Lady Gaga Appreciation Thread - Shallow passes 1,000,000 sales mark in the UK

[Cal.]

My mam is having her Gaga stan era atm

[Daniel.]

Do we know the general vibe of LG6 yet? Like is it gonna be Joanne/ASIB type stuff or back to pop bops?

[TomC]

My mam is having her Gaga stan era atm

we stan

Do we know the general vibe of LG6 yet? Like is it gonna be Joanne/ASIB type stuff or back to pop bops?

it's meant to be a return to pop but more avant-garde. She's working with producers like Bloodpop, Boys Noize and SOPHIE

[Smithy]

I honestly wouldn’t even like to guess LG6 sound, we saw she was working with Mark Ronson and Bloodpop for Joanne and got..well, Joanne :joker:

[Smithy]

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Expecting all the non fad pop girls to do at least double this if they’re releasing this year :clap1:

[Smithy]

Oh wow the winner of the voice won with the modern day I will always love you and now her version is at #3 on iTunes and the original INLA is at #20 :clap1:

A CLASSIC already

[Jessica.]

:clap1:

[Smithy]

This bitch really got everyone hyped and then logged out for a MONTH

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[Samm]

Abortion?

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[Smithy]

:skull:

Bitch announced in her first trimester

[Smithy]

If y’all put BBCR2 they’re talking about ASIB and literally playing the whole album Heal Me is on atm

Wig https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_two

[The Grinch]

If y’all put BBCR2 they’re talking about ASIB and literally playing the whole album Heal Me is on atm

Wig https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_two

Watched half off ASiB a few days ago and thought Gaga was amazing in it. She deserved her noms.

[Smithy]

Why only half of it? :joker:

[The Grinch]

Why only half of it? :joker:

Was tidying my room so missed the second half. But I'll watch it from the start again tomorrow morning.

[Samm]

Heal me is the most underrated track on ASIB, actually it’s probably my favourite track on the album excluding shallow

[Smithy]

"I know that everybody who's worked on it and has heard anything says it' incredible and I don't doubt it," he said. "All of her records are pretty f----ing iconic, she always does something unexpected.

Apparently single is coming in May too ahhh

[TomC]

To my mind it’s coming by the end of next week, maybe the following one at a push, or there’s no single till like August

[TomC]

But yeah it’s become clear her silence is for LG6

[reece(:]

Apparently single is coming in May too ahhh

A latin bop coming? :fan:

[Smithy]

To my mind it’s coming by the end of next week, maybe the following one at a push, or there’s no single till like August

There’s a guy on ATRL who posted about numerous artists releases in advance of their official announcements and he said Gaga would be releasing around April/May, I think with Taylor releasing this week, they’ll give her a couple of weeks for the hype to die down and then drop the single

[Ross.]

This bitch really got everyone hyped and then logged out for a MONTH

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Me waiting on news from Gaga and Rihanna

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[TomC]

There’s a guy on ATRL who posted about numerous artists releases in advance of their official announcements and he said Gaga would be releasing around April/May, I think with Taylor releasing this week, they’ll give her a couple of weeks for the hype to die down and then drop the single

I hear u it’s just I don’t think she’d drop a single in the fortnight or so before she returns to Vegas. So if Mr S is right, it should be coming in the next week or so.

[Smithy]

I hear u it’s just I don’t think she’d drop a single in the fortnight or so before she returns to Vegas. So if Mr S is right, it should be coming in the next week or so.

Eh, there’s no reason not too, tv promo is less effective now than it ever was when it comes to singles, the best thing she can do is be present online and her team need to snatch good positions on Spotify playlists

[Smithy]

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CrazyGa is coming!

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[Saph]

ive been listening to a lot of the good sis Ga the last few days, TFM/BTW/AP really are that holy trinity

[Smithy]

Miss Joanne was a strategic career move at the end of the day, it’s not a bad album but it got the GP on her side as did C2C and ASIB, now she’s coming to SERVE

[Saph]

has DWUW been removed from streaming?

[Smithy]

Yeah did you not see her tweet and the the whole drama about it?

It got announced it was being taken down and ended up going top 10 on iTunes :skull: people snatched it whilst they still could :laugh:

[TomC]

I NEED the new single soon. to get me through revision period ugh.

