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On this day in 1582, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.

It is early 2011. The world is perched waiting for what the weird-yet-cool 24 year old pop girl - famous for her quirky style, catchy dance tracks, eye-popping videos, meat dress etc - will shock the world with next …… In that one peak moment she had the world in the palm of her hand, with as many ears and eyes as possible… and how did she decide to use her huge platform … A bold, explosive hard-harding unapologetic, unconventional track crashes down to Earth from planet Gaga GOAT - don’t be a drag just be a Queen - gay, lesbian, transgender - God. Makes. No. Mistakes - she went full in - it was risky, brave, polarizing, she knew she would lose some ‘market share’ and sacrifice broad appeal to some extent … but it was the RIGHT thing to do in her eyes… above all it preached LOVE. Love for ourselves and each other. it changed lives and shaped culture to what we know today. it remains a pop culture landmark ….. a gateway to infuse this message into all her music going forward …. There will never be another Born This Way - not from anyone else, or even Gaga herself - this unique beacon of hope was lit, …and let us all hope for all humanity’s sake for a future where it can continue as well as spark and grow more compassion in the souls of our increasingly complex, and scary, world. 💀💓…. the world needed this. And she delivered. ahhh want a time 🥹

A song that perfectly captures the pain, tumult, and dissonance of heartbreak and disillusionment at an identity level iktr. IMO part of what’s so brilliant about Disease and PI is that they’re both (to differing extents) anti pop songs: angular, dissonant, building tension but never releasing etc. Gaga’s ability to do that is a part of what makes her such a gifted writer, imo. You have to know the rules incredibly well in order to break them, bend them, make people purposefully uncomfortable etc. I live for Miss Gar using the form (and the concept) of a pop song to create the visceral sense of gnawing at the bars of your enclosure. Also creating a pop song about feeling disillusioned with your public persona that’s also musically antagonistic towards being a conventional pop song is just deliciously meta. For anyone who’s interested, here’s a great podcast from two musicologists breaking down the structure of the song and tying it to other common musical motifs in Gaga’s catalogue:

She has been rumored to perform at these soccer events since the Born This Way era but it never happens. Which is fine with me, FIFA isn't a great organisation and soccer fans generally don't react well to anything that's remotely 'gay'

27. Million Reasons Average Score: 4.42 Highest Score: 8 Lowest Score: 1 Participants:

Music to my ears. Deal with it

Madonna attended the ceremony.

Judas has just surpassed Telephone and now being her 8th most streamed song on Spotify 8(+1). Judas - 1,004,688,805 (+828,105) 9(-1). Telephone - 1,004,445,970 (+547,136)

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Was The Dead Dance part of the voting list? I'm just curious because it hasn't popped up yet for some reason

26. Stupid Love Average Score: 5.77 Highest Score: 10 Lowest Score: 1 Participants:

When she was at the peak of her career and on the minds and lips of every human on earth... she went against everybody's advice and dared to release a track boldly standing for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. With her full chest she put it out there in a time where talking about these communities and supporting them openly was risking her career and could've been career suicide. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little disappointed that the world has forgotten how brave it was to do this back in 2011. Remember gay marriage was still illegal in most of the world then. Brands didn't throw up a performative rainbow logo every June, they avoided any association with the community like the plague as it was considered a risk to their business to associate with the queers. Gaga threw the first brick and stood by her decision unwaveringly, and every time she was challenged she doubled down. THIS is why she means to much to the LGBTQIA+ community. The world forgets.. but those of us who were in the trenches fighting for our rights and our lives back then remember how much she did and what it meant to us

