Does anyone think HBDYWM is just a cute 80s throwback song?

[HermesG 1,468]

Its basic like GP 's taste so it will works well 😄 

Edited April 9 by HermesG

[elegidadedios 1,826]

3 hours ago, Dramatica said:

yawn

I was just making a reference to the PC a betrayal album thread LMAO I don't think that 

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5 hours ago, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

As much as I understand the Taylor association, GaGa wrote and recorded songs like "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", "Earthquake", and "Fashion Of His Love", before Taylor Swift made "1989". She was making girly pop songs long before Taylor even made her transition to such musical rebranding, she was still making country pop when GaGa released those songs. 

I am not "annoyed" by the Taylor comparisons, because I do hear the similarities, it does sound like a Taylor Swift song from the "1989" album, but it should be remembered GaGa explored this sound ~before~ Taylor did. The only thing that annoys me is when people imply this is GaGa "reheating Taylor's nachos", or intentionally trying to capitalize off Taylor's success. 

I'm sure GaGa enjoys Taylor's pop efforts, and respects her as a songwriter, but I don't think she was trying to emulate her sound with the song. It sounds like "The Cure", it sounds like "Earthquake", it sounds like many other hyper feminine songs she has released in the past. I would even say songs like "Paparazzi" and "Hair", are on a similar vein too; just fun cute songs for the girlies 

Exactly. How much of her unreleased has this EXACT sound to it? Almost every era has a song like HBDYWM and it’s actually nice to hear it get a proper release for once instead of just laying around YouTube for years

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3 minutes ago, elegidadedios said:

I was just making a reference to the PC a betrayal album thread LMAO I don't think that 

Thank God 

[Ziggy 11,239]

4 hours ago, Raivo said:

It could be a throwback song. BUT I listened to this musicologist podcast, Switched on Pop, and they confirmed it is very very Taylor swift inspired song. These guys are professionals. It references 3 Taylor Swift songs, and Gaga flips the script in this one, while Taylor sings about being the good girl, Gaga sings about not being the good girl the guy wishes she would be.

Overall I love it, and always wished she would do more cute bubblegum pop. I know it's not a popular opinion, but what can I do. All I can say is Eh Eh 

3 guys told you what Gaga’s intentions were? Not the mansplaining of it all lmao

someone else said it but the sound isn’t unique to Taylor swift nor is Taylor’s subject matter. When she does this sound it’s about as broadly and generically pop as she gets. Idk how you could say “it clearly references Taylor swift” bc she said she’s a good girl. I love a musicologist but I think that’s a case of being a little too in your field and not seeing the more obvious context outside it which is that Gaga’s been on this sound (mostly in unreleased form) since those ‘07 fame demos. It’s giving “had a hypothesis and searched for clues to justify it”

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I honestly don’t get 80’s from it 

[RochestrMonstr 2,677]

I think it sounds less 80’s than most of the album.

Especially the songs right before and after. LoveDrug and Don’t Call Tonight sound like they could almost be straight from the 80’s.

HBDUWM sounds like it’s from 2014, with about as much 80’s influence as Blank Space.

I do like HBDUWM though. It’s not a top favorite but it’s definitely still near the middle. 

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2 hours ago, Burim said:

I‘m flattered 

You made this? Slay, it's everything I wanted it to be haha it still has the og softness but the guitars and drums just make it so much better for mayhem, while the og is very Chromatica 

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On 4/9/2025 at 3:56 PM, princedeeblebleble said:

You made this? Slay, it's everything I wanted it to be haha it still has the og softness but the guitars and drums just make it so much better for mayhem, while the og is very Chromatica 

Yes, I did! And I‘m glad you enjoy it! 

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On 4/9/2025 at 6:57 AM, Burim said:

I‘m flattered 

i am OBSESSED with your live renditions omg

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its hard to word but imo it sounds like a faux 80s song from the early mid 2010s, like its clearly "inspired" but I wouldn't believe u if u said it was released on the 5th of September 1987

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On 4/9/2025 at 4:38 PM, Ziggy said:

3 guys told you what Gaga’s intentions were? Not the mansplaining of it all lmao

someone else said it but the sound isn’t unique to Taylor swift nor is Taylor’s subject matter. When she does this sound it’s about as broadly and generically pop as she gets. Idk how you could say “it clearly references Taylor swift” bc she said she’s a good girl. I love a musicologist but I think that’s a case of being a little too in your field and not seeing the more obvious context outside it which is that Gaga’s been on this sound (mostly in unreleased form) since those ‘07 fame demos. It’s giving “had a hypothesis and searched for clues to justify it”

Well one of them 3 was a lady, so not fully mansplaining  OT YES Gaga has flirted with this sound a lot and also before Taylor, but it is also very sus that it is directly referencing 3 of Taylor's songs and it would be insanely accidental if there was no intention for that. On the podcast they play the songs side by side and you cannot unhear that. And I mean... everyone and their mom says it sounds like a Taylor's song. I live in delusion that this song is a tribute to Taylor's sound, you live in a delusion that it has nothing to do with it. I am sure gaga knew exactly what she was doing and how and why it sounds like it does. I think the truth might be somewhere in the middle. 

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If you don't like it you just have no taste or you are just being pretentious. It's a nice cute bop 

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How is it an 80s tune?

[Alavaye 410]

It s her most generic released song. I could see any artist out there performing this song. I guess it's fine, but it's nowhere near the quality of many other Gaga songs. 

The closest from the past to it was The Cure, but The Cure at least had a Gaga touch to it and overall is a great song. HBDYWM is as if she did a cover and yes we know very well of which artist, it is undeniable! 

We can say the sound originates in 80s and bring more copium and trying to defend something, but certain artists just own a certain sound today and it is what it is.