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hardcore1996

I wanted to make a thread about the self references is MAYHEM, I love little easter eggs like that. If you think of anything else I’d love to know!

100% a Reference:

Perfect Celebrity- Princess Die “Watch the Princess Die”

Blade of Grass- Judas “Queen without a crown”

Abracadabra- Bad Romance, Judas “Gaga” as a lyric, other nonsensical words and general song structure

A Reach but I believe it:trollga:

Vanish Into You/Garden of Eden- Bad Romance “Ooooh oh-“ Melody used partially in both songs

Zombieboy- Monster- “Put your paws all over me”

Don’t Call Tonight- Speechless “cant believe all the things that you said to me tonight” You cant convince me this song isn’t about Joseph lol

Shadow of a Man- John Wayne- “Peaking through the eye of the storm” I love this one because both songs are different angles at looking at men lol

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Joshie S

I believe the titles themselves also referenced her old work!

Disease / The Cure

Abracadabra / Applause

Garden of Eden / Venus

Perfect Celebrity / Perfect Illusion

Can't Stop The High / Mary Jane Holland

Vanish Into You / G.U.Y (Girl Under You)

Killah / Scheiße

Zombieboy / Summerboy  or  Born This Way

LoveDrug / LoveGame

How Bad Do U Want Me / Do What U Want

Don't Call Tonight / Telephone

Kill For Love / John Wayne

Shadow Of A Man / Dance In The Dark

The Beast / Monster

Blade of Grass / Babylon

Die With A Smile / Joanne 

 

The melody that you choose can rescue you ♥
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hardcore1996
4 minutes ago, Joshie S said:

I believe the titles themselves also referenced her old work!

Disease / The Cure

Abracadabra / Applause

Garden of Eden / Venus

Perfect Celebrity / Perfect Illusion

Can't Stop The High / Mary Jane Holland

Vanish Into You / G.U.Y (Girl Under You)

Killah / Scheiße

Zombieboy / Summerboy  or  Born This Way

LoveDrug / LoveGame

How Bad Do U Want Me / Do What U Want

Don't Call Tonight / Telephone

Kill For Love / John Wayne

Shadow Of A Man / Dance In The Dark

The Beast / Monster

Blade of Grass / Babylon

Die With A Smile / Joanne 

 

love this!

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LauraPalmer
9 minutes ago, Joshie S said:

Don't Call Tonight / Telephone

could also be referencing Alejandro! 

i’m a woman, i insist, it’s my life ♀
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NashvilleGAGA

“I talk in circles ‘cause my brain it aches”

I think this references “there could be 99 people in a room”

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2School4Cool
44 minutes ago, Joshie S said:

LoveDrug / LoveGame

Fully believe this one is a direct reference!!

See The Best In Everyone
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AliceAnesthesia

I've been thinking about this as well. A couple things I thought about Just from Perfect Celebrity alone (Not saying these are intentional but interesting connections I saw)

Perfect Celebrity and Plastic Doll

"I'm made of Plastic like a human Doll." And also "You push and pull me, I don't hurt at all." vs. the PD chorus "don't play with me, it just hurts me."

Applause and Perfect Celebrity. "If only fame had an I.V."/"I found the vein, put it in here" and "Tap on my vein, suck on my diamond blood. Choke on the fame and hope it gets you high."

And that same line also made me think of Diamond Heart.

 

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correcting a typo
My head is filled with broken mirrors, so many I can't look away.
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hamartia

Nobody catching 'hands tied' in Zombieboy because this fanbase doesn't appreciate the career-defining masterpiece that is Teeth :traumatica:

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vmpiregrn

Mentioned this before and idk if it’s a stretch, but in Shadow of a Man “Hard to be the yellow in a purple sky” and Paparazzi “Shadow is burnt, yellow dance and we turn, my eyelashes are dry, purple teardrops I cry”

Just felt like two oddly specific colors for her to drop again all these years later

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