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I state that I should not even review it , this album , because, according to Lady Gaga, the only persons authorized to make judgments about his music are fans and scholars . (There are little monsters or music scholars in the house? Anyone? So you have to read my opinion on ARTPOP . Take a little ' with a grain of salt. )
It is this kind of statements to make Lady Gaga an unusual character : a pop star of his greatness that claims to be able to control what is said of his music and his choices while making a living not just by Kate Bush. Gaga wants the spotlight on her, but she also wants to maneuver them to his liking in a delirium of omnipotence. It is intoxicated with the blind faith of his supporters , although these are often better at food instead of annihilating the volume of criticism from detractors.
Rather than give instructions on who should listen to and even how ( announced on Twitter the prohibition of the use of computer speakers ) , the plebiscite could get much more easily making music for the masses and accessible songs , but no longer allowed : it is locked in a product that does not entitle it to ever be less exaggerated. Yet , to date, from the musical point of view , was almost unassailable precisely for this reason : even in its weakest songs or videos you always felt an extraordinary creative impulse , even when the lens is not centered , the result was at least interesting or innovative .
In ARTPOP , unfortunately, is missing this aspect Redeemer : where there was innovation , now it just feels the weight of responsibility to be Lady Gaga , where there might be a song, an experiment is an end in itself . It is an album fragmentary and confused as its cover , and the melodic lines , which were once his greatest strength , are embedded in productions clumsy . Take "Aura" , four minutes in which live , jostling , many songs sketchy : between Spaghetti Western guitars and EDM supermarket , there is an item that uses all styles and filters at its disposal . When the chaos clears, toward the beautiful central Gaga asks: " Do you want to see the girl who lives behind the aura behind the curtain , behind the burqa ? " , But then goes back into hiding , along with the melody , in the circus tent it is built around .
The same thing happens in the sequence from track 9 to 12 (which should be cut into block ), where the ghost of electroclash hovers over a parade of zombies of various kinds ( Donatella Versace, will.i.am , David Guetta ), and does not even seem have fun too . In "Jewels n ' drugs ," Gaga becomes almost the guest at the service of three rappers B-series experiment in a very bad hip hop, while in " Venus " , Madeon can not find the freshness of the house and his French co- produces a single memorable little more than that little radio .
However, in closing , the question asked in "Aura" is answered with three songs in which , finally , Gaga tells something of himself . He does not use the words that have made important universal " Born this way " and it is unlikely that listeners are able to recognize the worries of a global pop star , but you feel a warmth entirely absent in the previous twelve tracks . In " Dope " , Gaga sat at the piano for a heartfelt (or well-acted ) letter to the fans , with the euphoric "Gypsy ," examines a life spent in the tour bus and the result is close to one of his best songs ("The edge of glory " ), in the first single" Applause , "which closes the album , returns to analyze the contribution with the reputation by claiming his right ovation of the audience. It is the consensus that now is not the failure , but the power of the fans, as we can guess from the results obtained with this promotional campaign , it is not enough for her either . Lady Gaga will soon have to deal with other listeners - the random ones , the ones distracted , those who do not experience the method Abramovic - or receive the applause that will be increasingly similar to those recorded that inserts herself in his tracks .
TRACKLIST :
Aura
Venus
G.U.Y.
Sexxx dreams
Jewels n ' drugs
manicure
Do what U want
Artpop
Swine
Donatella
Fashion !
dope
Gypsy
Applause
