Unpopular opinion: Chromatica

[elegidadedios 2,629]

38 minutes ago, bim said:

I love this song so much. If I had to describe why her music is so important to me, I could simply play this song. I’ll never forget hearing just dance for the first time and the way it tapped into something I was never aware existed. Her and her music will always be the great gift in my life. I can’t even begin to imagine life without it. 

200% agreed on this ❤️❤️❤️ sending lots of love

[BELLYACHE 1,457]

Joanne has stronger highs

Alice slaughters everything on Mayhem (for me)(Just love that sound so much)

Plastic Doll is actually in the top half of the album

Enigma and Sine and Stupid Love = Worst Gaga songs ever as well as Come To Mama.

Babylon should’ve had a mv at LEAST

Replay- I don’t like it as much cus of her vocals it sounds too whiney.

Sour Candy would have been a SMASH if it had a mv. Although Gaga feels like a feature on that song but the sonics are impeccable.

Free Woman demo is actually listenable

Rain On Me demo is better than the standard.

Alice should’ve been the Lead

Edited Friday at 03:04 PM by BELLYACHE

[TheMontebello 701]

If some pop divas released this album, it could be their masterpiece. As a Gaga album, I love it but it's far from her best, just because we know she can do much better. (And she did on Mayhem)

Edited Friday at 07:35 PM by TheMontebello

[Sneaky Oliver 22,535]

Okay I have a super unpopular opinion to share: I don’t like the Alice concept lyric-wise, I love the beat and I love the bridge but it felt like a waste of a good catchy beat singing about not being called Alice or looking for wonderland 

Even if it was called Wonderland as a more subtle reference like “it’s hard but I’m still looking for wonderland” it would be a lot better for me

The “my name isn’t Alice” is so corny lyrically ugh almost as corny as Plastic Doll lyrics 

The nods to dissociation like “where’s my body? I’m stuck in my mind”, “I think I might have just left myself behind” are so more interesting, she should have went this route for the whole song

Edited Friday at 03:06 PM by Sneaky Oliver

[BELLYACHE 1,457]

1 minute ago, Sneaky Oliver said:

Okay I have a super unpopular opinion to share: I don’t like the Alice concept lyric-wise, I love the beat and I love the bridge but it felt like a waste of a good catchy beat singing about not being called Alice or looking for wonderland 

Even if it was called Wonderland as a more subtle reference like “it’s hard but I’m still looking for wonderland” it would be a lot better for me

The “my name isn’t Alice” is so corny lyrically ugh almost as corny as Plastic Doll lyrics 

As much as I love Alice, this is true 

[ActualPatient 2,097]

7 hours ago, weed said:

hmm... Enigma is top 10 in her discography 

top 10 in what category exactly 

[BELLYACHE 1,457]

4 minutes ago, ActualPatient said:

top 10 in what category exactly 

Worst songs 

[ActualPatient 2,097]

3 minutes ago, BELLYACHE said:

Worst songs 

now that makes sense!

[Cavadour 2,559]

I fell in love with Gaga with AHS Hotel and Joanne. When Stupid Love came out, I didn't like the dumb chorus and that crappy bass drum. I thought the video was lame. I made a lot of effort when the album that I found very uneven and really meh came out. There were a few highlights after that: the 911 and Rain on Me videos and Gaga and Ariana's masked performance at the 2020 VMAs.

I really started to appreciate Chromatica live during the TCB tour, following it from date to date on my screen. I suppose it's largely because to me, the studio production with its ultra-calculated sounds can't hold a candle to the live on stage instrumentation. In this regard, I played more often the two Xavel IEM Soundboard CDs from Tokyo than the studio album.

That didn't stop me from buying the Japan Tour Edition CD+DVD LE, for the object itself and for the souvenir.

