Re-organizing the ARTPOP era...

[Vicks 381]

If you were Gaga's manager in 2013 , how would you have managed the era differently compared to Troy Carter to make it look like not an underperformance. 

[nATAH 46,235]

1: waited until she was properly healed

2: not leave her on album release day

3: kept the app running as intended

4: hacked into the hard drives and perma deleted the r kelly DWUW so the label is forced to use the xtina one 

5: just keep the boat sailing through the mess instead of allowed the negative press to crumble the era, at least let it be a fulfilling era for the fans if the gp just wants to be childish

[warhol killah 8,598]

Keep Venus as the official second single from the album.

[monketsharona 75,470]

Honestly I would have adviced Gaga for making Joanne at that time. Her image was serioulsy fading and people were questing her creativity and talent. Joanne type of album leading to Cheek to Cheek one year later would have been actually quite smart. Especially knowing EDM was starting to become old fashioned. 

Then I feel like a return to Gaga form working on some  'adult' dance pop music with RedOne, Moroder, Nile Rodgers, DJWS on LG5 original concept would have been quite successful right after AHS era in early 2016. 

 

[JustTea 5,317]

34 minutes ago, NATAH said:

4: hacked into the hard drives and perma deleted the r kelly DWUW so the label is forced to use the solo one 

Fixdd (or replace R.Kelly with The Weeknd)

However: more music videos and push more singles, remix album, special edition album with new tracks, ignore bad press.

[Lighter 15,376]

retitling, rebrand the album simply as an album about the art of s*x, no reverse warhol blah blah koons art in front of pop shiz, visually they can always be there, but at least musically she wouldn’t have struggled explaining it in every interview the way she did, man some of those interviews were painful to watch she didn’t even know what to say or what she was trying to say

[dzox 552]

Kinda wish gaga didnt overhype the album. She released the title more than a year before the album released. Glad she learned it for joanne and chromosome

[AnglerfishbraBENUS 5,734]

1 hour ago, Lighter said:

retitling, rebrand the album simply as an album about the art of s*x, no reverse warhol blah blah koons art in front of pop shiz, visually they can always be there, but at least musically she wouldn’t have struggled explaining it in every interview the way she did, man some of those interviews were painful to watch she didn’t even know what to say or what she was trying to say

honestly i think the title shouldn’t ever change (in my opinion)

but i do think the title ‘S*x Sells‘ would be pretty sick with songs like sexxx dreams and Venus on it - and it would still be sort of Warholian to name it that

[Benji 20,113]

I would’ve supported Gaga more and pushed her to embrace that rebellion she was feeling.  MTV doesn’t like your vision for your Applause performance?  No worries, we’ll get a camera and livestream what it should’ve been immediately after the show from a damn parking lot if we need to.

I’ll be the first to say; a lot of the music wasn’t upto par but so many of era’s other failings come down to poor management.  So much could’ve been done to keep the fans and public engaged without blowing the bank.

[Noah 26,928]

I would‘ve waited til 2014 with the Release. I think it was clear that there were many health issues Gaga still had to face during that time. I also would hope that in that time she would‘ve fired her whole team. Start completely fresh for the album. Those people that left her side shouldn‘t have had a job in her Team after that. 

Bobby would‘ve handled the ARTPOP Era much better. Additionally I would‘ve invested more money into Spotify promotions (back then much cheaper), used Instagram more and try to hold the promises made for years prior. (Also pre-film like 3-4 Music Videos, Streaming on YT was still huge during those times, so it would‘ve paid off). 

[Railing 2,747]

I'd intervene about the R Kelly collab, DWUW was fully intended to appear solo on the album and it should have stayed that way 

Negotiate with Interscope about letting the album be 18 tracks like intended or at least have a deluxe to fulfill that + start legal planning for Act II

Suggest making GagaTV and Trakstar day-1 features on the app (and maybe making the app cost a small fee with the album already included like she had planned in 2012); There is no real reason to have delayed those features, seeing as one was just a remix tool and the other was a social page for Gaga to post stuff (incl. demos) whenever she felt like it. They could've been a bit stripped back at launch and then continued to be built upon with subsequent updates

Calm down the in-person promotional schedule a little bit, and actually get those music videos done for Aura, Venus, Sexxx Dreams and MANiCURE over the course of a few months

[Yaaaas Gaga 886]

1) Not released Applause at the same time as Katy Perry releasing Roar, thus causing a fan battle which ultimately impacted the sales of Applause. Katy Perry was also at the top of her game at the time so wasn't a wise choice.

