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Post by josh on Oct 13, 2014 22:27:02 GMT -5
DJWS confirmed he is working with Gaga on her new album.
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Post by die Lotterie on Oct 13, 2014 23:29:11 GMT -5
Yasssss. I love and admire this current era, but I live for Pop Gaga. <3
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Post by Kishi KCM on Oct 14, 2014 9:09:51 GMT -5
I like DJWS. Especially his trapp music EPs. I like Zedd as well. Gaga said she wants to do a rock inspired record next, I just hope it's modern without being too EDM.
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Post by Agent YoncΓ© on Oct 14, 2014 11:04:40 GMT -5
I'd be more excited had Madeon made this announcement. Nonetheless, at least we have confirmation on her making new music
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 11:28:13 GMT -5
Gaga said she wants to do a rock inspired record next After the 'Swine' performance this shouldn't be a surprise but... it kind of is. I really want her to go back to being fun.
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Post by poplife on Oct 14, 2014 11:32:30 GMT -5
DJWS did a great job with ARTPOP, I am okay with them still working together but I am kind of hoping for more radio-friendly Gaga for the next pop era. I'm not expecting her to go back to the Just Dance/Poker Face days, but it would be great to see Gaga dominating radio again like she used to effortlessly before.
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Post by ILLUSION on Oct 14, 2014 15:31:32 GMT -5
Can't wait!
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Post by Kishi KCM on Oct 14, 2014 17:08:58 GMT -5
Gaga said she wants to do a rock inspired record next After the 'Swine' performance this shouldn't be a surprise but... it kind of is. I really want her to go back to being fun. She hasn't made a "fun" record since The Fame. The Fame Monster & Born This Way have dark themes. ARTPOP has a lighter theme and sound, but there's still an underlying heaviness to it. I'd like for the next album to be cohesive and solid. :)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 17:22:36 GMT -5
After the 'Swine' performance this shouldn't be a surprise but... it kind of is. I really want her to go back to being fun. She hasn't made a "fun" record since The Fame. The Fame Monster & Born This Way have dark themes. ARTPOP has a lighter theme and sound, but there's still an underlying heaviness to it. Well, yeah. What I'm saying is I want her to go back to having fun with her music like she did with The Fame. I really LOVED that Gaga.
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Post by Kishi KCM on Oct 14, 2014 21:50:34 GMT -5
She hasn't made a "fun" record since The Fame. The Fame Monster & Born This Way have dark themes. ARTPOP has a lighter theme and sound, but there's still an underlying heaviness to it. Well, yeah. What I'm saying is I want her to go back to having fun with her music like she did with The Fame. I really LOVED that Gaga. A lot of people feel that way, but she's evolved completely from The Fame. I don't see her going back to any sound, I see her moving further and exploring other areas of music.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 22:00:37 GMT -5
Well, yeah. What I'm saying is I want her to go back to having fun with her music like she did with The Fame. I really LOVED that Gaga. A lot of people feel that way, but she's evolved completely from The Fame. I don't see her going back to any sound, I see her moving further and exploring other areas of music. As any artist should, but I'm not saying she should make the same type of music she already did. Never did. It's entirely possible to grow as an artist without forsaking the charm that made you a household name in the first place. I fell in love with a bizarre young woman who didn't take herself, or her music, that seriously-- and that was reflected in her material. It was effortless and fun. Even on The Fame Monster there were hints of that, as different as it was from its predecessor. So, no, just because I'm saying she isn't fun anymore-- which is just my opinion... and most of the general public but I digress-- doesn't mean I think she should shove out a new album of The Fame demos. I just think she needs to be fun again. An evolution implies improvement. I haven't seen that.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Oct 14, 2014 22:29:13 GMT -5
For me, the music isn't the problem so much as her attitude about the music and herself. A lot of the Artpop music is really fun to me and on par with her great music, but she bogs it down as much as possible. Like, the occasional super pretentious lyric that you know she is 100% serious about. Or going on rants about sobriety or screaming at the audience to stare at those stupid blue ball things during a midnight RAVE where 90% of the people were fucked up. Or being sarcastic about being "forced" to sing Applause (her biggest hit since TEOG and one that many people love) and doing a half-assed job of it while focusing on Swine. Or making the GUY video (which, as a song, I think is just as fun and catchy as her old stuff) some commentary about her career and like, 15 minutes long. Or whining about how trashy and tabloidy pop music is now. Like, Jesus, everything about her persona right now feels like a drag, like a huge exhausting weight which is weird because most of her music is still fun and quirky to me (minus some obvious songs/lyrics of course).
