Some say she’s a genius; others say she’s contrived, but generally nobody is saying much anymore. It seems that Lady Gaga’s stranglehold over pop culture news has all but evaporated. She may have her stalwart fans who follow her movements closely, but for the average Joe, Gaga’s relevance is waning.
Stefani Germanotta’s Lady Gaga persona really gained popularity in 2009 as a sort of poor man’s Gwen Stefani, neither as talented as Madonna or culturally significant as Britney Spears, but not without a modicum of entertaining ability. Most importantly, she was just average enough to feel different without it being the entire reason for her being. That is to say, it was possible to have a conversation about Lady Gaga and actually talk about her musical ability for the majority of the time.
At some point, around the time she performed “Paparazzi” on the MTV Video Music Awards, she really raised the stakes in terms of ridiculous attention seeking behavior. She went from dressing relatively normally (yes, the outfits were revealing, but no more than you’d expect from a woman in the pop music profession) to faking handicaps and dousing herself with artificial blood. Lady Gaga went from musician to performance art, an easily digestible image for the public to consume without further interpretation, containing as much depth as a Facebook profile picture and the same amount of artistic merit. From then on it was a parade of pseudo inspirational sound bites and clothing made from decapitated muppets.
Before the transformation, the only enjoyable part of the Lady Gaga experience was trying to figure out what everything meant. When things weren’t explicit, there was room for interpretation, which is why Lady Gaga is accidentally so important: she represents modern story telling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbbOmFFP2aI
The relatively recent explosion of computer technology has opened up new doors for visual story telling. At this point, there’s almost nothing that can’t be created for movies, television or video games. But even though everything looks amazing, you’ll never care about Peter Jackson’s King Kong as much as the original and Grand Theft Auto will never mean as much to as you as Mario does.
King Kong captures the imagination because of the obviousness of the stop motion. To watch the movie, we as viewers have to suspend our disbelief and engage ourselves in the process of pretending that Kong is actually a giant gorilla. Super Mario Bros. provides no explanation for why things happen, but their cartoony nature makes them so lovably ridiculous that you fill in the blanks yourself. This is why Nintendo has never redesigned Mario to look more human. Imagine a game in which Mario actually resembles a stocky Italian man who experiences realistic physics when jumping. It would be unplayable for anyone who’s ever experienced the original.
Movies like Green Lantern, Sucker Punch and The Last Airbender all have special effects that are amazing to the eyes, but provide no fulfillment for the mind. A special effect with no emotional component is simply a technical achievement, which is great for winning awards for superior usage of computer technology, but it does not make for a compelling story. Film makers will concentrate on the appearance of hair follicles and fangs of the giant monster that appears in the second act, but they completely abandon all attempts to make us actually afraid of the creature.
Monsters were a problem for Lady Gaga as well, specifically “The Fame Monster,” the follow up to “The Fame.” While it earned her more critical acclaim, it occurred after the transition from quirky pop star to full on media circus. Compare the music videos for “Just Dance” and “Poker Face” to the ones for “Bad Romance” and “Telephone.” The lyrical content for the songs never changed and the themes are almost identical between the two albums, but the visual vocabulary expanded immensely. People might mention an attractive blond, but they’ll definitely talk at length about an attractive blond wearing a metallic thong.
She was still singing generic love songs, but now her music videos and public appearances provided her with opportunities to dress in provocative ways, thus making her entire catalog FEEL more complex, but without actually deserving it.
On top of that, her popularity amongst the gay club culture offered a loyal and passionate fan base to be exploited. It was after she realized this that she was suddenly an outsider, imploring her fans, whom she dubbed “Little Monsters,” to be themselves and never let the oppressive mainstream culture keep them down. The idea that Lady Gaga could pass herself off as an outsider is laughable, especially considering that at the very beginning of her career, a pudgier, brunette Germanotta played soulful piano ballads akin to Vanessa Carlton. All of which were completely abandoned in order to become a dance music sensation. Even the earliest incarnations of the fully realized Gaga gave no indication that any of these ideas were anywhere on her radar. “Just Dance” is a song about being too drunk in a club to do anything else but move rhythmically, with lyrics like “I’ve had a little bit too much” and “Can’t find my drink or man/Where are my keys? I lost my phone.” The song “Telephone” is almost exactly the same, but adds intrusive phone calls from a man at home to the equation. Yet, judging from the complexity of the video, one would assume that we’re missing something, but nobody is missing anything; it’s all being shoved right in our faces.
Like the special effects of yesteryear, Lady Gaga resonated much more emotionally before she became explicit. She no longer provides the audience with the opportunity to fill in the blanks for ourselves. I spent much more time interpreting her choice to wear big sunglasses on the cover for her first album than I did the now infamous meat dress. I wondered if the succession of the word “papa” in “Paparazzi” actually held some hidden psychological meaning about her father. The lyrics of “Poker Face” brought to mind a spiteful woman who doesn’t want her lover to know she actually enjoys their sexual escapades. But lately, there’s nothing elusive to grab on to. There’s no question as to what a song like “Born This Way” is about, just as the video for the song offers nothing but soulless special affects that have nothing to do with the lyrics. After it’s over, you find yourself thinking “sure I saw some crazy stuff, but I can’t say I felt anything,” which is exactly how you’ll feel after watching the new Conan movie or playing Final Fantasy XIII.
Lady Gaga gives us the ostentatious outfits and bizarre headgear, but she no longer engages the audience. She has become a special effect, empty and meaningless, providing no nutritional value for the mind. Yes, she is wearing an eye patch, but now we know the truth: just like Jar Jar Binks, it’s only there because it CAN be there. No thought has been put into making us actually care anymore. And just like most movies, we will move on from Lady Gaga as soon as the next shiny object catches our attention.
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Yes, yes, yes. You nailed it.
This article is better suited for rihanna, katy perry, kesha, etc. GAGA is a powerhouse of talent, style, elegance and love. She is in control of her career and hasn’t even failed once yet!
Yes, she’s irrelevant. That’s why her album was the second best selling of the year. As a pop visionary, she has single handedly revived the state of contemporary pop. Not only is this article grossly misinformed, but a tad bit misogynist.
wow i find it funny that gagas haters have nothing else to do but go on her web articles and type in messages to bring her down
what SCHEIBE
TOTALLY!!! I have to disagree, however. You said…She has become a special effect, empty and meaningless, providing no nutritional value for the mind.