2) Featured Bruno Mars rather than R Kelly on DWUW so that it got proper single treatment and would've avoided all the controversy that followed.

3) ARTPOP had visual album written all over it so I think all songs deserved some kind of music video.

[Railing 2,747]

4 hours ago, NATAH said:

hacked into the hard drives and perma deleted the r kelly DWUW so the label is forced to use the xtina one 

3 hours ago, JustTea said:

replace R.Kelly with The Weeknd

20 minutes ago, Yaaaas Gaga said:

Featured Bruno Mars rather than R Kelly on DWUW

Why does everyone think DWUW needed a feature  The song was purely solo until the random rash decision to add R Kelly in Sep 2013, and the solo version fits just as well as any of the other tracks on the album

I think Gaga singing that "My bones hurt" verse was relevant and important, especially in retrospect after she started publicly talking about her trauma and fibromyalgia

[nATAH 46,235]

13 minutes ago, Railing said:

Why does everyone think DWUW needed a feature  The song was purely solo until the random rash decision to add R Kelly in Sep 2013, and the solo version fits just as well as any of the other tracks on the album

I think Gaga singing that "My bones hurt" verse was relevant and important, especially in retrospect after she started publicly talking about her trauma and fibromyalgia

tbh i forgot there was a solo version

[ChrissyBot 2,252]

March-June 2013: gaga recovers from surgwry

 

July 2013: Gaga pre-films all the ARTPOP music videos for every song on the album shot by Inez and Vinoodh and herself. And does the ARTPOP promo shoot.

July 11, 2013: Gaga announced ARTPOP to be released on 11.11 with ARTPOP Act II the next day back to back, also with the app and pre-order.

August 2013: Aura (the demo version) is released as the lead single on August 19.

August 25: Gaga uses her original VMA performance concept

September 2013: Gaga announced the full ARTPOP tracklist

1. Aura (demo version)

2. Venus

3. G.U.Y. (Girl Under You) (demo version)

4. Sex Dreams (demo version)

5. Tea

6. Ratchet (feat. Azealia Banks)

7. Do What U Want (solo version)

8. ARTPOP (iTunes fest version)

9. Swine (itunes fest version)

10. Onion Girl

11. Tinnitus

12. Maren

13. Mary Jane Holland (demo version)

14. Nothing On (But The Radio)

15. In Like With You

16. Dope

17. Temple

18. Gypsy (demo version)

19. Applause

 

October 2013:

Gaga released Venus as the official second single and Do What U Want as a promo single.

 

November 2013:

Nov. 1: Gaga releases “An ARTPOP Film” by Inez and Vinoodh

Novemebr 3: Gaga releases the Venus music video

november 4: Dope is released as the 2nd promo single

NOVEMBER 11: ARTPOP is released with the artRave release party in Brooklyn

NOVEMBER 12: ARTPOP: ACT II is released in complete on the ARTPOP app

November 29: DWUW music video is released but it is solo

——2014——

January 27: Applause is released as the third single from ARTPOP and is performed at the GRAMMYs

February 2014:

Gaga shoots Swine short film music video and prepared for artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball

March 15, 2014:

Swine is officially released as 4th single and performed at SXSW with Milly Brown

March 28-April 8, 2014:

Gaga does Roseland

April 11-April 20:

Gaga shoots G.U.Y. music video

April 25-April 30:

Gaga does artRAVE promo shoot

May 4: Gaga begins artRAVE

May 12, 2014: G.U.Y. is released as 5th single and music video is released on the same day

Through May Gaga continues to tour artRAVE

 

June 2014 through September 2014 is the Cheek To Cheek era

September 2014: Cheek To Cheek is released

October 2014: Gypsy short film music video is filmed

November 2014 is the final month of ArtRAVE

November 24, 2014: Gypsy serves as the 6th and final single from ARTPOP with the music video being released.

November 27: artRAVE ends today.

 

and that should have been the ARTPOP era