[TomC]

Miss Joanne was a strategic career move at the end of the day, it’s not a bad album but it got the GP on her side as did C2C and ASIB, now she’s coming to SERVE

a strategic career move? i really don't think so, the genre was never gonna be commercially as successful as her last efforts, but I think she just genuinely wanted to do the whole stripped back thing.

I do really like Joanne, but I do find there's a certain x-factor missing that her other albums have. My other criticism is that the album is overwhelmingly low-tempo/sad from tracks 7 to the end.

[Samm]

still tragic these two didn't get released, artpop had so many bops

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[Saph]

Yeah did you not see her tweet and the the whole drama about it?

It got announced it was being taken down and ended up going top 10 on iTunes :skull: people snatched it whilst they still could :laugh:

nnn

she should replace it with the xtina version

[Smithy]

a strategic career move? i really don't think so, the genre was never gonna be commercially as successful as her last efforts, but I think she just genuinely wanted to do the whole stripped back thing.

I do really like Joanne, but I do find there's a certain x-factor missing that her other albums have. My other criticism is that the album is overwhelmingly low-tempo/sad from tracks 7 to the end.

Yeah, I definitely think it was somewhat, when you watch 5foot2 they talk about elevating her and her image by stripping it back. Each previous album they’d try to outdo the other and now they had to go back to basics in order for there to be somewhere to go in the future. She even says at one point “I can’t keep elevating myself to the point that I’m lady Gaga again, because then it’s like, why did you even bother making this record”

Obviously she can’t half this very analog record and rock the sort of looks she had for the first three albums, it just wouldn’t work

still tragic these two didn't get released, artpop had so many bops

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MJH making it over Brooklyn Nights too... a CHOICE :worry:

[TomC]

FFS. I actually came when I saw gaga had tweeted this morning but it was literally about nothing. I’m so sick of waiting, like I was under the impression the social media silence was leading to a reveal ugh. Rant over.

[Shaun]

the MET gala looks :bawling:

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[Smithy]

We don’t deserve her :bawling:

[Jase.]

Had a dream last night that the first single was called Death Wish and it sold over a billion copies in 24 hours. What a raging homo I am :laugh2:

[Smithy]

Nnnn 8 years since Born This Way was released :skull:

[Jessica.]

ARTPOP IS SO FLAWLESS :flutter:

[Ross.]

Okay it's been like a month since Taylor released so WHERE IS SHE

[Smithy]

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Katy releasing before her too

[Marsh.]

You can't rush perfection!

[Jessica.]

:bawling:

[Smithy]

I THINK, what happened is she was scheduled to release in April, but then there was a massive shallow resurgence so they pushed it back, then Taylor dropped and Old Town Road was ridiculously big so they pushed it back again and then they realized it was too close to her enigma shows so they’ve pushed it again :skull:

[Smithy]

And then on top of that they’re getting ready to launch Haus Beauty so :skull:

[Jessica.]

Primark tweeted this t-shirt!

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[montblanc]

The Fame :love: been obsessed lately

[Jessica.]

It's so repeatable. :lovedup:

[Smithy]

WIG Miss Shallah has now passed the 1,000,000+ sales mark in he UK

Her 4th million selling single

:clap1::clap1:

[Denver]

Technically its 1m units and not sales but it's a great accomplishment

[Smithy]

Technically its 1m units and not sales but it's a great accomplishment

Eh same thing

the song is STILL in the 20s on iTunes, 8 months after release and hasn’t fallen from there (aside from Xmas week) if this was peak digital music climate it would have passed the 1m mark weeks ago

[Jake.]

Listened to Artpop for the first time in agessss today and wow :clap1:

I forgot how good Fashion is

[Gstar]

congrats on 1m not every pop bitch has that to their credit

[Nancy.]

Had a listen to this the other day. It's actually quite good in parts.

[Nick.]

So I kinda had to share this

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[FaLaLaLand]

I need a favour...

Any of you Gaga mega fans know any sites that have a load of really HD/HQ pictures of Gaga wearing her meat dress at the VMAs that time?

I want to possibly paint her wearing it but need super clear images to do this from so I can get the painting looking "as real" as I can (I'm talking strands of hair/skin pores/flecks of light kind of real)...