I’ve said that from day one. She has ALWAYS been meaningless. She is completely empty and has no soul. I said she’s a vapid, spoiled rich girl who is a poseur playing dress up in Madonna and Marilyn Manson’s closets.
SHE IS A COMPLETE AND UTTER FAKE with mediocre musical ability. The sooner this bitch is gone…the better! Then these deluded “little monsters” can come back to fuc(ing reality.
And who do you like? Britney, Katy, Rihanna? She writes all of her music, Plays piano, can actually sing, directs her music videos, and is highly respected by the professional music industry. The fact that she has an actual message to her music is what sets her apart from any of her modern counterparts.
you need to understand the nature of fame in a media centric culture. Gaga certainly does. she poked fun at the whole process and generated much attention and a huge fan base as she used her genius to morph with the times that are dictated by this ADHD culture that social media created. there will be a small retreat from popularity for a short while until she recreates her personna which she deliberately and brilliantly does. the icon is here to stay for a long time. i find her far more interesting and sympatico than rihanna, brittany or some other predictable musical talent. she is more complex than you think she is. you are in the tiny minority of detractors who, like the press and voyeurs, want to destroy what they created. and understand this: her detractors are as much obsessed with as are her fans. that’s where she is different.
BULLSHIT! She stands for so much!! How is she meaningless? She promotes individuality and teaches her fans to love themselves for who they are.
Mediocre musical ability? ..Ok…maybe you should YouTube some of her acoustic performances. You also just called over 45 million people deluded including some of the biggest stars and performers out there. You are what’s wrong with the world, demonstrating such non accepting and hethan attitudes!!
The Mother Monster can sing, entertain, dance, engage the media, command the headline slots, cover the swanky magazines, and you get a lot of bang for your buck at her live shows! All but you and the Gaga Haters (of which there are many) enjoy the ride. She is a driven entertainer, but does excellent charity work too. If you don’t like Gaga fine. I don’t like Adele’s music, or her style, but I don’t hate on her. Stop hating on Gaga under the pretext of your pseudo/ psycho-babble article. Just watch someone else eh?
Well said Chris Smith!! And TOTALLY agree! Mother Monster would be so proud :)
You say she’s meaningless, then I’m Jesus. Fuck you. Do your research before you let the explosive crap flow out of your mouth. I’ve never read such vomit – you obviously know NOTHING about what she stands for, the passion she puts into every aspect of her LIFE/music/performance, and the genuine love she has for her fans. Notice how you only can make reference to her main songs (Just Dance, Poker Face, Bad Romance, Paparazzi, Telephone and Born This Way) that in itself shows me that you know shit all about her. No pop artist has the ability to liberate and make MILLIONS of young (and some old?) people feel the way they do – even though on the outside the message is cheesy, us millions of fans now have been affected by her in SUCH a positive way. Having an eating disorder myself, I have literally over these past few years been so changed by her – I feel so much better about myself, and my state of mind has changed in a way that I don’t judge people anymore on something that they can’t help, she has given me such a positive aspect on life. And for some crackhead to come along and say that she’s meaningless, to me signifys that whoever wrote this has watched maybe a couple of her videos and knows as much about Lady Gaga as my mum, then goes and writes this from the perspective of someone LIKE my mum, and writes this piece of trash. Really? You know absolutely nothing about the meaning of her music, there is no need for you to talk crap about someone like her when she obviously does so much good for people like me all around the world. She is talented, every video is in depth and meaningfull – yes, true, some songs eg. Telephone are quite “meaningless”, that one specifically was a fun record written to do with Beyonce, there isn’t much lyrical content, TRUE. However, almost every song of hers, ask me and I could give you at least a 2 page analogy on every lyric and melody of her songs. She combines being a mainstream pop singer and appealing to the masses, but at the same time she has a MASS loyal fan base that understand her and love that she’s amazingly talented, beautiful, genuinely NICE, spreads the message of love and equality with everyone, and is basically the only modern day pop singer that puts every bit of her ass and money into doing every part of her show + fashion + music, and becoming a better artist than she is today. This article was unnecessary, and whatever lies in the public toilet down at the local shop is better than this. Thanks for a laugh and opportunity for me to let out my emotions.
Well, unfortunately Piaget stated correctly that one has to be at least 12 years of age to understand irony. I hope you will see that the abuse you have directed at this author (your second statement says it all), while stating how “nice” Lady Gaga is so, so sad. She is taking your babysitting money and laughing with her daddy to the bank. The fact that you state the Lady Gaga Corporation has helped you with your eating disorder (where was your mum for TWO years, darling? You poor thing!) makes the case that this author is trying to make: her popularity is waning because unsupervised, unloved children like her, and she is just a circus without the bread. She has never displayed any passion, her talent is the level of a little girl who was forced to take piano lessons, and her music is not created by her. Sorry to burst your bubble. But she is the product of a collective. She is just the avatar for the Corporation. If you could do a two page analysis of “her work” (NO pop artists writes their own music, despite sound bites, little friend)….I have somebody to introduce you to: Shakespeare. Maybe you have a latent talent and that is why you are showing so much anger. Why aren’t you showing that compassion that this artist spreads? Maybe because it really isn’t there and you can’t face the reality of this article..look up “the Lady dost protest too much” for further elaboration of this phenomenon.
No need for such crude language, little lady. That is NOT have you start a rebuttal!
Hecate- Can you presnt us with evidence that her music is not created by her? Look through her album’s writing credits. Look at interviews her fellow producers Fernando Garibay and Whiteshadow have given and you will see they both cite her as an extraordinary songwriter. One is not accepted to NYU’s Tisch music program with the skills of a five year old, nor would a five year old jumpstart their career by writing songs for other artists. Am I saying she does it all? No. She works with a tight-knit team for all of her projects.
I understand how you see Olivia as contradicting Gaga’s message, however the ‘reality that cannot be faced’ is certainly not found in an OPINION piece about Gaga’s artistry. Maybe when people cease creating such hostile environments by belittling others for their personal tastes and places they find inspiration in shall there be no need to get defensive in the first place.
