Lady Gaga - Born This Way (May 23)

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Sept 13, 2010 17:36:51 GMT -5 Black Jesus said:

lol DEAD at anyone saying a GaGa backlash is coming. The only reason she would be a 'backlash' amongst pop star celebrities is because she's the only one who can sing and actually write music that sells in the pop industry. It would be out of pure jealousy. She's done nothing wrong.

I'm pretty sure he was talking about a backlash among the general public not popstars. I'm sure we're all envious though.

[So Pure]

Sept 13, 2010 17:40:41 GMT -5 Peaches. [Ch, r. is] said:

Sept 13, 2010 17:36:51 GMT -5 Black Jesus said:

lol DEAD at anyone saying a GaGa backlash is coming. The only reason she would be a 'backlash' amongst pop star celebrities is because she's the only one who can sing and actually write music that sells in the pop industry. It would be out of pure jealousy. She's done nothing wrong.

I'm pretty sure he was talking about a backlash among the general public not popstars. I'm sure we're all envious though.

I am talking general public...she's everywhere and when that happens...especially to women...they (the public, media...whatever you wanna call it) like to try to knock them off their pedestal. I personally think she's the most daring, interesting and one of the most talented female pop stars to come around since...dare I say...Madonna (which she still has a hella long way to go before she can even be compared) but no one doubts she's got the goods. She's just way over exposed at this point and that's when things start to turn.

[Rurry]

There may very well be a backlash. She's at the point of overexposure, IMO. I think it'd be wise to lie low for the rest of '10 and come back with new stuff maybe around the spring of 2011.

[Typo]

[outrageous]

I thought her fake ass crying last night was total bull.

Sorry! I ain't trying to hate but that was just bull.

[Pappa-D!]

I don't see a backlash coming. I actually think there's a big clamor for new music coming from her. I think though that she's a bit overexposed at the moment. And it's a great idea to wait few months for the new single and album to drop. Her label is timing it pretty perfectly.

[Glove Slap]

I'd say she's better off now than she was at the beginning of the summer. If they hold the new single until March or so, it's giving radio perfect time to tone down the airplay for her earlier singles so they don't impede the success of new material.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Sept 12, 2010 22:54:34 GMT -5 Madame Ingénue said:

Record can refers to a single

No. Record always refers to album. Anyone that uses it to refer to a song are misusing the word.
Besides, why would GaGa make such a big deal over a single song title?

[David]

Sept 14, 2010 8:49:26 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

I'd say she's better off now than she was at the beginning of the summer. If they hold the new single until March or so, it's giving radio perfect time to tone down the airplay for her earlier singles so they don't impede the success of new material.

Here's where she's at in the current Top 50 on pop (including recurrents)

31 33 LADY GAGA Alejandro 2125 2228 -103 12.333
40 41 LADY GAGA Bad Romance 1584 1606 -22 9.399
42 44 LADY GAGA Telephone f/Beyonce 1351 1410 -59 8.648

Not sure what her total spin count is of all her singles. Thats probably a better way of looking at it.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I think there may be a slight backlash. But I still think her album will be an immediate success with immediately successful singles. It just won't last as long and the era itself will probably end after 6 months or so. Interest will wane immensely once the second single has run its course.

[MikeCheck12]

^Well, the Grammys refer to a song in their "Record of the Year" category along with "Song of the Year".

[kmbgs]

That unicorn tattoo has got me thinking...The Last Unicorn themed era?

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Sept 14, 2010 19:38:40 GMT -5 kmbgs said:

That unicorn tattoo has got me thinking...The Last Unicorn themed era?

Lady Amalthea :o

[Love Plastic Love]

I feel like Gaga was on the brink of major backlash, but pulling back was the incredibly correct thing to do. Remember when the new cd was still planned for Fall?? Releasing a huge new cd, singles, and promo now would have been horrible. I don't really think she is super over-exposed right at this minute. She hasn't done real promo in awhile, hasn't had a new single since Alejandro at the beginning of the summer, I don't remember the last time she performed somewhere on TV. She is still there, but not to the point that she was earlier in the year with 239209302 spins at radio and her non-stop everywhere. I think by next year people will be open to more Gaga.
Though, my idea of laying low may be different than other people's definitions because apparently she hasn't been laying low lately even with little promo and no singles
The VMAs count, I know, but its not like she could turn down her nominations because people didn't want to see her attending or something.

[jazzyskye10²]

Lady Gaga Backstage At The VMAs: The Realest Girl, The Meatiest Dress

Bigger Than the Sound captures a few moments when the cameras weren't rolling.

By James Montgomery

On Sunday night at the Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga won everything besides Best Contemporary World Music Album, but you probably couldn't tell by the way she acted. Or at least I couldn't.