There's this one pose she does on the red carpet with her hand to her mouth that I can only find in small/slightly blurry images (when zoomed in) and was hoping I could find a super large, super HQ version or two.

Like this:

https://img1.nickiswift.com/img/gallery/where-is-lady-gagas-meat-dress-now/intro-1571684540.jpg

Thanks in advance! :fc:

[Marsh.]

Have you tried those photography sites like Getty images?

[FaLaLaLand]

Have you tried those photography sites like Getty images?

I didn't even think of that, went and found loads of great references. Thanks so much Marsh! :cheer2:

[Marsh.]

I didn't even think of that, went and found loads of great references. Thanks so much Marsh! :cheer2:

:hee:

[Smithy]

She’s been serving some of her best looks in years and it’s been for ha damn Haus beauty

[Marsh.]

A gorgeous woman. Gets better with age.

[Smithy]

Stupid Love is (finally) out this Friday!

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[Jessica.]

Stupid Love is (finally) out this Friday!

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yessss

[Twosugars]

Any news on this?

https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=362359&highlight=gaga

[Smithy]

I haven’t seen anything on it since it was reported

[Smithy]

Max Martin is credited on the song omgg

[Saph]

I never heard the leak so perched for friday

[Smithy]

Imo it’s probably her weakest lead :omgno: but the video looks a slay

[Saph]

I refuse to believe its any worse than PI

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[Smithy]

PI is her best song, so

[Saph]

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[Jessica.]

PI is her best song, so

You typed Bad Romance wrong

[Smithy]

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You typed Bad Romance wrong

PI > Bad Romance (song obv BR video snatches)

[LukeB]

I like Perfect Illusion but that’s her weakest lead imo.

Bad Romance > Just Dance > Born This Way > Stupid Love > Applause > Perfect Illusion

[Saph]

I lowkey stan applause

[montblanc]

only heard a bit of the leak and i don't even remember it :skull: perched!

[Smithy]

I’m hoping the leaked version is different from the final version, BR Demo leaked and the final version compared to the demo, phew!

[Smithy]

Also Perfect Illusion > Bad Romance > (Shallow) > Applause > Just Dance > Stupid Love (demo?)

[Smithy]

only heard a bit of the leak and i don't even remember it :skull: perched!

I’ve got the link if you want to hear it :eyes:

[montblanc]

I’ve got the link if you want to hear it :eyes:

i'll just wait since it's actually coming now https://i.imgur.com/0D2esRC.gif

[montblanc]

wait so is this a still from the video? :skull: https://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/customavatars/avatar13520_133.gif

[Smithy]

:hehe:

[Shaun]

the intro could do with a little change-up (from the leaked version) but otherwise I am a stan. BUT it is Gaga so there'll obviously be a five minute dramatic intro for the MV anyway.

Also Perfect Illusion >

just STOP IT

[Saph]

is it based on colours or something? like each song represents a colour

[Smithy]

There was that post on Twitter that said that, but it wasn’t confirmed anywhere

[Smithy]

the intro could do with a little change-up (from the leaked version) but otherwise I am a stan. BUT it is Gaga so there'll obviously be a five minute dramatic intro for the MV anyway.



just STOP IT

#PITillIDie

[Marsh.]

is it based on colours or something? like each song represents a colour

:skull:

[Smithy]

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[MB.]

Queen of not blending her contour!

[Smithy]

Btw I think that’s the end of the video so shaun you can’t drag her

[Jake.]

PI is her best song, so

Honestly ridiculous!

[Jessica.]

Smithy and his perfect delusion

[Smithy]

IM OVER THE SHOW BUT AT LEAST NOW I KNOW IT WASNT LAAAAAHV IT WASNT LAAAAAAHV IT WAS A PERFUCT ILLUSION :dazzler:

[Saph]

we need to put Joannes casket back and leave ha

[Jake.]

Also Perfect Illusion > Bad Romance > (Shallow) > Applause > Just Dance > Stupid Love (demo?)

BTW cancelled?

[Shaun]

Btw I think that’s the end of the video so shaun you can’t drag her

it wasn't a drag :hmph: an admiring observation, is all

[Smithy]

BTW cancelled?

Oop, squeeze her in between Applause and Just Dance

[Smithy]

This is serving what everyone was expecting from ARTPOP, bright colourful camp fun pop music

[Saph]

I love the late 90s/early 00s style

[Jordan.]