Hecate – Firstly, I’m sorry, reading over what I wrote, I understand that YES, I did contradict myself in the way that I am going against Gaga’s message and I look like a blabbering idiot but, but in the moment, I was in a state of unbelievable anger, call me mad, I don’t care – I’m standing up for a person that I believe in and just because you don’t like her or understand her, then don’t talk about her like that. And reading your response has done the same thing that this article did, it made me realise how much of an arrogant and self centered person it’s writer is. Now, I don’t know an awful lot about Shakespeare apart from studying some of his texts in class, I’m not familiar with too much of his work, therefore I wouldn’t call myself a fan or what not because I don’t know much about him. However I do realise that he has had an incredibly strong influence on writing and has contributed a fair bit of cultural significance into the world of writing etc, so I have nothing bad to say about him, so what gives you the write to make up absolute rubbish about Lady Gaga in the way that I could about Shakespeare? Totally different context, yes, but ok, start with “she has never displayed any passion” – I don’t know your definition of passion, but millions of people that watch Lady Gaga perform, and analyse her stage presence and the way she performs, and the heart that she puts into her music and performance as an artist, and I would call THAT passion. “Her talent is the level of a little girl who was forced to take piano lessons”, again, false accusations coming from the mouth of someone blinded by the fact that she wears a ton of makeup and wigs and hasn’t bothered actually looking into her work or what she does. Can you write music? Can you play the piano? Can you sing like she does (she has been having vocal lessons since the age of 11 aiding her natural singing ability, and like someone said below was 1 of 20 in America to be accepted into Tisch NYU)? Can you transpose/arrange music? Do you have the level of persona and audience connection that she does, do you have the ability to change and present yourself to the world in a different way every single day? Maybe you do, I’m not saying that you can’t do any of that because maybe you can, but for someone to claim that she isn’t talented is talking bullshit. “She is the avatar for the corporation”, she worked her way up from playing down in NY bars to the release of her album which might I mention like all of her music, is written by her (she comes up with the lyrics + melodies of all of her music, you’re ridiculous to deny that – chord progressions and the style of all her music sounds the same as the ones that she was playing back then in the bars and at performances when she was 17, I’m sorry “little friend”. But what angered me the most about your response is the pure ignorance and disgusting assumption that you made about my life, what gives you any right to say, “where was your mum for two years”? I didn’t need to read anymore to understand that I’m talking to someone that doesn’t have the ability to walk in someone elses shoes and understand what the hell they’re going through, and just because you aren’t inspired by the amazing human being that she is, there is no need for you to say anything hateful about her. The fact that you’re assuming that I’m an “unloved child” makes me sick, when in fact I have two very loving Italian parents that have given me a wonderful childhood. I don’t want to rant on anymore, because I know that nothing I say about her will change your opinion of her, I am terribly sorry for being so aggressive. In this case, some call it irony but I call it being strong and standing up for what I believe in. I just believe that this article is unnecessary, unprofessionally written about something that the writer obviously knows nothing about, and what I say is that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all. You’re blinded by hate and need to realise that just because some people are getting over her on the outside, on the inside (of the fan base), there are still literally millions of people that love her because we have actually bothered to give her a chance to understand her. I am of course not saying that anyone has to like her or understand her, but I find it very ironic that you are so confidently speaking about someone that you don’t know anything about (directed at Hecate, ignorant commenters, and the author of this post.) I personally don’t like spreading hate, but I do regret that I swore my ass off in that post, but lets be realistic. And I agree, I accept that is your personal opinion on her and I accept that some people absolutely hate her, that’s fine! But there is no reason whatsoever for someone to write a post and to put us fans into a particular belittled group of people in saying that she is stupid, meaningless etc, and I don’t think it’s right that the author of this post or you (Hecate) should be criticising me just because I am a fan and I disagree with the hateful message that the author is sharing with us all.
Wow, you need to calm down. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and what the author says here definitely makes sense. She has gone over the top, to the point where she is now a cartoon character of herself. I don’t hear people talk about her much anymore. I think people may be sick of her. I have no doubt that she has an amazing fan base, and that she is appealing to a lot of people, but it is clear that she is losing favor amongst those of us who don’t feel a huge connection to Gaga.
It is great that she has helped you feel better about yourself, but you seem to have some real demons if you are this angry over a fairly well-written opinion article. Maybe you need to listen to “Born this Way” a few more times.
Olivia,
The only reason this talentless person is even being talked about is because of simpletons like you. She is not a musician, she is just a fad created by the embarrassing “pop music industry”. You could write a 5,000 word paragraph and still never be able to explain why you are a sheep and will go bbaaaaaaaaaaaaa to whatever the industry wants you to listen to. Open your mind and shut off the “mainstream” garbage, as “Lady gaga is!!
And by the way, you’d do well becoming a fan of hers – you could do a bit of good in learning that this sort of criticism if a form of bullying, something that she is completely against, just saying.
Olivia, while I almost entirely disagree with this blog post, I also think you’re blind fandom is making it difficult for you to recognize that people are entitled to their opinion. And just a few little things to consider: criticism is not bullying, even when it is extreme. Dint confuse the two for the sake of your already weak argument’s sake; and, when making a case, it’s probably best to keep away from getting all caps lock to highlight words. It makes you look even more like a fool.
By the sounds of it, you have completely missed the point of Lady Gaga and everything she stands for, in terms of culture and message. You seem to take all her lyrics and videos at face-value and for someone, apparently so interested in culture, this prevents you from making an intelligent judgement. A song like “Telephone” shouldn’t be analysed on face-value. The concept of a man constantly calling her and not letting her “dance” is a metaphor for suffocation and the idea of feminism and its opposition. The video makes a statement about commercialism in America and how it is suffocating the masses. If you looked further than what was given to you on a plate, then maybe you could make a proper judgement.
Love her or hate her- you are talking about her. She is in your head, in your mind, on your mouth- so no buddy, apparently she hasn’t evaporated. This whole article is nothing but worship.
lmao well said my friend – just thinking the same!
To Hecate:thou dost protest too much. I have never seen so much energy expended by detractors in an effort to denigrate this media artist. Does anyone else foment such passion, either pro or con? No. It’s as if there is a need to be iconoclastic in an effort voice one’s loathing of this outrageous yet unpretentious and magnetic pop star. She is one of a kind Hecate and you can’t stand it! Yes she is in our heads whether she wins 10 granny’s or none. I really like her. She is genuine and genius…
I am a gaga fan, but I have to agree with you. Her downfall has come because of the Born This Way era. I think her next album needs to be very great. If not, like you said, when some1 new comes around, we all will move on.
This article is the most meaningless and empty piece of ‘journalism’ I’ve read in a long time. Just irrelevant. Surface-scratching research kills any professional criticism.
