs (now known as BETWEEN FRIENDS)
Jess Glynne
Kanye West**
Liam Payne
Lido
Mac Miller (RIP)
Mandy Teefey
Miley Cyrus
Mike Posner
Paul McCartney
Phoebe Ryan
Roy English (now known as Jagwar Twin)
Sabrina Carpenter
SZA
Terror Jr
Whole Foods
XYLØ
ZAYN

2019
Halsey
Jonas Brothers
Dua Lipa
Shura
Tegan ans Sara
Janelle Monáe
Kehlani (it was just gone for a few mins)

2020
Charli XCX
Foxes
The Chainsmokers
Ingrid Michaelson
Megan Thee Stallion
NIKKI
Hayley Williams
Ava Max

2021
TheWeekend**
Jesy Nelson
Sam Smith

Artists with ** means they've done it before.

Link to the thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/p61rth/all_the_artists_whove_done_social_media_blackouts/

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LUCARTPOP

Just because Gaga left social media after her hip injury & Born This Way Ball doesn't mean she's done a blackout. We can hardly call it a comeback since she really wasn't out of the picture when she dropped Applause.

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15 minutes ago, LUCARTPOP said:

Just because Gaga left social media after her hip injury & Born This Way Ball doesn't mean she's done a blackout.

No it was definitely a purposeful marketing thing.

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Rahrahbitchson

Ava Max :billie: we didnt even notice anything 

Quizás bastaba respirar, sólo respirar, muy lento...💙
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Dr Fudge

 

1 hour ago, gag said:

No it was definitely a purposeful marketing thing.

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Was born from a vessel for BTW, went back into the vessel for ARTPOP :bon:

Been a cuff touple, a puff bupple, a tough couple of years.
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omg yasss!!! so iconic!!! literally the queen of social media (until then lol)

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Gaga always being influential 

“I don’t separate my art from my life, it is one whole thing”. - Lady Gaga
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