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Post by tommymonster44 on Oct 14, 2014 22:32:54 GMT -5
DJWS did a great job with ARTPOP, I am okay with them still working together but I am kind of hoping for more radio-friendly Gaga for the next pop era. I'm not expecting her to go back to the Just Dance/Poker Face days, but it would be great to see Gaga dominating radio again like she used to effortlessly before. She needs more than a couple good songs to dominate the charts again. At this point, she has an either indifferent or negative viewpoint outside of her direct fan base. She needs to rebrand her image to reach these lost listeners. A great song could be a catalyst for this, but the song alone won't push her back into superstardom IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2014 4:11:48 GMT -5
I think Artpop was a good step musically for the most part (I liked about 2/3 of that record, although there were only a few standout songs) but I agree her persona has become way too calculated and grandiose.
I feel like the minority here but I think The Fame stands out as her best work. I don't even know how she could get back to making that kind of music though. Part of me feels like she's just too far gone in all her nonsensical dramatics and championing to ever be able to just make good, straightforward pop music again.
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Post by kmbgs on Oct 15, 2014 5:22:23 GMT -5
I think Artpop was a good step musically for the most part (I liked about 2/3 of that record, although there were only a few standout songs) but I agree her persona has become way too calculated and grandiose. I feel like the minority here but I think The Fame stands out as her best work. I don't even know how she could get back to making that kind of music though. Part of me feels like she's just too far gone in all her nonsensical dramatics and championing to ever be able to just make good, straightforward pop music again. Agree re: The Fame
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Post by August on Oct 15, 2014 6:07:44 GMT -5
I may be in the minority...but I actually liked all of her music up until she released "Marry the Night." "Marry the Night" was actually a great song, but for me, she killed my love of the song with that damn pretentious video she made for it. It was this big overblown and self-important mini-film where she really went off the deep end with her self-importance. When she started describing the nurse's uniforms and how she had the brilliant idea of cocking the hats off to the side (inspired by Calvin Klein or something like that), she needed to get over herself.
The self-importance was prevalent throughout the entire BTW era, but MTN just sort of killed it for me. She then took it to new heights in the promo leading up to Artpop and it backfired. If you are going to hype yourself up that much, then you really need to deliver the goods. I just don't think what she put out with Artpop measured up to what she was proclaiming it to be. Yes, Cheek to Cheek seems to be doing pretty well right now, but I think if she had released a jazz album completely on her own, without Tony Bennett, I do not think it would be doing nearly as well. For those who think Gaga is carrying HIM, think about the fact that Tony Bennet has had 3 top 5 albums since 2006, including 1 platinum selling #1. So when it comes to that genre, he is pretty much a superstar.
I think she has the potential to release an album that could really win back the public because she is super talented and knows how to pull together a good pop hook, but girl really needs to tone down the ego and trying so hard.
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Post by Kishi KCM on Oct 15, 2014 9:01:10 GMT -5
I agree with the last 6 posts. I feel like her music has become too serious/heavy and even some of her public appearances/speeches. Her image has softened up a little bit, but BTW really threw a lot of people off, so it's going to take time, less outrageous antics, and some great music to turn things around. It would be nice to see the fun, carefree, upbeat attitude return. We know she's faced a lot of challenges, but it'd be great to see her turn those negatives into some hot tunes.
One thing that has remained great are her performances, that's where she's at her best. I'd love to see her & Tony in concert, because while I enjoy the dance and theatrics, she's a great vocalist and CTC showcases her vocal abilities from start to finish without being drowned out by the production like most of her own work.
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Post by getonthebus on Oct 15, 2014 9:27:05 GMT -5
Yeah, this page is pretty much the best Gaga thread in Pulse history. Lock the thread now.
She'll benefit hugely if she condenses and simplifies her next album concept-wise and in composition. The Fame was about becoming famous, Fame Monster was about being destroyed by that fame, BTW was about...rebelling/being gay(?), and ArtPop was described by her in about a thousand different ways. It lost a cohesiveness, which is reflected in the songs. Many of which are great songs, but their best attributes are buried in uncontrolled excess. Where Fame Monster was able to really control the chaos and make it an asset, ArtPop felt like paint thrown at the wall some of the time.
