Gaga vocal chords

[Mr S 8,689]

Hopefully just rest. And hopefully a lesson to pace yourself. When you're in your 20s it's fine. But at almost 40 the body isn't as robust as it once was. That's why when artists get big enough, they start to limit their output and make things more efficient. (Ie perform In front of 50k people in one night, versus 20k in two nights) Hopefully a lesson learned.

[Ziggy 11,905]

2 hours ago, Lextyr97 said:

For one, Gaga’s songs are FAR more difficult to sing. For two, I’m pretty sure ms thing does lip sync here and there during Eras tour

She definitely does, you can see it at parts. Maybe not quite lipping but more reliance on backing here and there especially when she's dancing. It's still impressive to put on a show of that scale, but that's part of how she does it. Same with Beyonce who actually does sing a crazy amount even while moving, but 1) She's kind of unparalleled in her vocal training and athleticism and 2) organizes her shows in such a way that keeps her voice in mind. For instance, I actually think starting CC with Ya Ya and Why Don't You Love Me is smart for her because the song does a lot but has breaks in it where she's not singing so she can rest but then also expand different parts of her voice right from the jump that she has a lot of comfortability with, plus it gets *her* body moving and warmed up which is essential for vocals. Beyonce has also taken to making less vocally taxing music here and there over the last decade, and made a focus on impactful imagery on her tours which helps pad her shows. Gaga unfortunately has never really taken live touring into account with her song-making so basically everything after The Fame has some degree of difficulty for her aside from a handful of early hits like Just Dance lol

[Delulu Rogers 7,354]

She should stop screaming to put our hands up every song and cut a couple tracks too (love game and surprise piano song).

[MACATL 1,590]

Gaga does seem to be pushing at times to hit high notes, and she does scream at the crowd a lot.  Maybe some adjustments should be made honestly.   

[Filthy Pout 47]

I do think she should probably reconsider the constant "screaming" of put your paws up. She could probably "yell" it in a sense. But I do feel she uses her vocal range in a sense when she screeches it. 

And I also think there's certain parts she could slightly alter to not make it as much on her voice. 

I saw her on Monday and I couldn't believe how vocally challenging the entire show was. But she still sounded so amazing!!

[andy232000 11,830]

Honestly this is very normal and not something that we should be scared about. Gaga was out and about in Miami during a boat tour the day before cancelling. If she suspected vocal strain she’s be on strict vocal rest and I not going out where she’d have to speak to people. When you’re under strict vocal rest you can’t speak and must consume a specific diet too. All those things are just a bit harder if you’re out and about. I feel like if her chords were truly in a worse shape she’s be at her hotel getting treatment and fully controlling all this little things like what she eats and not talking. It seems like a total emergent strain that might have happened due to a wrong note during rehearsals, given that her voice was perfectly fine for the first two shows. 
 

The fact she also said she could be hardcore, power through and do the show suggests the strain wasn’t in the realms of total hoarseness, loss of range or pain, but rather maybe just discomfort and fatigue; and she’s choosing to not push it farther. These usual types of strains can be recovered from in maybe 3-4 days. So she’ll be just fine in time for the NYC shows. And for those NYC shows she could lower the keys for shallow, Die With A Smile, HBDYWM and Love Drug with are very hard and belty to sing. Maybe even cut a few songs from the acoustic set. 

[Lextyr97 20,010]

2 hours ago, Ziggy said:

She definitely does, you can see it at parts. Maybe not quite lipping but more reliance on backing here and there especially when she's dancing. It's still impressive to put on a show of that scale, but that's part of how she does it. Same with Beyonce who actually does sing a crazy amount even while moving, but 1) She's kind of unparalleled in her vocal training and athleticism and 2) organizes her shows in such a way that keeps her voice in mind. For instance, I actually think starting CC with Ya Ya and Why Don't You Love Me is smart for her because the song does a lot but has breaks in it where she's not singing so she can rest but then also expand different parts of her voice right from the jump that she has a lot of comfortability with, plus it gets *her* body moving and warmed up which is essential for vocals. Beyonce has also taken to making less vocally taxing music here and there over the last decade, and made a focus on impactful imagery on her tours which helps pad her shows. Gaga unfortunately has never really taken live touring into account with her song-making so basically everything after The Fame has some degree of difficulty for her aside from a handful of early hits like Just Dance lol

Beyoncé also lip syncs, but that’s not to diminish her talent before anyone tries it. ANYWAYS, Beyoncé also dealt with something similar to Gaga during the Formation World Tour if I recall correctly, so I hope Gaga will be just fine

[MonsterofFame 1,786]

I think Gaga is far along enough in her career that she wouldn’t agree to a tour schedule that could compromise her voice. 
 