I’m sorry to whomever wrote this- but you’re dead wrong. she’s been more in the media now more than EVER. you obviously don’t have your facts straight.
have you actually SEEN one of her concerts? she has the best musical abilities of anyone in the pop-sphere right now.
she ALWAYS has meaning, and whenever she performs she has a concept behind it.
if you’re going to rag about someone, find somebody worth it.
Gaga has already helped so many youths with identity issues- and she’s just started the Born This Way Foundation with her mother, Cynthia. Gaga is involved and heard in the media- she just had an hour and a half special on ABC for thanksgiving
Good article and well said.
I am a HUGH fan of Gaga! One of her most devoted Little Monsters, like, I own at least 5 copies of EACH of her albums; But as a fellow monster, I must admit. She has kinda fallen off the top of everyone’s ‘OMG Did you see/know?’ list. But in my opinion, this is how the albums eras were…
The Fame Era: Who’s this chick? Have you heard that song “Poker Face”? She also sings that song “Just Dance”! She’s so awesome! She dresses crazy and puts on great performances!-GaGa’s career just launched as she wins Best New Artist at the VMA’s in ’09. She started gaining massive media attention by being different and using something that noone’s seen in a long time called ‘shock value’.
The Fame Monster Era: “Bad Romance” & “Telephone” Music Videos, ’nuff said. GaGa became an icon on the rise with this album, the performances were better, the outfits were more outstanding, she took home more awards every month. Then when she embarked on her Monster Ball Tour, everyone in town wanted to go see her for the first time in a big arena.
Born This Way Era: GaGa had left the mainstream for a while, but when “Born This Way” the single was released, fans + nonfans went insane. 1 Million singles sold in 5 days, #1 for 6 weeks, countless awards. But, when “Judas” was released, it pissed alot of people off, causing the incredible song to flop off the charts (which upset me because it is one of my favorite songs of hers). It caused her to rush-release “The Edge of Glory” as a single, which wasn’t too bad, but if it was pushed to a later release as a single it probably would’ve done better. The performances in this era aren’t as grand, the outfits aren’t as flashy, but the music IS better. This is just GaGa’s iconic beginning. This album made her the icon she will be seen as 10, 20 years from today.
GaGa will be back in your neighbors, co-workers and pastors minds as soon as her tour launches, I know that much. :)
Trevor, check out these websites: http://www.forbes.com/wealth/celebrities and http://www.forbes.com/wealth/power-women#p_2_s_arank. For any celebrity to beat out Oprah as well as topping out the list for “Most Powerful Celebrity” and rank number eleven on the list of “Worlds Most Powerful Women”(again ahead of Oprah), I’d say people are still “Goo-Goo for Gaga”. Your dogmatical approach to this article is absolutely ridiculous. You need to check yourself and do your research before stating such (again) dogmatical opinions. Maybe she’s not popular in “Jolly Ol’ England”, but I assure you, she definitely is else-ware. Not as culturally significant as Britney Spears?? Please. That’s just plain stupid.
She’s weird as hell and dressing like that for attention. If she stayed the way she did in the beginning it would be different. Just saying. It’s quite aggravating watching some woman wear a meat dress for gods sake.. If you’re going to kill an animal at least eat it. Don’t wear it as a damn dress basically trying to get salmonella.
what’s the difference between wearing meat and wearing fur, and in that case you need to go attack kim kardasian also, anyways gaga’s point of the meat dress was to say that if people keep taking away our rights, all were going to be left with is the MEAT ON OUR BONES, she was taking a metaphor and translating it to real life, and if you can’t comprehend that then you are you even more ignorant than the author of this article
Uhmm firstly fashion is never about the way one should dress there are no rules! fashion is what you make it, and having boundless freedom to freely express oneself the way one pleases to. Its like Art. Gaga is never irrelevant just when you think she is, here we are talking about her.
Quite a bit of random opinions and not very many correct facts… Someone who is so critical about her should not be writing about someone they like criticising people who feel passionate for what she does should be writing articles about her because this article is ostentatious, nostalgic for the “old Gaga” when she’s still the same person and quite close minded about the messages she’s giving out and the vast amount of pure talent behind he and her music which began as electronic pop with no soul – which was the intention and attraction to now when her music speaks about something and has a higher meaning. Overall a very opinionated, pretentious article based on a weak lukewarm argument based purely on personal negative opinion
I absolutely adore LADY GAGA and that’s the damn truth! I wasn’t even a fan until I went to a Monster’s Ball show and she won my fanship. If Charlie Brown pulled 5.7 million viewers and GAGA pulled 5.4 million viewers: how has her popularity went anywhere? BORN THIS WAY is the #2 best selling album in the world for 2011 only after Adele who I feel NO connection with like GAGA. With respect to Madonna, nobody out here these days holds a candle in pop music/dance like Ms. GAGA!!!
I think someone’s being a bitch for the sake of being a bitch. Completely disagree with everything you said in this article. Lady Gaga has made more money and had more success then you could ever dream of having a fraction of. Jealousy is an ugly thing and it’s in full view in this disgrace of an article. In short , go fuck yourself. K luv you bye xx
I love you Gaga, that is all. :)
WTH is this writer smoking? Gaga will prove you wrong as usual.
All I can say is that u are wrong wrong wrong! I hate when people make assumptions about gaga without even knowing her! I would like to adress 3 things. 1 how in the hell is her popularity gone down if her thankgiving special was the most viewed in 4 years with 5.7 million viewers, she won 4 emas, and her album has sold 8 million worldwide. 2 gaga has done a lot of understated performances I suggest you watch her performance on chatty man, 3 gaga means so much to millions of people she teaches love and acceptance! So how dare you sit behind your computer and bully someone who has never done anything to you, gaet a life asshole!
This article was pointless and unprofessional, right down to the title of the article! It is just a list of insult after insult with no credibility. It sounds as if it was written by a Spears fan with something against the amazing Mother Monster. How did this get published? It’s trash. The author should take some writing classes before they come back and make fun of one of the greatest artist to ever make their way onto the pop music scene. Enough said, I wasted time reading a portion of this article. Bye!
If she hadn’t shown me that it was completely okay to be myself and to express my emotions openly, then I would have committed suicide like I had been contemplating for so long through my depression… I’m sure I’m not the only one she’s helped either.