Gags coming to raise the bar back for the gays. You know it's been dark times when Dua Lipa has been considered the most interesting thing in pop.

[Saph]

Gags coming to raise the bar back for the gays. You know it's been dark times when Dua Lipa has been considered the most interesting thing in pop.

:skull:

physical got tired after like 3 plays

[Jessica.]

Let's blast off to a new dimension
IN YA BEDROOM

[Smithy]

Gags coming to raise the bar back for the gays. You know it's been dark times when Dua Lipa has been considered the most interesting thing in pop.

Oof :skull:

[Marsh.]

we need to put Joannes casket back and leave ha

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[Smithy]

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[Marsh.]

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[Daniel.]

Apparently the album is called 'Chromatica' :skull:

[Smithy]

Apparently the album is called 'Chromatica' :skull:

I don’t get the logic behind this, it says it on the billboard yes, but it also says LG6 in the bottom corner, you wouldn’t put both on, it don’t make no cents!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

LG6 is a **** name

[Smithy]

XX# is what all fans call their faves upcoming albums, LG6, KP5, BS10 etc

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Ik and that’s fine but to literally name the album LM5 like little did is stupid

[Gstar]

Visuals giving me USS Callister and I’m not mad

[Marsh.]

Yeah, USS Callister and Striking Vipers.

[Jake.]

I was getting more of a Metalhead/Crocodile vibe myself

[Marsh.]

:joker:

[Smithy]

The song is exactly the same as the leaked version skskksks video is cute, though it’s just her dancing in the desert

[Captain.Remy]

You could have put the lyrics of Born This Way onto this video and you wouldn't know the difference.

It looks low budget, basically it's just her dancing in the desert and wearing cosplay. Makes zero sense. I guess she was trying to go back to the Bad Romance area because people bullied her into it, but it doesn't work really well.

But I guess white twitter gays will "stan it" and "have their wigs snatched" obviously.

[Smithy]

On the sound of her new album:
"We are definitely dancing… I put all my heart, all my pain, all my messages from the other realm that I hear of… what they tell me to tell the world and I put it into music that I believe to be so fun and you know, energetically really pure. I want people to dance and feel happy. I would like to put out music that a big chunk of the world will hear, and it will become a part of their daily lives and make them happy every single day."

On the process of making her new album:
"We made a lot of the record in my studio house. So I have a house where it's Frank Zappa's old studio, it's a live room, it's a big studio, it's beautiful. And I would be upstairs on the porch, outside the kitchen, and Bloodpop would come up and he'd go, 'Okay, come on, that's enough, off the porch,' and I would cry and I would say, 'I'm miserable, I'm sad, I’m depressed,' and he'd go, 'I know, and we're gonna go make some music now. And then I'd go downstairs and I would write. This album is such a display of not only how you can reframe the way that you view the world, but I promise and I hope, that the love that was around me in the process of making this album is something that other people feel, that they know that artistically, like, you know how producers are, if one guy’s working on it, or one girl’s working on it, they don’t want anyone else to work on it, they don’t wanna share, they, everybody gets cocky, there was none of that. These records got passed around to so many different people, there were so many different iterations of these songs because we all wanted it to be perfect and literally nobody cared who put their fingerprints on it, as long as it was the dopest thing that we could give to the world and that it was meaningful, authentic, and completely me."

On working with Max Martin for the first time on "Stupid Love":
"He's an amazing producer. I've never worked with him, I've always sort of gone, 'I write my own music, I produce myself, I don't need to work with Max, right?' And I decided to stop being an asshole, meet him at least, you know? Basically, I sang over a track that Bloodpop made. We sent over what I sang to Max, Max picked some parts out, sent it back to me, and then I wrote lyrics and used some of the melody that he chose that he sent back to me and I kind of spliced it all together and then I went to his studio, and sat down at a piano and I played 'Stupid Love' on a piano with chords. And I looked at him and I said, 'That's what I've got for you,' and to me, this song can only stand on it’s two feet, even with a great track, if you can play it on a piano and it still sounds like a hit. And he was-he was like, I love it, get in the booth. I warmed up my voice, got in the booth, I sang it, and what you’re hearing on 'Stupid Love' is what we did that day.". Hopefully there’s more max collars on the album

[Jessica.]

