The Guardian: 10 Things We Learned From Hearing ARTPOP

[Arturo 40,746]

 

On the album's bizarre opening track, the Mariachi-goes-EDM stomp of Aura – initially called Burqa when an early demo leaked online – Lady Gaga wants to lift the curtain on life as Gaga. "Do you want to see the girl who lives behind the aura?" she asks. I imagine most people's response to that would be: "We've seen quite enough, thank you very much," but actually it would be quite nice to know a little more about the "real" Lady Gaga – the person – as opposed to Lady Gaga, One of the Most Famous People on the Planet.

 

 

 

 

She still know how to write an amazing chorus

But, one thing Lady Gaga isn't is stupid and ARTPOP stays very true to the second part of that awkward compound word. Almost every song comes with at least five hooks and two choruses, sometimes crowbarred into the song's jackhammer production (Aura's lovely "do you want to see me naked" pre-chorus, Venus's "When you touch me I die, just a little inside" bit), or finessed with all the grace of the woman who wrote one of pop's greatest moments, Bad Romance, on a tour bus in the middle of the night. Sexxx Dreams and the R Kelly-assisted Do What U Want are both futuristic, electro-tooled R&B slow jams with delicious choruses, while Gypsy – the only song here to feature input from long-term collaborator RedOne – is an epic narrative about fame and loneliness bolted onto an Edge of Gloryesque electropop rush that features a brilliant vocal riff that's up there with "p-p-p-poker face".

 

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http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/nov/04/lady-gaga-10-things-learned-ARTPOP

[Glow 0]

YESSSS

 

S T A N!

 

[homomo 22,716]

Stan Guardian STAN :legend:

[Runway 27,876]

gypsysus slaying

[Arturo 40,746]

If y'all read it, you'd see it's kind of mixed. It leans more towards the positive side definitely, but still mixed.

[DrewStevens 5,249]

Sexxx Dreams, DWUW and Gypsy getting that praise

[Bad 32]

Not here for the Venus and MJH shade.

[uo111 5,201]

"Applause sounds great as an album closer

Because you clap for things when they've finished. Duh."

 

:clap:

 

[Americano 31,061]

Its not all stanning yall, did you read?

 

but when the songs aren't good enough to support the weight of the clanging metaphors (the almost parodical, self-produced Venus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP3ctBs3510), the cluttered Mary Jane Holland, the terrible Fashion!), it all just feels a bit empty.

 

 

Venus and MJH are great

[MANiCURE1295 8,673]

Its not all stanning yall, did you read?

 

but when the songs aren't good enough to support the weight of the clanging metaphors (the almost parodical, self-produced Venus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP3ctBs3510), the cluttered Mary Jane Holland, the terrible Fashion!), it all just feels a bit empty.

 

 

Venus and MJH are great

Venus and MJH ARE great 

[PoshLife 16,836]

 

Gypsy – the only song here to feature input from long-term collaborator RedOne – is an epic narrative about fame and loneliness bolted onto an Edge of Gloryesque electropop rush that features a brilliant vocal riff that's up there with "p-p-p-poker face".

 

Yessssss

 

PS I agree with some of the criticism, as well - MJH IS too cluttered, for goodness' sake.

[melodichard 3,753]

I'm getting nervous for ARTPOP's reception from critics kinda

[Forrest Gump 1]

Not here for the Venus and MJH shade.

"not here for the" "shade"

plz stop visiting atrl

[Arturo 40,746]

Its not all stanning yall, did you read?

 

but when the songs aren't good enough to support the weight of the clanging metaphors (the almost parodical, self-produced Venus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP3ctBs3510), the cluttered Mary Jane Holland, the terrible Fashion!), it all just feels a bit empty.

 

 

Venus and MJH are great

Yeah they dragged those songs

The rest was generally positive

[AgusPop 4,064]