giskardsb 12,565 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I just wanted to use that emote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daredevil 2,133 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 she listened to the haters a lot she seems less confident and kinda pressed sometimes yes I kinda miss this Gaga who never cared what other people said. I think it's hard for her to ignore all the hate, especially when you are so kind like her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGGrayson 9,670 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Imagine that tho Slayin lives tbh 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗴𝗮 • 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗲 • 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲-𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗿 • 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronk 14,769 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 . She mentioned it in many recent interviews. Starting with iTunes festival where she explained the meaning of Swine, then she explained it in Howard Stern interview, then in that culture show she mentioned how perverted and scary her s-x life was before, then she said sth about it in many other interviews which I don't even remember. She usually doesn't speak about it in direct way, but the most detail one is during Howard Stern interview. I just watched the Howard Stern Interview ... OMG it's the best ever. Thanks for mentioning it. Gaga is such a sweet person. Totally amazing! Like her other interviews, her goodness and kindness shines through. And like the other interviews, the interviewer could not prod Gaga into shading other people. Again, she talks very little about bad things that happened to her in the past, s-xual or bullying. Bits and pieces must be put together from many interviews because she is too sensitive about those issues to talk much about them. In earlier interviews she has said the effects of bullying will always be with her. In the Howard Stern interview her quest to help people around the world was mentioned. This interview is one of many examples that illustrate who Gaga really is; a kind person intent on helping people. I am going to start a thread about the Howard Stern interview. I live outside the space time continuum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,136 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I like Gaga as she is presently, and this thread is actually kind of disturbing. :later: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyoftheDam 4 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 she listened to the haters a lot she seems less confident and kinda pressed sometimes Agreed. It's a shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrethraFranklin 434 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I like Gaga as she is presently, and this thread is actually kind of disturbing. It's really no different than when you miss how one of your old close friends used to be. Like when you have a falling out and things just feel different, or you kind of resent one of their decisions. It doesn't mean we don't love her (I guess I can only speak for myself but why else would everyone be here) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,136 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 It's really no different than when you miss how one of your old close friends used to be. Like when you have a falling out and things just feel different, or you kind of resent one of their decisions. It doesn't mean we don't love her (I guess I can only speak for myself but why else would everyone be here) I understand where the thread is coming from, but I guess I just didn't realize there was so much disappointment for this era. Makes me sad :( Yeah but at the same time Gaga is constantly growing and changing and evolving. Like if Gaga stayed the same as that moment, or even the same as she was in the fame era, think of all the brilliant things other eras have brought that we wouldn't have seen. That's just how I look at it really. And who knows what the future holds? That's the most exciting thing. :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanica 15 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I like it, but I like some of her Born This Way looks from Judas and the single cover of "The Edge of Glory" and the album cover of BTW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Criminal 2 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 The more I listen to pop music, the less I try to parse the songwriting. Not to be a rockist, but it’s difficult for me to find poignancy in a song written by a team of five to six songwriters, even when  as in the case of Lady Gaga’s “Do What U Want† the themes are blunt and heavy-handed. Not that I paid much attention to any deeper meanings the first few times I heard the song. With the song’s pretty basic title and the collaboration with erotic-crooner R. Kelly, I wrote off the song as a catchy tune about s-x, particularly s-xual agency, underscored by the repeated line, “You can’t have my mind.†Of course, picking up mostly (or only) on s-xual overtones is not necessarily the fault of a casual listener. Consider the performance Lady Gaga and R. Kelly delivered when the former hosted Saturday Night Live back in November; Kelly came out unannounced during Gaga’s performance, and the pair offered a seductive, yet fairly uncontroversial, routine which involved Kelly doing pushups over Gaga and tossing her around like a rag doll (even the choreography took the titular refrain quite literally). A few weeks later, the pair reunited for the American Music Awards in character as the President of the United States and his s-xy secretary, in a nod to the line in Kelly’s verse: “You’re the Marilyn, I’m the president.