LG‘s Strongest Lead Single (Lyrically Speaking) … ?

[MichellePfieffer 222]

11 hours ago, bxr said:

I do want to go back and read what we wrote at the outset, for the sake of sheer curiosity, and because I know your thesis remains consistent, while my perspective (while still Applause-affirming) has likely shifted … I was thinking about it a bit more after the thread … and then, I just stopped thinking about the lyrics so much … particularly the operative lyric (“I’ve overheard your theory, “nostalgia’s for geeks!” / I guess, sir, if you say so, some of us just like to read…”) … and then I was just like … why do I like that lyric … why do I admittedly feel some sense of unironic lyrical allegiance to that expression … I couldn‘t quite articulate it, but I felt the affinity all the same … that said, what did surface was the sense … and practical reality … that that lyric is quintessentially ARTPOP … not only because it is clearly a signature reference from the definitive lead single, so by necessity it carries distinct significance … but/and, moreover, it is the polarization of this admitted attempt to marry the erudite “well-read/educated” artiste posturing and the “corny” common denominator of mainstream pop … it leans into its own sophomoric bourgeoisie bricolage … the tone feels so very “I know you are but what am I?” … it feels Manhattan Catholic school girl speaking Hollywood to Middle America from the soapbox of a Tisch dropout … “some of us just like to read…” Kant, some Steinbeck, some hooks, some TMZ or People magazine, some like to read Pitchfork or ONTD … no one said Gaga‘s too nostalgic, but the insinuation was not ever too far removed from “how derivative … can pastiche be coherent … who is she cosplaying now …” … no one said Gaga‘s too nostalgic, but Bach and Pop can coexist in sonic composition and chord arrangement … and Rilke can live on the arm of the girl who‘s gonna drink those tears tonight … if you‘re gonna engage haters, speak their language, echo their antagonisms … she‘s speaking the unspoken assumption on both of their behalf … she‘s too pretentious with the intention to be pop and not precise enough with the pen to be art … that‘s the problem with ARTPOP … that‘s the flaw in formation … that‘s the VMA Paparazzi death on stage revisited as a shoddy attempt to write the critics into shame … she wrote it because she had to, if only to say it was done … whether or not that was the intention at the outset, ARTPOP becomes ARTPOP over time … and what a ramshackle record this lil‘ ode to ovation continues to fail into its own fruition …

 

That said, I honestly just went stream-of-consciousness after the first few lines, so I can‘t vouch for any relevant sense articulated in the aforementioned … but … as always, much appreciate the discourse … and, as always [2], y’know just salt grain musings into the airwaves … ARTPOP 

Suddenly desperate to read 500 pages of ARTPOP critical essay. An album thata too much and yet not enough all at once. Its easy to dismiss it as the ramblings of an overworked popstar smoking too much weed, as gaga herself has all but done, but for all its posturing and artificiality as each year goes by it feels more and more like her most honest album, if not in what it literally says then at least in what it implies and represents amongst her greater body of work. 

[bxr 2,047]

21 minutes ago, MichellePfieffer said:

Suddenly desperate to read 500 pages of ARTPOP critical essay. An album thata too much and yet not enough all at once. Its easy to dismiss it as the ramblings of an overworked popstar smoking too much weed, as gaga herself has all but done, but for all its posturing and artificiality as each year goes by it feels more and more like her most honest album, if not in what it literally says then at least in what it implies and represents amongst her greater body of work. 

[FFXIV WhiteMage 6,297]

Bad Romance! It’s a unique monster pop smash. The lyrics are weird and campy but in the best Gaga way.

Truly one of the best pop song ever made! 

[Apec 260]

3 hours ago, bxr said:

That is gold right there! Thanks for the laugh here. 

I'm struggling between BTW (sans a descriptive term or two that shouldn't be there at all - but the rest is just fantastic) and BR... And Disease but that might be the whole song speaking to me so much. "Like a God without a prayer" is underrated though, as in a lot of Greco-Roman mythology the most pain-like state a God or Goddess could be in was caused by being forgotten by mortals and not being prayed to in their respective temples.

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[bxr 2,047]

15 hours ago, FFXIV WhiteMage said:

Bad Romance! It’s a unique monster pop smash. The lyrics are weird and campy but in the best Gaga way.

Truly one of the best pop song ever made! 

[bxr 2,047]

14 hours ago, Apec said:

That is gold right there! Thanks for the laugh here. 

I'm struggling between BTW (sans a descriptive term or two that shouldn't be there at all - but the rest is just fantastic) and BR... And Disease but that might be the whole song speaking to me so much. "Like a God without a prayer" is underrated though, as in a lot of Greco-Roman mythology the most pain-like state a God or Goddess could be in was caused by being forgotten by mortals and not being prayed to in their respective temples.

Spoiler

Ough … the ”Under Review“ on the quoted—file under: uh oh the art police (algorithmic division) is here 

 

[Apec 260]

21 hours ago, bxr said:

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Ough … the ”Under Review“ on the quoted—file under: uh oh the art police (algorithmic division) is here 

 

What? I hope that's resolved and I didn't contribute or anything. And thanks for the beautiful - well, incredibly awesome and sweet - recreation of what we've talked about journey-wise (I'll answer you asap ). Just need a little more sleep now.

[River 126,938]

budramans and scrimifomibebe

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 31,647]

On 7/10/2026 at 3:05 PM, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Yeah, I feel like the lyricism on Chromatica gets a lot of unnecessary heat. For an artist who usually layers emotions in a couple levels of metaphor, it was refreshing to hear straightforward, simple lyrics tbh. I think laying it bare/unvarnished and letting it be imperfect was a valuable exercise for her

I really think it lacks style and poetry…

It’s one thing to be literal (and it was probably needed for an important song like Born This Way) but it’s an other thing to just write whatever you think without giving it a bit of style except for the first rhyme you can find

I find lines like “you love the paparazzi, love the fame, even though it causes me pain” “Malibu Gaga, what is this saga?” truly painful to hear, and they’re everywhere on the album. 911 must be the only exception and yet it’s still very literal (except for the “pop a 911” metaphor)

[NashvilleGAGA 816]

My thumb just surprised me by voting for Applause! As has been said before… this woman wrote a song about clapping and it’s THAT good.

“One second, I’m a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me

Pop culture was in art, now arts in pop culture in me”

Legendary mission statement perfect crystallization of her ethos as an artist right there Monsters

[bxr 2,047]

2 hours ago, Apec said:

What? I hope that's resolved and I didn't contribute or anything. And thanks for the beautiful - well, incredibly awesome and sweet - recreation of what we've talked about journey-wise (I'll answer you asap ). Just need a little more sleep now.

You‘re all good … I think the algorithmic decency division didn‘t particularly care for said siren scene‘s sartorial choice du jour 

Sleep well!

[bxr 2,047]

2 hours ago, River said:

budramans and scrimifomibebe

 

[bxr 2,047]

1 hour ago, NashvilleGAGA said:

My thumb just surprised me by voting for Applause! As has been said before… this woman wrote a song about clapping and it’s THAT good.

“One second, I’m a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me

Pop culture was in art, now arts in pop culture in me”

Legendary mission statement perfect crystallization of her ethos as an artist right there Monsters