Madeon confirms: 'Gypsy was supposed to be a single'

[TheMiddleGround 3,264]

1/2 of her worst songs to date. 

[Lemon Blood 159]

1 hour ago, SEANGT said:

DWUW was selling like crazy based off of a best buy ad using a part of it. There was no way they were gonna ignore that lol. After disease I no longer assume that songs I like will do well. You just gotta see what people receive well and move on it. 

The reception of Disease still confuses me. People loved it and yet it still flopped 

[Gorehound 4,723]

4 hours ago, NUTELLA said:

Lol the only single-worthy songs on ARTPOP were Applause & DWUW (& maybe Sexxx Dreams)

I must have watched hundreds if not thousands of Gaga album reactions on YouTube and you'd be surprised just how many enjoyed ARTPOP the most,.. especially straight men! And Sexxx Dreams was one of the most popular standouts, along with MANiCURE. Also it's a total banger so I definitely could've seen it as a single regardless of it's adult theme. (Tho let's be real, if WAP can be on the radio then Sexxx Dreams definitely can lol.)

It was the wrong time for ARTPOP in general in 2013, and the hate it gets on this site I think is more to do with fanbase snobbery and fatigue from that traumatic era. 

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4 hours ago, ivxn said:

https://x.com/madeon/status/1953274265916297286?t=C-k1latZDWPFLfqu6Bw2Sw&s=19

 

One of the best songs in ARTPOP, Interscope slept as usual at that time.

Lol I feel like nearly every song on ARTPOP was considered to be a single at one point. That poor album was totally thrown in the air  There didn't seem to be any fixed strategy for the era at all.

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32 minutes ago, Panchecco said:

they were desperate for chart success and ended up causing confusion and that song is now basically deleted from Gaga's discography. Venus could have been ARTPOP's Judas now...

Yeah but that’s because it featured R Kelly not because the song itself had any issues. If the song was a solo or featured another male singer that wasn’t him the song would have probably been the most successful of the album. Venus was not doing anything chart wise compared to Judas. Judas flopped because of its religious content and radio stations banned it, Venus just straight up flopped and got replaced by a promo single 

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8 minutes ago, Lemon Blood said:

The reception of Disease still confuses me. People loved it and yet it still flopped 

It’s just very out there and heavy for most radio stations to pick it up. I feel like a lot of people could enjoy it as casual listeners but it really stands out from everything else that’s on the radio right now and radio has a lot of power over charts 

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11 minutes ago, Lemon Blood said:

The reception of Disease still confuses me. People loved it and yet it still flopped 

I feel like a lot of people didn't know about it, even in some Abracadabra reactions people were saying like she hasn't released in so long, this is her first song in a while etc so they didn't know of Disease's existence

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Just now, RaveMonster said:

It’s just very out there and heavy for most radio stations to pick it up. I feel like a lot of people could enjoy it as casual listeners but it really stands out from everything else that’s on the radio right now and radio has a lot of power over charts 

That reminds me I heard on radio the presenters played Disease then said it's the sort of song if a DJ put on you'd leave the dancefloor and go order some drinks or something to that effect

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5 hours ago, PartySick said:

I've heard some of the plans they had for ARTPOP, even ones that weren't in those leaked documents, and I have to wonder if that era was unique in how ambitious but ultimately failed it was  

But it's nice to look back and remember a time when her decisions were still driven by the art and what she wanted to make rather than what would sell or chart well.

Excuse you, Dope peaked at #8  

Gypsy would have flopped commercially but imagine the video she could have given it. Fans would have treasured it for sure.

From everything we know and have heard, that album was all over the place from the get go, and would've definitely benefitted from some better organisation from all sides. I mean they didn't even know what the lead singe was till last minute, and over 50 songs (most unfinished) were all considered for the final track list rather than just focusing on a handful of the best. I've gotta commemorate her need for creative freedom but she could've still had that while also having a more solid plan and saved herself an immense amount of stress.

I can't imagine that Gypsy would've been well liked overall it's a little too juvenile and Disney imo, and Aura would've just bemused people, but I could've seen the likes of Sexxx Dreams and MANiCURE doing alright had they received better treatment.

Edited Thursday at 09:18 AM by Gorehound

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10 minutes ago, Defmix100 said:

That reminds me I heard on radio the presenters played Disease then said it's the sort of song if a DJ put on you'd leave the dancefloor and go order some drinks or something to that effect

The common folk isn’t listening to a midtempo edm rock inspired song when dropping off the kids at school. I think it’s an awesome song and a great opening for the album but it’s really not radio friendly at all, it really feels like when Gaga wanted Aura to be the first single and she finally got to do it with Disease 

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6 minutes ago, RaveMonster said:

The common folk isn’t listening to a midtempo edm rock inspired song when dropping off the kids at school. I think it’s an awesome song and a great opening for the album but it’s really not radio friendly at all, it really feels like when Gaga wanted Aura to be the first single and she finally got to do it with Disease 

It was a similar reaction to Perfect Illusion the rare few times I heard it on radio too

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41 minutes ago, Lemon Blood said:

The reception of Disease still confuses me. People loved it and yet it still flopped 

Gaga fan like it, pop music fan like it, critic like it, but did general public like it or even notice it? I don't think so 

Edited Thursday at 09:24 AM by Chesescake

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19 minutes ago, RaveMonster said:

The common folk isn’t listening to a midtempo edm rock inspired song when dropping off the kids at school. I think it’s an awesome song and a great opening for the album but it’s really not radio friendly at all, it really feels like when Gaga wanted Aura to be the first single and she finally got to do it with Disease 

But isn't this one of the many beauties of Lady Gaga tho? Her music has always been "pop", but also totally strays outside the box into daring alt styles that never follow the current trends. She's a provocateur. 

Her music isn't catered for "common folk". The common folk and casual listeners aren't real music lovers and have a very narrow and neophobic perspective on taste, (if any taste at all lol).

It would be very boring if she just conformed to basic pop standard for radio popularity. If she did that she wouldn't be "Lady Gaga". 

Edited Thursday at 09:31 AM by Gorehound

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5 hours ago, PartySick said:

Gypsy would have flopped commercially but imagine the video she could have given it. Fans would have treasured it for sure.

I feel like Gypsy would have done well in European markets, especially in 2014.

European markets always do better for edm influenced music. 

[SOON 4,120]

It always gave me the last single from the era vibes… if only the whole era wasnt mismanaged