— Lady Antebellum (via ladyxgaga)

At the beginning of the “Born This Way” era, Gaga described the album as “experimental” and “hardcore”, yet she has released some of the least experimental and hardcore songs from the album. I think what kept the album’s singles from smashing TFM style is the fact that Gaga tried to give people what she thought they would want. The thing is, in Gagaland, what people want is completely different from what people want in Rihanna, Katy, Britney, and Ke$haland, and Gaga tried to conform to what people want in Rihanna, Katy, Britney, and Ke$haland. If you take a look back at “The Fame Monster”, ‘Bad Romance’ was not radio friendly, nor was ‘Alejandro’, and even ‘Telephone’ had an edge to it, yet they all did incredibly well. I think what people truly want from Gaga is the music she claims to make: edgy, different, robust-type pop songs that aren’t necessarily pop but still fit in that category. Coming from a darker, more edgy album like “The Fame Monster”, people expected songs like ‘Scheisse’, ‘Government Hooker’, and ‘Heavy Metal Lover’. We know this because, sans ‘The Edge of Glory’ (smashed for a completely different reason), none of the singles from “Born This Way” have been praised as much as ‘Scheisse’, ‘Government Hooker’, and ‘Heavy Metal Lover’ by the critics, fans, and public alike.

The general public doesn’t want the “old Gaga” back, they want the actual Gaga back. The Gaga that wasn’t afraid to put out a good song, or the Gaga that wasn’t afraid to do what Gaga does best. The Gaga that is different because it’s who she is, not the Gaga that puts out a rehash of an old single because she thinks it’ll do well.

I made my own, though, ‘cause I have to be unique~

I need some movie suggestions, so put some in my ask box. :D

I’m proud of Gaga for taking a risk, but let’s face it, as a commercial popstar, she cannot afford to take risk after risk after risk. I love that Gaga follows her heart and does what she wants to do, but she has to find a balance between edgy and commercial, otherwise she will be gone in five years. I love “Born This Way”, but the music is obviously not the kind of music the general public eats up.

I was actually kind of happy to see that ‘Marry The Night’ was pulled from the radio, because that means that Gaga and her label are aware of what’s going on and will (hopefully) make sure that her next era is flawless.

From the very beginning, I’ve never held anything back and I always talk about who I am, what I do, what I like, and what I believe in. I’ve shared personal stories about my family dysfunction, my family members dying, my nephew, my school life, my personal life, so I don’t get it. You can’t expose someone who has already exposed themselves. Am I supposed to be upset that you’re posting pictures of me? Most of my friends know what I look like because I have everyone added on Facebook, so once again I really don’t get it.

You want to call me pathetic for making fun of people, but at least I do it to their face. I don’t create a blog and hide behind it because I’m too much of a coward to take responsibility for my own actions.

If you want to add me on Facebook, here you go: http://facebook.com/anthagio

One thing I really, really love about Gaga is how positive she is about everything. You never see her tweeting or hear her saying anything negative about anyone. You never see or hear about her focusing on something negative, and even when something bad happens, she finds a way to turn it into something positive. For example, when the entire fanbase had a massive meltdown over the incredibly uneventful video for ‘The Edge of Glory’, she tweeted and thanked the fans that supported the project. It’s refreshing to see someone of her stature truly love what they do and only care about following their heart. Like, right now, even though ‘Marry The Night’ is under-performing, she continues to tweet about how much she loves her fans and how grateful she is that the CD selling. She really doesn’t seem to care about anything other than doing what she loves. Why should we care about how successful she is if she doesn’t?

I love how it’s always “The girl stole the boy. She’s a whore.” FYI, it takes both the boy and the girl to be unfaithful, and if you want to get technical, it should be up to the person currently in a relationship to say “No, I can’t mess around with you because I have a girlfriend/boyfriend.”

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This means every single studio album Gaga has put out thus far has been nominated for the most coveted award in the music business.

I know Gaga fans can be vicious and rude, but I’m really not liking how certain media outlets are acting as if Gaga’s fanbase is the only fanbase in the world to taunt other artists. It’s totally okay for media outlets and other fanbases to perpetuate the transphobic “Lady Gaga is a man” jokes, but as soon as someone calls Adele fat, all Hell breaks loose? Such a ridiculous double standard that shows how society views overweight people (victims) and LGBT people (jokes).

People throw the word “plagiarism” around way too easily. 

“OMG, 12 seconds of Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ sounds kind of similar to Madonna’s ‘Express Yourself’. She fucking plagiarized Madonna. What a hack.”

You want to act like Gaga goes around stealing from people, yet you fail to acknowledge that Gaga is one of the only current popstars who hasn’t been taken to court and/or convicted of actual plagiarism. My logic is that if she actually, truly went around stealing from people, those people would try to take her to court and/or seek compensation because of how successful everything she does becomes. But guess what, that doesn’t happen because most of you base your plagiarism claims on the fact that she dare shoot part of her video in black or white like Madonna or she wore the same shirt as Britney Spears in 2002. That’s not plagiarism and none of those claims would hold up in court.