After all, I was standing roughly 3 feet from her as she descended from the stage, Video of the Year Moonman in one hand, short-loin inspired clutch in the other. And at that moment, she didn't seem like the biggest pop icon on the planet, a woman who genuinely inspires millions and appears determined to speak for the voiceless and use her status to elicit actual social change.

Instead, she seemed like a very demure, very humble human being. This may have had something to do with the fact that she had just accepted an award from Cher (which can definitely be a disorienting experience), or because she had just won her eighth Moonman of the night, but it definitely struck me as odd. After all, if you take everything you know or have read about her, combine it with her videos, fashion sense and over-the-top, decidedly feisty live performances, you are left with a picture that is less human and more, well, deity. Gaga does not appear to be human — more like a pneumatic lion tamer with a penchant for creative haberdashery, or a fire-breathing neo-Shiva in sunglasses — which is sort of the point, I suppose.

But, as I learned on VMA night, it's not actually the truth.

I don't know why it took me so long to realize this. After all, I have interviewed her and used this very space earlier this year to examine her transformation from otherworldly star to a normal girl. But there was something about watching her fight back tears at the VMAs — something she continued to do backstage, just in case you were wondering — that made it click for me. I watched as she hugged Cher, whispered something to her and then made the trek down to her dressing room, still shaking slightly, still saying "thank you" to the various stagehands and show producers who shouted their congratulations as she passed.

I followed her and her entourage out of the theater, trying to keep my eyes on her tiny shoulders as she was surrounded by a ring of beefy security guards. This is much tougher to do than you would imagine; after all, Gaga is very small in person, practically delicate. She does not walk as much as she tiptoes, mostly because of the McQueen armadillo heels she wears, but also because you get the sense that the slightest breeze would knock her over. There is a fine, almost-porcelain quality to her. You want to put her on a glass shelf. You want to run a feather duster over her. There are not many deities you can say this about.

Her entourage headed downstairs, and again, I followed. They made their way into the hallway beneath the stage, a carpeted pathway lined with dressing rooms. Most of the stars heard her coming and popped their heads out to catch a glimpse of her. Yes, she has that kind of clout. I watched from a wall as her team of stylists emerged from her dressing room and started clapping and cheering, and only then did I notice that Gaga was smiling. This was the real her, the person that only her closest friends — and, I suppose, nosy reporters — get to see. The Gaga that only comes out when the camera's aren't around (which is something, like, three hours of each day). There were still tears in her eyes, though now she wasn't crying; she was laughing, making a kind of gulping sound. It was exactly the kind of thing you or I would do in a situation like this, when we have just triumphed and are now getting to share that moment with our friends.

And I watched as she disappeared into her room, followed by her inner circle. The door closed, and her security guards fell into place, but you could definitely hear the celebratory whoop that happened immediately afterward. It was certainly genuine. After all, Gaga cares about winning awards, though I suspect it has more to do with the fact that she gets to share the victory with her friends. That's the kind of person I'm guessing she is.

I don't know how long she stayed in there, because I was already making my way down to the other end of the hallway, where Kanye West was having an impromptu, celeb-filled party in his dressing room. It stopped traffic. Usher popped in. Rihanna did too. There were ballerinas involved. The contrast between the two rooms was noteworthy. Because even when the lights aren't on, Kanye still carries himself like a deity. It's part of his mystique. Gaga is different. She doesn't need a mystique; being human seems to be enough for her.

And, yes, I realize I'm making tremendous assumptions based on a few unguarded moments, but you learn a lot from someone when they know the cameras aren't rolling, when it's just them, their closest confidants and maybe a Moonman or two. For a minute, I got to see the real Lady Gaga, and it was all I needed. She cries and laughs and even gulps on occasion. She is humble and genuine. She is human, after all, even when she's wearing a meat dress. You learn something new every day.


Link: www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647854/20100914/lady_gaga.jhtml

[El Chiko Kevo]

Born This Way (DrewG Brian Cua Dirty Pop Remix)



TOTALLY LOVING THIS!!

[Pappa-D!]

Love the article!

[Glove Slap]

She just went up in my book. Very professional and no theatrics.

Plus she has a Blackberry .

[MikeCheck12]

I see Gaga in Charlotte tomorrow night!!!!

[So Pure]

www.mtv.com/news/articles/1648065/20100917/lady_gaga.jhtml

Lady Gaga Says Born This Way 'Will Piss People Off'
'The album is my absolute greatest work I've ever done,' singer tells RWD magazine.

She's unveiled two tracks, "Living on the Radio" and "You and I," and gotten the album title, which she belted out at the VMAs, tattooed on her body, and now Lady Gaga is revealing a few more details about her forthcoming album, Born This Way.

"Everyone tells me I'm arrogant but my music's the only thing I've got, so you'll have to let me be confident about one thing," she said. "I suppose that's what you can expect from the album: a lot of hit records that will piss people off."