I FREAK OUT I FREAK OUT I FREAK OUT I FREAK OUT i

[Smithy]

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Omg </3

[Ross.]

Also Perfect Illusion >

Is this bitch okay

[Jessica.]

Is this bitch okay

Obviously not

[Smithy]

Is this bitch okay

Obviously not

Ok ladies let’s put this to bed once and for all

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Perfect Illusion scalps

The lyrics are probably her best for a lead (bar Bad Romance) and are up there as some of her best in general

The vocals scalp, the anger and angst in her voice in the final chorus > other pop girls careers, the final “you were so perfect” almost sounds like she’s about to cry the emotion is so RAW

The key change is one of the best key changes in pop music, dont @ me AND it is scientifically proved to be satisfying because it fits the Golden Ratio/Fibonacci sequence

Finally, although the video is nothing special, there’s nothing better than blaring the song at full volume driving round pretending you’re recreating the opening of it.

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[Marsh.]

Lady Smithy tearing up the roads of Guernsey?

[Smithy]

Doing 35mph like the badass I am

[Saph]

The lyrics are probably her best for a lead (bar Bad Romance) and are up there as some of her best in general

The vocals scalp, the anger and angst in her voice in the final chorus > other pop girls careers, the final “you were so perfect” almost sounds like she’s about to cry the emotion is so RAW

The key change is one of the best key changes in pop music, dont @ me AND it is scientifically proved to be satisfying because it fits the Golden Ratio/Fibonacci sequence

Finally, although the video is nothing special, there’s nothing better than blaring the song at full volume driving round pretending you’re recreating the opening of it.

and yet it still sucks

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[Jessica.]

I love the song, I think it's brilliant, I just don't think it is peak gaga music

[Jake.]

and yet it still sucks

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:joker:

[Smithy]

Apparently album is out April 10, preorder should be available this week

[Smithy]

and yet it still sucks

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Going the right way for a slap lady

[Jake.]

Apparently album is out April 10, preorder should be available this week

Yasss

[Smithy]

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[Jake.]

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nnn

Even if it can break top 5 that’d be a huge achievement

[Smithy]

Hope you bought it bitch!!

[Saph]

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[Saph]

what song is beating it atm

[Smithy]

Blinding Lights

[Saph]

I'm not surprised, radio 1 play the life out of that song.. I've not heard them even play SL once

the level of unprofessionalism

[Jake.]

Hope you bought it bitch!!

I have apple music :shame:

[Smithy]

I'm not surprised, radio 1 play the life out of that song.. I've not heard them even play SL once

the level of unprofessionalism

They’ve played SL 5 times today actually, I just checked :joker:

[Jake.]

They’ve played SL 5 times today actually, I just checked :joker:

Oop, Saph misinformed?

[Smithy]

I have apple music :shame:

Bitch me too, doesn’t mean you can’t spend 99p!

[Saph]

I've not actually listened to any radio today.. but for the 1 hour I did yesterday morning they didnt play it :skull:

they did play it last night in the club though and everyone went crazy

the public deserves talent at #1 again

[Jake.]

Bitch me too, doesn’t mean you can’t spend 99p!

Yeah but then that’s just one song in my iTunes library and I can’t be doing with that

[Smithy]

I've not actually listened to any radio today.. but for the 1 hour I did yesterday morning they didnt play it :skull:

they did play it last night in the club though and everyone went crazy

the public deserves talent at #1 again
Nnnn mess :joker: it’s not on any of their playlists but it’s their tune of the weekend, hopefully it gets added this week
Yeah but then that’s just one song in my iTunes library and I can’t be doing with that

All your AM music is in your library too :hee:

[Jake.]

Nnnn mess :joker: it’s not on any of their playlists but it’s their tune of the weekend, hopefully it gets added this week


All your AM music is in your library too :hee:

Oop clocked me

[Ross.]

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She’s coming to save the charts

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[Smithy]

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Despite not actually releasing anything last year, she was the 9th best selling artist of the year :clap1::clap1:

[Smithy]

Apparently album is out April 10, preorder should be available this week

Confirmed to be April 10

Preorder is available: http://smarturl.it/Chromatica

[Saph]

is that the artwork

[Smithy]

No just a placeholder

[lewis111]

16 tracks confirmed as well. Thats a really good length, happy that its quite a long album but not too long that it feels like it goes on too long

[Jessica.]

