Yes admin, this is her best era

[River 129,408]

Wish I could experience the guitar in zombieboy again, that was so unexpected lol

[nATAH 58,634]

5 minutes ago, gagzus said:

I think it was the least “alive” of her eras for me, collectively it only lasted (bar the tour) 5 months tops, but that’s because of the whole Troy Carter mess.

people really look at these eras with rose coloured glasses

ARTPOP just felt like I was sitting around waiting for something to happen because things kept getting announced only for silence

[gagzus 26,284]

4 minutes ago, nATAH said:

people really look at these eras with rose coloured glasses

ARTPOP just felt like I was sitting around waiting for something to happen because things kept getting announced only for silence

Not to mention she only really did promo in August and October, vanished entirely from November without a trace and never came back until the new year to promote GUY. Then disappeared until the tour announcement and went on tour.

Also the ARTPOP app going into negative numbers.

Edited yesterday at 07:23 AM by gagzus

[bxr 3,290]

1 hour ago, TheARTPOPball said:

Oh yes ARTPOP was extremely messy but I felt so alive as a fan. 
 

 

 

18 minutes ago, gagzus said:

I think it was the least “alive” of her eras for me, collectively it only lasted (bar the tour) 5 months tops, but that’s because of the whole Troy Carter mess.

In immediate retrospect, somehow Chromatica and Mayhem feel the least “alive” for me … ASIB is down there too, but maybe that’s just the whole lithium-in-hindsight aspect … LG8 already feels generative though … I guess it really is all subjective perspective; vantage variety—the spice of life!

[gagzus 26,284]

4 minutes ago, bxr said:

 

In immediate retrospect, somehow Chromatica and Mayhem feel the least “alive” for me … ASIB is down there too, but maybe that’s just the whole lithium-in-hindsight aspect … LG8 already feels generative though … I guess it really is all subjective perspective; vantage variety—the spice of life!

I think it depends on what people define as “alive.” Because her modern eras have the disadvantage of a fractured monoculture now. She’s probably the only legacy artists outside of Madonna who’s actually had an “era” still with each project.
 

ASIB she was always somewhere promoting the movie, Chromatica had the disadvantage of COVID but she still managed to have music videos, interviews and a massive world tour. Mayhem was probably the first era since Born This Way where one of her studio albums had a smooth promotional cycle. She did music videos, interviews, lots of live performances and award ceremonies, festivals and collaborations. Then her best world tour arguably in 13/14 years time.

On a plus side, at least she ain’t like Beyoncé dropping an album and dipping. No interviews, festivals, fan events or even music videos. Just an album and a tour.

[bxr 3,290]

26 minutes ago, gagzus said:

I think it depends on what people define as “alive.” Because her modern eras have the disadvantage of a fractured monoculture now. She’s probably the only legacy artists outside of Madonna who’s actually had an “era” still with each project.
 

ASIB she was always somewhere promoting the movie, Chromatica had the disadvantage of COVID but she still managed to have music videos, interviews and a massive world tour. Mayhem was probably the first era since Born This Way where one of her studio albums had a smooth promotional cycle. She did music videos, interviews, lots of live performances and award ceremonies, festivals and collaborations. Then her best world tour arguably in 13/14 years time.

On a plus side, at least she ain’t like Beyoncé dropping an album and dipping. No interviews, festivals, fan events or even music videos. Just an album and a tour.

Lucid articulation, as always!

I think for me it’s less about the era, and more just that sense of “living” resonance of the artist maybe or some genuine feel of creative spark or agency or just liberation … I know there’s the whole “vibes” backlash, but I think my position is more from just how “alive” it felt to watch her in her element that era … so it’s definitely subjective for me … Mayhem and ASIB definitely fed the industry and marketplace, but you can autopilot quotas—just show up and stick to the script, and repeat until the contract is complete 

Mayhem was absolutely a well polished machine, but to be fair, the album was largely produced from the comparative isolation of a retrofitted office in Malibu … to her own admission, fueling the fear of creating an origin sound so far away from the community that birthed that frequency … neither here nor there just, again, distance from the creative source, and genuine artists or non-industry creatives in general, starts to feel somewhat lifeless within a capacity 

But this is all just riffing on “vibes” I guess … just perspective from where we’re positioned! 