But yeah, guys, she’s totally meaningless…
IT’s people like these haters who suck the possibility of living a good, fulfilling life out of everyone. You people are the reason why the world is going/ has gone to shit…
Wow. I’m a fan of gaga. Fortunately, my admiration and curiosity are healthy enough that I’m content to click on articles about her in order to see what’s going on in the world of pop culture.
You, on the other hand, are obsessed. So much time devoted to something “completely irrelevant”. I’d say gaga ate your brain.
She’s amazingly talented writing her music, helping produce her music and even directing now and you shes not even culturally significant as Britney Spears? Really?!? I don’t hate on artists I don’t like, but lets face it Britney Spears does absolutely NOTHING. I don’t like Adele much but that doesn’t blind me from knowing she’s amazingly talented and saying Lady Gagas music is shallow leads me to believe either your one of the many haters, your homophobic, or your a huge Britney Spears or Madonna fan that says she’s “the queen of pop.” And you mentioned both of them. Why can’t you people just chill out and if you don’t like another artist just don’t freaking listen to them it’s as simple as that. Oh and not only is she one of the “most powerful women” by Forbes magazine, she’s also the most followed person on twitter and the most downloaded artist in history and “born this way” broke iTunes record of the most downloaded single in its first week and just had a 90 minute thanksgiving special so no she has not faded and yet you say she is even though your writing a whole article about her. She has inspired so many people you can’t even imagine cause you just see the lipstick and what she’s wearing and your brain just shuts down. Im 14 and gay and I was so afraid of coming out and didn’t have many friends, not only that I was suicidal but now I’m in high school, came out and have the best friends a guy could ask for. So you better research what your gonna talk about next time and not just write a bunch of non sense and comparing her to a movie or video game.
This is the most pointless piece of crap article I’ve ever read.You say Gaga’s popularity has waned and she’s meaningless?You must have meant zombie Spears.Because fact check GAGA IS STILL RELEVANT more so now than ever.Your lack of pop culture knowledge is clearly plain for all to see.Vomit your mind elsewhere JACKASS!
I find it funny that so many people like to attack Lady Gaga, and honestly she is doing what every artist strives to do. She is entertaining the media, and keeping it “Fresh”. However, I do not agree with most of the statements you made about her. I believe she is a very highly emotional human being, who is TRYING to help those that are suffering ( i.e. Being bullied, struggling with sexuality, loving your own-self, and so forth ). AT LEAST she is doing something, and she is not all talk. Some singers are like that to their grave, they will go on and on how they want to change this or that. But never ACTUALLY do it. I admire her confidence, and message she tries to bring across. Lady Gaga is a very talented women as well, and she can sing live unlike most singers. Everybody can agree on that, even though some may not like her music. She is just overly created, and has an eye for fashion.
I do believe that she does not come up with everything on her own, and that she has help. But who wouldn’t ask for help?
Lets get real here, she keeps herself busy and doesn’t go around spending days pampering herself. Not only is her music inspirational, her personality is just as uplifting.
this article is pathetic at best….
I can reasonably see where you’re coming from. However, BTW, her new album, has a myriad of complex ideas and meanings that aren’t as extrovert as you assume. For example, the actual song, Born This Way, is also about rebirth and how life is a continuous successions of birth until we become our ultimate identity. Marry The Night, is clearly about marrying your insecurities and fears, but also has the undertones of her personal suicide attempt. The Edge of Glory has many interpretations with fairly profound meanings. The problem with Gaga isn’t that she has become meaningless it is that people have become numb to her shock-pop art and now expect it, and completely disregard the true artistic purpose for attention-seeking. It is a false assumption, but it is reasonable if you merely looked superficially at her work.
You said it perfectly!
yup. she’s losing importance. thats why WHATCULTURE! still feels compelled to write about GAGA.
I love how the comments defending gaga on this far outnumber the ones that actually agree with this article. For someone who is no longer goo-goo for gaga, why would you spend so much if your time writing this article? if you’re wanting her to go away, writing an in depth article is not going to help your case. Gaga ain’t going no where, but nice try.
well, this article is not very in-depth, but rather poorly researched!
yeah the person who wrote this article obviously doesn’t know much about lady gaga
I echo the sentiments above. If anything, Gaga and her works are full of meaning, enough so that there is scholarship dedicated to her (written by PhD candidates and PhDs), called Gaga Stigmata, as well as multiple college courses about her.
LADY GAGA is the foundation of modern pop music.
She’s changed pop culture, and leaves a mark of hers to always be remembers.
Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, and Rihanna all have learned from GaGa
and changed there style of appearance and persona.
Without GaGa the mainstream music media would all still be the same: dull.
Yup, Gene Simmmons, Brian May, Elton John, Tony Bennett, Clarence Clemons (RIP-in Glory) don’t know what they are talking about. Oh, I’m still waiting for the Femme Fatale Foundation or the Teenage Dream Foundation. Did this journalist even see the Children in Need performance or know about the 5000 musical instruments for underprivileged children she just helped purchase through her charity. She is an exceptional American, exceptional New Yorker and exceptional Catholic.
The simple fact that you have a webpage full of essays about her responding to this article tells you she is still relevant right now.
LOL. Olivia is mad!!!!
I think the initial bang on Gaga was great.
But now she is more focused on being an “icon” in the typical superficial way the world is today!
Everything is more difficult to accomplish these days, because technology and the internet makes it SO easy for everything to get everything out there.
Because of that, at the same time, it makes it harder for individuals to succeed. Everything and everyone is compared to the past when “real talent” showed. When people didn’t have “adhd” and actually stuck to one thing for a long time and got to the top gradually or through something REALLY amazing…but thats because the other guy who was doing the same thing wasn’t able to post it on the internet first.
Although, trevor, I must say that I think Gaga has better vocal capabilities than madonna ever had/has, if only slightly.
I bet madonna was just as intriguing and annoying back when she first came out.
But she has a lot of years on gaga… I think that gaga will last a good amount of time as well.. she is still in her early 20s, so hard to tell…
but she already has a contract with BARNEYs….that whore…
she’s already an icon…
even christina aguilera tried to pull off a gaga attitude by doing some hypersexualized music video. WHat an idiot because she has SO MUCH VOCAL TALENT and she looked so stupid trying to obviously be more “scandalous”…
and anyway when has POP music ever been extremely “deep”?
Sometimes, I find enjoyment in some Obvious. I liked the remix to born this way.
but you made some great points and fabulously written!
PEOPLE ARE CRAZY. relax everyone…. its not like you know her personally.
