ARTPOP Single Info and Discussion Topic

[Levine 23,251]

See, b---hes? Go read DJWS tweets.

[SMILE2NE1 3,566]

I've been waiting for you to a--lyze it honestly. 

you're a legend! But yeah, I think everything you said is spot on in the quote. 

 

"ARTPOP musically mirrors Gaga's creative process as she passes through the mediums of each artist she collaborates with, scoring a blueprint of her journey. The result, a "rage" of electronic passion and fury, defining each artistic process from beggining to end, ARTPOP could mean anything."

 

To me this seems to signify that she has been collaborating with these artists throughout her creative process for ARTPOP. These songs could be tailor-made for the performance art/other kind of collaborations she has planned. It's an interesting way to go about making an album and if it's true, I wonder what kind of art is planned for the first single? Will it be a soundtrack for a bombastic performance art piece or not necessarily part of one of her collaborations? 

 

I kind of think I'm taking it too literally, but I'm not feeling creative enough to think through the nuances of her ARTPOP manifesto. Okay..maybe I am. Let's break it down. 

 

 

"the app itself is a musical and visual engineering system that combines music, art, fashion, and technology with a new interactive worldwide community  “the aurasâ€."

I don't understand how nobody else is buzzing about this??? What are the auras?!!? It sounds to me like it's a new name for her fans, or more specifically, the participants in the app who will be contributing to this project with their art. via wikipedia:

 

"an aura is a field of subtle, luminous radiation surrounding a person or object (like the halo or aureola in religious art). The depiction of such an aura often connotes a person of particular power or holiness."

 

Maybe we are something like GaGa's aura. Afterall, she is the "icon" that we are all brought together by. We give her her significance, and as she sometimes says, we give her her creativity and religion as well. 

 

"Altering the human experience with social media, we bring ARTculture into POP in a reverse Warholian expedition."

This was pretty well describe in the ARTPOP app discussion thread. In fact, all of the manifesto is a--lyzed very well there. But, with my limited knowledge of Warhol, I can say he brought pop culture into art by replicating popular images until they were brought out of context and became meaningless/something else. What if GaGa brings context and art to a meaningless pop culture? One way to do that is to transform pop into an interactive art community. Then you have literally created an art culture around a pop icon. 

 

"Exploring Gaga’s existence as a cultural interface, the user will share in the ‘adrenaline of fame’ as they build and share their own projects,..."

Here we are seeing "interface" again. Along with her saying she is the "icon" we can really start to imagine how GaGa see's herself in this project. She is the interface through which our collective pop culture is filtered and disseminated to the masses. She is essentially a blank canvas without us, her auras. Which brings me to this interesting line:

"On this day HAUS OF GAGA venges with forte to bring the music industry into a new age; an age where art drives pop, and the artist once again is in control of the ‘icon.’"

I think this means that we are the artists. We are in control of her. In a more literal sense if she uses the fashion from littlemonsters and all of those other contests pan out, but we always have been. Her entire artistry is about fame. Even Born This Way was a result of her fame and the relationship between us and her. You could say this is also what "where art drives pop" is from. She sees her fans as very artistic, and we will be driving how she makes our art (into) pop.

"In turn, the album ARTPOP musically mirrors Gaga’s creative process as she passes through the mediums of each artist she collaborates with, scoring a blueprint of her journey. The result, a “rage†of electronic passion and fury, defining each artistic process from beginning to end, ARTPOP could mean anything."

Going with my theme here, Not only are her fans the artists, but actual professional, famous artists will be in control of our icon as she interprets their style into pop. I believe "ARTPOP could mean anything" simply means that it is a broader movement for all types of art and expression. It is about how we interact with icons and how pop culture can be a form of art itself. 

 

To conclude, I want to throw in that the ARTPOP promo pic is very telling. Her hair is light brown, her makeup is minimal, and she is wearing a face mask. She is a blank canvas getting prepared for the onslaught of ART that she is about to filter through her own artistry into POP. Basically, I'm excited. 

 

I love this, I'm going to add the auras bit to the ARTPOP app thread. 

[Zeus 33]

See, b---hes? Go read DJWS tweets.

[NathanC 938]

I'm so glad it's next month... If I hear another crappy sound byte or shhitty lyrics made by fans, I was going to have a cow... :lala:

[Harry 26,836]

Just realised I have the 19th off work yaaaass

[AgusPop 4,109]

One Month 

 

[Pop 4,541]

It's SO close now. OMFG I JUST REALIZED WE WILL GET THE SINGLE AND EVERYTHING WILL STaRT IN THE FOLLOWIGN MONTH ASJKHJKSHDJKASHDJKASHDKJASJKHDHASD

 

AND THIS TIME NOTHING WILL STOP ARTPOP FROM POPPIN

 

*meltdown*

 

[croboy 1,212]

Maybe the app will have a GPS grindr type capability to see where the closest monsters are in your area.... ;)

 

I'd like that. Not just for grindring lol

[ooooooops 0]

I'd like that. Not just for grindring lol

 

Grindr basically IS a way to find little monsters in your area tbqmfh ;)

[Fame IV 4,426]

One month!

get ready 

[dc1993 1]

"No matter gay, straight, or bi

Lesbian, transgender life,

I'm on the right track, baby

I was born to survive."

 

As a gay male myself, I don't need another gay anthem from her or anyone else: I want music we can all listen to and glean something from. She's the last person who needs to prove something to the LGBT community

 

This. 

 

One Month 

 

 

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[Creyk 17,386]

It's so cool that we are within a month.

Can't wait 

Edited July 19, 2013 by Creyk

[Pop 4,541]

Guys, we still have two more major announcements: SINGLE TITLE and SINGLE COVER

 

And the MTV VMA comeback performance announcement.

 

And video release date.

 

And Gaga's return to Twitter.

 

And more hype in the week before the single coming from all sides.

 

[Bellatrix 34,639]

Maybe the app will have a GPS grindr type capability to see where the closest monsters are in your area.... ;)

 

I'd really like that!

[Wet Fire 6,939]

why did they ban her?

So whats happening with the disney theme? Did she drop it?

Any successful major non-DJ is banned. Less successful artists like Robin can get noms. We could have HML or any other song and BTW album nominated for it but it didn't happen for the banning.