 

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 32,474]

Top 5 (or 6?)

It was good for today’s standards cause artists don’t do **** these days

But for Gaga herself? I’d say only Chromatica was less entertaining.

Edited yesterday at 10:40 AM by AVeryGagaHolyDick

[Controversiaga 17,360]

5 hours ago, nATAH said:

girl yes, there was a bunch of this

they were just throwing out random Fame songs, country exclusive singles, TEOG being rushed as a single, her saying Scheisse will be a single, the constant leaks like Bad Romance and Judas

she may have been iconic and busy but her team had NO idea how to handle someone that famous

Yeah this has been every era tho even Joanne .  
mayhems single run is awful, only two good songs and MVs. First single wasn’t even suppose to be on the album, and the last single …well we don’t even need to talk abt that lol

every single released for the fame TFM and btw are GREAT songs and all had great MVs. So doesn’t matter to me if they didn’t have everything PLANNED out and STUCK to said plan, what we got in the end are songs and MVs that are better than half the singles on mayhem . Because DWAS and TDD are skips for me and their MVs are boring 

[nATAH 58,634]

18 minutes ago, Controversiaga said:

 

every single released for the fame TFM and btw are GREAT songs and all had great MVs. 

well no, they're not

[Controversiaga 17,360]

13 minutes ago, nATAH said:

well no, they're not

Which ?

I’ll admit TEOG MV is awful but still better than mayhems worst MV 

[TheARTPOPball 1,749]

On 10/5/2026 at 3:45 AM, gagzus said:

I think it depends on what people define as “alive.” Because her modern eras have the disadvantage of a fractured monoculture now. She’s probably the only legacy artists outside of Madonna who’s actually had an “era” still with each project.
 

ASIB she was always somewhere promoting the movie, Chromatica had the disadvantage of COVID but she still managed to have music videos, interviews and a massive world tour. Mayhem was probably the first era since Born This Way where one of her studio albums had a smooth promotional cycle. She did music videos, interviews, lots of live performances and award ceremonies, festivals and collaborations. Then her best world tour arguably in 13/14 years time.

On a plus side, at least she ain’t like Beyoncé dropping an album and dipping. No interviews, festivals, fan events or even music videos. Just an album and a tour.

The streetwear of ARTPOP alone was more than enough to hold my attention 

the performances was crazy too

[gagzus 26,284]

On 10/5/2026 at 2:18 PM, Controversiaga said:

Which ?

I’ll admit TEOG MV is awful but still better than mayhems worst MV 

Mayhem’s “worst” video is either DWAS or Abra (depending on if you classify DWAS as part of the Mayhem era) and both are 10x better than TEOG. 

Also, arguably all The Fame music videos were entirely inconsequential besides Poker Face and Paparazzi. Just Dance, LoveGame, BDR, Eh Eh were all fairly meh music videos. Even Poker Face is fairly meh except the first scene really.

She didn’t really make a “great” music video until Paparazzi. There’s a reason her fame really peaked and her most iconic publicly known moments didn’t start to happen until the end of The Fame era.

Edited 6 hours ago by gagzus

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17 minutes ago, TheARTPOPball said:

The streetwear of ARTPOP alone was more than enough to hold my attention 

the performances was crazy too

I’m personally glad her performances became less crazy and more refined because sometimes her execution was messy for ideas that could’ve been better translated. 

For example, Mayhem’s theme is basically the same as ARTPOP’s “I’m Every Icon” concept but actually done well.

[Controversiaga 17,360]

2 hours ago, gagzus said:

Mayhem’s “worst” video is either DWAS or Abra 

Stopped reading after this 

 

because you are categorically incorrect 

[Cherry Blues 684]

On 10/5/2026 at 3:18 PM, Controversiaga said:

Which ?

I’ll admit TEOG MV is awful but still better than mayhems worst MV 

I think TEOG is totally beautiful as a video, her expressions and the color palette, the mysterious New York feeling - is one of my favorite videos. It's far from being terrible, even a reduced video can be artistic, which is TEOG. 

I think that the only video that is unprofessional is unfortunately Million Reasons - all the others on a good to very good level. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Cherry Blues