She’s cool..but she ain’t no Lizard King ! lolol.
I know I’m mad, no need to tell me again.
ohh Caz made great points.. mhm.
Gaga is the best think in pop and always will we all still love our mother monster
no one stays on top. i think she knows that too. and i bet she’s laughing at those who celebrate her “downfall” because she’s rich as hell (she got hers, did you get yours?) and has made an indelible imprint on millions of people around the world. there are people who find solace in the messages of her music, even if they’re perceived as “simplistic” by those who feel it is necessary to speak for “the majority”. and this type of “majority thinking” facilitated by the media is exactly what prompts the need for music that people who feel outcast and different can relate to. although on the flip side, the majority thinkers within gaga’s camp can be annoying too. damn there’s no winning in pop culture, let’s all go back to the 60′s. or we could all just stop giving a crap about people we don’t know, lol, but that’s not gonna happen. ethics over aesthetics, join the anarchist movement!
Then why did Barney’s personally request her? Why was she chosen to open the VMAS 2011? Why is it that I can’t turn on the radio without hearing something about her? So just because shes not tuning out top 5 hits every month latley, she suddenly has become irrelevant? Despite Born thsi way not tuning out epic smash hits it certainly has lifted her reputation even further and the hype has made her even more celebrated and iconic. Forbes most powerful celebrity of 2011 anyone? ….and capitalising of outcasts? She doesn’t even have her own house, she gives 50% of her wages to her further out of genorisity and spends her money on sets and tours so she can give fans the best value for their money. Sure The Fame featured dancy songs, but Poker Face was about her confussion with bisexuality. Paparazzi was about the struggles with choosing love between fame. She has became more comfortable as an artist and with herself as a person, so now she is expressing herself to a greater extent and no longer needs to rely on dancy songs to gain popularity. Shes evolving and maturing as an artist. And pure gymics? Maybe in the The Fame Monster era, but if you have paid attention to the latest evolvement in her fashion…she still retains that quirky image but now is embracing high end design fashion to represent herself as a more sohpisticated musician. You are only looking at the broader perspective of Gaga…if you have watched almost everyone of her interviews since she first struck fame you will realise she has only evolved and not just completely changed just to capitalise of outcasts. She actually does something for society…I’d rather my children listening to her then songs about chains and whips.
I don’t know what planet YOU are on, but here on planet Earth Lady Gaga is as popular as ever. I’m not a fan of pop/fashion culture, but she presents it in a way that is actually interesting to people like me who detest the superficial. As much as I’d love to hate on another pop star, I can’t deny her talent. She didn’t even fizzle out with her new album, as you tried to imply. If anything she expanded her style with songs like “You + I”, and she continues to pump out great songs with a clear truth that she is not running out of ideas at all. And to say that she is somehow inferior to Britney Spears only sheds light on your lack of knowledge on the subject because she even writes songs for Britney Spears and many others. Her talent simply cannot be denied.
Also… how exactly does the three paragraphs about movie production have anything to do with Lady Gaga? I’m thinking that this article is actually just your rant on how you hate new art, and only have love for what you already know. Nostalgia is great and all, but an open mind for the new is great as well. You should try it sometime.
I stoped reading this nonsence after “neither as talented as Madonna or culturally significant as Britney Spears” You obviusly never been to a show or herd her sing live cause if you ever did you know she is a WAY better singer then Madonna…. + Writes her own music + designs many of her sets and costums + Directs her videos + Dances like a crazy. Soo dont say shes not as talented or culturally significant cause your makeing urself look dumb. Dont care if you dont like her just get it straght.
I would also like to point out that the backlash after Born This Way was inevitable. I have never seen a new pop artist immediately shoot to the top the way Gaga has. No doubt expectations were extremely high and, more importantly, SPECIFIC for her with this record. I’m glad she chose to use this as an opportunity to really find herself as an artist, hone her vision, and expand on it instead of trying to play keep-up with the trends she has created.
i couldn’t agree with u more… gaga’s popularity skyrocketed like no other and even though she could have created an album full of “hits” she experimented and did something unexpected
this is what seperates her from katy perry and rihanna
this girl is going to be around for a long time and people gotta deal with it
LOL! The desperation to prematurely bury Gaga’s career is palpable. Sorry to disappoint you sad, pathetic Madonna and Katy Perry fans, but Gaga is getting more powerful and more popular, and her fanbase is starting to expand from the teenyboppers who only follow the latest fad (and were bound to move on to someone else anyway) to true music fans who respect her enormous singing talent. She is going to be around for a very long time. Deal with it.
Maybe YOU are no longer goo goo for Gaga, but I still am and so are millions and millions of others, WORLDWIDE. You are being way too harsh on her, she is only 25 years old and has accomplished way more in a shorter span of time than any of her peers (5 Grammys, 13 MTV Music Video Awards, 8 European Music Awards, 3 Brit Awards, 1 American Music Award, millions and millions of digital singles and albums sold). Her last single You and I was still a big hit and is still being played on the radio right now as we speak even though her new single Marry the Night is just being released, so how on earth could you say that “nobody’s saying much about her anymore”…have you been living under a rock??? She just recently sweeped at the European Music Awards beating out Adele, Katy Perry, Britney, Rihanna, and Beyonce. Her popularity is unmatched and there is no bigger pop star on the planet. And her talent is unbelieveable…..you really need to watch her Thanksgiving special that just aired on Thanksgiving night….her live singing, YES LIVE SINGING, was incredible. She is way more talented than Gwen Stefani, Madonna, and Britney Spears…and I LOVE those artists and am still a big fan. There’s room for all these beautiful women. I hated your article and I think you are a terrible writer. Do more research, idiot, and take a poll……truly go out there and find out who is the biggest pop star on this planet……..
WOW. I thought I was going mad – I really did … am I supposed to like this? is… is she meant to be charismatic or engaging???
Like her kooky beginnings though
sad for her, i think people bigged her ego up too much and she went slightly mad….
Yes, she’s irrelevant. That’s why her album was the second best selling of the year. As a pop visionary, she has single handedly revived the state of contemporary pop. Not only is this article grossly misinformed, but a tad bit misogynist.