CHROMATICA yes

[MB.]

16 tracks confirmed as well. Thats a really good length, happy that its quite a long album but not too long that it feels like it goes on too long

Lover found rotting

[Smithy]

I hope there’s a deluxe too with more tracks /greedy

[Smithy]

http://upload.vstanced.com/images/2020/03/02/bb1daf6bad1b23555d00c0da00ba020a.png

Banners on most iTunes/AM WW

The rollout has been almost flawless, the promo, the aesthetic

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[Smithy]

Oh I just saw the deluxe has 19 tracks, she’s feeding us :bawling:

[lewis111]

Lover found rotting

Literally what I had in mind :joker:

[Jake.]

Oh I just saw the deluxe has 19 tracks, she’s feeding us :bawling:

omg

[Smithy]

The symbol for Chromatica has a sine wave in it, which is the mathematical symbol for sound, and it’s from what all sound is made from, and, for me, sound is what healed me in my life period, and it healed me again making this record, and that is really what Chromatica is all about. It’s about healing and it’s about bravery as well and it’s really like, when we talk about love I think it’s so important to include the fact that it requires a ton of bravery to love someone.

BloodPop® [who executive produced Chromatica with Lady Gaga] brought it up, and we talked about how Chromatica was essentially on its own when you first look at it, it seems to be about colors and all the different colors and also music is made of a chromatic scale, you know? So it’s all the colors, all the sounds, you know, so we, we’re talking about inclusivity and life and also a lot of what we see around us and what we’re experiencing is math, which is very much like music and and sound is math as well. So we talked about that, and then I sort of went back and I said, “OK, well, yeah, it’s inclusivity but it's really a way of thinking,” you know, it's not just, “Oh, Chromatica, we’re being inclusive with all the colors, all the people,” and when I say, “All the colors, all the people,” I mean way more than we could possibly fathom.

I think that we’re actually operating on a completely rudimentary level where we square things off into very simplified colors when actually we’re all extremely different in a vast variety of ways that stem from both, like, genetics as well as epigenetics, like, we’re all completely different and I thought OK, well maybe, Chromatica is a frame of mind. And that is my frame of mind, and I don’t know that I’ve ever made an album that wasn’t on Chromatica in some type of way, meaning like my frame of mind is always a part of my music, and this is just my way of kind of expressing, even in a both literal and abstract way, that, like, making music and putting it out into the world is my perspective on life, and it’s also my gift to the world in the best way that I can, and I think that everyone on any given day is doing the absolute best that they can do, and this is my perspective, and here it is, and it’s always been my perspective, but now I know that it was my perspective.

Idk what she’s saying but I’m eXCITED

[Smithy]

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This gal has written a lot for Cardi B, collab incoming? :eyes:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Ew i hope not

[Smithy]

There’s an “insider” on popjustice who said the collab on the album is with Ari :eyes:

[MB.]

There’s an “insider” on popjustice who said the collab on the album is with Ari :eyes:

Gaga keeping the Chromatica theme going by collaborating with a person of colour :love:

[MB.]

Speaking of collabs, I hear miss coronavirus is a fan of LG6!

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[Ammi]

...Italy confirms Coronavirus vaccine ..?...

[Morgan.]

Gaga keeping the Chromatica theme going by collaborating with a person of colour :love:

:joker:

[Saph]

19 tracks ugh we're ready

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keep cardi and ari tho :eyes:

[Jessica.]

Speaking of collabs, I hear miss coronavirus is a fan of LG6!

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Brilliant :joker::joker::joker:

[Smithy]

Ryan Tedder has confirmed he’s produced a song on the album too

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AND OMG

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[Marsh.]

Not Minaj the rape supporter.

[Smithy]

UK Midweek Chart

1. Blinding Lights - 39,867

2. Roses - 31,460

3. Stupid Love - 28,464

4. No Time to Die - 28,055

5. The Box - 26,996

Probably end up at #4 :clap1:

[Jake.]

Wow! Not bad for a now-irrelevant artist!

[Jake.]

That would make it her highest peaking solo single since BTW?

[Jessica.]

