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alsemanche
4 minutes ago, gagzus said:

Then dont come do a LIVE performance at the GRAMMYs? Send a pre recorded (and better) performance then. Atp considering she didn’t even get her well deserved and logical ROTY win she may as well have had the evening off

the way y'all would have dragged her to hell if she pre-recorded it too lmao. Nowhere does it say that a live performance has to be seen with your bare eyes looking directly at the artist (which is an option anyway, I saw a multiple angles where you could see her well). Whatever happened to innovation and using tech to offer something alternative and interesting? She could have done yet another performance with 50 dancers and props (and slayed that as well) but she chose a whole different path for it and it was 50x more interesting. 

She showed up, did her thing live in front of everyone, served great fashion, great visuals (nothing about that camera work was bad, idk what you're even talking about), and great vocals, won 2 awards, but somehow it would have been better if she sat her ass home? 

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41 minutes ago, gagzus said:

After a rewatch I enjoy the performance but absolutely NOT for the biggest stage in American music.

For starters the camera work was abhorrent, when you see crowd videos from the ceremony the smoke AND the camera arm blocks the majority of the audience’s view even to the front row of people. 

Ok but it was a made for film performance hence the screens at the Grammys to watch the choreographed camera work

i swear yall have the most bland taste in performance art. If it’s not an 8 count with a huge and unnecessary set piece and oiled dancers yall don’t want it lol this was far and away her best performance in years

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I'm so obsessed with this performance. The remix is SICK, the energy and the vocals were beyond amazing and the outfit is LEGENDARY. Such a beautiful, minimal yet impactful way of showing what she's all about and the aesthetic of the album. One of her best performances ever for sure.

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10 minutes ago, gagzus said:

It’s that resurgence trend of “handheld free cam” that because of things like TikTok has became big again, it died off back in like 2013 after entire music videos were made to look like “video diaries” and stuff but for some reason it’s coming back beyond just videos and making it’s way into direction for live performances and films.

It made the stage and production seem small and claustrophobic to me, like we barely see the production happening around her with the lighting and the fact she had the drummer from NIN and Andrew onstage. Plus from the distance it’s literally in her personal space. 
 

This stuff worked for Harlequin live because of the set, the lighting and stuff and the fact it has cuts. In a live performance I just don’t think it works

It's interesting, beause I felt the camera work was better one we seen in a while. But also, I do get your point. had no idea she had NIN drummer there. I did like that the focus was on Gaga all the time tbh. 

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Gorehound
12 minutes ago, gagzus said:

It made the stage and production seem small and claustrophobic to me, like we barely see the production happening around her with the lighting and the fact she had the drummer from NIN and Andrew onstage. Plus from the distance it’s literally in her personal space. 

I think it's meant to seem cramped and claustrophobic tbh. It intensifies the energy she's giving off and the mayhem of the performance. Like you're right in there with her. It's definitely a stylistic choice and I think it really works. 

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Gorehound
18 minutes ago, gagzus said:

Then dont come do a LIVE performance at the GRAMMYs? Send a pre recorded (and better) performance then. Atp considering she didn’t even get her well deserved and logical ROTY win she may as well have had the evening off

That's very defeatist. The whole point of it was that it was being constructed live in front of everyone. People get to see every aspect coming together to from a whole. It's all just part of the performance art. 

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7 minutes ago, alsemanche said:

the way y'all would have dragged her to hell if she pre-recorded it too lmao. Nowhere does it say that a live performance has to be seen with your bare eyes looking directly at the artist (which is an option anyway, I saw a multiple angles where you could see her well). Whatever happened to innovation and using tech to offer something alternative and interesting? She could have done yet another performance with 50 dancers and props (and slayed that as well) but she chose a whole different path for it and it was 50x more interesting. 

She showed up, did her thing live in front of everyone, served great fashion, great visuals (nothing about that camera work was bad, idk what you're even talking about), and great vocals, won 2 awards, but somehow it would have been better if she sat her ass home? 

THIS. Thank you :applause:

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NashvilleGAGA
31 minutes ago, Ligufaca said:

I am sorry? I don't think I've gasped this much in years. Loved loved loved it, I think this has to be my one of my fav performanes by her in a loong time. Wtf. 

 

ALso, I reaaaly love the camera work. 

 

THAT MIRROR SCENE? 

YES! The mirror scene was IT!

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5 minutes ago, Ziggy said:

Ok but it was a made for film performance hence the screens at the Grammys to watch the choreographed camera work

i swear yall have the most bland taste in performance art. If it’s not an 8 count with a huge and unnecessary set piece and oiled dancers yall don’t want it lol this was far and away her best performance in years

As a fan since day dot and someone who appreciates her none traditional performances it absolutely isn’t her best performance in years at all. She could’ve just sat and played a piano rendition of it. 

Y’all just love to praise everything and act like anybody who disagrees is negative. It was a bad performance choice with a good look and that’s it.

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TheFrenchGuy
19 minutes ago, gagzus said:

It’s that resurgence trend of “handheld free cam” that because of things like TikTok has became big again, it died off back in like 2013 after entire music videos were made to look like “video diaries” and stuff but for some reason it’s coming back beyond just videos and making it’s way into direction for live performances and films.

That's not at all what that was going for tho. It was robotic, not handheld. There was nothing "human" or "diary-like" about the camerawork. It was supposed to be jerky, precise and electronic 

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rinasawachanta

I insist. If you just want to follow someone who does cute TikTok dances that let you say “yass,” “work,” “slay,” and “kween,” there are THOUSANDS of mass-produced pop stars for that purpose. This is something else, deal with it.

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Gorehound
1 minute ago, gagzus said:

As a fan since day dot and someone who appreciates her none traditional performances it absolutely isn’t her best performance in years at all. She could’ve just sat and played a piano rendition of it. 

Y’all just love to praise everything and act like anybody who disagrees is negative. It was a bad performance choice with a good look and that’s it.

As someone who is highly critical of her work usually and prefers her more avant garde work, this is certainly one of her best performances in years. You're clearly missing the whole point of this performance. 

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TheFrenchGuy
1 minute ago, gagzus said:

Y’all just love to praise everything and act like anybody who disagrees is negative. It was a bad performance choice with a good look and that’s it.

It was a good performance. You just don't appreciate it for what it is. Let's not pretend your opinion is factual 

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3 minutes ago, Gorehound said:

That's very defeatist. The whole point of it was that it was being constructed live in front of everyone. People get to see every aspect coming together to from a whole. It's all just part of the performance. 

I get this but there’s a time and a place, The GRAMMYs isn’t the place for this type of performance. It’s the last performance of the era to the public, she should’ve went all out as a celebration of the album. 
 

I get that she had a tight schedule but I also don’t HAVE to like the performance like all the young people on here seem to think, I’ve seen with my own eyes at her TF era shows when Gaga has little to no resources produce amazing results. This just was a bad aesthetic choice from the director

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alsemanche
4 minutes ago, gagzus said:

Y’all just love to praise everything

i drag her 50 times a day mind you :ladyhaha:

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