Was Joanne ahead of its time?

[Sorcerer 11,849]

Yes, and it's not because she invented country-pop albums or something. If released today, songs like John Wayne and DIC could've smashed. Million Reasons would be one of her most successful songs. She just wasn't a streaming force and massive on social media yet during the Joanne era.

Edited February 12 by Sorcerer

[GagaGame 2,758]

Absolutely not. A lot of other artists were doing the same as Gaga; a more personal album, not country but being real with themselves.

[Borisapillar 8,063]

4 minutes ago, Red said:

Okay you can try to convince me ARTPOP was ahead of its time but Joanne is too much

Both were behind the times.

[Nemanja 595]

[Blackout19 10,382]

Yas. 

That album is flawless. 

[Red 93,722]

6 minutes ago, Borisapillar said:

Both were behind the times.

Why do you think I said “try”?

[Red 93,722]

And just to clarify, it’s not because it wasn’t ahead of its time that it means it is a bad album. No album has the need to reinvent the music industry to be worthy of our time. 

[Ziggy 10,721]

Mmm nah. Honestly I think aesthetically it was more impactful and ahead than musically. She brought Gaga sensibility for creating iconography to an aesthetic that wasn’t quite considered iconic in pop yet. Musically, the album is actually not that different from her other stuff but its production sometimes leans one way or the other. But a country pop album it is not. But she *sold it as one*. She *sold it* as her troubadour moment and we bought into that. I think her marketing aesthetics were ahead of their time or at minimum, served as mile marker for a moment in time.

[River 103,964]

Tap down these boobs while I pee around let’s f-ck downtown.

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[G U C C I 5,372]

No it wasn’t ahead of its time just unexpected for her by the general public. Had the record been executed better and leaned harder into the Sinners Prayer & John Wayne vibes for all the songs (with the exception for Million Reasons and Joanne) it would have been one of her very best cohesive albums and ventured far more into country territory. 

[homomo 23,789]

Naur

[Butters Stotch 5,327]

Gaga is always ahead of her time 

[nATAH 41,499]

Joanne really is not that country, this fanbase CLUNG to that word the moment it was rumoured

[King of the Fall 3,591]

The fact you guys think Joanne is a country album only shows that you don't listen to country.

[LateToCult 39,235]

2 minutes ago, NATAH said:

Joanne really is not that country, this fanbase CLUNG to that word the moment it was rumoured

To be fair, she’s got a whole cowboy hat in the cover