As for how the songs on the album are already being received, she explains that her pal Beyoncé was blown away by the music. "Beyoncé said: 'Where the f--- do you get these ideas from?' " she recalled. "And I was like: 'I don't know Bey, it was just the way I was born.' "

Always a champion for gay rights, Gaga has become even more vocal about making changes for the gay community, even posting an anti-"don't ask, don't tell" video on her website. "I knew I had an ability to change the world when I started to receive letters from fans," she said. "[Fans would write,] 'You saved my life...' 'I'm gay and my parents threw me out.' My fans have related to me as a human being and as a non-human being — as a super-human person that I truly am."

:o I'm not sure how to take that...is she startin to drink her own kool-aid??? ???

[when the pawn...]

I really really can't wait for this album.

[Black Jesus]

Glee Cast's version of 'Telephone'
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Sept 17, 2010 13:55:48 GMT -5 So Pure said:

:o I'm not sure how to take that...is she startin to drink her own kool-aid??? ???

Haha no I think she means that she's humanistic not that she's the ultimate pop star

[Deleted]

I haven't listened to the full remix of Born This Way and don't intend on doing so; instead, I shall way until the full version is released to fairly judge it. I loved her vocals during the small 10 second clip @ the VMAS .

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Sept 18, 2010 16:29:58 GMT -5 @drag27 said:

I haven't listened to the full remix of Born This Way and don't intend on doing so; instead, I shall way until the full version is released to fairly judge it. I loved her vocals during the small 10 second clip @ the VMAS .

That 'remix' is made using the vocals from that little snippet she performed when she accepted her VMA. It's just those few lines, nothing else.

[Deleted]

Sept 18, 2010 23:52:23 GMT -5 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 said:

Sept 18, 2010 16:29:58 GMT -5 @drag27 said:

I haven't listened to the full remix of Born This Way and don't intend on doing so; instead, I shall way until the full version is released to fairly judge it. I loved her vocals during the small 10 second clip @ the VMAS .

That 'remix' is made using the vocals from that little snippet she performed when she accepted her VMA. It's just those few lines, nothing else.

I know that and that's why I'm not so interested in hearing that entire remix. I'm sure the final, full version will be completely different, and I want it to sound fresh when I hear it .

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Sept 18, 2010 23:55:13 GMT -5 @drag27 said:

Sept 18, 2010 23:52:23 GMT -5 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 said:

That 'remix' is made using the vocals from that little snippet she performed when she accepted her VMA. It's just those few lines, nothing else.

I know that and that's why I'm not so interested in hearing that entire remix. I'm sure the final, full version will be completely different, and I want it to sound fresh when I hear it .

The only plus to not listening to it is not having to subject yourself to Drew and Brian's half-assed attempts at doing a 'remix.'

[picklerclarkson]

She is starting to believe her own hype.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

Sept 19, 2010 11:55:26 GMT -5 picklerclarkson said:

She is starting to believe her own hype.

I think she said that as a humorous observation about how some view her versus her actually having superhuman powers.

[bibliotheque]

Billboard 200 (9/25/10)
TW | LW | WOC | Artist | Title | Sales TW | % Change | Sales LW | Total Sales

19 20 98 The Fame, Lady Gaga 15,248 -11 17,046 3,755,623
53 45 06 The Remix, Lady Gaga 6,979 -18 8,471 91,742
54 52 42 The Fame Monster (EP), Lady Gaga 6,877 -12 7,800 1,285,435

Total: 29,104 TW | 5,132,800 Total Sales

Hot Digital Songs (9/25/10)
TW | LW | WOC | Artist | Title | Sales TW | % Change | Sales LW | Total Sales

63 50 24 LADY GAGA ALEJANDRO 22,209 -12 25,271 1,837,228
86 LADY GAGA POKER FACE 17,324 -1 17,553 5,569,824
94 LADY GAGA BAD ROMANCE 15,676 3 15,171 4,261,246
109 LADY GAGA FEAT. BEYONCE TELEPHONE 13,415 2 13,167 2,538,605
117 LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE 12,332 1 12,247 5,701,921
147 LADY GAGA PAPARAZZI 10,204 -5 10,703 2,713,210

Total: 91,160 TW | 22,622,034 Total Sales & both of those figures are without Alejandro and album tracks - with those included she'll have passed 100k sales TW and 26 million overall.

Mediabase Airplay (as of 09/16/10)
Title | Accumulative Audience (millions) | Current Audience (millions)

Just Dance f/Colby O'Donis: 4,860.578 (13.217)
Poker Face: 4,200.166 (10.697)
Bad Romance: 4,072.230 (20.873)
Paparazzi: 3,044.489 (11.677)
Telephone f/Beyonce: 2,713.473 (11.506)

[Glove Slap]

I find it surprising that JD is receiving more current airplay than PF & Paparazzi, especially since those were bigger radio hits.