Venus' chorus is one of the best hooks she's written, and with proper verses/production could have been a Poker Face-level pop song. Instead it was surrounded by two and a half minutes of unconstructed, aimless barking. She needs a Producer in studio to take the great pieces she supplies, and help mold them into a proper form, or else it just spills onto the floor.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Oct 15, 2014 11:27:37 GMT -5
I agree that she needs to simplify her image, at least with the messaging and let the songs speak for themselves. But The Fame is my least favourite album by her so recreating any aspect of that I'm not too keen on. I realize that isn't what anyone is saying she should do but I do like that Gaga is passionate about her work and it shows in her work. The Fame was too generic and I don't think she should attempt fitting into that box again.
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Post by August on Oct 15, 2014 12:02:01 GMT -5
I am all for her music evolving and not repeating herself. I do not think she has to go back to The Fame / The Fame Monster era in order to be successful. I do think that she needs to lose this polarizing image and attitude she has created for herself though. I think less and less people are relating to her and are finding her to be rather obnoxious / egotistical. It's like, not every song is some grand work of art that comments on grander scheme of the world we live in...sometimes its just a damn good pop song.
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Post by Baby Spice on Oct 16, 2014 19:32:51 GMT -5
This is totally random, but I was going through The Fame booklet, and she mentions Tamar Braxton in her thank you's. I just thought that was really random, but their connection must be the fact that Vincent Herbert executive produced that album.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Oct 16, 2014 22:20:04 GMT -5
Yes...and Tamar and Gaga are also friends, through Vince. Gaga was acting as a one-woman hype man on Twitter when Tamar's album dropped.
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Post by when the pawn... on Oct 17, 2014 11:51:38 GMT -5
Lady Gaga's Grammy Submissions are as follows
Album of the Year: ARTPOP, Cheek To Cheek Record of the Year: "Dope," "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" Song of the Year: "Gypsy" Pop Solo Performance: "Dope," "Lush Life" Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Do What U Want," "Cheek To Cheek" Pop Vocal Album: ARTPOP Traditional Pop Album: Cheek To Cheek Song for Visual Media: "We're Doing A Sequel" (she isn't nominated because she didn't write it) Music Video: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" Music Film: "G.U.Y.: An ARTPOP Film: G.U.Y. Version Only"
Jesus C.
Where is "Anything Goes" among CTC singles. Why isn't DWUW submitted to the major categories over Dope/Gypsy - Gypsy could have had a shot if it were a single but why submit an album track. I wasn't expecting many nominations anyway but why even submit with choices like this (DOPE???)? I don't know what the Music Film thing means - if it's the "G.U.Y. version only," wouldn't it be for the short form music video category?
I think she could be nominated for Pop Duo/Group, Pop Album and Traditional Pop Album though Trad Album is probably her best shot. I would have submitted the below
Album of the Year: ARTPOP, Cheek To Cheek Record of the Year: "Do What U Want," "Anything Goes" Song of the Year: "Do What U Want" Pop Solo Performance: "G.U.Y." Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Do What U Want," "Anything Goes" Pop Vocal Album: ARTPOP Traditional Pop Album: Cheek To Cheek Music Film: "G.U.Y.: An ARTPOP Film"
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Post by josh on Oct 17, 2014 13:29:15 GMT -5
Those Noms are all wrong. Just like for btw so I ain't surprised
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Post by ILLUSION on Oct 17, 2014 15:03:57 GMT -5
Wtf? Dope?
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 17, 2014 17:12:29 GMT -5
Yes...and Tamar and Gaga are also friends, through Vince. Gaga was acting as a one-woman hype man on Twitter when Tamar's album dropped. L&W went to #1 on iTunes only after she tweeted for her monsters to buy it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2014 17:57:25 GMT -5
She's insane. Why even submit at all?
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Post by ILLUSION on Oct 17, 2014 19:39:50 GMT -5
I'm hoping Lush Life makes a surprise appearance in the Best Pop Vocal Performance category lol
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Post by Dammn Baby on Oct 18, 2014 6:11:18 GMT -5
She must be trolling with those submissions. Dope for ROTY? Dope, indeed.
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Post by inclinations on Oct 18, 2014 7:31:53 GMT -5
TMZ reports she just dropped 24 million on a house in Malibu.
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