I totally agree
shes losing Popularity
she is nothing but a big tumor in my book. its true what is said in this article. her “music” is nothing but borrowed 90s 80s hit mixed and mushed together to create something “new” ….but the word new should not discribe this whorse. shes a product of the sickening music industry sending out bad messages to her pathetic fans and its true this poo stain of an “artist” is nothing more than a desperate copycat. just picture her ugly face plopping around when shes in her late 30s or 40s. hahah …”little monsters” found their purpose in life.. to praise their mother whorse. thats it nothing else matters..PATHETIC!!!
I find this entire article to be irrelevant. You compare her to movies yet that doesn’t relate at all to a popstar. You must understand everything has some sort of ”fulfillment to the mind”, whether it is enjoying it, disliking it, being scared by it, or even if it causes you boredom, these are all ways of indulging the senses. And you may say she is no longer interesting,fun,ect. but you cannot say she is losing popularity or relevance because you wrote this article about her, therefore she is still relevant to you. (BTW: the expression is ”Gaga for Gaga”, Goo-Goo is not a word, Gaga means to be dizzy or amazed by something, if I went up to you and told you I was Goo-Goo you would think I was insane…)
i couldn’t disagree more… if she is irrelevant…. then why is she the most followed on twitter more than 16+ million followers (closest to her is justin bieber at 14+ million)
if shes irrelevant then why did born this way sell more than seven million copies worldwide???
i think this article is more suited for britney spears
and ill be damned if someone says gaga isn’t as talented as madonna… sure madonna is a better dancer, but lady gaga kills her when it comes to singing…
just because shes not in every headline everyday does not mean shes irrelevant…
its sad because people like you always pick on gaga cuz shes different… why dont you pick on people who dont deserve their fame like katy perry or rihanna?????????
OH AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY COMMENTS ON HERE AND JUST BECAUSE YOU WROTE THIS ARTICLE PROVES THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL GOO GOO FOR GAGA
HEY YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH IS THAT THE HATERS THAT LOOK UP GAGA AND POST HATE COMMENTS ON HER VIDEOS AND ARTICLES ARE ACTUALLY HELPING FUEL HER STAR POWER – THEY DONT REALIZE THAT WHILE THEY ARE EXPRESSING THEIR HATE FOR GAGA, THEY ARE ALSO GIVING HER MORE VIEWS AND MORE WEB HITS SO BOO HOO ITS ONLY NATURAL THAT SOMEONE ON THE TOP OF THEIR GAME WILL HAVE SOO MANY HATERS
DONT HATE JUST CONGRATULATE
Can’t believe I wasted my Time reading this. Lady GaGa is more popular and meaningful than ever. Because you decide to write some half assed piece of crap, check your facts!
Like Lady Gaga said everyone is trying to see her downfall. You guys must be threaten by her because she’s more talented than your favorite artist.
Haha, so irrelevant I have no doubt this article has got you more hits than any other. But, no doubt, that was the point. Right?
To address the article, however: if you can call Madonna talented yet ignore Lady Gaga (ignoring who is better or what not) it reads more like a sort of bias. An embittered fan of someone or another.
Finally, to call her meaningless, I suppose to an extent is to call the art of every renowned photographer and fashion stylist also meaningless, from Formichetti to Klein to La Chapelle. It’s just silly.
It is always wrong to hate but never wrong to love- Lady Gaga
No longer engages the audience? Fuck you. Lady Gaga is just as relevant as ever, and she is a great artist. Probably the greatest. Where were you for A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, which was probably the most successful celebrity Thanksgiving special ever? (Of the few celebrity Thanksgiving specials that exist, admittedly, but still.)
i simply love her–she is unbelievable-so talented-amazing music.
http://gagacheat.blogspot.com/
This article is bullshit. If anything, her ‘relevance’ had increased.
The fact that you wrote this article disprove all your points. How is she irrelevant and yet still talk about her? Lady Gaga obviously bothers you so much that you have to write an article about her. If you despise her this much, then leave her alone. Besides this website does not give credibility to your accounts. Just because you write for a website does not give you any mastery with pop culture. If an article from New York Times or similar newspaper caliber writes about the ‘demise’ of Lady Gaga then maybe I’ll consider it. However, until then your opinion does not matter just as much this does not matter to many people. Thank you for your article, but there are so much more evidence to disprove your argument than to actually prove them.
Well, Hecate. Just because you can change your name to a roman goddess, doesn’t mean we’re impressed with you. The article is obviously and blatantly opinion based. However, some of the claims made by such article are utterly ridiculous, and obviously a little jaded. There are, and will always be people who disagree over music, and in music, nobody is bigger than Lady Gaga. The woman can sing, play piano, compose music, and engage mass audience and let them know that they are who they are and everything will be okay. Be yourself. Is that so bad of a message? The woman donates to charity. Is that so unoriginal? What kind of society are we to bully someone, who we probably don’t even know personally, to the shame and degradation you’re doing to Lady Gaga? She makes mistakes. As a fan, I can realize that. Her music, however, is always changing. Are we not allowed to change? Is Gaga not allowed? You’re not making any sense. She hasn’t handled her career perfectly, but who isn’t without flaws? Would you like to tell me Brittany and Madonna didn’t make a mistake? Exactly. Just because you’re sick of her, doesn’t many anybody else is. Enough of your hatred babble. We’ve had enough of you, too.
Dear Mr. Trevor Gentry-Birnbaum,
Why does your article say “Why We Are No Longer Goo-Goo..”, just speak for yourself, because I think that WE, actually, are GOO GOO for Gaga. You’ve got to make your studies before writing this only opinion-based article. Have you seen her live performances from the past few months? Have you listened to her new album? I mean the WHOLE album? Have you read about the things she’s doing besides music? Did you know that last month she had a meeting with Obama? Do you know something about Lady Gaga and Don’t ask, don’t tell? Do you know something about her new foundation? Do you know what she’s doing for her fans? Do you know something about her at all? She is exceptional in every possible way. Damn, it is a pity how people writhing this kind of stuff are no longer true journalists.
Final advice from me (absolutely free):
Next time, first do your research, than talk to someone who can tell you what fascinates the public and then write. Otherwise this is not an article, but essay.
I have never seen this many comments on this site before!
Evidently this post really drew people from all regions on the internet as opposed to just people who frequent the site. Thus the power of Gaga!
