Unpopular Gaga Opinions (The Re-Up: Pt. 2 - the Revenge) [Piano Version]

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 23,143]

Oh and I’ll say it very honestly:

She sang so much better before Joanne.
 

Every performance used to feel so effortless and yet so technically perfect or almost in the worst case.
 

Since the Bowie tribute, I feel that something has changed in her voice, and not for good. She still has talent obviously and she has a couple moments here and there where her voice really shines (JWT, TCB, last J&P dates) but globally, I think her singing really took a toll. She sometimes struggles to hit high notes, there’s no vibrato, it feels like she’s shouting and most of the time, she can’t growl. Her performances of Disease really showcase that, but basically, most of her performances do especially after the JWT (she could still growl during Joanne.) And sometimes I even think she sounds quite bad. 

 

I still think her 2024 releases are fabulous and I love them with all my heart, I say it every day. But since it’s an unpopular opinions thread… 

Edited December 29, 2024 by A Very Gaga Holida

[Sugar Baby 772]

After all this time the songs she performed at the Swinefest/iTunes festival are still soooo much better than the studio Versions in ARTPOP, especially Aura, Sex dreams and manicure

the hell was she thinking when she changed them? 

[VOLANTIS 16,359]

Chromatica will not stand the test of time like not even in a good throwback manner I fear. 

[darkgaga 4,253]

6 hours ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

Oh and I’ll say it very honestly:

She sang so much better before Joanne.
 

Every performance used to feel so effortless and yet so technically perfect or almost in the worst case.
 

Since the Bowie tribute, I feel that something has changed in her voice, and not for good. She still has talent obviously and she has a couple moments here and there where her voice really shines (JWT, TCB, last J&P dates) but globally, I think her singing really took a toll. She sometimes struggles to hit high notes, there’s no vibrato, it feels like she’s shouting and most of the time, she can’t growl. Her performances of Disease really showcase that, but basically, most of her performances do especially after the JWT (she could still growl during Joanne.) And sometimes I even think she sounds quite bad. 

 

I still think her 2024 releases are fabulous and I love them with all my heart, I say it every day. But since it’s an unpopular opinions thread… 

Her technique changed for sure, but she sounded amazing in the Joanne Era and during the CBT. The only live performance of Chromatica at the VMAs was meh. Shallow at the Oscars she struggled a bit as well, but other than that I think she sounds phenomenal. Just the Christmas Carpool Karaoke shows how versatile her voice is still. And yeah, she struggled with the high notes in Disease, but everyone would while sitting. I mean, her live vocals on all DWAS performances were splendid, just like HM at Kimmel

[Miky 9,477]

14 hours ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

Every performance used to feel so effortless

And they don`t nowadays, have to completely agree here. Feels kind of forced, like she feels the need to prove to people that she can sing. We all know, though, everybody knows. Instead of shouting, make your performances captivating and interesting again.

[qoqo 3,360]

Dance In The Dark, Marry The Night, Scheiße and The Edge Of Glory are cheesy, oldschool-eurovision-sounding songs and I never really liked them

G.U.Y. Is her best song and one of the most exciting and well constructed pop songs ever

The majority of her unreleased (leaked) music isn’t great and is unreleased for a good reason

Again Again and Retro Dance Freak are incredible and deserved more attention

Chromatica is just a bad, ill-intentioned album

both ARTPOP and Joanne would be more critically acclaimed and personally enjoyable had they had different album covers, their covers are atrocious 

Do What U Want with R. Kelly is top 5 in her discography (any other version ain’t it)

 

[steven 5,818]

Hot take but I don’t think Gaga’s acting is that phenomenal, just average tbh.

[Gorehound 4,456]

On 12/28/2024 at 2:45 PM, ALGAYDO said:

It’s amazing and it was ground breaking for a mainstream artist at that time. But it’s still overrated by fans and the GP. Gaga has numerous songs that are miles better than BR lol 

I disagree. I think BR remains one of the best pop song's Gaga has ever made. Hence why it's still adored by the fans and GP to this day. 