I think 25 million of the views on youtube have been me.

[Smithy]

That would make it her highest peaking solo single since BTW?

I think so, yeah,

Also, only six years later but Gagavision episode 46!!

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[Smithy]

Bitch is coming!

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[lewis111]

Trying to get tickets with only 2 European dates is gonna be next to impossible

[MB.]

Bitch is coming!

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Not Gags singing Stupid Love as the warm-up to a Spurs game

[Smithy]

Trying to get tickets with only 2 European dates is gonna be next to impossible
We love a challenge!
Not Gags singing Stupid Love as the warm-up to a Spurs game

Bye :skull:

[Coldwinter]

I'm not surprised she's only doing 6 dates for the Chomatica Ball, especially with her Vegas residency going so well (and ending soon). I also think that Gaga doesn't want to deal with "burnout" from so many things going on at once (maybe her massage therapist told her that doing too many shows (with dance numbers) may cause a flare up with her fibromyalgia).

[Smithy]

I can’t see these being the only dates, I imagine there’s a handful more to come

[Saph]

every artist does the whole "due to demand we have 500 more dates just added" so im sure they'll be more

[LukeB]

It’s about time the thread title gets changed :pipe:

[Jessica.]

I love her so much

[Smithy]

It’s about time the thread title gets changed :pipe:

Bitch don’t you think I would if I could! This flop ass forum won’t let you change thread titles after a year

[Smithy]

SL has been A Listed on Radio 2 & B Listed on Radio One - Capital have been stanning all week too omg, she’s coming

[Smithy]

Debuts at #5 in the UK!

[Jake.]

Highest reaching solo single since Applause :clap1:

[Jessica.]

yessss

[Samm]

any idea how much the london tickets will be? :eyes:

[Smithy]

any idea how much the london tickets will be? :eyes:

Wouldn’t be surprised if they were upward of £150

Can’t believe the one time I have money for a M&G she’s not doing them :bawling:

[Smithy]

Oh actually

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[Saph]

whats GA

[Smithy]

General Admission, so standing basically

[Saph]

oh yeah :skull:

why is early entry more?

[Saph]

oh does it mean early into the actual show, not early bird tickets

[montblanc]

stupid love is so CATCHY

https://media.giphy.com/media/UW1gcnohGS9wjrNtSJ/giphy.gif

[Smithy]

oh yeah :skull:

why is early entry more?

oh does it mean early into the actual show, not early bird tickets

Basically you pay more to be at the front of the queue

[Braden]

Wow, the prices of those tickets aren't as expensive as I thought they would be. Like, it's still a lot but I honestly thought it would be at least £150+ for standing.

[Braden]

What's a 'hot ticket'? Is it basically the best seats available?

[Smithy]

What's a 'hot ticket'? Is it basically the best seats available?

https://i.imgur.com/BkO0jyO_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

I don’t know ALL the words

[Braden]

https://i.imgur.com/BkO0jyO_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

I don’t know ALL the words

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[Jessica.]

Smithy is a hot ticket x

[Smithy]

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[Smithy]

Tulisa just said on Loose Women that she co-wrote two of the songs on the album :skull:

[Marsh.]

https://i.imgur.com/BkO0jyO_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

I don’t know ALL the words

:joker:

[MB.]

Tulisa just said on Loose Women that she co-wrote two of the songs on the album :skull:

Courting that crucial Adam demographic, I see

[Braden]

is there honestly a better chance of getting tickets in the pre-sale, or is it just a marketing ploy to get people to buy the album?

[Smithy]

Idk tbh, I’ve done it bc technically you get two chances then if you don’t get them first time round

[Smithy]

Courting that crucial Adam demographic, I see

:joker::joker:

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[Smithy]

Tried to get Golden Circle tickets but they were gone, lemme try the other presales before I get GA

[Braden]

I’m in ladies. Had a bit of a fright and thought they were all sold out at one point.

[Smithy]

What did you get? GA?

[Braden]

What did you get? GA?

I got GA because I thought they would be best value for money. It kept saying that they couldn’t find the tickets I was looking for (for both GA and Gold Circle—which is why I thought they were sold out), but I just kept going and going till I got them, lmao.