†Weeks later, after Jessica Hopper interviewed Chicago-based music journalist Jim DeRogotis about the allegations of s-xual assault and statutory rape that have surrounding R. Kelly for years, the collective Internet seemed to turn on the R&B singer. It sparked a piece by Slate’s Amanda Hess, who compared Kelly’s collaboration with Lady Gaga to the video for Beyoncé’s “XO,†directed by fashion photographer Terry Richardson (who, coincidentally, is directing the video for the Gaga/Kelly track). As things on the Internet go, questioning of these female performers’ feminism (or lack thereof) followed. Even Lena Dunham got mixed up in it! The aforementioned video directed by Terry Richardson has yet to be released, although it was slated to premiere last month. This is admittedly all conjecture, but I wonder if Lady Gaga and her team are feeling like they’re at the center of a crisis. After all, ARTPOP hasn’t been received particularly well, commercially or critically, resulting in a narrative that Gaga’s persecution complex has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Suddenly, “Do What U Want,†presumably about how Gaga feels unfairly criticized by the media, is coming true. Additionally, the added subtext of R. Kelly’s s-xual inclinations has left the song feeling less like a catchy R&B-inspired dance track and more like an uncomfortable acknowledgment of a performer’s refusal to take accountability for his or her actions. Kelly’s line “Ya, we taking these haters and we rough ‘em up / And we lay in the cut like we don’t give a ****†bears resemblance to Kelly’s actual response to the Village Voice piece. “[A]s you know, when you get on top of anything, it’s very windy up there,†he said, dismissing the allegations as some form of “hate†thrown at him and his success. Amid the renewed attention to R. Kelly’s s-xual assault allegations, Lady Gaga performed “Do What U Want†with Christina Aguilera on the season finale of The Voice. It was a coup for the pair, who many had assumed were feuding since Gaga’s debut (all overs-xed blonde pop singers must hate each other, you see). The performance was well receieved, especially as critics had compared Gaga’s vocals on the original track to Aguilera’s sensibilities. With all that in mind, the pairing was much more interesting (to me, at least) than the original. Gaga released the studio version of her duet with Aguilera yesterday, and it’s very much like the original mix, save for new lyrics written for Aguilera that fit much better, thematically. “My bones hurt from all the shows, but I don’t feel the pain ’cause I’m a pro / I sink in and then I’m okay ’cause my body belongs to you when I’m on stage,†Aguilera belts, in lines that make a bit more sense in the context of the song than R. Kelly claiming that he’s the cream to Gaga’s cup, the green to her blunt. One wonders, given the suspiciously absent Terry Richardson-helmed video, if this official release with Aguilera replacing Kelly is a move on Gaga’s part to distance herself from the negative press. Is it at all possible for the Richardson video to drop online without creating a major controversy  even of the “bad press is good press†variety? It’s enough to make you wish that Gaga would go in a different direction entirely, teaming up with Aguilera for a video shoot, with another woman sitting in the director’s chair. This article is long but it is a very interesting read. http://flavorwire.com/431736/is-the-christina-aguilera-version-of-do-what-u-want-lady-gagas-attempt-to-distance-herself-from-r-kelly/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessDiana 0 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Probably! But why would she sing with R.Kelly in the first place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,454 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I hope she gets away from that rapist did i lie? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carles 168 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Call me crazy, but I bet the delay on the video is probably due to a re-shoot. Maybe the video we will get will have x-tina in it instead? just some food for thought Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix 1,487 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 SO they can't be feminists if they work with guys like that? well okay then.... Honestly, I don't really know what she's trying to do. She's been on the low down over the Holidays so all I can really do is wait, and see.. I hope she gets away from that rapist did i lie? I feel the same way tbh :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Criminal 2 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Probably! But why would she sing with R.Kelly in the first place She has already explained why she wanted to work with him. But I don't think she realized the implications of working with someone like R. Kelly, who has a past which is not so praise-worthy. And now, they, Gaga and her label saw that things weren't gonna turn out well if they went ahead with the video, thus the Xtina collab and the video delay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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