[Edonis 28,928]

Now don't throw tomatoes at me 

But she should stick to electronic music 

It doesn't have to be dance, pop, uptempo, whatever, it can have live instrumentation, it can be completely synthesized, it could even be ballads. But it's just clear when you listen to her catalogue that Gaga has a very special place in the electronic scene and that her voice stands out compared to a lot of other artists. I hope she continues to develop and grow with the genre.  

Edited December 30, 2024 by Edonis

[Smother Em Eh 7,063]

TFM is her BEST album and it still remains as one of the BEST pop albums of all time, even to this day. Even if it is only 8 tracks long. 

DITD should have been a single! Just imagine the MV 

BTW standard edition is the only BTW that should matter. (The “filler” tracks from the deluxe edition drag the quality down) 

Bloody Mary is one of her most unique and Gaga- esque tracks! 

DWUW was the best song on ARTPOP, without it ARTPOP won’t ever be the same 

Fashion! is really underrated 

CTC was one of not only the most important things Gaga has ever done but one of the BEST. Underrated album that perfectly showcases her vocal talent! 

Joanne isn’t as bad as people make it out to be even tho it’s far from being a masterpiece. 

Sinners Prayer is very underrated 

ROM is overrated

Edited December 30, 2024 by Smother Em Eh

[Monet 928]

56 minutes ago, Smother Em Eh said:

 

DWUW was the best song on ARTPOP, without it ARTPOP won’t ever be the same 

 

Agree. I never played ARTPOP in full after that. It feels weird to hear MANiCURE, and then ARTPOP(the actual best song on the album. DWUW is second place )

[A Fried Egg 8,260]

Sometimes I wonder if Michael was the one who wrote “lay you down like 123” and Gaga loved him too much to say no. 

Edited December 30, 2024 by LeafBug

[Ocean Blvd 997]

Her career became stale and boring in the last 8 years, it was still ok-ish during Joanne and we were all happy when ASIB was a success but overall she shifted to become more and more likeable to the gp, stopped making music for the arts, collaborated with streaming forces to avoid the flop or with grandpas to appeal the critics and the quality of her music in general downgraded a lot. She still made some good songs here and there but overall it feels like a totally different artist from the TF-TFM-BTW-AP times. 

She’s become unappealing to younger generations unless she’s making generic ballads like Million Reasons, Shallow or DWAS. And that’s WHY she can’t get a solo hit.

[Ocean Blvd 997]

And before someone says ‘but Chromatica was first, and this won this Grammy, and this prize bla bla’, I literally do not care, the quality downgrade is still there.

[Ocean Blvd 997]

On 12/28/2024 at 9:46 PM, StrawberryBlond said:

- Just Dance is one of the most mediocre songs.

- The Fame was a great album in 2008 and ahead of its time but is now very dated.

- Bad Romance is good, but overplayed.

- Telephone is her worst ever single.

- BTW (the song) has a great message but the song is ok at best.

- Her deep cuts on BTW (the album) are some of her best ever but are paid dust by fans.

- Scheibe and HML are some of her most overrated deep cuts.

- TIHTY has a great message but was only a half decent song, so I'm glad it didn't win the Oscar.

- Joanne is one of her better albums and is so underrated by the fanbase.

- SL isn't her worst lead single but Chromatica is rather undercooked and generic.

- My favourite songs from Chromatica are the ones the fans don't like.

- DWAS is good, but not amazing and she's done better collabs.

- Harlequin is her best ever covers album.

- Her acting is phenomenal, she deserved Oscars for all her roles and it's shocking that she's been denied any acting nominations for JFAD from any awards committee purely because of the film's poor reception when actors have been recognised and nominated for their work in badly received flop movies all the time.

This x2 and the fact she lets her label/producers change the early concept of her albums everytime (like the Chromatica demos were much better than the final album) to make it more generic is frustrating af.