16. Rain On Me - 7.75 Highest Score: 10 Lowest Score: 2 Participants:

The devil wears crakows

Crazy to think she was this young

Welcome to the Megarate Ceremony of Gaga's Videography! Lady Gaga’s music videography is a visual chronicle of transformation, ambition, and boundary-pushing art. Since her debut in 2008, Gaga has consistently used the music video not just as promotion but as a core element of her storytelling, fusing fashion, surrealism, narrative, and symbolism. Her early videos like Just Dance, Poker Face, and LoveGame were colorful, dance-heavy, and introduced her as a bold new figure in pop. But it was Paparazzi and Bad Romance that elevated her to a visual icon, both videos combining gothic aesthetics with dark commentary on fame and power. Telephone, her 2010 collaboration with Beyoncé, played out like a short film—gloriously absurd, cinematic, and rebellious. The Born This Way era brought myth, religion, and personal liberation into the mix. Gaga transformed herself in nearly every video—from giving birth to a new race in Born This Way, to channeling Mary Magdalene in Judas, to exploring hybrid identities in You and I. These works became more conceptual, pushing boundaries of gender and genre. In the Artpop and Joanne eras, Gaga oscillated between maximalism and minimalism. G.U.Y. was a surreal 11-minute epic filmed at Hearst Castle with mythological allusions and Real Housewives cameos, while Million Reasons and Perfect Illusion stripped everything down to raw emotional performance. Her return to dance-pop in the Chromatica era revived Gaga’s affinity for vivid, world-building visuals. Stupid Love and Rain on Me offered futuristic, choreographed utopias, while 911 stunned with its surreal psychological twist. The most recent, loosely defined Mayhem era continues in fragments. While traditional videos have been sparse, Gaga has released unpredictable, visually striking clips, sometimes tied to brands, remixes, or short art films. Videos like Abracadabra, Disease, and Die with a Smile (2025) showcase her ongoing commitment to transformation, blending fantasy, identity, and theatrical performance. Over the past nearly two decades, Gaga has turned the music video into a platform for experimentation, activism, and reinvention, making her one of the most visually innovative artists of her generation. THE CEREMONY WILL START SOON!

I don’t think it’s any different than people who act/do theatre tbh. Not every person that’s a talented performer is a talented writer/has the skills, vision, or technical ability to create their own work from the bottom up, so performing in a tribute act can be a way for them to still have the opportunity to perform material they love and make money off of it even if it’s not their own. It could also just be a creative gig to make money and they could be working on their own material and we just haven’t seen it.

‘Just Dance’ has been certified 4x platinum in the UK for 2.4 million units.

FIFA is an absolute trash Organisation, hope the rumors don't turn out to be true. Let Taylor do the gig, she's already morally declining, might as well do the World Cup

The Paramore frontwoman announced a run of dates earlier this month, and within days she extended the tour due to “overwhelming demand”. The shows kick off in Atlanta on March 27 and include dates in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin in June. Now, she has given an interview to Clash in which she has clearly stated that she intends the tour to be entirely inclusive, saying she wants everybody to “feel welcome to the party”. “I don’t want racists around, and I don’t want sexist people around, and I don’t want people there who think that trans people are a burden,” Williams told the publication. “I think that’s a hard line for me now. I hope it naturally happens that people who do harbour those harmful ideologies aren’t going to feel welcome, because they’re going to walk in the door and realise that the gang’s all here, all banded together around something positive,” she continued. “All are welcome if you believe all should be welcome… If you don’t believe that, you’re not welcome!” Williams is a long-standing campaigner on these subjects, openly criticising the Tennessee Republican leadership last year after turning down an official State Honour. “The blatant racism of our state leadership is embarrassing and cruel,” she said. “Myself, as well as Paramore, will continue to encourage young people to show up to vote with equality in mind.” https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-tells-racists-sexists-and-anti-trans-people-theyre-not-welcome-at-upcoming-tour-3913867 https://www.clashmusic.com/features/true-believer-hayley-williams-interviewed/

US Radio Charts #45 (=) The Dead Dance - 23.30 (+0.16) {NEW PEAK IN AUDIENCE} "I try to sell myself, but I am really laughing, because I just love the music AND the bling" - Lady Gaga

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ok? why bother focusing on it if it bothers you? there are plenty of tribute acts of famous artists. its crazy they managed to get to tour. let them have fun

What? That she believes mint will be very big in fashion next Spring?

