ARTPOP - Applause

[b0rR*4cHo]

pre-ordered 

[Jopa]

Her're a fan? incredibly active woman and full of indescribable energy

[slenderman]

I felt tingly when i first listened to it.

 

I think a lot of people would respect her if she wasn't wearing dead cows.

[.Chips+']

So here is my enemy ! I prefer Katy Perry 

[b0rR*4cHo]

If you prefer Katy Perry because your mind is simple. It yearns for the constant melodic patterns of Katy Perry's self-empowerment anthems that she will seemingly never stop producing.  She is a striped down, sterilized, conformist version of pop culture.

 

"Scared to rock the boat and make a mess...

...forgot I had a choice...

...stood for nothing, so I fell for everything"

 

"Roar" while the lyrics suggest one thing, the style and composition fail to express what the song is titled.  There is nothing harsh, emotional, or otherwise expressive about this song.  Simply put, where is the ROAR?  If this song is meant to be what I have understood from the lyrics then in my opinion if fails.

 

Lady Gaga is the antithesis of Katy Perry.  While Katy Perry's work is simple and the lyrics are straight forward you really need to know the references and illusions Gaga subtly adds into her work to understand what she is actually trying to convey.  In "Applause" she takes the risk of offending her fans and others by demanding applause from them. At face value, she comes across as vain and selfish.  Stylistically the song is rough, abrasive and laden with a heavy beat which matches the lyrics.  The meaning as I understand it, is a reflection and answer to the symbiotic relationship between herself and her fans.

 

"If only fame had an IV, baby could I bear

Being away from you, I found the vein, put it in here"

 

There is more to this song than just a commentary of her need for her fans and our need for her.  "Applause" is the amuse-bouche for her album ARTPOP.  Pop is meant to be deliberate and extracted at face value.  Gaga's take I believe, will be to re-address what defines something as pop art and force use to look deeper than the surface.

 

"One second I'm a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me

Pop culture was in art, now art's in pop culture in me"

[.Chips+']

Wow true fan ! I said it to laugh, do not take it as an attack . Ok I prefer Katy Perry but I respect the work of Gaga too and I like some of her songs. Peace ?

[+Maluco.]

[b0rR*4cHo]

@ chips i know you only joking and I will admit that I really Katy Perry's music and I think she has amazing hits but when it come to comparing the two they are on different levels.

You should check out Peaches. Some will argue that she is the undergrond artist that truely set up the industry to take a chance for a generation that will be brought up listening to the likes of Gaga, Katy Perry, and Kesha. Her music is very explicit but as long as you can handle its something to give a shot at.

[slenderman]

PM me the drugs you used to write that essay.

[.Chips+']

Lol slender

Never heard about Peaches, I'd see what she does, thanks ^^

[b0rR*4cHo]

@ Slender remember these

 

[slenderman]

The black one (licorice) smelled like shit, the others were so good I practically snorted them.