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I'll start with a controversial take: 95% of Monsters don't know how to recognize a genre "It's a country album" when describing Joanne—an album full of pop, rock, Americana, funk, even freaking folk and doo-wop. "It's a jazz album" when making the decision to ignore the rock, blues, soul, punk, and theater aspects of Harlequin. Actually, describing ANY album with a single genre when they all span half a dozen different genres themselves (except for Chromatica which is nearly the same song 13 times). "I want dark pop music like *insert a song from before 2011 with glittering synths but because it's in a minor key that makes it dark and brooding or something*" Did I make this thread just to randomly complain about this? Of course not! I also wanna see y'all fight over some unique takes

Very pedantic thing to say, but I think a lot of Little Monsters appreciate the aesthetics of art more than the actual vision and statement behind it, and therefore tend to reduce Gaga’s concepts to visual cues rather than engaging with them as fully developed artistic ideas. Ex : the reaction to BTW's album cover not liking the disease video because it does not have choreo etc

The fans who define a Gaga album/song based on how well it sells/charts aren't fans. It always confuses me when Gaga fans hate older music/refuse to engage with it when its literally the foundations of everything Gaga does.

Spotify goes full Mayhem ball mode and forgets about Chromatica Is this a sign we're getting Monochromatica?!

We are lucky and blessed to get Gaga’s jazz side. It’s top tier artistry and she clearly thrives in that space. It easily rivals her pop persona. I hope she does a version of Jazz & Piano for the rest of her career, it’s one of her best shows. I’d listen to her sing Sinatra covers over half her discography at this point. Zero shade to her own music, her covers are just THAT good. Some others are kinda touching on this, it feels like some fans don’t truly understand her artistry and are more so just fans of pop music, not Gaga as an artist. With the way some people talk about her and her music it can come across like they legit don’t actually like her.

I don’t understand the hate and apathy towards Chromatica - potentially even from Gaga herself. I think it is one of her top 3 albums musically and at the very top when it comes to visuals. I mean I get that it was released during the pandemic but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a brilliant piece of work.

Oh this sounds like something Gaga would say back then

Don't want no paper gangsta (literally, I picked Can't Stop the High )

Aperture perture...aperture perture

You like that big fat bass, yeah? that ****ing big fatty thick and juicy synth makes you cum u ****ing s**t Me too.

Not everything Gaga releases is good, and that’s okay. You don’t have to like every single song/project she puts out. You’re not “less” of a fan because you don’t like something. Criticizing her for it to the point that it becomes your entire personality, is a different story.

Sounds outdated. Ophelia is better.

I also don't like it when people point blank refuse to listen to, or outright dismiss, an entire genre of music off the cuff. A genre which has tens of thousands, if not more, songs in it. You're saying you wouldn't like a single aspect of any one of those tens of thousands of songs? Sure Jan. Like I can say sure, I don't typically listen to rap music; it's not something that appeals to me. But sometimes I do like it. Not as much as other genres, but it happens. And I don't go around saying rap is horrible or not worth listening to just because I don't like it.

The Joanne era was not as authentic as it was marketed to be. Gaga needed a stripped down era after the maximalism of ARTPOP, so she crafted one. What rubs me the wrong way, is that she chose a style that, to this day, does not seem to be part of her actual DNA as an artist. She could've taken many paths that would've been much more believable, especially given the theming of the lyrics: - a modern piano-based album - a jazz-infused pop album - a Springsteen-esque album To name a few. Instead she forced her voice to sound 3 decades older, put on a cowboy hat, brushed off her best southern accent and forced one of our mods to repeat "it's not country" for more than 10 years after release. (I know it's not a country album but she sure as hell leaned in to it) It looks like she wanted to take a left turn for the sake of it. To go down a route that nobody could predict, just to be contrary. That could be an interesting approach, were it not that the lyrical themes of the album are supposed to be very sincere, tragic and deep-rooted in her history as a person. I believe most of these songs on paper. But the production, the marketing and even the fashion made it feel like she was hiding herself more than ever.

From your lips to god's ears

If it's the only way to make Free Woman disappear once and for all, It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make

It's because it's not a Gaga album it's a blood pop album

Gosh she is so iconic

https://twitter.com/MelanieLBBH/status/2014795828632944854

Wow ofc the worst song is winning lmao, another day in GGD. Paper Gangsta is a work of art.

CSTH mops the floor with PG, I fear.

I liked it more than Applause when they first came out

I can’t believe Roar sold that much. It’s such a shitty song

Jump - 2:45 track 2 -3:16 track 3 - 2:53 track 4 -2:53 track 5 - 3:13

U don't understand the European dance scene then because it's not true. Each song represents a sub genre of the European electronic dance music. And that's where Bloodpop failed because he doesn't understand it either.. he mimicked it. The biggest mistake with this album is to work with an American main producer instead of with a Eurppean one. BURNS and Tchami saved the songs they worked on basically.

DWUW's original version is conceptually genius. It shouldn't have been done because at the end of the day, a collab with him gives him royalties, visibility and credibility, but just like Swine's SXSW performance, it was the kind of twisted artistic stuff that ARTPOP was about.

I hate when people refuse to let a bitch lean into the whimsy

Many fans take her brand as deathly serious and “c*nty” when the project has been hamfisted and camp from the jump and fans only selectively apply the “it’s cheesy” argument when it applies to a type of cheese they don’t like. She’s closer to Meatloaf meets a drag version of Madonna than she’ll ever be to someone like Björk (and she’s well aware of this).

So Bloodpop is the true artist after all

Me when the terminally online gays forget about Addison Rae in 5 months

Our favorite big sister, who used to give us beer at the family function and who we came out to first RELEASED NEW MUSIC. It's very Pearls reminiscent, but she said in an interview a while back she likes to match the first single with the last record, so we shall see what the overall vibe of the album will be. also vogue interview: https://www.vogue.com/article/jessie-ware-i-could-get-used-to-this-music-video-interview?fbclid=PAdGRleAPgUsdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAad9PzKBTQWZjF0asni4ZcjlyhGLh6zhCcDByaKbIFtbgpJXFgZCh-zWwwrRFA_aem_N4hzuVkm4dT75i8GC3GCuw

It gave me Ray of light the album kind of vibe. I love the pulse of the song. It felt like a prayer. This is quality. Not made for mass success. I love when artists of that caliber challenge the audience.

The concept of a person no one has ever heard of being iconic

Sorry but what the **** are we doing? Hissy fits when Taylor releases a new single yet many people are stanning this rapist? The ****!?

Can't wait for this to hit #1 on the charts when it finally happens

The Alejandro demo absolutely BODIES the album version. That dirty, scuzzy synth is so much more satisfying and gives the song so much intensity. The Ace of Base instrumental that it ended up with is so blah. No umph, just a needy pop song that could be anyone's. I think in this time we're living in, post-Mayhem, where it's safe to say that Chromatica's production was largely handled away from her, this is another song that was unfairly circumcised, like Free Woman. I'll present both for you to listen now. Present your cases either way.

also the idea to make house music under 3 minutes was dumb, like u didn't even get the chance to vibe to it, to feel the music in your body and dance.. and when it's finally happening, it's over. Like they heavily relied on remixes

*pours whiskey onto a twink in a leather jacket, circa 1987* here's the btw you ordered

Joanne to ASIB to Love For Sale to Harlequin to Mayhem? Now that's a flawless album run

Your lack of taste probably shouldn’t be broadcasted like this unless you want multiple wellness checks

I don’t understand why people are acting as if Ariana’s performance deserved an automatic nomination just for being Ariana. At least the Oscar’s aren’t that brazenly clout chasing