I will say though that Gaga is still as relevant as ever and basically the biggest star in the world. Her devoted fanbase is HUUUUUGE. Any critical or public backlash on Born This Way was going to happen anyway, it went in a different direction to her first album which was mostly ‘club’ songs with a hint of what she is now. The girl really is a pop genius though, and I don’t mean it in a Freddy Mercury musical genius kind of way. I mean it as in, this was a normal private school girl from Manhattan, who wanted to be the world’s biggest pop star. She wanted it with a feverish hunger so much that she crafted this entire image and persona, drawing on everyone who came before her: Michael, Madonna, Elton, Cher, Freddy, Grace Jones. She completely understood the world of pop culture and manipulated the world stage. For the first year or 2 she faked it till she made it. Even though she had number 1 records and sold out shows, you could tell it wasn’t 2nd nature for her, her dancing wasn’t sharp at all. But after doing hundreds of sold out arena shows, you look at her now, and it’s effortless, she IS the star she tricked us into thinking she was 3 years ago.
Just look at her recent performance on Alan Carr. She never fails to deliver. She wanted this forever, and now that she has it, she is never going to let it go.
I will add this – Your observation that Just Dance and Telephone are basically the same thing, only one has the music video portraying a dance party, while the other has a music video playing out some grandiose events with bizarre costumes begging to be interpreted. I will say this just adds to her pop genius. When she first came out as ‘Gaga’, even before Just Dance, she had brown hair, and wore panties with a disco ball bra. Next she moved onto the blonde hair but maintaining the slutty clothes. Then, she kept the skanky clothes, but added random costume pieces, eventually it just became crazy random costumes every single time. At this point she’s toned down the crazy costumes for a more classical sense of fashion with a fashion forward twist.
It was quite brilliant, all those ridiculous costumes, so her over reaching fans could ponder and stipulate what it all meant. When really it was all just random. Take the song Papparazzi for example. Really the song is just about an obsessive love. But because of the random music video and her fans desire to always see deeper meaning, she started saying it was a commentary on the predatory attacks the media makes on young female celebrities.
All you need to do is go look at the comments on the preview of her latest video. It’s filled with people trying to interpret the song, and interpret the video. Then the other half of the comments are “don’t try and analyse it, it’s art”. Well, no, people. The songs meaning is obvious and there is nothing subvert. The music video is random and most of it means nothing. The things that DO mean SOMETHING mean exactly what they look like they mean.
Dear everyone who defends Gaga’s artistic value based on her popularity:
Yes, she’s sold millions of albums.
Yes, she has tons of Twitter followers.
Wanna know who’s fourth on Twitter’s most followed list? Kim Kardashian.
Kim. Kardashian.
Is she an artist? A visionary, perhaps? Double fuck no.
My point is, numbers do not equal artistic merit. People no longer demand quality. This is exactly why studios can get away with making sequels upon sequels of complete and utter shit, and “films” like Jack and Jill can go on to make 40 million at the box office. And no one’s about to defend Jack and Jill as a valued work of art…right??
I understand Gaga has helped tons of people. Olivia, you say she’s helped you with your eating disorder. Honestly, that’s awesome, and I’m happy for you. I will never argue against her ability to resonate with an audience. I WILL, however, say her (recorded) music is not art. It’s just not. I actually stumbled upon A Very Gaga Thanksgiving a few days ago, and as much as I dislike Gaga, I thought it was excellent. She is definitely a talented musician, but when she sets out to make a record, that all disappears in a fog of generic synth melodies and glitter. If for once she sat down to record an album with just her voice and a piano, and maybe took a stab at some lyrics a little deeper than a Dr. Seuss short, I think she really could make a case for herself as a true artist. If her fans demand a little more, maybe she’ll be forced to give a little more.
When I read Britney being anything impactful culturally, I laughed. In the past 2 to 3 years, Gaga has impacted culture 10 times what britney ever did! Gaga has more followers than the President..and has met with two US Presidents on social issues unrelated to just music. We are no longer goo goo for madonna, britney or rihanna. Truth hurts.
If she is irrelevant, then why did Barney’s dedicate the entire 5th floor for her workshop. If she is irrelevant, then why did CBS air “A Very Gaga Thanksgiving”? If she is irrelevant, then why is she the most downloaded artist of ALL TIME? If she is irrelevant, then why are legends such as Tony Bennet “starstruck” and “in awe” because of her. How many artists are doing all of the above these days? ONE. LADY GAGA.
Stupid bitch….
I thank you for writing this article. You summed up my own thoughts better than I could have ever done it.
I feel this article should be written about Katy Perry, Britney Spears, or Kesha who have zero musical talent. Come on, Gaga completely broke the barriers. Whether you like her music or not you cant deny that she made a mark on pop culture.
Also, her popularity is far from fading, she won all the awards she was nominated for at the EMA and VMA’s, has won 5 Grammies, had the second best selling album behind Adele. She is the most followed person on twitter and most watched on YouTube. That’s pretty good for someone that has been in the industry for only 3 years.
I do,however, think Born This Way was not as strong as her first two albums though. I think she came off way too preachy on this album and lost some of her edginess. I know Gaga is capable of writing better music although I did like her title track and a few songs. Like I said though her fan base is way to strong to fade soon.
SHES A BIG DISGUST AND A GINORMOUS JOKE
She used the gay card too much, I reckon if she never mentioned gays to the media she wouldn’t have got this famous.
Awesome article, very astute. The writing’s on the wall, bitches. 5 years from now this ass-clown will be talked about like the Spice Girls. Hi-larious.
Im not even sure why I’m wasting my breath here. If you enjoy Lady vomit keep paying her mortgage. If you have half a brain you will seek out a real musician, regardless of type of music.
How can anyone of you idiots like this drab waste of life? She entertains and does a good job at it but by promoting promiscuity and the ‘differences’ in people it only really hurts the human race as a whole. I will say that she is a great live performer, I just can’t stand the stupid messages she spouts. “Oh I drank too much so now I’m going to sing about that.” Those are really the only things I’m getting from her other than her attention seeking strides. So really, how can many of you mindless drones follow such a hollow, disgusting, waste of life? Stay as dogs and keep your heads around the collar that Lady Gaga strangles you by.
so true. of course little monsters hate you now. the truth of a fading gaga is too hard for them, as she’s the only one who gives their live a meaning and themselfs some self-esteem. sad to see how gaga became the most ridiculous person in pop within only one year. she could have been great, but the whole BTW-concept was just dull, free of style and zeitgeist. what a pity her good message was wasted in that shitty album full of horrible 80s noise and expressed with lyrics that were just too dumb to be taken serious. gaga was so cool in 2010, now gaga is for losers.
(no native speaker, so don’t blame me for my english)