[Smithy]

Ah well done, hopefully I get mine tomorrow :skull:

[Braden]

Thanks! You definitely will at some point.

tbh, I had no idea what on earth I was doing. It says I have Level 8 Pitch Standing, which probably means I will be standing at the back somewhere, lmao.

[Jake.]

Charted at #5 in the US too!

[Smithy]

Got Golden Circle tickets yasssss

[Smithy]

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Omgggp

[Daniel.]

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Omgggp

Tf is a unicorn song?

[Saph]

the only good tickets are £316

http://www.abload.de/img/dead1g7ssu.gif

[Smithy]

Tf is a unicorn song?
A song everyone wants but nobody has?
the only good tickets are £316

http://www.abload.de/img/dead1g7ssu.gif

Actual sale is tomorrow, if you’re up at 9 you should get GA which is £85, unless you wanted seated or golden circle

[Saph]

is GA standing? (the blue section)

[Smithy]

Yeah, you can get early entry GA and I think that’s about £120

[Smithy]

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Ahhh Rain on Me (ft Ariana) is COMING

[Smithy]

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ahhh rain on me (ft ariana) is coming

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[Braden]

Bitch! Give the gays what they want, although and Adele collab would be fab.

[MB.]

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The Charlotte Awbery collab we all deserve :love:

[Smithy]

Bitch! Give the gays what they want, although and Adele collab would be fab.

There’ve been rumours about that too, and a BLACKPINK collab

[Marsh.]

Not Adele debuting her skinny frame in a pink leotard in a Gaga video?

[Smithy]

From start to finish, Chromatica is firmly rooted in classic house, with crisp, clubby dance breaks that all sound like they're competing with each other to be the biggest on the tracklist. Sonically, it's perhaps Gaga's most focused, consistent album to date, with all these producer contributions laddering up to the same fearless electronic tapestry, weaving in unruly breakbeat outros, emotional power-pop melodies that send a dopamine rush through the brain and tons of slick, shiny synths. You can weep to these songs just as much as you can sweat to them, and Gaga seems to be encouraging both at once.

https://media.tenor.com/images/3d45f1ebeae94584d54da5d1231a5946/tenor.gif

Really (long) good interview here: https://www.papermag.com/lady-gaga-chromatica-2645479910.html?rebelltitem=35#rebelltitem35

Talks about the leak, ARTPOP and Chromatica

Also the looks are SERVING

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She calls for her longtime manager, Bobby Campbell, to play a song off her sixth studio album, and asks him to turn it up: "Louder, please." Amidst a flurry of wild animal noises, references to partying in "BC" and fierce house beats, Gaga warns listeners to "battle for your life" on the track, as she mouths each lyric to herself.

Elsewhere in Chromatica, Gaga explores topics like her antipsychotic medication ("My biggest enemy is me, pop a 911") and the undeniable force of femininity ("I'm not nothing without a steady hand"), the latter of which acknowledges both her own strength as well as that of the community who has "cheer[ed] her on" and helped her "become a woman."

[Ross.]

I’m ready

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

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HMM

[montblanc]

ah LOVE this

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[Smithy]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1230471246271459333/aUNHXqvg_400x400.jpg

HMM

The photo shoot was done by the same person, that’s the style of most of their artwork

[Smithy]

ah LOVE this

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TASTE :clap1::clap1:

[Smithy]

A snippet of Babylon has leaked

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[Jake.]

I’m trying to think of what era that snippet reminds me of most but I can’t think

[Jake.]

Getting hints of Vougue tbh

[Smithy]

That’s what people online are saying, think someone also said there’s a Bowie sample in there too

[Jake.]

Ooo yes Bowie too now you’ve said it

[Braden]

I was gonna say, it sounds quite like Fashion by David Bowie.

[Smithy]

The instrumental was used in a Haus Labs promo vid a few months ago

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The guy that heard the song in the paper interview said this sounds different to the version he heard, so it’s possible this snippet is old/a demo

[Smithy]

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I mean Ty is a choice

[Saph]

guest appearances from Ariana Grande, BLACKPINK and Ty Dolla $ign.
um anyway..

I cant wait to hear the rest of it SL is still a bop

[Cal.]

Oop slay at Ariana!

[Jake.]

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[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

It’s #15 :suspect:

[Jake.]

It’s #15 :suspect:

Think it means #1 in terms of radio play/audience?