Unpopular Opinions: Gaga Edition

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On 9/5/2026 at 5:43 PM, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Yeah, I think, in spite of certainly embracing (however ironically) certain elements of the corporate model, her relationship has always undoubtedly been, if not always outright critical, at the very least discursive re: popstar as corporate/political entity. Feels, in a more concrete way, like the conversation she was having in the BTW MV: if we understand the Eternal Mother as being pure, unbridled creative freedom, perhaps then the birth of evil represents the introduction of corporate capital and the game of the music industry into the process, making the question “how could I protect something so perfect (ie creative expression, creative impulse as a contagious form of self-liberation) without evil (ie the weapons of mass dissemination within the corporate media)?” as much an abstract philosophical/ethical concern as much as it is also an interrogation of her own cultural locus.

All of which feels relevant to the exploration of Gaga as both part of the machine and adversary to the machine in the plot to the BTWB, especially in establishing it as a natural expansion of that same conversation about the relationship between artist and industry from TF -> TFM: Pop ate my heart and I became a monster -> the monster develops an appetite of its own -> the monster develops agency and desires freedom.

This made me feel such strong feelings I'm like that little crazy purple minion right now. Is it just me or queer people are prone to see their desires as monstrous and their monstrosity as part of their own self and therefore refuge in death because life will always reject them?