 

Edited Friday at 03:53 PM by Cavadour

[Poltergeist 3,772]

Sine From Above is amazing

Free Woman is the only song from Gaga's discography I'd remove from existence

Alice's chorus hurts my ears

The only amazing thing about Replay is the drop

1000 Doves is way better than most people say, not my favorite, but it's not bad by any means

Love Me Right is better than at least half of the standard album

 

 

[vanna shintuyu 11,325]

I hate this album. For multiple reasons. The only blame I'll accept for this reasoning is the hype I had for the possible collaborators that were teased by Gaga herself. SOPHIE, Boys Noize, BURNS, etc. They weren't confirmed, but this, the album cover, and the leaked demos left me thinking it would have a strong house-industrial EDM sound.

This album is piss. Other people drank liquids, baby-birded them into Gaga's mouth, and this album was the subsequent pee. It's not a "house-influenced" album as so many people like to say. It's a hodge-hodge of pop music with occasional hints of dance/house.

She gave the impression during the actual PROMO TOUR, literally when everyone else is supposed to feel the hype you have for your upcoming album, that even she didn't want to make it, and Bloodpop had to basically coerce her into making it.

And now, 2 albums later, she still doesn't like this album. It's the most watered down she's ever been. It's not a return to "pop-ga" because it's so weak. It's consumer-ga.

And I'll once again say it, most people only gravitate to this album as a trauma response.

Edited Friday at 04:05 PM by vanna shintuyu
corrections

[KindnessPunk 2,103]

Unpopular opinion: its really one of her best works. Holistically, it feels cohesive, the art direction is superb, and thematically stands with her other albums that merge dark themes with pop dance music, which to many artists would never work but thats what makes Gaga so incredible that she’s able to weave two things that otherwise would not exist together and yet they do. It’s camp imo, that she’s telling the audience some pretty dark things and is doing it to the beats of 90s inspired house music. And when we all thought the Ball would be pink and colorful and alien like, she subverts our expectations by setting the show in a brutalist prison which is brilliant imo. 

[TimotheeChalamet 6,355]

2 hours ago, TheFrenchGuy said:

What would be her worst in your opinion? Just curious 

Also, it’s worth saying that Gaga’s worst is most pop artists’ best, so the banter shouldn’t be taken that seriously. It’s not bad at all, it’s just missing a certain essence, and that’s understandable given the context in which it was made. The lyrics are some of her best. I appreciate it as an album that kept her alive through some of the darkest moments of her life, and as much as we like to hate on BloodPop, I’m thankful he was there to create a safe space for Gaga. I honestly think that without him, there would have been no album at all. Chromatica also CARRIED the pandemic for me and that's worth something. 

I agree there are some of Gaga's best lyrics! I think The Fame is her worst album because it showcases only a limited part of her talent both vocally and production-wise. And it's still a very good piece of work, like you have said 

[Guille 1,580]

2 hours ago, bim said:

I love this song so much. If I had to describe why her music is so important to me, I could simply play this song. I’ll never forget hearing just dance for the first time and the way it tapped into something I was never aware existed. Her and her music will always be the great gift in my life. I can’t even begin to imagine life without it. 

OMG YES!

Exactly this. I feel like it also kind of sums up everything Gaga has meant to me.

I cried so hard first time I heard it. It feels so good to see someone else feels the same away about this anthem 

[Anderson123 39,998]

This album gets so much unnecessary hate from fans because it's not Born This Way or ARTPOP but it was great for what Gaga did in 2020 when she wasn't in the best place. I still think Bloodpop doesn't get enough praise because who knows what she'd have done during these years if she hadn't been "dragged into the studio" btw many fans still think this in a bad way as if Gaga was forced to record something as if she still were in the ARTPOP days. She was dragged in a way that your friends drag you out of depression to help you heal.

But anyway:

- Stupid Love was the right choice for lead single. It was catchy, silly, campy. Seemed like a good start of what was coming. The only other choice could've been Rain On Me but we know she usually saves the 2nd single for a bigger push (Abracadabra, Judas, etc.). And then push Sour Candy for Coachella as she planned. Sadly pandemic ruined a lot of plans they had.

- Replay is a grower. It's a great song but was my least favorite when I listened to it at first.

- Free Woman could've worked as a lead single. It's one of my least favorites but if she picked this first and then went for Rain On Me, both could've worked well together as singles.