Honestly this kind of content Is great for engagement without keeping It basically private

12. Applause - 8.28 Highest Score: 10 Lowest Score: 6 Participants:

15. Yoü and I - 7.77 Highest Score: 10 Lowest Score: 5 Participants:

18. Die With A Smile - 6.85 Highest Score: 10 Lowest Score: 1 Participants:

For me, the Copacabana show represents the epitome of the MAYHEM era, and I would even argue that it is the greatest performance of all time by Lady Gaga. There’s something incredibly captivating about the entire show. I find her so confident in the way she performs each song, engages with the theatrics, and interacts with the audience throughout. It's just perfectly executed. I know the first show took place at Coachella during Weekend 1, where she didn't interact much with the crowd, which is understandable for an opening performance. In the second weekend, I still have PTSD from the first act when the sound cut out, haha! The Copacabana show is not just a concert; it’s a celebration of Gaga as an artist and what she’s capable of achieving. I’m so obsessed with the show that I listen to the audio version religiously instead of anything else!

Also, Qmusic NL (one of the biggest radio stations in the Netherlands, and the station that does the Top 40) did the Top 1500 of your life the past 2 weeks. People could vote, with a maximum of 3 songs by one artist, and Gaga dit quite well with 13 entries #17 Die with a smile (+204 compared to last year) # 28 Shallow (-4) #124 ARUTW (-49) #169 Bad Romance (-25) #300 Born this way (+48) #386 Abracadabra (new) #447 Pokerface (-8) #572 Alejandro (+218) #702 Just Dance (-81) #741 The dead dance (new) #869 Telephone (+126) #1027 Million reasons (+169) #1289 Paparazzi (+94) In comparison other pop girls: Taylor: 10 entries, All too well at 97 the highest Katy Perry: 7 entries, Firework at 347 Beyonce: 9, Halo at 234 Rihanna: 11, Diamonds at 357 P!nk: 14, Just give me a reason at 191 Adele: 14, Someone like you at 57

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I think it's no different from those ABBA, Queen, etc. tribute shows that constantñy tour. It IS a fun way for fans to experience / relive the tour and the music esp since a lot of territories don't get a tour stop.

Tbh I've never watched a Gagita video, so I don't really have much of an opinion. I think all impersonators, in some way, ride on the coat tails of the artist they are embodying. I think it's part of the schtick.

The jumpscare of waking up to 18 mentions

If Bad Romance isn’t in the top 3, I’m banning everyone

So there’s this saying about mint and spring

I literally believe that the lifestyle they live, and having so much money they literally don't have to think, has created some kind of lobotomised effect. Like the way they talk so slowly and stare so blankly.. it seems like a tell as to the reduced brain activity in certain regions. Like their brains have gotten so lazy from being underused that they've just stopped working

11. Poker Face - 8.38 Highest Score: 10 Lowest Score: 5 Participants:

20. The Dead Dance - 6.58 Highest Score: 10 Lowest Score: 1 Participants:

22. Perfect Illusion - 6.27 Highest Score: 10 Lowest Score: 2 Participants:

23. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich - 6.18 Highest Score: 8 Lowest Score: 3 Participants:

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It was really ahead of it's time, the song was everything Thanks to BTW I'm proudly singing "I'm ugly in my way cause god makes some mistakes" and it's so empowering and freeing, I feel like I don't need to work much to be beautiful. Bt I'm actually a hot middle eastern hairy geek so yeah, don't be a drug just be a weed I guess

US Radio Charts #45 (+1) The Dead Dance - 23.14 (+0.12) "Show me your pretty, I'll show you're not." - Lady Gaga

Madonna has been jumping on any trendy act for the last 13 years so it's not surprising...

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Oh that thread traumatised you all