It could be an infection that is causing vocal issues. I just had one a few weeks ago and my voice kept cutting out. 
 

Could also be related to her chronic illnesses which could affect her voice during flare up’s. 

[LilyLark 10,107]

A fair amount of singers have had the same issue. Several days of not singing and only talking a minimal amount and she should be okay.....hopefully, she won't need surgery in the future like Adele. 

I do think it's weird the fans dragging her for this don't realize that a strained voice  is like a strained muscle. Just because she was out and about in Miami doesn't mean she's lying...it's not like she had the flu or a cold and had to be hold up in her room. 

NGL, I do think Gaga screaming "put your paws up" all the time probably contributed to this lol. I hope she dials down on that. And as someone else said above, the back to back dates might not be the best. 

People mentioning Taylor's insane schedule...I actually like her music a lot, but girlie clearly lip synchs a lot "and" her songs are far easier to sing than Beyonce or Gaga's songs.  Beyonce has never smoked in the past and is famous for her vocal training (Gaga has vocal training too, but I don't think she does it to the extent of Bey), and she also staggers her shows more (which is really smart tbh, and I think Gaga's team should have done that, too). 

[27monster27 13,286]

At most she needs rest. However, at max hopefully at least we get setlist changes. I would hate to see her go back to the Monsterball and dodge notes on songs that aren't at the piano, but if she has to do it to keep healthy then that is fine.

[Bronco 11,966]

10 hours ago, robotvoiceinalice said:

no shade but does Taylor?

Tbf Taylor uses playback and very rarely does vocal gymnastics on tour.

She often avoids the higher notes on her tracks in favour of easier to reach notes, avoids run ons and she's not a belter. 

As a combination, she plays it very safely. 

Where as Gaga, uses less playback, goes for the high note, is a belter, often adlibs etc so she does put her vocal chords to work every night.

[Ziggy 11,905]

4 hours ago, Lextyr97 said:

Beyoncé also lip syncs, but that’s not to diminish her talent before anyone tries it. ANYWAYS, Beyoncé also dealt with something similar to Gaga during the Formation World Tour if I recall correctly, so I hope Gaga will be just fine

Idk about lip syncs as I think it’s very obvious when her face is away from the mic but more like just moments she isn’t singing and the track keeps going lmao. I know she did for the inauguration way back but that was a fairly special circumstance given the conditions you’re singing in.

but yeah I think Gaga will be fine, she just needs to be a bit careful with how she does shows. These sort of mini residencies are just naturally going to be difficult on her voice as they would anyone’s

[Ziggy 11,905]

16 minutes ago, Bronco said:

Tbf Taylor uses playback and very rarely does vocal gymnastics on tour.

She often avoids the higher notes on her tracks in favour of easier to reach notes, avoids run ons and she's not a belter. 

As a combination, she plays it very safely. 

Where as Gaga, uses less playback, goes for the high note, is a belter, often adlibs etc so she does put her vocal cords to work every night.

Basically gaga is a theater kid 

[Xardas 1,596]

4 hours ago, Lextyr97 said:

Beyoncé also lip syncs, but that’s not to diminish her talent before anyone tries it. ANYWAYS, Beyoncé also dealt with something similar to Gaga during the Formation World Tour if I recall correctly, so I hope Gaga will be just fine

Beyonce is not as good as she wants people to believe she is. She's not bad either but her perfectionism/ego doesn't overlap with her skills. In Gaga's case it does. Beyonce lip syncs at award shows even when she's performing for 4 minutes. Gaga would never do that.

[TwistedTeeth 2,353]

13 hours ago, robotvoiceinalice said:

you can train to scream healthily, its all part of the show

Well yes, but I think it's pretty clear that what she did there wasn't a very healthy scream. Compared to the ones she does during the intro, I could tell this scream was particularly straining. 

But regardless, I was posting that vid as a joke and she'll be fine after a few days of rest no doubt 

Edited Thursday at 10:08 PM by TwistedTeeth